Liberal International - Developments in Morocco: Mohammed Tamaldou, UC, Morocco

187th Executive Committee - Egypt before the elections: Amr Soliman, FEP, Egypt

London, 14 15 October 2011 16:00-16:20 Break

Responsibility to Protect: 16:20-17:50 Country and regional reports:

- Annemie Neyts MEP, President of ELDR, Europe
A Liberal Approach? - Lamine Ba, President of Africa Liberal Network, Africa
- Rajiva Wijeshingha MP, Chairman of CALD, Asia
- Priscilla Mishairabwi-Mushonga, Minister of Regional Integration and
Thursday 13 October 2011 International Cooperation, Secretary General of MDC, Zimbabwe
- Dr. Oscar Kashala, Presidential Candidate, DR Congo
Time Activity
- Kiat Sittheeamorn MP, Shadow deputy Prime Minister from the Democratic
Arrival of delegates Party of Thailand
- Sam Rainsy MP, leader of the opposition, SRP, Cambodia
- Henning Nielssen, DRV international secretary, Denmark

National Liberal Club Lloyd George Room

16:30-16:40 Entry clearance in the UK Parliament
18:00-18:20 Special Address
House of Lords, UK Parliament (Black Rods entrance)
Address: St.Margaret St, Westminster Rt. Hon. Nick Clegg, UK Deputy Prime Minister and Leader of
London SW1A 0PW Liberal Democrats

17:00-19:30 LI Bureau meeting 18:20-18:35 Photo opportunity

(by invitation only) 18:40-19:00 Private Meeting
Committee Room G Rt. Hon. Nick Clegg, DPM with LI President Hans van Baalen MEP

20:00-21:30 LI Bureau dinner LI Secretariat

(by invitation only)
Barry Room 19:00-19:30 LI Bureau Meeting with Rt. Hon. Nick Clegg, DPM

LI Secretariat

Friday 14 October 2011 19:30- 21:30 Welcome Reception

Time
Arrival of delegates
08:30-14:00 Registration Desk open
National Liberal Club - Hall
Address: 1Whitehall Place
London SW1A 2HD
Tel: +44 (0)207 839 5905
09:00-11:00 Workshop on LI Human Rights Committee
Sponsored by BTP Advisers
Activity
National Liberal Club Lloyd George Room
Welcome:
- Hans van Baalen MEP, LI President, the Netherlands
- Peter Thompson, Partner, BTP Adviser
Welcome address:
- Simon Hughes MP, Deputy Leader of LibDems and President of LIBG, UK

National Liberal Club Lady Violets Room

09:30-12:00 Fringe Meeting: Saturday 15 October 2011
Making European elections European
(organised by ELDR and ELF) Time Activity
08:30-12:00 Registration Desk open
National Liberal Club Lloyd George Room
12:00-13:00 Opportunity for bilateral meetings Corinthia Hotel London
The Courtroom
National Liberal Club Lloyd George Room Address: Whitehall Place,
London, SW1A 2BD
13:30-14:30 LI Executive Committee
09:30-11:00 CONFERENCE
Administrative session,
RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT: A LIBERAL APPROACH?
14:30-15:00 Debate on R2P resolution and Report
Jonathan Fryer, LIBG, Lecturer at SOAS, UK Opening remarks:
Hans van Baalen MEP, LI President
15:00-16:00 Debate on the situation in MENA:
- Report from the Bureau: Abir Al-Sahlani, Josep Soler Richard Moore, LI Patron
- View on the HR situation: Jeremy Browne MP, Minister in FCO, UK

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 Panel 1: R2P as a concept
Role of the regional organisations in international protection of
Chair: civilians
Prof. Ingemund Hgg, LI Patron, Uppsala University, Sweden Priscilla Mishairabwi-Mushonga, Minister of Regional Integration
and International Cooperation, Secretary General of MDC, Zimbabwe
Interventions:
Developing a new post-Westphalia concept of national Ensuring political and legal legitimacy for intervention
sovereignty of states Han ten Broeke MP, Spokesman on Foreign Affairs of the lead
Prof. Jens Meierhenrich, London School of Economics, UK governing party, VVD, Netherlands

Role of a modern state in the international context Conference Summary

Medard Mulangala MP, leader of the Union for a Republican Baroness Kishwer Falkner, Co-Chair of the Liberal Democrat
Parliamentary Party Committee on International Affairs, UK
Majority, DR Congo
Conference Closing:
Transferring R2P from academic idea into political realities and Hans van Baalen MEP, LI President
governmental policy
Senator Art Eggleton, former Minister of Defence, LPC, Canada
17:30 Optional
R2P in a conflict environment Homage to Salvador de Madariaga (who led the drafting of the
John Lord Alderdice, Past President of LI, first President of North Oxford Manifesto on liberalism), Oxford
Ireland Assembly, Convenor of LibDems in the House of Lords, UK
11:00-11:30 Coffee and tea break

11:30-13:00 Conference Responsibility to Protect: A Liberal Approach?

Panel 2: R2P in action seen from different perspectives

Chair:
Sir Graham Watson MEP, former ALDE President, LibDems, UK

Interventions:
Cambodia: have the lessons from the past been learned?
Sam Rainsy MP, Leader of the Opposition, SRP, Cambodia

How do the interventions in Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya differ?

Gianni Vernetti MP, former Deputy Foreign Minister, ApI, Italy

Imposing democratic election results through international

intervention
Issiaka Konate, RDR UK representative, Cote dIvoire

13:00-14:00 Lunch break

14:00-15:30 Conference Responsibility to Protect: A Liberal Approach?

Panel 3: Challenges of Implementing R2P: Who is to Authorise
and Whose is the Action?

Chair:
Astrid Thors MP, former Minister of Integration, SFP, Finland

Interventions:
Legal aspects of involving R2P and role of ICC
Lousewies van der Laan, former Chief of Cabinet of the President of
the International Criminal Court, the Netherlands

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