Tentative Programme: Conference on Genocide, Truth and Justice
1-2 March, 2008 (Venue : Brac Centre Inn, 75 Mohakhali, Dhaka 1212)
1 March, 2008
Opening Session
10-00 AM : Guest of Honour : Chief Justice
Mohammad Habibur Rahman
Address of Welcome : Mofidul Hoque
Speakers : AVM (Retd.) A.K. Khandker
Andre Brei – Germany
Ashis Nandy – India
Farina So - Cambodia
Moderator : Dr. Sarwar Ali
11-45 AM : Plenary Session : 1
Mapping Genocide with the Universal Declaration
Chair : Professor Rehman Sobhan
Panelists : Dr. Mizanur Rahman
Andre Brei – EU
Discussants : Shahdin Malik
Moderator : Tariq Ali
3-00 PM : Plenary Session : 2
Documenting and Archiving Genocide
Chair : Professor Sirajul Islam
Panelists : Farina So, DC-CAM, Cambodia (The Value of
Documents in the Khmer Rogue Tribunal and Beyond)
Professor Masaaki Ohashi – Japan
(Testimonies of the Battle of Okinawa)
Film Show ( LWM Oral Histroy Project )
Discussants : Professor Muntassir Mamun, Professor Rounaq Jahan
Moderator : Aly Zaker
5-00 PM : Visit Jalladkhana Killing Field
7-00 PM : Visit LWM and Dinner
2 March, 2008
10-00 AM : Plenary Session : 3
Trauma and Tribulation of Victims
Chair : Syed Shamsul Huq
Panelists : Dr. Faustina Perreira
Dr. M.A. Hasan
Ashis Nandy – India
Discussants: Sultana Kamal, Professor Sonia Nishat Amin
Moderator : Sara Zaker
11-30 AM : Tea-break
11-45 AM : Plenary Session : 4
Bangladesh Genocide and Trial of the Perpetrators
Chair : Professor Kabir Chowdhury
Panelists : Dr. Shah Alam, Chittagong University
Lt. Gen. Harun-ur Rashid, Sector Commander’s Forum
Humayun Reza
Moderator : Rabiul Hussain
1-30 PM : Lunch Break
3-00 PM : Roundtable Discussion
Building an Alliance : Addressing Genocide, Preventing
Genocide
Chair : Professor Anisuzzaman
Panelists : Professor Ahmed Kamal, Barrister Sara Hossain,
Dr. Imtiaz Ahmed
Moderator : Mofidul Hoque
4-30 PM : Closing Session and adaptation of the Declaration and
Programme
Chair : Dr. Syed Anwar Hossain
Moderator : Asaduzzaman Noor
7-00 PM : Dhaka Theatre presents Selim Al Din’s “Nimojjon”- a play based on Genocide in History
Venue : Experimental Theatre Hall, Shilpakala Academy