Politics

Lysøen Revisited – 15 years of Human Security

Conference Programme

15th of May 2013
Venue: Peer Gynt salen, Grieghallen

08:30-09:00

Registration

Registration in the Grieghallen entrance hall with coffee/tea

09:00-09:10

Welcome

Rector Sigmund Grønmo, University of Bergen

09:10-09:30

I.    The Lysøen Declaration Revisited

Moderator: Stein Kuhnle, University of Bergen, Department of Comparative Politics

Introductory speeches by Lloyd Axworthy, President of the University of Winnipeg, former Foreign Minister of Canada and Knut Vollebæk, OSCE, High Commissioner on National Minorities, former Foreign Minister of Norway

09:30-10:45

II.    Human Security in Historical Perspective

Moderator: Joseph Deiss, former Foreign Minister of Switzerland, President of UNGA 2010

Human Security and the UN  by Neil MacFarlane, Oxford University, St. Anne’s College, Department of Politics and International Relations

The role and impact of the Human Security Network by Surin Pitsuwan, Secretary General of ASEAN

The Role of Non-state Actors in Human Security Promotion by David Black, Dalhousie University, Center for Foreign Policy Studies

Discussant: Andrea Charron, Political Studies, University of Manitoba

10:45-11:15

Coffee/tea break

11:15-12:30

III.    Perspectives on Human Security

Moderator:  Jozias van Aartsen, Mayor of The Hague, former Foreign Minister of the Netherlands

Using the Human Security Approach as an Analytical and Evaluative Framework by Shahrbanou Tadjbakhsh, Sciences-Po, Paris

Critical Reflections on Global Human Security by Astri Suhrke, Chr. Michelsen Institute, Bergen

Can't hear you, can't see you - feminist reflections on the R2P doctrine by Marilou McPhedran, University of Winnipeg, Global College

12:30-13:15

General discussion

13:15-14:45

Lunch in the Grieg Hall Foyer

Speaker at lunch: Cynthia P. Schneider, Georgetown University

14:45-15:45

IV.    Human Security and International Intervention

Moderator: Roland Paris, University of Ottawa

Activating Human Protection in Situations of Crisis by Adama Dieng, Special Adviser to the UN Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide

International intervention for human security by Francis Deng, Ambassador of South Sudan to the UN

From Middle East to the Balkans and back: Military realities and political paradigms by General Robert Mood, former Head of UN Supervision Mission in Syria

Democracy Building and Human Rights Promotion by Siri Gloppen, University of Bergen, Department of Comparative Politics

16:00-16:15

General discussion

16:15-17:45

Panel Debate:  “The UN and the Future of the Human Security Network”

Moderator: Abdel-Elah Al Khatib, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

Jan Eliasson, Deputy-Secretary General of the UN

Allan Rock, President of University of Ottawa

Jörgen Aall, University of Bergen, Faculty of Law

Jan Egeland, Europe Director and Deputy Executive Director, Human Rights Watch

Sorpong Peou, University of Winnipeg, Chair, Department of Politics

17:45-18:00

Final Statements

By Knut Vollebæk and Lloyd Axworthy

18:00-19:30

Reception

Reception given by the Mayor and City of Bergen in Bergen Art Museum, Tårnsalen