Tid: 02/11/2016 10:00 til 02/11/2016 17:00
Sted: Borups Højskole, Frederiksholms Kanal 24, København K
Arrangør: N/A
Stor høring om den uendelige konflikt i Vestsahara
Afrika Kontakt and a broad coalition of Danish political youth organisations invite you to take part in a one-day hearing with focus on the conflict in Western Sahara and the role of the Nordic countries.
Our goal is to put Western Sahara on the political agenda of the Nordic Countries and actively work together across the Nordic countries towards a lasting international political solution to the problems in the region.
The hearing will be structured with three different rounds, each consisting of one key topic related to the Western Sahara conflict; legal rights, human rights and natural resources.
In each round, Danish and international experts will briefly present their experiences regarding the theme in focus, followed by a discussion facilitated by a debate committee and the audience.
Tilmelding via https://afrika.dk/article/hearing-conflict-western-sahara
Entré (entrance fee): 50 kr. for frokost, te og kaffe, der betales i døren.
The meeting will be conducted in English.
TENTATIVE PROGRAM
10.00-10.15 Arrival
10.15-10.30 Welcome
10.30-10.45 Introduction by Kurt Mosgaard
LEGAL RIGHTS
10.45-11.25 Legal rights panel presentation
11.25-12.10 Questions and discussion
12.10-12.50 Lunch
HUMAN RIGHTS
Kl. 12.50-13.20 Human rights panel presentation
Kl. 13.20-14.25 Questions and discussion
Kl. 14.25-14.35 Break
NATURAL RESOURCES
14.35-15.05 Natural resources panel presentation
15.05-15.50 Questions and discussion
15.50-16.00 Break
16.00-16.45 Political panel debate
16.45-17.00 Goodbye
ABOUT THE PANELISTS
Kurt Mosgaard, former UN Force Commander for MINURSO from 2005-2007 and the acting Head of Mission 2006-2007. He played a leading role in the establishment of the present program to remove mines and unexploded ordinance from Western Sahara. Kurt Mosgaard continues to monitor and lecture on the conflict from an impartial standpoint.
LEGAL RIGHTS
Carlos Ruiz Miguel, Professor in Constitutional Law, Spain
Anna Abrahamsson, President of Nordic Youth Council, Sweden
Pedro Pinto Leite, The International Platform of Jurists for East Timor, Portugal
Gilles Devers, Polisario's lawyer involved in the current Polisario-EU court case, France
HUMAN RIGHTS
Aminatou Haidar, human rights defender and president of CODESA, Western Sahara
David McKean, Asia program officer Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Centre, USA
Representative from human rights organization, TBA
NATURAL RESOURCES
Erik Hagen, Western Sahara Resource Watch, Norawy
Gilles Devers, Polisario's lawyer involved in the current Polisario-EU court case, France
Morten Nielsen, Head of Secretariat at Afrika Kontakt, Denmark
The hearing is the result of a collaboration between DSU (Social Democratic Youth), SFU (Socialist People’s Party Youth), LAU (Liberal Alliance Youth), RU (Social Liberal Youth), Alternativets Ungdom (The Alternative Youth), SUF (Socialist Youth Front) and Afrika Kontakt.