Under the Patronage of the Lebanese Ministry of Information, in partnership with Konrad Adenauer Stiftung - Rule of Law Program in the Middle East and North Africa, and in cooperation with the United Nations Information Centre in Beirut (UNIC Beirut), the Media Association for Peace (MAP) is organizing a regional conference on "Media, Peace and Human Rights" on Monday 27 November at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Hamra, Beirut.
The conference opens at 9:00 am with speeches by Andre Kassas, representing the Minister of Information Melhem Riachy, Anja Schoeller-Schletter, Director of the Rule of Law program MENA at Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, and Vanessa Bassil, President & Executive Director of MAP.
The conference aims to open a media-related debate on human rights issues in the Middle East and North Africa, in light of current political and social transformations in the region. It hosts journalists, activists, academics and representatives of civil society from Bahrain, Tunisia, Syria, Iraq, Lebanon and Egypt, who will be developing together the concept of "Human Rights Journalism" that serves rights and humanitarian issues and contributes to peace-building.
Please find below the conference's programme.
UNIC Beirut kindly asks media colleagues to grant this Conference the necessary media coverage in view of its important role in promoting freedom of opinion and expression in the service of peace-building.
Media, Peace and Human Rights Regional Conference 2017
Monday, November 27, 2017
Crowne Plaza Hotel, Beirut, Lebanon
08:30-09:00 Registration
09:00-09:30 Opening Remarks
- Mr. Andre Kassas, Representative of the Minister of Information
- Dr. Anja Schoeller-Schletter, Director, Rule of Law Program MENA, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung
- Ms. Vanessa Bassil, Founder, President & Executive Director, Media Association for Peace
Keynote Speech: Peace Journalism & Human Rights
9:30-10:00
Dr. Jake Lynch, Chair, Department of Peace & Conflict Studies, University of Sydney- Australia
- Panel I. Media, Peace and Freedom of Expression
10:00-11:30
- Mr. Khalid Ibrahim, Executive Director, Gulf Center for Human Rights - Iraq
- Mrs. Naziha Rjiba, Journalist, Activist & Co-Founder, Yakaza for Democracy and Civil State - Tunisia
- Mrs. Loujein Haj Youssef, Editor-in-Chief & Radio Presenter, Rozana Radio - Syria
- Mr. Jad Shahrour, Communication Officer, Samir Kassir Foundation - Lebanon
Panel Moderator: Mrs. Rouba El Helou,Professor & Media Researcher, Notre Dame University- Lebanon
11:30-12:00 Coffee break
- Panel II. Media, Peace and Minorities' Rights
12:00-13:30
- Sheikh Maytham Al Salman, Head of Religious Freedoms Section, Bahrain Human Rights Watch- Bahrain
- Mr. Akil Mahfoud, Academic Researcher, Director of Political Research, Damascus Center for Studies and Research - Syria
- Mr. Khidher Domle, Journalist, Activist & Researcher, Expert in media and minorities' rights, Member in the Center for Peace & Conflict Resolution Studies, University of Duhok - Kurdistan, Iraq
- Mr. Sherif Azer, Human Rights Activist & Assistant Secretary General, Egyptian Network for Human Rights - Egypt
Panel Moderator: Ms. Dalia Al Mokdad, Manager of “Taadudiya†website, Adyan Foundation - Lebanon
13:30-14:30 Lunch
- Panel III. Media, Peace and Women's Rights
14:30-16:00
- Mrs. Hanaa Edwar, Activist & Advocate for women's rights, Secretary, Iraqi Hope Association Iraq
- Mrs. Wejdane Bouabdellah, Journalist - Tunisia
-Ms. Raghida Ghamloush, Abaad Center for Gender Equality- Lebanon
-Mrs. Hayat Mirshad, Journalist & Feminist, Head of Programs, Fe-Male & Head of Communications, Lebanese Women Democratic Gathering - Lebanon
- Ms. Doaa Dhaini, Journalist, Representative of the European Organization for Human Rights - Lebanon
Panel Moderator: Mrs. Diana Moukalled, Journalist - Lebanon
16:00 - 16:15 Coffee Break
16:15 - 17:30 Roundtable discussion between speakers and attendees
17:30 -18:00 Closing Remarks
