Conference: International legal recognition of crimes of genocide committed against the Kurds
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A conference on the International Legal Recognition of Crimes of Genocide Committed Against the Kurds
16 March 2008
Organised by: The Anfal and Halabja Working Group
Venue of the conference:
The council chamber, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Town Hall, Hornton Street, London W8 7NX
Date and Time: 16 March 2008, 09:30 am to 6:30 pm
9.30 – 10:00: Arrival and registration
10:00 – 10:05: Welcome and Introduction by Dr Rebwar Fatah, on behalf of the Working Group
10:05 – 10: 15: Opening remarks by Feleknas Uca, Member of the EU Parliament
Theme I: 10:15 – 12:30: The experience of other nations that have suffered genocide
Chair: Professor Dlawer Ala Aldeen, Professor of Clinical Microbiology, Nottingham University Hospital
Keynote speakers:
10: 30 – 10: 50: The Holocaust: Dr Philip Spencer, Associate Dean of the Faculty of Human Sciences at Kingston University
10:50 – 11:10: Armenian Genocide: Desmond Fernandes, author of The Kurdish and Armenian Genocide: from censorship and denial to recognition.
11:10 – 11:30: Examples of genocide in the 21st century: Dr. Gregory H Stanton, President of Genocide Watch
11:30 – 12:30 Penal discussions: How to use these case studies in the case of genocide of Kurds
Mediator: Dr H Khoshnaw, Consultant Physician and member of the Anfal and Halabja Working Group
Participants: Gregory H Stanton, Philip Spencer, Desmond Fernandes, Dlawar Ala Aldeen, and Mariwan Qanei
12:30 - 13:30: Lunch, and viewing of 2 short films
Theme II: 13:30 – 15.30: Explore how national and international laws, treaties, and conventions can be used to internationally recognize the Anfal and Halabja atrocities as acts of genocide
Chair: Mr Shorsh Haji, Lecturer, researcher and author of: Anfal, The Kurds and the Iraqi State.
Keynote speakers:
13:30 – 14:00: International law in relation to definition and legal recognition of acts of genocide: Nick Donovan, Head of Policy and Research for the Aegis Trust.
14:00 – 14:20: Kurdish Genocide in the international law: Dr Munther Al - Fadhal, Expert in the Middle Eastern laws, co-author of the Iraqi constitution
14:20 – 14:40: The implication for Kurds of such recognition in relation to acts of genocide committed against them: Chiara Venturi, International Peace Bureau, Geneva
14:40 – 15:30: Penal discussions: How can the international law, treaties, and conventions be applied to the Kurdish case.
Mediator: Feyat Demirci, Councilor, London Borough of Hackney
Participants: Nick Donovan, Chiara Venturi, Dr Munther Al-Fadhal, Dr Amed Shamo, Shorsh Haji, Farouq Al – Razaa, and Ghanim J Al- Khoee
15:30 – 16:00: Break and short film viewing
Theme III 16.00 – 18:00: Examine how the evidence can be identified and presented to bring to justice those responsible for genocide against the Kurds
Chair: Dr Rebwar Fatah, Middle East specialist and chair of the Anfal and Halabja Working Group
Keynote speakers:
16:00 – 16:20 Collected data on Anfal: Ms Chnar Saad, Minister for Martyrs and Anfal Affairs, Kurdistan Regional Government
16:20 – 16:40 Kurdish Genocide during Anfal operations: Mr Shakhawan Shorish, author and researcher
Other examples of crimes of genocide committeed against the Kurds (10 minutes for each speaker):
Dr Mirza Danaee
Dr Munira Omed
Mr Ali Rahimi
17:10- 18:00 Panel discussions:
Mediator: Ms Amine Bawe, member of the Swedish Parliament
Participants: Ms Chnar Saad, Mr Shakhawan Shorish, Ms Bayan Rahman, Dr Mirza Danaee, Dr Munira Omed, and Mr. Ali Rahimi.
18:00 – 18:30: Summary, Resolutions of the conference and way forward
Anfal and Halabja Working Group: Dr Amed Shamo, Mr Mohammed Ali, Mrs Gulala Rashid, Dr Hiro Khoshnaw, Mr Adnan Shaswar, Mr Ibrahim Malazada, Mr Adnan Kochar, Mrs Kurda Aref and Dr Rebwar Fatah.
18:30 Closure
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Tel: 02085637918
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