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GLOBAL DIALOGUE ON RULE OF LAW AND POST‐2015 DEVELOPMENT AGENDA NEW YORK

HIGH‐LEVEL OPENING SESSION 9‐11 am, Thursday, 26 September One UN Hotel Riverview Room

8:30 – 9:00 Registration & coffee

9:00 – 9:05 Welcome Olav Kjørven, Director of the Bureau for Development Policy, UNDP

9:05 – 9:15 Opening Remarks Jan Eliasson, Deputy Secretary‐General of the

9:15 – 9:30 Keynote Address Helen Clark, Administrator, United Nations Development Programme

9:30 –10:05 From MDGs to Post‐2015: Rule of Law and Development Chair: Olav Kjørven, Director of the Bureau for Development Policy, UNDP

Panel:  Ms. Amina J. Mohammed, ASG, Secretary‐General's Special Adviser on Post‐. 2015 Development Planning  Honorable Justice Dr. Willy Munyoki Mutunga, Chief Justice, Kenya  Irene Khan, Director General, International Development Law Organization

10:05 –11:00 Integrating the Rule of Law in the Post‐2015 Development Agenda Chair: Jordan Ryan, Director of the Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery, UNDP

Panel:  H.E. Dr. José Antonio Meade Kuribreña, Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Mexico  H.E. Dr. Christian Friis Bach, Minister of Development Cooperation, Denmark  H.E. Mankeur Ndiaye, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Senegal  H.E. Cevdet Yılmaz, Minister of Development, Turkey

THURSDAY, 26 SEPTEMBER 2013 VANDERBILT SUITE, ROOSEVELT HOTEL

12:00 – 1:00 LUNCH [CLOSED TO REGISTERED PARTICIPANTS UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED]

1:00 – 1:45 Reflections on Incorporating Rule of Law in the Post‐2015 Development Agenda  Dr. Mark Orkin, University of the Witwatersrand  Deval Desai, School of Oriental and African Studies  Luigi De Martino, Geneva Declaration, Project Coordinator, Small Arms Survey

1:45 – 3:30 Group Discussion I: Measuring Rule of Law and Linkages to Development Participants will break into groups to discuss the following themes: (a) Rule of Law; (b) Justice (legal empowerment and access to justice); (c) Security (armed violence reduction) including groups with specific focus on gender:  What is the evidence base on linkages to development?  What are the main challenges in developing a monitoring framework (e.g. data gap etc.)? What are some ways they can be addressed?  How can the issue of universality of global developmet goals be ensured while also allowing for context specificity?  How can the role of informal actors be captured?

3:30 – 3:45 BREAK

3:45 – 5:45 Group Discussion II: Review of Targets on Rule of Law, Justice and Security Within the same groups, participants will discuss the following questions:  What are the ongoing discussions/proposals for targets?  What are some of the strengths and gaps of existing proposals?  What are some recommendations on possible targets?

5:45 CLOSE OF DAY 1

6:30 – 8:30 RECEPTION: Justice and the Post‐2015 Development Goals Open Society Foundations [BY INVITATION ONLY]

FRIDAY, 27 SEPTEMBER 2013

9:00 – 9:30 The Role of Traditional Justice Systems in Sustainable Human Development Mr. Gilbert Tendai Mungate, Headman from Domboshava, Zimbabwe Ms. Shorai Chitango, Ray of Hope, Zimbabwe [OPEN SESSION]

9:30 – 11:00 Review of Discussions from Day 1 Groups discussing the same themes will present a summary of disucssions from Day 1 to each other for feedback [OPEN SESSION]

11:00 – 11:15 BREAK

11:15 – 1:15 Group Discussion III: Review of Indicators on Rule of Law, Justice and Security In the same groups, disucss the following:  What are the ongoing discussions/proposals for indicators?  What are some of the strengths and gaps of existing proposals?  What are some recommendations on possible indicators?

1:15 – 2:15 LUNCH

2:15 – 3:45 Group Discussion IV: Next Steps on Post‐2015 and Rule of Law In the same groups, discuss the following:  Recommendations for next steps in including Rule of Law, Justice and Security in the Post‐2015 Development Agenda

3:45 – 4:00 BREAK

4:00 – 5:45 Plenary Discussion on the Dialogue Outcome Statement Facilitators: From the Group Discussions [OPEN SESSION]

5:45 – 6:00 CLOSING  Jordan Ryan, Assistant Secretary‐General, Director, Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery, UNDP  Olav Kjørven, Assistant Secretary‐General, Director, Bureau for Development Policy, UNDP [OPEN SESSION]

Background Documents

 Rule of Law Overview ‐ Global Dialogue on RoL and Post‐2015 Discussion Paper  Justice and Post‐2015 ‐ Global Dialogue on RoL and Post‐2015 Discussion Paper  Armed Violence Reduction and the Post‐2015 ‐ Global Dialogue on RoL and Post‐2015 Discussion Paper  Summary of the Global Virtual ConsultatIon on Rule of Law and the Post‐2015 Development Agenda  Measurement frameworks from the Expert Meetings in Vienna and Glen Cove June 2013

Additional Resources  Report from the Expert Meeting on an Accountability Framework for Conflict, Violence and Disaster and the Post‐2015 Development Agenda (Glen Cove, June 2013)  Report form the Expert Consultation on Democratic Governance and Human Rights: Criteria and Measurement Proposals for a Post‐2015 Development Agenda (OHCHR/UNDP, November 2012)  A life of dignity for all: accelerating progress towards the Millennium Development Goals and advancing the United Nations development agenda beyond 2015 (A/68/202)  A New Global Partnership: Eradicate Poverty and Transform Economies through Sustainable Development, The Report of the Secretary‐General's High‐Level Panel of eminent persons on the Post‐2015 Development Agenda  A Million Voices: A Sustainable Future With Dignity For All  UN Thematic Consulation on Governance  UN Thematic Consulation on Conflict and Fragility  Human Rights Indicators: A Guide to Measurement and Implementation  Who will be accountable? Human Rights and the Post‐2015 Development Agenda  Statistics and indicators for the post‐2015 development agenda