INTERNATIONAL STRATEGY MEETING ON ESCR & ESCR-NET GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Nairobi, Kenya | 1-4 December, 2008
Date of Arrival: Sunday, November 30, 2008
àRegistration in the Hotel
Day 1: Monday, December 1, 20088:00-9:00
9:00 -9:35 / Registration in the Main Meeting Hall (if you have not registered, please do so at this time)
Dance Presentation by Korogocho Social Youth Group, Kenya
Welcome and Introduction
Kenyan ESCR Coalition Representative - Odindo Opiata, Hakijamii, Kenya
ESCR-Net Board Members – Jorge-Daniel Taillant, Argentina and Shanthi Dairiam, IWRAW-AP, Malaysia
World AIDS Day Statement – Jemimah Nindo, National Treasurer for Women Living with HIV/AIDS, Kenya
Location: Main Meeting Hall across from Main Hotel Block
Languages: English, Spanish, French, Portuguese
9:35-9:55 / Keynote Address given by Professor Yash Ghai, UN Special Representative for Human Rights in Cambodia and Head of the Constitution Advisory Support Unit for UNDP in Nepal.
Introduction by Muthoni Wanyeki, Kenya Human Rights Commission
Location: Main Meeting Hall across from Main Hotel Block
Languages: English, Spanish, French, Portuguese
9:55-10:15 / Overview of the Agenda and Objectives of the Meeting
Julieta, Rossi, ESCR-Net Secretariat & Eric Makokha, Shelter Forum, Kenya
Location: Main Meeting Hall across from Main Hotel Block
Languages: English, Spanish, French, Portuguese
10:15-12:15 / ESCR-Net Slideshow
Plenary I : “ESCR-Net: work to date and future direction”
Moderator: Miloon Kothari, Former United Nations Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing, Coordinator of the South Asian Regional Programme and Habitat International Coalition's (HIC) Housing and Land Rights Network, India
Speakers: 1) Julieta Rossi, Director of ESCR-Net; 2) Malcolm Langford, Norwegian Centre on Human Rights, University of Oslo, Norway and Hakijamii, Kenya 3) Bruce Porter, Social Rights Advocacy Centre, Canada; 4)Tricia Feeney, Rights and Accountability in Development, UK; 5) Ann Blyberg, International Human Rights Internship Program (IHRIP), USA; 6) Areli Sandoval, Equipo Pueblo, Mexico; 7) Renji Joseph, Alliance for Holistic and Sustainable Development of Communities, India; 8) Leilani Farha; Centre for Equality Rights in Accommodation, Canada.
Location: Main Meeting Hall across from Main Hotel Block
Languages: English, Spanish, French, Portuguese
12:15 -1:15 / Lunch
Location: Restaurant in Main Hotel block
ADJUDICATION / OPTIONAL PROTOCOL / BUDGET
ANALYSIS / CORPORATE
ACCOUNTABILITY / TRADE / HEALTH / WOMEN
1:15-3.15
Working Session 1[1] / Justiciability of ESC Rights: Stories and Lessons from the Ground
Location: Main Meeting Hall
Languages: English, Spanish, French* / The OP Current Status, Future Challenges and Next Steps
Location: Nyati Room
Languages: English, Spanish / Using Budget Analysis to Protect Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Location: Pink Room
Languages: English, Spanish*, French* / Working Together to Hold Companies to Account for Human Rights: Overview of Work to Date
Location: Twiga Room
Languages: English, Spanish, French* / Sharing Experiences on Trade, Investment, Finance and Human Rights (Part I)
Location: Blue Room
Languages: English, Spanish* / Protecting Health as a Human Right
Location: Green Room
Languages: English, Portuguese / National Level Litigation and Action on Women and ESCR
Location: Admin Conf. Room
Languages: English, Spanish, French
3:15-3.30 / Break
3.30-5:00
Working Session 2 / Round Table – Making the Connection: Lawyers, Social Movements & Claimants (Co-hosted with OP)
Location: Main Meeting Hall
Languages: English, Spanish, French* / Round Table – Making the Connection: Lawyers, Social Movements & Claimants (Co-hosted with ADJ)
Location: Main Meeting Hall
Languages: English, Spanish, French* / Roundtable: How to Utilize the ESCR Framework When Undertaking Budget Work
(Part I)
Location: Pink Room
Languages: English, Spanish*, French* / Workshop: Accessing Justice Part I – Researching a Company and Assessing its Human Rights Impacts
Location: Twiga Room
Languages: English, Spanish, French* / Sharing Experiences on Trade, Investment, Finance and Human Rights (Part II)
Location: Nyati Room
Languages: English, Spanish / Advancing the Right to Health, From Monitoring to Implementation
Location: Green Room
Languages: English, Portuguese / Development of Women’s ESC Rights in Regional Human Rights Systems
Location: Admin Conf. Room
Languages: English, Spanish, French
5:00 -5:15 / Break
5:15-6:45
Working Session 3 / Current Conceptual Issues in ESC Rights Litigation (Co-hosted with OP)
Location: Main Meeting Hall
Languages: English, Spanish, French* / Current Conceptual Issues in ESC Rights Litigation (Co-hosted with ADJ)
Location: Main Meeting Hall
Languages: English, Spanish, French* / Roundtable: How to Utilize the ESCR Framework When Undertaking Budget Work (Part II)
Location: Pink Room
Languages: English, Spanish*, French* / Workshop: Accessing Justice Part II – Bringing a Case Against a Company
Location: Twiga Room
Languages: English, Spanish, French*, Portuguese* / Reflecting on Shared Experiences
Location: Nyati Room
Languages: English, Spanish / Using a Human Rights Approach to Critical Health Problems
Location: Green Room
Languages: English, Portuguese / Promotion of Women and ESCR Internationally
Location: Admin Conf. Room
Languages: English, Spanish, French
7:30- / Welcome Dinner & ESCR-Net Member “Talent Show”
Location: Health Club House (see KCCT map included in package)
Day 2: Tuesday, December 2, 2008
8:15-8:30 / Briefing Session on Governance and Nomination Process
Julieta Rossi and Niko Lusiani, ESCR-Net Secretariat
Location: Main Meeting Hall
Languages: English, Spanish, French, Portuguese
8:30-11:30 / Plenary II: Social Movements and ESCR: Building a Bottom-Up Network of Solidarity and Support
Moderator: Suzanne Shende. Comité de Emergencia Garífuna, Honduras
Speakers: Lucas Benitez, Coalition of Immokalee Workers, USA; Ezekiel Rema, Slum Dwellers Federation, Kenya; Joji Carino, Tebtebba Foundation, Philippines
Location: Main Meeting Hall
Languages: English, Spanish, French, Portuguese
11:30 -11.45 / Break (Close of Board Nomination Process)
ADJUDICATION / OPTIONAL PROTOCOL / BUDGET
ANALYSIS / CORPORATE
ACCOUNTABILITY / TRADE / HEALTH / WOMEN
11:45-1:15
Working Session 4 / Litigating Equality Rights and Social Rights: Litigation and Advocacy Strategies (Co-hosted w/ OP and WMN)
Location: Main Meeting Hall
Languages: English, Spanish, French / Litigating Equality Rights and Social Rights: Litigation and Advocacy Strategies (Co-hosted w/ ADJ and WMN)
Location: Main Meeting Hall
Languages: English, Spanish, French / Identifying and Overcoming Challenges in Budget Work for Human Rights (Part I)
Location: Pink Room
Languages: English, Spanish, French* / Workshop: Accessing Justice Part III – Corporate Finance and Human Rights
(Co-hosted w/ TRD)
Location: Admin Conference Room
Languages: English, Spanish, French* / Workshop: Accessing Justice – Corporate Finance and Human Rights (Co-hosted w/ CA)
Location: Admin Conference Room
Languages: English, Spanish, French* / Access to Medicines as a Human Rights Issue
Location: Green Room
Languages: English, Spanish, French*, Portuguese / Litigating Equality Rights and Social Rights: Litigation and Advocacy Strategies (Co-hosted w/ ADJ and OP)
Location: Main Meeting Hall
Languages: English, Spanish, French
1:15-2:15 / Lunch (Served in Main Hotel block)
2:15-3:45
Working Session 5 / Globalization and Litigation Strategies
(Co-hosted with Corp Acct., OP & Trade)
Location: Main Meeting Hall
Languages: English, Spanish, French* / Roundtable: Next Steps for the Optional Protocol
Location: Twiga Room
Languages: English, Spanish / Identifying and Overcoming Challenges in Budget Work for Human Rights (Part II)
Location: Pink Room
Languages: English, Spanish, French*
/ Globalization and Litigation Strategies
(Co-hosted w/ ADJ, OP & TRD)
Location: Main Meeting Hall
Languages: English, Spanish, French* / Globalization and Litigation Strategies
(Co-hosted w/ CA & ADJ)
Location: Main Meeting Hall
Languages: English, Spanish, French* / Health Care Systems and Assessment for Action
Location: Green Room
Languages: English, French*, Portuguese / Addressing Obstacles, Barriers and Challenges in the Women and ESCR Work
Location: Admin Conf. Room
Languages: English, Spanish, French
3:45-4:00 / Break
4:00-5:30
Working Session 6 / Strategy session: Setting a Future Agenda of Collaborative Work (Part I) (Co-hosted w/ OP)
Location: Main Meeting Hall
Languages: English, Spanish, French*
/ Strategy session: Setting a Future Agenda of Collaborative Work (Part I) (Co-hosted w/ ADJ)
Location: Main Meeting Hall
Languages: English, Spanish, French* / Strategy session: Setting a Future Agenda of Collaborative Work (Part I)
Location: Pink Room
Languages: English, Spanish, French* / Strategy session: Setting a Future Agenda of Collaborative Work (Part I)
Location: Twiga Room
Languages: English, Spanish, French* / Strategy session: Setting a Future Agenda of Collaborative Work (Part I)
Location: Nyati Room
Languages: English, Spanish* / Strategy session: Setting a Future Agenda of Collaborative Work (Part I)
Location: Green Room
Languages: English, Portuguese / Strategy session: Setting a Future Agenda of Collaborative Work (Part I)
Location: Admin Conf. Room
Languages: English, Spanish, French
5:30-5:45 / Break
5:45-7:45
OPEN SPACES / The Right to Social Security, Organizers: Priiti Darooka, PWESCR, India and Malcolm Langford, Norwegian Human Rights Center, Norway
Location: EG1 (Opposite Library, Ground Floor) Language: English
Indigenous Rights, the Environment and Grassroots Activism: Film Showing and Discussion, Organizer: Larson Bill, Western Shoshone Defense Project, USA
Location: EG32 (Opposite Library, 1st Floor) Language: English
Rights and Anti-Corruption: Providing Tools for Civil Society Mobilization on Access to and Enjoyment of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights,
Organizers: International Council on Human Rights Policy, Switzerland and Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales, Argentina
Location: Admin Conference Room (Behind Administration Building) Languages: English, Spanish
Assessing the Health Rights of Women, Organizer: Grace Maingi-Kimani, Federation of Women Lawyers, Kenya
Location: C3 (Classroom Block C, Ground Floor) Languages: English, Kiswahili
Why and How to Get Involved in Intellectual Property Advocacy: An Urgent Appeal to Human Rights Activists, Organizer: Zoe Goodman, 3D->Trade, Human Rights and Equitable Economy, Switzerland
Location: Blue Room (behind Administrative Building) Language: English
Budgeting for Human Rights: An Exchange for Organizations Interested in Participating and Contributing to the ‘Budgeting for Human Rights’ Pilot Phase 2009-2010. Organizers: Erica Wortel, APRODEV and Cornelieke Keizer, Equalinrights, Netherlands
Location: Pink Room (Seminar Rooms, behind Administration Block) Language: English, Spanish
A Human Rights Response to Globalization: the Added-Value of Working with Extra Territorial Obligations (ETO), Organizer: Sandra Ratjen, Katrin Geenan, FIAN International, Germany
Location: Twiga Room (Main Hotel Block, 2nd Floor) Languages: English, Spanish
Integrating Macro Economic Strategies and Human Rights, Organizer: Radhika Balakrishnan, Marymount Manhattan College, USA
Location: D2 (Classroom Block D, Ground Floor) Language: English
“Rightful Place” Video, Organizer: Munini Mutuku, Centre For Minority Rights Development, Kenya
Location: Green Room (in Seminar Rooms, behind Administration Block) Languages: English, Kiswahili
Video for Change – How to Effectively Use Video for Human Rights Advocacy, Organizer: Bukeni Waruzi, WITNESS, USA
Location: D4 (Classroom Block D, 1st Floor) Language: English
New Tools for State Accountability: CESR Monitoring Tool & an Economic and Social Rights Fulfillment Index, Organizers: Eitan Felner, Center for Economic and Social Rights, Spain; & Alicia Yamin, Harvard Law School, USA, on behalf of Sakiko Fukuda, New School University, USA
Location: A5 (Classroom Block A, Ground Floor) Languages: English, Spanish
Rights First: : A Tool to Evaluate Step-by-Step the Impact of foreign investment on Human Rights, Organizer: Rights Democracy, Canada
Location: Nyati Room (Main Hotel Block, 2nd Floor) Language: French, English
7:45 / Free evening
Day 3: Wednesday, December 3, 2008
8:15-8:25 / Briefing session
Location: Main Meeting Hall
Languages: English, Spanish, French, Portuguese
8:25-10:55 / Plenary III: Global Accountability: Expanding the Scope and Creating New Tools
Moderator: Steven Ouma Akoth, University of Western Cape, South Africa (formerly of the Kenya Human Rights Commission)
Speakers: Danwood Chirwa, University of Cape Town, South Africa; Joseph Schechla, HIC-Housing and Land Rights Network (HRLN), Egypt; Miloon Kothari, HIC-HRLN, India; Aldo Caliari, Center of Concern, USA; Eitan Felner, Centre for Economic and Social Rights; Magdalena Sepúlveda, UN Independent Expert on Extreme Poverty & ICHRP; Pilar Arcidiácono, Centre for Legal and Social Studies; Aldo Caliari, Center of Concern, USA
Location: Main Meeting Hall
Languages: English, Spanish, French, Portuguese
10:55-11:10 / Break
11:10-11:30 / Explanation of Board Election Process and Announce Board Candidates
Suad Elías Atala and Niko Lusiani, ESCR-Net Secretariat
Location: Main Meeting Hall
Languages: English, Spanish, French, Portuguese
11:30-1:30 / Presentations by Board Candidates
Elections
Location: Main Meeting Hall
Languages: English, Spanish, French, Portuguese
1:30-6:30 / Brown bag lunch
Local visits
6:30-7:00 / Appreciation of Former Board
Julieta Rossi, ESCR-Net Secretariat
Presentation of board election results and Assumption of Roles of Newly Elected Board Members
Location: Main Meeting Hall
Languages: English, Spanish, French, Portuguese
7:00- / Free evening for all participants (First Meeting of New ESCR-Net Board 7:00-8:30pm)
Day 4: Thursday, December 4, 2008
8:15-8:30 / Briefing session
Location: Main Meeting Hall
ADJUDICATION / OPTIONAL PROTOCOL / BUDGET
ANALYSIS / CORPORATE
ACCOUNTABILITY / TRADE / HEALTH / WOMEN
8:30-11:00
Working Session 7 / Strategy session: Setting a Future Agenda of Collaborative Work (Part II) (Co-hosted with OP)
Location: Main Meeting Hall
Languages: English, Spanish, French* / Strategy session: Setting a Future Agenda of Collaborative Work (Part II) (Co-hosted with Adjudication)
Location: Main Meeting Hall
Languages: English, Spanish, French* / Strategy session: Setting a Future Agenda of Collaborative Work (Part II)
Location: Pink Room
Languages: English, Spanish, French* / Strategy session: Setting a Future Agenda of Collaborative Work (Part II)
Location: Twiga Room
Languages: English, Spanish, French* / Strategy session: Setting a Future Agenda of Collaborative Work (Part II)
Location: Nyati Room
Languages: English, Spanish* / Strategy session: Setting a Future Agenda of Collaborative Work (Part II)
Location: Green Room
Languages: English, Portuguese / Strategy session: Setting a Future Agenda of Collaborative Work (Part II)
Location: Admin Conf. Room
Languages: English, Spanish, French
11:00-11:15 / Break
11:15-1:15 / Governance Discussion
Location: Main Meeting Hall
Languages: English, Spanish, French, Portuguese
1:15-2:15 / Lunch
Location: Restaurant in Main Hotel block
2:15-4:45 / Governance Discussion
Location: Main Meeting Hall
Languages: English, Spanish, French, Portuguese
4:45-5:15 / Break
5:15-6.45 / Governance [Closing session]
Location: Main Meeting Hall
Languages: English, Spanish, French, Portuguese
6:45-7:00 / Break
7:00-8:00 / Closing Ceremony & Keynote Address by Ms. Olatokunbo Ige, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Human Rights Advisor, Kenya
Testimony of Participants & Closing Remarks by Kenyan ESCR Coalition and ESCR-Net
Chair: Odindo Opiata, Kenyan ESCR Coalition
Location: Main Meeting Hall
Languages: English, Spanish, French, Portuguese
8:00 / ESCR-Net Party! (To be held at Bomas – transportation to this venue will leave the KCCT car park at 8pm)
[1] See Working Session Agendas for full descriptions of sessions