Workshop on Missing Persons

WORKSHOP ON MISSING PERSONS Coalition Provisional Authority, Baghdad, Iraq Convention Center, Sunday, July 13 9:00 Opening Remarks Sandy Hodgkinson, Director of Human Rights, CPA · Who is Missing in Iraq? · Overview of Issues · An Iraqi Bureau of Missing Persons 9:15 How Do We Find The Missing? · Tracing Methods, ICRC Emanuel Privat, Deputy Coordinator for Tracing Activities in Iraq, ICRC Ann Zeidan, Protection Coordinator, Baghdad, ICRC · Documents Ibrahim al-Idrisi, Free Prisoners Association · Mass Graves Sandy Hodgkinson, Director of Human Rights, CPA 9:45 What Do Iraqis Need and Want in Order to Move Forward? · The Kurdish Experience Dr. Mohammed Ihssen, Human Rights Minister, Irbil · Methods of Identification: Investigation or DNA? Sloan Mann, Office of Transition Initiatives, USAID · Family and Community Needs: Counseling, Compensation Bela Kapur, UN · Accountability David Hodgkinson, Senior Advisor on Transitional Justice, CPA 10:30 Break 10:40 Break-Out Sessions · Iraqi Bureau of Missing Persons · Methods of Identification · Family and Community Needs · Accountability 11:30 Wrap-Up · Report Results of Break-Out · Next Steps Return to Human Rights Page