20/20 Visions of the Future
Professional Workshops

Human Rights and Humanitarian Emergencies

Convened by:

Hurst Hannum
Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy

Jennifer Leaning
Editor, Medicine and Global Survival

Susannah Sirkin
Physicians for Human Rights

Landrum Bolling
Sevior Advisor, Conflict Management Group, Inc.

Topics:

  • Role of humanitarian relief agencies in situations of rights abuse
  • Impact on conflict of humanitarian agency presense and human rights groups monitoring
  • Balance between desire for peace and desire for justice

Participants:

Adol Atwei
Director of Africa Division, Amnesty International USA

Tanya Baldwin
Amnesty International, United Nations Office

Joel Charney
Policy Director, Oxfam America

John Ebersol
Training Service, U.N Secretariat

Larry Garber
Senior Policy Advisor, USAID

Amb. Robert Gosende
Presidential Special Envoy to Somalia

Kevin Henry
Special Advisor for Operations and Strategy, CARE

Francois Jean
Advisor, President, Operations, Medcins sans Frontieres

Darren Kew
Program on Preventive Diplomacy, Council on Foreign Relations

Matt Lorin
National Security Council, Office of Morton Halperin

Gay McDougall
International Human Rights Law Group

Juan Mendez
Executive Counsel, former Executive Director Americas Watch Human Rights Watch

Andrew Natsios
Executive Director, WorldVision Relief and Development

Norah Niland
Executive Director, United Nations Humanitarian Assistance Organization

Diane Orentlicher
Professor of International Law, American University

Roy Williams
Director of Operations, International Rescue Committee

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Development Banks, Private Investment and Poverty Reduction

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