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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
ALRC-ANM-001-2010
March 17, 2010

An Announcement by the Asian Legal Resource Centre

Invitation to a side event on forced disappearances, Room XVII, 3 - 5 pm, Wednesday March 17, 2010

The Asian Legal Resource Centre wishes to inform you about the side event of the 13th regular session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on

The Global Phenomenon of Enforced Disappearances and the Entry Into Force of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance

jointly organized by ALRC, AFAD, APDH, and FEMED, In Cooperation With FEDEFAM, NVI, PHILRIGHTS, and INFID.*

Wednesday, 17 March 2010, 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
United Nations Office at Geneva, Room XXVII, Palais des Nations

PROGRAM
3.00 – 3.10: Welcome Remarks, Mr. Jeremy J. Sarkin, Chairperson, UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances

3.10 – 4.20: Testimonies of Experts and Family Representatives of the Disappeared

• Buried Evidence, A Report on Mass Graves in Kashmir – Dr. Angana Chatterji, Coconvener, International People’s Tribunal on Human Rights and Justice in Kashmir and Professor, California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, United States
• The Case of Maina Sunwar, Nepal – Mrs. Devi Sunwar, Mother of Maina Sunwar, and Mr. Govinda Bandi
• Enforced Disappearances in the Philippines – Ms. Mary Aileen Diez-Bacalso, Secretary-General, AFAD
• Enforced Disappearances in Latin America – Ms. Jenny Bettancourt, FEDEFAM
• Enforced Disappearances in Argentina – Ms. Victoria Pais Demarco, APDH
• Enforced Disappearances in the Euromediterranean – Mr. Wadih Al-Asmar, FEMED
• Enforced Disappearances in the Sahara – Mr. Rachid El Manouzi, FEMED
• Enforced Disappearances in Morocco – Ms. Djimi Elgalia, Comite De Familiares de Desaparecidos en El Sahara Occidental
• Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance – Dr. Gabriella Citroni, Professor, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy and Legal Adviser, FEDEFAM

4.20 – 4.40: Responses from Governments of Argentina and France

4.40 – 5.00: Open Forum and Closing Remarks, Mr. Michael Anthony, ALRC

Light refreshments will be served

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ALRC: Asian Legal Resource Centre
AFAD: Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances
APDH: Permanent Assembly for Human Rights
FEMED: Euromediterranean Federation Against Forced Disappearances
FEDEFAM: Latin American Federation of Associations of Relatives of Disappeared-Detainees
NVI: Nonviolence International
PHILRIGHTS: Philippine Human Rights Information Center
INFID: International NGO Forum on Indonesian Development
The Global Phenomenon of Enforced Disappearances
and the Entry Into Force of the
International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance

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About the ALRC: The Asian Legal Resource Centre is an independent regional non-governmental organisation holding general consultative status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations. It is the sister organisation of the Asian Human Rights Commission. The Hong Kong-based group seeks to strengthen and encourage positive action on legal and human rights issues at the local and national levels throughout Asia.