Liberal International Human Rights Committee

Network of Liberal MPs on Human Rights

UNHRC Headquarters, Geneva, 14-15 June 2015

Human Rights in an Age of Disruption

Programme of Events
Sunday 14 June 2015
Time Activity
Venue:
Hotel Eden
Rue de Lausanne 135
Genve, Switzerland
16:00 19:00 Arrival of LI delegates/ Registration in Hotel

19:30-21:00 Welcoming Reception

Permanent Mission of the Republic of Bulgaria to the United

Nations
Chemin des Crts-de-Pregny 16
1292 Chambesy
Geneva

Welcoming Remarks
-His Excellency Ivan Piperkov, Ambassador and Permanent
Representative of the Republic of Bulgaria to the United Nations
-Mr. Ilhan Kyuchyuk, Member of the European Parliament (ALDE
Group; MRF, Bulgaria)

Monday 15 June 2015

Time Activity
8:30-9:50 REGISTRATION AND UN PASSES ISSUANCE
Palais des Nations
Pregny Gate
8-14 Avenue de la Paix
1211 Geneva 10

10:00 12:00 The Advance of Freedom in an Age of Disruption

Welcoming Remarks
-Dr. Juli Minoves, LI President and Former Andorran Ambassador to
the United Nations
-Mr. Markus Loening, LI VP and Chairman of LI Human Rights
Committee; Former German Federal Commissioner for Human Rights

Chair:
-Mr. Ilhan Kyuchyuk, Member of the European Parliament (ALDE
Group; MRF, Bulgaria)
 Keynote Speech:
-His Excellency Dr. Chaloka Beyani, UN Special Rapporteur on the
Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons

Panel Discussion:
-Mrs. Tamara Van Ark, Member of Parliament (VVD, Netherlands)

-Mr. Boris Van Der Ham, President of the Dutch Humanist Alliance;
Former Member of Parliament (D66, The Netherlands)

-Dr. Wan Azizah, Member of Parliament and President of the Peoples

Justice Party, Malaysia

Room IX
Palais des Nations, Geneva

12:15 13:45 Working Lunch

Defining the Agenda of the LI Human Rights Committee

- The role of Liberal International in the work of the United Nations
- The role of the LI HRC in the human rights work of member parties
- The future direction of Liberal Internationals Human Rights Work and its
role in the day to day work of liberal parliamentarians
- Fundraising and use of available funds

Moderator:
Markus Lning, LI VP and LI HRC Chair; Former German Federal
Commissioner for Human Rights (Free Democratic Party, Germany)

Input:

Challenges and Opportunities: View from Sub-Saharan Africa

-Mr. Stevens Mokgalapa, Member of Parliament (Democratic Alliance,
South Africa)
Restaurant de l'ONU
Palais des Nations
Genve, Switzerland

14:00 15:30 Prevention and Elimination of Violence against Women and Girls:
Closing the International Legal Gap

Welcoming Remarks

-Dr. Juli Minoves, LI President and Former Andorran Ambassador to

the United Nations
-Margaret De Vos Van Steenwijk, President of the International
Network of Liberal Women

Chair:
-Mr. Markus Loening, LI VP and Chairman of LI Human Rights
 Committee; Former German Federal Commissioner for Human Rights

Panel Discussion:

-Mrs. Assiatou Bah, Member of Parliament (UFDG, Guinea)

-Mr. Khodor Habib, Member of Parliament (Future Movement,
Lebanon)
-Mrs. Judith Pallares, Member of Parliament (Liberal Party of Andorra,
Andorra)

Room XXIV
Palais des Nations, Geneva

16:00-17:00 EXCHANGE WITH THE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR

ORGANISATION

-Raphael Crowe, Gender, Equality and Diversity Branch

-Representative of the Special Action Programme to Combat Forced

Labour

International Labour Organisation

4, Route des Morillons
CH-1211 Geneva 22

Departure of Participants