DRAFT CONFERENCE PROGRAM AS AT 29 SEPTEMBER 2015 12 th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF NATIONAL INSTITUTIONS FOR THE PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS What Role for National Human Rights Institutions? 8-10 October 2015 08:30 9:00 REGISTRATION DAY 1: THURSDAY 8 OCTOBER 2015 Meeting Room Regency I IV 09:00 10:00 OPENING CEREMONY Master of Ceremonies: Ms. Consuelo OLVERA- TREVIÑO, Director General, Executive Secretariat, Mexican National Human Rights Commission 09:00 09:10 09:10 09:20 09:20 09:27 09:27 09:33 09:33 9:40 President Luis Raul GONZALEZ- PEREZ, President of the Mexican National Human Rights Commission & Host of Conference Adv. Mabedle Lourence MUSHWANA, ICC Chairperson & SAHRC Chairperson (South Africa) Video Statement, Dr. Zeid Ra ad AL HUSSEIN, High Commissioner for Human Rights, OHCHR Dr. Marcia DE CASTRO, Resident Coordinator, UNDP Video Statement, Ambassador Joachim RÜCKER, President, Human Rights Council 1
09:40 09:47 09:47 09:54 09:54 10:00 SESSION 1 10:00 11:00 Ambassador Miguel RUIZ CABAÑAS IZQUIERDO, Undersecretary for Multilateral Affairs and Human Rights, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Mexico Mr. Roberto CAMPA- CIFRIAN, Undersecretary of Human Rights, Ministry of Interior Mexico Mr. Rolando ZAPATA- BELLO, Governor of the State of Yucatan, Mexico THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS - SETTING THE SCENE Chair: Dr. Tarek William SAAB (Venezuela) Keynote Speaker: Dr. Mila PASPALANOVA, Expert on human rights indicators, OHCHR, Mexico, "How OHCHR can help NHRIs, through the human rights indicators, to follow up on the SDG's agenda". Video Statement: Ms. Amina MOHAMMED, Secretary- General's Special Adviser on Post- 2015 Development Planning. Keynote Speaker: Dr. Marcia DE CASTRO, Resident Coordinator for Mexico, UNDP Keynote Speaker (via Skype): Mr. Chris MURGATROYD, Policy Advisor, UNDP, The process to date Contributions from the floor. 11:00 11:30 COFFEE BREAK SESSION 2 11:30 13:00 IMPLEMENTATION - IDENTIFYING AND EXPLORING THE KEY ROLE PLAYERS Chair: Ms. Monserrat SOLANO, (Costa Rica) Speaker 1: Mr. Ignacio SAIZ, Executive Director, Centre for Economic and Social Rights (CESR) Speaker 2: Mr. Enrique ORDAZ, National Statistical Office of Mexico Speaker 3: Ms. Eva GRAMBYE, Deputy Executive Director, Danish Institute Speaker 4: TBC 13:00 14:15 LUNCH Venue: Peregrina Restaurant, Hyatt Regency Hotel 2
SESSION 3 14:15 16:00 MEANS OF IMPLEMENTATION, THE ROLE OF NHRIS, DRAWING ON BEST PRACTICE FROM THE MDGS AND OTHER AREAS OF WORK 16:00 16:30 COFFEE BREAK Chair: Dr Mousa BURAYZAT (Jordan) Speaker 1: Mr. Joseph WITTHAL, (Ghana) Speaker 2: Dr. Ramiro RIVADENEIRA (Ecuador) Speaker 3: Dr. Ali Saeed S. B. AL OWAIR (Qatar) Speaker 4: Mr. Ucha NANUASHVILI, (Georgia) SESSION 4 16:30 18:00 SDGS, NHRIS, NON DISCRIMNATION & VULNERABLE GROUPS Chair: Dr. Sallama Hasson Abdulla ALKHAFAJI (Iraq) Speaker 1: Dr. Omar Cabezas LACAYO, (Nicaragua) Speaker 2: Justice Shri Cyriac JOSEPH, (India) Speaker 3: Mr. Bogdan KRYKLYYVENKO, (Ukraine) Speaker 4: Ms. Houria ESSLAMI (Morocco) 20:00 OFFICIAL WELCOME DINNER FOR CONFERENCE PARTICIPANTS Kindly hosted by Mexican National Human Rights Commission In La Quinta Montes Molina Address: Paseo de Montejo 469 By calle 33 and calle 35, Centro, 97000 Merida, Yucatan. Telephone: 01 999 925 5999 http://www.laquintamm.com/ DAY 2: FRIDAY 9 OCTOBER 2015 Meeting Room Regency I - IV SESSION 5 09:00 10:30 REGIONAL WORKING GROUPS: MOVING TOWARDS THE MERIDA DECLARATION The Regional Working Groups will consider the role of NHRIs in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and also 3
10:30 11:00 COFFEE BREAK Follow up and review thereto. The purpose is to identify NHRI activities, strategies, areas for collaboration with other key stakeholders, current strengthen and weaknesses of NHRIs to engage, capacity building needs of NHRIs, as well as the role and possible activities for the ICC Working Group on Sustainable Development. Regions should also identify specific follow up activities to the Merida Declaration. (Each regional group nominate its own Chair / Resource person / Rapporteur) The outcomes of the Regional Working Groups will be fed into the Merida Declaration and the Action Plan of the ICC Working Group on Sustainable Development Civil society and non- NHRI participants are welcome to participate SESSION 6 11:00 12:00 FOLLOW UP AND REVIEW AT NATIONAL LEVEL Chair: Mr. Mohamed FAYEK (Egypt) Speaker 1: Mr. Michael WINDFUHR (Germany) Speaker 2: Ms. Kagwiria MBOGORI (Kenya) SESSION 7 12:00 13:00 FOLLOW UP AND REVIEW AT REGIONAL & INTERNATIONAL LEVEL Chair: Dr. Chemuta Divine BANDA (Cameroon) Speaker 1: Mr. Rolando VILLENA- VILLEGAS, Americas Chair, (Bolivia TBC) Speaker 2: Ms. Younghye KIM (Korea) Speaker 3: EU Speaker TBC 13:00 14:00 LUNCH Venue: Peregrina Restaurant, Hyatt Regency Hotel SESSION 8 14:00 15:00 REPORT BACK FROM REGIONS Presentation of best practice modalities of NHRIs from each regional group and ICC Working Group in order to be fed into Merida Declaration. Presentation of recommendations. Each Regional Rapporteur will present the best practices from the regions that could be used to advance the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development; make recommendations for inclusion in the Merida Declaration and announce regional follow up activities that have been identified. 4
Chairperson: Ms. Kathalijne BUITENWEG (Netherlands) Speaker 1: Regional Rapporteur, NHRI Asia Pacific Speaker 2: Regional Rapporteur, NHRI Europe Speaker 3: Regional Rapporteur, NHRI Africa Speaker 4: Regional Rapporteur, NHRI Americas 15:00 15:30 BREAK VISIT OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE & DINNER Generously hosted by Mexican Human Rights Commission 15:30 17:10 17:10 17:50 17:50 19:00 19:00 20:20 20:20 21:00 21:05 22:30 Transfer to the archaeological site of Chichen Itza. Official photograph. Visit of the archaeological site. Dinner at the Hotel Mayaland, Chichen Itza. Show "Sound and light" in the archaeological site of Chichen Itza. Transfer to the Hyatt Regency Hotel. Address: Carretera Merida- Cancun Km 120, 97751 Chichen Itza, Yucatán, Telephone: 01 998 887 2495 http://www.mayaland.com/the- lodge- at- chichen- itza.php DAY 3: SATURDAY 10 OCTOBER 2015 Meeting Room Regency I - IV SESSION 9 09:30 10:30 DEVELOPMENT AND ADOPTION OF MERIDA DECLARATION & ICC WORKING GROUP ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, PROGRAMME OF ACTION Chair: Prof Alan MILLER, ICC Secretary & Regional Chairperson, (Scotland) Presentation of draft Merida Declaration: Ms Katharina ROSE, ICC Geneva Representative 5
Confirmation of ICC SDG Working Group members 10:30 11:00 CONFERENCE CLOSING CEREMONY Chair: President Luis Raul GONZALEZ- PEREZ (Mexico) Closing Remarks Mr. Vladlen STEFANOV, Chief, National Institutions and Regional Mechanisms Section, OHCHR Ms. Ana Patricia GRAÇA, Policy Advisor Rule of Law, Justice and Human Rights, Rule of Law, Justice and Security Team, UNDP Adv. Mabedle Lourence MUSHWANA, ICC Chairperson PROGRAM NOTES PRE- CONFERENCE MEETINGS, PARALLEL LUNCH TIME EVENTS AND POST CONFERENCE SIDE- EVENT. PRE- CONFERENCE 1. The ICC Bureau Meeting will meet prior to the Conference on Tuesday, 6 October 2015 (14h00 17h30) and continued on Wednesday, 7 October 2015 (10:00 13:00) at the Merida Hyatt Regency Hotel. A separate agenda is being prepared. Contact - Ms Vivian John Langba, ICC Assistant Liaison Officer, vjohn- langba@sahrc.org.za 2. The NHRI Regional Meetings where applicable, will take place on Wednesday, 7 October 2015 (14:00 17:30). Please contact your respective Regional Coordinator s for further information. CONFERENCE BACKGROUND INFORMATION AVAILABLE AT: HTTP://NHRI.OHCHR.ORG * 6
PRE CONFERENCE PROGRAM TUESDAY 6 OCTOBER 2015 13:00 14:00 Lunch for ICC Bureau members Venue: Hyatt Regency Hotel, Peregrina Restaurant. 14:00 17:30 ICC BUREAU MEETING, Venue: Meeting room Chichen Itza I and II, Hyatt Regency Hotel 19:00 20:30 Dinner Venue: Hyatt Regency Hotel, Peregrina Restaurant. WEDNESDAY, 7 OCTOBER 2015 10:00 13:00 ICC BUREAU MEETING continued, Venue: Meeting room Chichen Itza I and II, Hyatt Regency Hotel. 13:00 14:00 Lunch for ICC Bureau members Peregrina Restaurant, Hyatt Regency Hotel 14:00 17:30 REGIONAL NHRI NETWORKS MEETINGS Africa, Meeting room Regency I TBC Americas, Meeting room Chichen Itza Europe, Meeting room Regency IV TBC 20:00 21:30 WELCOME COCKTAIL Kindly hosted by the Mexican Human Rights Commission In The Great Museum of the Mayan World Address: Calle 60 Norte No. 299 E, Unidad Revolución Cordemex, 97110 Merida, Yucatan, Telephone: 01 999 341 0435 http://www.granmuseodelmundomaya.com/v1/