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 United Nations
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