International Conference on Protection of Rohingya Survivors and Accountability for Genocide

International Conference on Protection of Rohingya Survivors and Accountability for Genocide

Date August 23-24, 2019 

Place Paulus Hall 101A, Sogang University, Seoul 

Co-hosted by EuroBurma Office, Human Rights Action Center, Free Rohingya Coalition, FORSEA, Korean Civil Society in Solidarity with the Rohingya

Program

August 23 (Fri)
Time	Contents
09:00 ~09:30	Registration
09:30 ~ 09:55	Opening Remarks Free Rohingya Coalition, Korean Civil Society in Solidarity with the Rohingya
10:00~10:50	Keynote Speech I Yanghee LEE | UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Situation in Myanmar
11:00~12:30	Session 1. Voices of Rohingya and Burmese Minority Women   Yasmin Ullah | Director, Rohingya Human Rights Network Hseng Noung | Shan Women Action Network Naw May Oo | Adviser to the Karen National Union
12:30~13:50	Lunch
14:00~14:50	Session 2. Tackling Sexual Violence in Myanmar and in the Region  Razia Sultana | Chairperson, Rohingya Women Welfare Society   Meehyang Yoon | Representative, The Korean Council for Justice & Remembrance for the Issues of Military SExual Slavery by Japan Rahima Begum | Researcher, Activist & Co-founder, Restless Beings
15:00 ~ 15:50	Session 3. Asian Solidarity with the Rohingya Survivors Khin Mai Aung | Writer & Civil Rights Lawyer Bian D.Costa | Australian National University Teressa Der-Lan Yeh | Chair, Taiwan Women’s Rescue Foundation  Rev.Park Sanghun, S.J. | Director, Jesuit Research Center for Advocacy and Solidarity
16:00  16:50	Session 4. Tackling Racism & Mobilized Hatred in Myanmar & Other Countries in the Region  Thet Swe Win | Activist, Social Harmony Organization James Gomez | Former Director, Amnesty International Southeast Asia  Jiyoung SHIN | Assistant Professor, Yonsei University, Project <Refugee X Field>
17:00 ~ 17:30	Keynote Speech II Sara Hossain| US State Department's honoree, International Woman of Courage (2016);  Advisory Board member of the Open Society Foundations; Barrister at the Supreme Court of Bangladesh and honorary executive director of Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust & the Defence Counsel for Nobel Laureate Dr. Mohammad Yunus.
17:30~18:00	Wrap-up
August 24 (Sat)
09:00 ~ 09:30	Registration
09:30 ~ 10:20	Keynote Speech III.  Marzuki Darusman | Chair, United Nations Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar (TBC)
10:30 ~ 11:20	Session 6. Boycott Myanmar I : Cultural and Governmental Relation  Maung Zarni | Coordinator, Free Rohingya Coalition  Tapan Bose | Secretary-General, South Asia Forum for Human Rights Mabrur Ahmed | Co-founder & Director, Restless Being
11:30 ~ 12:20	Session 7. Boycott Myanmar II : Biz Investment & HR in Rakhine State Nay San Lwin | Coordinator, Free Rohingya Coalition Michimi Muranuchi | Professor of International Politics, Gakushuin University Hyunpil Nah | Executive Director, Korean House for International Solidarity; KTNC Watch
12:30 ~ 13:20	Session 8. Accountability Measures  Katherine Southwick | Former Clerk in the Office of the Prosecutor at ICTY Doreen Chen | Coordinator for International Law, Free Rohingya Coalition Djaouida Siaci | Rohingya Support Group-International Expert
13:20 ~ 13:30	Wrap-up