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The workshop focused on counter-terrorism efforts and human rights through four panels over the two days. Panel topics included the role of police and security forces, legislative and judicial practices, human rights monitoring, and the role of media. Keynote speakers and panelists represented government, military, legal, and human rights organizations from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Nepal to discuss balancing security policies with civil liberties in the region.

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Programme Workshop Orf

The workshop focused on counter-terrorism efforts and human rights through four panels over the two days. Panel topics included the role of police and security forces, legislative and judicial practices, human rights monitoring, and the role of media. Keynote speakers and panelists represented government, military, legal, and human rights organizations from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Nepal to discuss balancing security policies with civil liberties in the region.

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OBSERVER RESEARCH FOUNDATION

&
FOURTH FREEDOM FORUM

SOUTH ASIA REGIONAL WORKSHOP


ON
LINKING SECURITY AND LIBERTY:
COUNTER-TERRORISM AND HUMAN RIGHTS
MARCH 15-16, 2007

PROGRAMME

March 15, 2007

Inaugural Session
11.00 – 11.05 AM Chairperson: Mr Lalit Bhasin, Trustee, ORF, and Senior
Advocate, Supreme Court of India
11.05 – 11.15 AM Workshop Concept & Programme Explanation: Gen VP Malik,
Former Chief of the Army Staff, India. Presently, President,
ORF Institute of Security Studies
11.15 – 11.30 AM Workshop Concept & Programme Explanation: Dr David
Cortright, President, Fourth Freedom Forum, USA
11.30 – 12.15 PM Keynote Address: Mr Girish Chandra Saxena, Former Governor,
Jammu and Kashmir

12.15 -1.30 PM: Lunch

Panel one: Police and Security Forces


1.30 - 1.35 pm: Chairperson: Mr N N Vohra, Former Principal Secretary to the
Prime Minister of India, and Former Home Secretary and Defence
Secretary, Government of India
1.35 - 2.00 pm: Keynote address: Mr Ved Marwah, Former Governor, Jharkhand
and Manipur
2.00 - 2.45 pm Panel:
Mr Prakash Singh, Former Director General, Border Security
Force; Lt Gen V N Patankar, Indian Army; Col. Shiam
Vidurupola, Formerly with the Sri Lankan Army and presently
with OHCHR, Nepal
2.45 - 3:30 pm Discussion

Panel two: Legislative and Judicial Practices


3.30 - 3.35 pm: Chairperson: Mr Lalit Bhasin
3.35 - 4.20 pm: Panel:
Ms Shirani Goonatilleke, Director, Secretariat for Coordinating the
Peace Process, Government of Sri Lanka; Mr Ranjan Kumar,
Advocate, New Delhi; Mr Mohammad Akmal Wasim, Senior
Advocate and Former Assistant Advocate General, Sindh
4.20 - 5.05 pm: Discussion

7.30 pm Dinner

March 16, 2007

Panel Three: Human Rights Monitoring

09.30 - 09.35 am: Chairperson: Justice Nasir Zahid, former Judge, Supreme Court
of Pakistan
09.35 - 10.00 am: Keynote Address: Justice J S Verma, Former Chief Justice of
India and former Chairperson, National Human Rights
Commission of India
10.00 - 10.45 am: Panel:
Justice Shivraj Patil (TBC), Acting Chairperson, National Human
Rights Commission of India; Prof Lokraj Baral, Executive
Chairman, Nepal Center for Contemporary Studies, and former
Professor of Political Science, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu;
Mr Sankar Sen, Former Director General (Investigation), National
Human Rights Commission of India
10.45 – 11.30 am: Discussion

Panel four: Role of the Media

11.30 – 11.35 am: Chairperson: Mr Daman Nath Dhungana, former


Speaker, House of Representatives, Nepal

11.35– 12.20 pm: Panel:


Mr Haroon Habib, The Hindu (Dhaka); Mr Bandula
Jayasekara, Editor-in-Chief, Daily News (Colombo); Mr
Wilson John, Senior Fellow, ORF.
12.20 – 1.00 pm Discussion

1.00 pm - 1.30 pm Concluding Remarks

1.30 pm Lunch

Note: Programme subject to minor changes

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