Meeting to focus on reconciliation
by mahmood on 22/04/06 at 12:13 pm
Justice and reconciliation in the Bahrain reform process will come under the spotlight at a five-day conference organised by MPs and civil societies, which opens at Elite Suites Hotel in Sanabis tomorrow.
Bahraini MPs, members of human rights and political societies will join international human rights delegates from all over the world for the conference on Transitional Justice.
Parliament vice-chairman Abdulhadi Marhoun and Bahrain Society for Freedoms and Democracy (BSFD) president Ali Orrayedh will give the opening address at the conference.
Three papers on transitional justice in Bahrain will be presented by members of the Bahrain Human Rights Society (BHRS), the Committee for Former Exiles (Returnees) and the National Committee for Martyrs and Victims of Torture.
New York-based International Centre for Transitional Justice (ICTJ) director Hani Magali, Washington-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) office director and Middle East and North Africa division director Joe Stork and Morocco-based International Federation for Human Rights president and Moroccan Truth and Reconciliation Committee member Idrees Al Yazmi will open a second session, on aspects of transitional justice.
The session will address issues of accountability, truth seeking, reparation, reforms, the function of memorials and amnesties in the transition of societies and states, the role of international mechanisms and the case of transition in Morocco.
The first day will close with an open discussion on issues relating to transitional justice in Bahrain.
Conference participants will brainstorm mechanisms and initiatives to develop transitional justice, on Monday and Tuesday.
The conference closes on Wednesday with a general meeting hosted by committee members, who will speak on their experiences, followed by a briefing on the conference’s outcome.
Closing speeches will be made by Mr Magali, Mr Stork and Mr Al Yazmi, who are expected to meet with government officials and other MPs during their visit to Bahrain.
The conference was spearheaded by the BSFD and organised by BSFD member Dhia Al Laith, MP Mr Marhoun, National Committee for Martyrs and Victims of Torture member Abbas Omran, now-dissolved Bahrain Centre for Human Rights (BCHR) vice president Nabeel Rajab and Bahrain Youth Society for Human Rights (BYSHR) president Mohammed Al Maskati.
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[...] New York-based International Centre for Transitional Justice (ICTJ) director Hani Magali, Washington-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) office director and Middle East and North Africa division director Joe Stork and Morocco-based International Federation for Human Rights president and Moroccan Truth and Reconciliation Committee member Idrees Al Yazmi will open a second session, on aspects of transitional justice. GDN :: 22 Apr ‘06 [...]