Programme

10:00-10:15 Opening remarks

Sen. Gianni Vernetti, Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs

10:15-11:45  First session
The Role of Community of Democracies in the Promotion of Democracy

Chair: Sen. Gianni Vernetti, Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs
Speech:
Paula Dobriansky, Undersecretary of State, US
Emma Bonino, Minister for International Trade and European Policies, Italy
Jacek Czaputowicz, Director, Department of Strategy and Foreign Policy Planning, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland
Abdoulaye Diop, Ambassador of the Republic of Mali to the United States
Valerie de Campos Mello, Secretary to the UNDEF Board and Senior Policy Advisor to the Fund
Paul Graham, Institute for Democracy in South Africa (IDASA), Pretoria
Rapporteur:
Christian Tomuschat, Professor of International Law, Humboldt University, Berlin

11:45-12:00 Coffee break

12:00-13:30 Second Session
The Response of Democratic States to National and Transnational Threats to Democracy

Chair: Al-Haj Hussein Bhaila, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
Speech:
Carl Gershman, President, National Endowment for Democracy, Washington DC
Joerg Volker Ketelsen, European Commission, External Relations DG, Unit for Human Rights and Democratisation
Ammar Al-Shahabandar, Center for Liberty in the Middle East, London
Matteo Mecacci, Transnational Radical Party, Italy
Julie Finley, Permanent Representative of the US to the OSCE
Rapporteur:
Eric Rosand, Senior Fellow, Center on Global Counter-Terrorism Cooperation, New York

13:30-15:00 Lunch break

15:00-16:30 Third Session
The Role of Civil Society in the Promotion of Human Rights and Democracy

Chair: José Roberto Andino Salazar, Ambassador of the Republic of El Salvador to Italy
Speech:
Piero Gastaldo, Secretary General, Compagnia di San Paolo, Turin
Chee Siok Chin, Executive Director, Alliance for Reform and Democracy in Asia, Singapore
Marieke van Doorn, Policy Officer International Relations, Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy, The Hague
Mohsen Marzouk, Executive Director, Kadem, Tunisia
Charles Brown, CEO, Citizens for Global Solutions, Washington DC
Vygaudas Ušackas, Ambassador of Lithuania to the UK
Yuri Dzhibladze, President, Center for Development of Democracy and Human Rights, Moscow
Rapporteur:
Natalino Ronzitti, Professor of International Law, LUISS University, and Scientific Advisor, Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI), Rome

16:30-16:45 Coffee break

16:45-18:00 Conclusions:

3 rapporteurs from the 3 sessions
Discussion

18:00-18:15 Concluding remarks