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Human Rights Defenders on the Frontlines of Freedom:
Advancing Security and the Rule of Law

A conference in Atlanta, GA, June 6-7, 2005
Co-Sponsored by Carterand Human Rights First

All events are open to the media and are located in CarterChapel unless otherwise indicated.

MONDAY, JUNE 6, 2005

11:30 - 12:15 Welcome to the Carter Center and Introduction of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter: Ashley Barr

OPENING REMARKS:
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter
Louise Arbour: Toward a Larger Freedom--the centrality of human rights in U.N. reform
U.N. Special Representative on Human Rights Defenders Hina Jilani: Democracy in Detail--the role of defenders in protecting human rights in the law and in practice

12:15 - 1:00 No Security Without Rights: New Challenges for the Human Rights Movement. Moderated by Karin Ryan

Featured Speakers:
Saad Eddin Ibrahim, Ibn Khaldoun Center for Development Studies, Egypt
Nozima Kamalova, Legal Aid Society of Uzbekistan
Gustavo Gallon, Director, Colombian Commission of Jurists

1:00 - 1:15 GROUP PHOTO
Location: Stairs Down

1:15 - 2:00 SEATED LUNCH
Location: Chapel Lobby

2:15 - 3:45 Featured Speakers:
Betty Murungi, Director, Urgent Action Fund-Africa, Kenya
Poengky Indarti, Imparsial, Indonesia
DISCUSSION

3:45 - 4:00 BREAK

4:00 - 5:30 Human Rights and Policymaking: Maximizing Impact
Harold Koh, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights, Democracy and Labor (1997-2001)
Jorge Santistevan, former Ombudsman, Peru

Discussants:
John Prendergast, Director, African Affairs, U.S. National Security Council (1996-1999)
Gay McDougall, Executive Director, Global Rights
DISCUSSION: moderated by Peggy Hicks, Advocacy Director, HRW

TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 2005

9:00-9:15 Neil Hicks and Karin Ryan: Summary of Day 1 Issues and Goals

9:15 - 10:30 Michael Posner, Executive Director of Human Rights First: Putting Human Rights First in the Face of Insecurity
Discussants: Hina Jilani and Robert Archer, International Center for Human Rights Policy

DISCUSSION: Moderated by President Carter and Neil Hicks

10: 30 - 10:45 BREAK
Location: Chapel Lobby

10:45 - 11:30 Implications for United Nations Reform: goals and strategies
DISCUSSION: Moderated by Louise Arbour

11:30 - 12:15 CLOSING DISCUSSION: Moderated by President Carter and Louise Arbour

12:30-1:30 SEATED LUNCH
Location: Chapel Lobby

1:45-2:30 PRESS CONFERENCE
Location: Cyprus Room

2:45 BUSES DEPART from Carter Center Chapel to hotel and airport