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CulturalDiversityunderAttack:ProtectingHeritageforPeace

Brussels,09-10June2016

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HeritageHeroes

AbdelkhaderHaidaraAbdelkaderHaidara,borninTimbuktu,Mali,istheownerofoneofthemainmanuscript libraries in Timbuktu. He is the founder of Savama-dci, anassociation of family libraries that has coordinated the evacuation ofapproximately 2000 boxes of manuscripts belonging to 35 local families inOctober2012,whenthelibrarieswereatriskofdestruction.MrHaidaraisarenowned expert on Islamic manuscripts and a former employee of theAhmedBabainstitutewhichwaspartiallyburnedbyextremists.Since,hehasdevoted all of his time and energy to the preservation of his own family’s

manuscriptcollectionandwassuccessfulinsettinguptheMammaHaidaraMemorialLibrary,whichwasthefirstofitskindinMali.FerhadMulabegovic

FerhadMulabegovicworks at the Institute for theProtectionof theCulturaland Historical Heritage of Bosnia and Herzegovina and D.D.DOM, Studije,Projektovanje,Inženjering,Sarajevo,StudioUrbing,Sarajevo.Heisengagedinmany fields concerning the protection of cultural heritage such as theprotectionofhistoricurbancentres,research,restorationandrehabilitationofhistoric monuments as well as in the field of documentations, studies anddesigns. Since 1998, Mr Mulabegovic has been a member of the UNESCOinternationalexpert teamengaged in thereconstructionof theOldBridge in

Mostar. He has been awarded the Prize of the Conservation Association of Yugoslavia on the fortiethanniversaryofprotectionofthehistoricmonuments(1945-1985)forcontributingtotheprotectionoftheheritage. He also received the prize Grand Prix Collegium Artisticum 2001 ASAS for the design of therestorationoftheMainPostOfficeinSarajevo(1995-2000).FatherNajeebMICHAEELo.p.

Father Najeeb Michaeel is a native of Sanat in northern Iraq, descendantfrom a Chaldean Catholic family. He became a Dominican monk in Lille,France,in1980,andpriestinStrasbourgin1987.HeisprofessorofPastoralTheologyandCommunicationattheFacultyoftheBabelCollegeinBaghdadand in Ankawa, Erbil since 1990. Father Najeeb Michaeel has been thearchivistof theDominicanOrder inMosulsince1988.Hewasamemberofthe ecumenical commission of bishops of the Nineveh Governorates from2001 to 2012, and the Director of CNMO "Digital Centre of Oriental

Manuscripts",based inMosul since 1990.Hedigitizedseveral thousandmanuscriptsandan importantarchive of the Iraqi churches and saved in-extremis this heritage fromdestruction byDa’esh inAugust2014.He is theFounding-Directorof the"DominicanResearchCentre forOrientalManuscripts" inErbil(2016).Today,helivesasarefugeeinKurdistantogetherwith130.000ChristiansdrivenoutofMosulandNineveh by the Islamic State. He is involved with humanitarian activities and leads two centers forChristianrefugeesandYezidisinErbil.FatherNajeedMichaeelisaPhDstudentspecializedin"Yezidism"attheUniversityofFribourg inSwitzerlandandgraduatedofthe"Higher InstituteofOil" inBaghdad in1977.

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MusicBaselKhalil

BaselKhalil(Damascus1962)isaSyrianmusicianwhoplaystraditionalSyrianmusic just aswell as JacquesBrel.He speaks fluentRussianandArabic.Hehas taught hundreds of students the art of flamenco guitar at the RussianCultural Center in Damascus where he was born in 1962. He had to leaveSyriaduringtheongoingconflictandcametoBelgium,whereheisstayinginacampinLanaken.HewilltellyouhowhemanagedtonotbearrestedoncecrossingthroughEuropelastSeptember,thanksto...hisguitar.HisdreamistohavehisfamilyreunitedinBelgium.

JérémieHakeshimana

JérémieHakeshimana"Yélé",isanartistandcomposer.Hetakesthenaturalsoundsandmelodiesofhiscountry,Burundi,onthepathsofblues,jazz,andworldmusic.Hismusicdealswiththe Inanga,a traditional instrument,andfollowstherhythmsofsacreddrummers.ButJérémieHakeshimanaisalsoaprofessionalactorandartisticdirectorattheNGOMenyaMedia.Hemakeshis talents as a composer, arranger, sound taker, mixer and produceravailabletotheculturalworld.InafewyearsheprovedtheviabilityofdigitalstudiosinAfrica,haslaunchedthecareersofdozensofyoungartistsinthe

regionandpromotedBurundianculturebysystematically integrating itswealth inmodernproductions.Healsocomposessoundtracks,andthemostrecentdocumentaryisNaweweOSCAR.

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High-LevelOpening

IrinaBokovaIrina Bokova has been theDirector-General ofUNESCO since 15November2009, andwas successfully reelected for a second term in 2013. She is thefirst woman and the first Eastern European to lead the Organization. AsDirector-GeneralofUNESCO,IrinaBokovaisactivelyengagedininternationalefforts to advance gender equality, quality education for all, and combatterroristfinancingbypreventingtheillicittrafficofculturalgoods.Aleadingchampion in the fight against racism and anti-Semitism, Bokova hasspearheadedUNESCO’sactivitiesonHolocaustremembranceandawareness

andisthefirstDirector-GeneraloftheOrganizationtoappointaSpecialEnvoyforHolocaustEducation.HavinggraduatedfromMoscowStateInstituteofInternationalRelations,andstudiedattheUniversityofMaryland(Washington)andtheJohnF.KennedySchoolofGovernment(HarvardUniversity),IrinaBokovajoinedtheUnitedNationsDepartmentattheMinistryofForeignAffairsofBulgariain1977.IrinaBokovawasMinisterforForeignAffairsa.i.,CoordinatorofBulgaria-EuropeanUnionrelationsandAmbassadorofBulgariatoFrance,MonacoandUNESCOandPersonalRepresentativeofthePresidentoftheRepublicofBulgaria to the “Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie” (OIF). She is a foundingmember andChairmanof theEuropeanPolicyForum,anNGOcreated topromoteEuropean identityandencouragedialogue to overcome divisions in Europe. This is an example of her work to endorse the values ofdialogue,diversity,humandignityandhumanrights. IrinaBokova isExecutiveSecretaryof theSteeringCommitteeoftheUNSecretary-General’sGlobalEducationFirstInitiative(GEFI)andco-Vice-ChairoftheBroadbandCommission.IrinaBokovahasreceivedstatedistinctionsfromcountriesacrosstheworldandisDoctorHonoriscausaofleadinguniversities.

GeertBourgeoisGeertBourgeois is theMinister-PresidentoftheFlemishGovernment.He isalsotheministerresponsibleforforeignpolicyandbuiltheritage.GeerthasbeenaMinister intheFlemishGovernmentsince2004. In2009hebecameDeputyMinister-President,and in2014Minister-President.AftermorethantenyearsofengagementintheFlemishMovement,GeertBourgeois,lawyerby profession, entered into politics in 1977. First at a local level and since1995 at a national level when he became a member of the House ofRepresentatives. He specialized in particular in judicial affairs. In October

2001,theNewFlemishAlliance(N-VA),ofwhichhebecamethefirstpresident.Geertiswidelyknownandrespectedasacommittedpolitician,ahardworkerandasomeonewhoknowshis files indepth.Geerthas a great respect for entrepreneurs and allows them space to develop and grow their business. HebelievesinaFlandersthatoffersopportunitiestoitspeople,withspecialattentiontothedisadvantaged.HeisanadvocateforanopenFlandersthatexpectingnewcomerstobeabletofullyparticipateinsocietywithout losing their identity, with equal rights and duties. Effective governance, internal state reform,stimulating business and entrepreneurship, caring for heritage, nature and the environment, and thePeaceTourisminthecontextof100yearscommemorationoftheGreatWar...theseareallthemesthatareatthetopofhisagenda.

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FedericaMogherini

FedericaMogherini is the High Representative of the European Union forForeign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the EuropeanCommission since 1st November 2014.She was the Italian Minister forForeignAffairsfromFebruarytoOctober2014andaMemberoftheItalianParliament(ChamberofDeputies),whereshewaselectedforthefirsttimein2008.Duringhertermsinparliament,MsMogheriniwastheHeadoftheItalianDelegation to theNATOParliamentaryAssemblyandVice-Presidentof itsPoliticalCommittee(2013-2014);memberoftheItalianDelegationto

theParliamentaryAssemblyof theCouncilofEurope(2008-2013);Secretaryof theDefenceCommittee(2008-2013)andmemberoftheForeignAffairsCommittee.ShealsocoordinatedtheInter-ParliamentaryGroupforDevelopmentCooperation.FredericaMogherinihasbeenintheleadershipoftheDemocraticPartysinceitwasfounded,in2007:firstasSecretaryforInstitutionalReforms,thenasamemberoftheNationalCouncil,andin2013-2014asSecretaryforEuropeanandInternationalAffairs.PreviouslyshewasamemberoftheBureauofthePartyofEuropeanSocialists,Vice-PresidentoftheEuropeanCommunityOrganisationofSocialistYouth,memberoftheBureauoftheEuropeanYouthForum,andamemberoftheSecretariatoftheYouthForumoftheUnitedNationsFoodandAgriculturalOrganisation(FAO).Sheisamemberof the IstitutoAffari Internazionalianda fellowof theGermanMarshallFundfor theUnitedStates.SheisalsoamemberoftheEuropeanLeadershipNetworkforMultilateralNuclearDisarmamentandNon-Proliferation(ELN)andoftheGroupofEminentPersons(GEM)ofthePreparatoryCommissionfor the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO). Ms Mogherini graduated inPoliticalScienceattheUniversityofRome“LaSapienza”.

High-LevelDebate:CultureunderAttack

KarimaBennouneKarima Bennoune is a Professor of International Law at the University ofCalifornia,Davis,SchoolofLawandtheUnitedNationsSpecialRapporteurinthe field of cultural rights. Her first report to the Human Rights Counciladdressed the intentional destruction of cultural heritage. She is a formerlegal advisor for Amnesty International.Ms Bennoune’s topical writing hasbeen published widely, including by the New York Times, the Guardian,Reuters,andAlJazeera.Herrecentpublication,“YourFatwaDoesNotApplyHere:UntoldStoriesfromtheFightAgainstMuslimFundamentalism,”which

detailslocalstrugglesagainstextremism,isbasedoninterviewswithpeopleofMuslimheritagefrom30countries.Itwon the 2014Dayton Literary Peace Prize. The related TED talk, “When people ofMuslimheritage challenge fundamentalism,” has received over 1.36 million views. In 2016, Ms Bennounereceived the Rights and Leadership Award from the International ActionNetwork for Gender Equity&Law.

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N’DiayeRamatoulayeDiallo

TheMinisterofCulture,CraftsandTourismofMali,MsN'DiayeRamatoulayeDiallo holds a doublemajor degree in political science andCommunicationfromBarryUniversity, Florida,andabachelor inMarketingandAdvertisingfromtheUniversityofColombus.Priortoherappointment,MsN'Diaye,wasactive in the private sector. She founded one of the most importantcommunicationandpublic relations firms inMali.Also,MsN'Diayeholdsapostmaster’sdegree in strategicmanagementandcompetitive intelligencefromtheFrenchMilitaryschoolinParis.Inthatcontext,shehasconducteda

study on the "geo-economic Issues strategic in the Sahel-Saharan strip”. This shows her stronginvolvement in civil society issues and struggles such as gender equality, women’s empowerment andinvolvingyouth inpolitics.MsN’Diaye isalso thecoordinatorof theWorldBankproject "DevelopmentMarketplace",acompetitivegrantprogrammethatidentifiesandfundsinnovativestart-upprojectswithhighpotentialfordevelopmentimpactinWestAfrica.Paralleltotheseactivities,sheteachesanumberofcoursesintheprivateUniversityofBamako.JohnHocking

John Hocking was appointed Assistant Secretary-General, Registrar of theMechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (UNMICT) by the UnitedNationsSecretary-Generalon18January2012.MrHockinghasbeenservingas the Registrar of the International Criminal Tribunal for the FormerYugoslavia (ICTY) sinceMay 2009, a position that he will continue to holdwhile performing his functions at theMechanism.Mr Hocking has over 25yearsexperienceasalawyerworkinginboththedomesticandinternationalarena.Hisprior responsibilities include fiveyearsas legalandpolicyadviser

totheOrganisationforEconomicCo-operationandDevelopment(OECD)inParis;legalandpolicyadviserto the Australian Government's national multicultural television and radio broadcaster, the SpecialBroadcastingService; legalandpolicyadvisertohumanrightsbarristersandtheBritishFilmInstitute inLondon.MrHockinghasbeenadmittedas abarrister at Lincoln’s Inn, London, andabarrister/solicitorwiththeSupremeCourtsofVictoriaandNewSouthWalesinAustralia.HeholdsaMasterofLawfromtheUniversity of London (London School of Economics and Political Science), a Bachelor of Law from theUniversityofSydney,andaBachelorofScience(physiologyandbiochemistry)fromMonashUniversityinMelbourne, Australia. He has written a number of publications, particularly relating to internationalhumanitarianandcriminallaw.KunioMikuriya

Kunio Mikuriya has been Secretary General of the World CustomsOrganization (WCO) since 1 January 2009. He provides leadership andexecutive management for the global Customs community’s priorities,including developing global Customs instruments, standards, and tools;securing and facilitating global trade; realizing revenues; buildingCustoms-businesspartnerships;anddeliveringcapacitybuildinginsupportofCustomsreformandmodernization.PriortojoiningtheWCO,heworkedforJapan'sMinistry of Finance for 25 years. During his career with the Ministry, Mr

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Mikuriyaoccupied a variety of senior posts,whichhave givenhimbroadexperience and knowledge incustoms,trade,development,budget,andfinancialpolicies.Inaddition,hespenttimeasacounselloratthe Japanese Mission to the WTO in Geneva and participated in the GATT Uruguay Round tradenegotiations.MrMikuriyahas adegree in law from theUniversityof TokyoandaPhD in internationalrelationsfromtheUniversityofKent.

ModeratorHigh-LevelEvent

GieGorisGie Goris (1955)worked in development education from 1980 until 1990,whenhestartedworking in journalism: from1990aseditorofWereldwijdMagazine, and since 2003 as editor ofMO* - amonthlymagazinewith afocusonglobalissues,withadistributionof120.000.Bothmagazineshaveafocus on development, globalization and the trends shaping a changingworld. Since 2014 MO* has shifted towards an “online first” publicationstrategy. Currently the news site reaches 150.000 readers. Mr Goris alsoedited a number of books on religion and violence (God met ons.

Wereldwijde verhalen over godsdienst en geweld, 1997), on art, cultural diversity and globalization(Glokale Kunst, 1998;De kracht vandiversiteit, 2002); onworldviews and engagement (Wereldbeeld, aphoto-andinterview-book,2002,Truthout-Therevengeoftherealworld,aphotobookandexhibition).In 2011, he published “Opstandland. De strijd om Afghanistan, Pakistan en Kasjmir”, a wide rangingaccount of the conflicts in South/Central-Asia.MrGoris usuallywrites on the issues of interculturality,religion and globalization. He has been travelling all corners of the globe and did interviews with adiversityofwritersandthinkers,politiciansandfarmersalike.

OpeningTechnicalMeeting

FrancescoBandarinFrancescoBandarinistheUNESCOAssistantDirector-GeneralforCulture.Heis Professor ofUrban Planning and Conservation at theUniversity IUAV ofVenice (currently on leave). From 2000 to 2010 he was Director of theUNESCO World Heritage Centre and Secretary of the World HeritageConvention. From2010 to2014he servedasAssistantDirector-General ofUNESCOforCulture.InOctober2015hewasre-appointedinthispositionforaninterimperiod.In2014,MrBandarinwasappointedPresidentoftheJuryoftheVeniceArchitectureBiennale,curatedbyRemKoolhaasandPresident

of the Jury of the First Shenzen Creative Design Award (SCDA). He is the Editor-in- Chief of theInternational Journal City, Culture and Society, published by Elsevier. He is President of the ItalianAssociation of Historic Cities (ANCSA), member of the Visiting Committee of the Getty ConservationInstituteinLosAngelesandmemberoftheSteeringCommitteeoftheAgaKhanAwardforArchitecture.His recentpublications include:TheHistoricUrbanLandscape:ManagingHeritage inanUrbanCentury,2012 and Reconnecting the City. The Historic Urban Landscape Approach and the Future of UrbanHeritage,2015,bothpublishedbyWiley-Blackwell.

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CulturalDiplomacy

DiegoMaraniDiegoMarani is a policy officer of the European External Action Service inchargeofculturaldiplomacy.HewasformerlyattheCouncilofMinistersandat the Commission,working in DG Culture in charge of theMultilingualismpolicy,andhasbeenadvisortotheItalianMinisterofCulture.MrMaraniisawriter and columnist, author of several novels and essays translated indifferent languages, including the highly acclaimed and prize-winning NewFinnishGrammar.

LukVanLangenhove

LukVan Langenhove combines part-timedirectorship atUNU-CRISwith thepositionofResearchprofessorat the InstituteofEuropeanStudies (VUB)asthe Scientific Coordinator of the EL-CSID project under the Horizon2020programmesinceMarch2016.Thisproject studies thepotentialsof scienceand cultural diplomacy for the EU’s policies. He started his career as aresearcher at VUB and became Deputy Secretary-General of the BelgianfederalministryofSciencePolicyin1992.InOctober2001hewasappointedfounding Director of UNU-CRIS, the Institute for Comparative Regional

Integration Studiesof theUnitedNationsUniversity inBruges. From2008until 2010he acted asVice-Presidentof the International Social SciencesCouncil. Hehaspublishedwidelyon regional integration,international relations as well as on social sciences theory, positioning theory and psychology. RecentbooksincludeDeOpmarsvandeRegio's(DieKeure,2014),BuildingRegions(Ashgate,2011),PeopleandSocieties (Routledge, 2010) and Innovating the Social Sciences (Passagen Verlag, 2007). Recentpublications in journals include European Integration, International Spectator, Review of InternationalStudiesandNature.Mr. Van Langenhove studied psychology and criminology at the FreeUniversity ofBrussels(VUB)wherehealsoobtainedhisPh.D.in1981.WalterZampieri

WalterZampieri istheHeadofUnitforCulturalDiversityandInnovationatthe Directorate General for Education and Culture of the EuropeanCommission.Before takinguphis currentpost,hewasdeputyheadof thecoordination unit and assistant to the Director General for education andculture; among his previous positions there is also the secretariat of theSocial ProtectionCommittee. Before joining the EuropeanCommission,MrZampieriwasAssistantProfessoratUniversityofCentralFloridaandVisitingProfessorandLecturerattheCollegeoftheHolyCross,Worcester,MA.He

holds a PhD in Comparative Literature from The University of Connecticut and attended University ofPadua,Italy.

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CultureontheMove

FatenaAlghorraFatenaAlghorra,aPalestinianpoetandjournalist,wasborninGazaandhasbeen living in Belgium since 2001. Prior to 2001, she worked as a TVpresenter for cultural programmes at the Palestinian Television and Radio.She is nowworking as a freelance journalist inBelgium. Shehaspublishedseveral books, the most recent one in 2014: A series of poems entitled:"Betrayalsofgod.Multi Scenarios",waspublished inBelgium.MsAlghorrahaswonseveralprizesforherpoetry.

JérémieHakeshimana

JérémieHakeshimana"Yélé",isanartistandcomposer.Hetakesthenaturalsoundsandmelodiesofhiscountry,Burundi,onthepathsofblues,jazz,andworldmusic.Hismusic dealswith the Inanga, a traditional instrument, andfollowstherhythmsofsacreddrummers.ButJérémieHakeshimanaisalsoaprofessionalactorandartisticdirectorat theNGOMenyaMedia.Hemakeshis talents as a composer, arranger, sound taker, mixer and produceravailabletotheculturalworld.Inafewyearsheprovedtheviabilityofdigitalstudios inAfrica,has launchedthecareersof dozensofyoungartists inthe

regionandpromotedBurundianculturebysystematically integrating itswealth inmodernproductions.Healsocomposessoundtracks,andthemostrecentdocumentaryisNaweweOSCAR.YounesSaramifar

Younes Saramifar has worked as a combat zone ethnographer since 2007which has earned him a Ph.D. in Cultural Anthropology of Militancy. HisyearsworkinginconflictareasmadeitpossibleforhimtoadvisecivilsocietyinitiativesintheMiddleEastandCentralAsia.DrSaramifarhasassistedcivilinitiatives to preserve living heritages, oral history, and folk practice.He iscurrentlyworking on his second Ph.D. in politics ofmemory in theMiddleEastandalsoaresearchprojectonissueofrefugeesintheNetherlandswithInstituteofSocialResilience.

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Session1:ProtectingCulturalRightsinProtractedCrisis

TomAdamiTomAdamiistheArchivistandHeadoftheArushaBranchoftheMechanismArchivesandRecordsSection(MARS)oftheUNMechanismforInternationalCriminalTribunals(UNMICT).UNMICTwasestablishedin2012tomanagetheresidual functions of the International Criminal Tribunals for Rwanda (ICTR)andtheformerYugoslavia(ICTY),includingthemanagementofthearchives.Withastaffof11archivistshemanagestherecordsandarchivesoftheICTR.Current projects being developed are addressing issues of access andpreservation of the archives. In particular, MARS is implementing a digital

preservationsystemandenhancingaccessmethodologies.PriortojoiningMICT,MrAdamiworkedwithvariousUNpeacekeepingmissions.HewaswiththeSudanandSouthSudanUNmissionsbetween2007and2013,withICTRfrom1999-2007aswellaswiththeUnitedNationsArchivesinNewYorkin2010.HewasaresearchofficerwiththeAustralianNationalArchivesinthe1990’s.Hehaspublishedwidelyonthesubjectofarchivesandreconciliationaswellasoralhistoryprojects.AntonellaCaruso

A former advisor to Italy’sMinister of Foreign Affairs, Dr Antonella Carusobrings to the position more than 20 years of experience working in theMiddle East. In her last position before joining the United NationsDepartmentofPoliticalAffairs,shewasthefounderanddirectorofa“tracktwo”projecttosupporttheIraqiDialogueonNationalReconciliation,whichbrings together leading politicians and parties in the Iraqi Parliament. DrCarusohasalsoworkedintheprivatesectorasananalystandadvisorwithemphasis on North Africa, the Middle East and the Gulf. She speaks fourlanguagesincludingArabic.

CatherineKennedy

CatherineKennedyistheDirectoroftheSouth African History Archive(SAHA),anindependentarchivebasedinJohannesburg.MsKennedyholdsamaster’s degree in Library and Information Studies fromtheUniversity ofCapeTown,SouthAfrica,andherprofessional interestsrevolvearoundtheintersection of the right to truth and the right to know,andthedevelopment of inclusive information services to promote anddefend these rights, to enable accountability and transparency, and tofosterparticipatorydemocracy.

PatriceMeyer-Bisch

Professor Patrice Meyer-Bisch is a philosopher and the coordinator of theInterdisciplinary Institute for Ethics and Human Rights (IIEDH) and holds aUNESCOChaironhumanrightsanddemocracy,attheUniversityofFribourg(Switzerland). He coordinated the work on cultural rights of the «FribourgGroup» during the 20 years that have led to the launch of the Fribourgdeclaration on cultural rights (2007); created in 2004 the Observatory ofdiversityandculturalrights.Morethan25publicationsandnumerousarticlesonhumanrightsandculturalrights.

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FatherNajeebMICHAEELo.p.Father Najeeb Michaeel is a native of Sanat in northern Iraq, descendantfrom a Chaldean Catholic family. He became a Dominican monk in Lille,France,in1980,andpriestinStrasbourgin1987.HeisprofessorofPastoralTheologyandCommunicationattheFacultyoftheBabelCollegeinBaghdadand in Ankawa, Erbil since 1990. Father Najeeb Michaeel has been thearchivistof theDominicanOrder inMosulsince1988.Hewasamemberofthe ecumenical commission of bishops of the Nineveh Governorates from2001 to 2012, and the Director of CNMO "Digital Centre of Oriental

Manuscripts",based inMosul since 1990.Hedigitizedseveral thousandmanuscriptsandan importantarchive of the Iraqi churches and saved in-extremis this heritage fromdestruction byDa’esh inAugust2014.He is theFounding-Directorof the"DominicanResearchCentre forOrientalManuscripts" inErbil(2016).Today,helivesasarefugeeinKurdistantogetherwith130.000ChristiansdrivenoutofMosulandNineveh by the Islamic State. He is involved with humanitarian activities and leads two centers forChristianrefugeesandYezidisinErbil.FatherNajeedMichaeelisaPhDstudentspecializedin"Yezidism"attheUniversityofFribourg inSwitzerlandandgraduatedofthe"Higher InstituteofOil" inBaghdad in1977.StephanParmentier

Professor Stephan Parmentier teaches sociology of crime, law, and humanrightsattheFacultyofLawoftheUniversityofLeuvenandistheformerheadof the Department of Criminal Law and Criminology (2005-2009). He is aBoardmemberoftheCentreforGlobalGovernanceStudiesattheUniversityofLeuvenandamemberoftheLeuvenMediationPlatform.Heisinchargeofinternational relations in criminology at LeuvenUniversity and in July 2010wasappointedSecretary-GeneraloftheInternationalSocietyforCriminology.HealsoservesontheAdvisoryBoardoftheOxfordCentreofCriminologyandtheInternationalCentreforTransitionalJustice(NewYork),andholdsseveral

otheradvisoryfunctions.ProfParmentier isthefounderandco-generaleditoroftheinternationalbookSeries on Transitional Justice, and editor of the newly established Restorative Justice InternationalJournal.Heco-directstheFlemishInteruniversityNetworkonLawandDevelopmentandco-organisesthesummer course on Human Rights for Development. His research interests include political crimes andtransitional justice, human rights and asylum, and restorative justice andpeacebuilding. Between1999and2002heservedasthevice-presidentoftheFlemishsectionofAmnestyInternational.MrParmentierstudied law, political science and sociology at the universities of Ghent and Leuven (Belgium) andsociology and conflict resolution at the Humphrey Institute for Public Affairs, University ofMinnesota-TwinCities(U.S.A.).

YounesSaramifar

Younes Saramifar has worked as a combat zone ethnographer since 2007whichhasearnedhimaPh.D.inCulturalAnthropologyofMilitancy.Hisyearsworking in conflict areas made it possible for him to advise civil societyinitiativesintheMiddleEastandCentralAsia.DrSaramifarhasassistedcivilinitiatives to preserve living heritages, oral history, and folk practice. He iscurrentlyworkingonhissecondPh.D.inpoliticsofmemoryintheMiddleEastand also a research project on issue of refugees in the Netherlands withInstituteofSocialResilience.

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Session2A:CultureandArtsforDialogue,ConflictResolutionandStabilization

TomasBaumTomas Baum is the founding director of the Flemish Peace Institute, aparliamentaryadvisorybodybasedinBrussels.Heenjoysbeingactiveinthesweet spot between research and politics by translating the work of theinstitutetovariousdecision-makingforums.Inaddition,hehasexperienceingetting complicated – and sometimes contentious - information to variousmedia.Afterstudyingphilosophy,appliedethicsandinternationalpoliticshecontinues to thinkabout the relationbetweenmoralityandpolitics.HehaspublishedandlecturedonthephilosophyofImmanuelKant,peacefulpolitics

and the regulationof arms trade. Throughouthis careerheassisteddifferentorganizations in strategicplanning, facilitated interactionbetweenpeople inconflict,chaired jurydeliberationsofdifferentpeaceprizesandcuratedaphotoexhibition.RebeccaCrozier

RebeccamanagesInternational Alert's programme in the Middle East andNorthAfrica,coveringLebanon,Libya,Tunisia,TurkeyandSyria.InternationalAlerthasbeensupportingSyrianartistsandculturalfiguresbasedinLebanontoplayanactiveroleinbuildinglong-termresilienceandrecoverywithSyrianrefugee communities. This work aims to strengthen the value of art as ameansofcombatingthechallengesoftheprevailingSyriansituation in lightoftherefugeecrisisandthegrowingfrustrationitbrings.

MikeHardy

ProfessorMikeHardy is a foundingDirector of theCentre for Trust, Peace,and Social Relations at Coventry University, launched in 2014 incorporatingthe Institute of Community Cohesion, The Centre for Peace andReconciliation Studies and the Centre for Trust and Ethical Behaviour. AsProfessorofInterculturalRelations,MrHardydevelopsnewcross-disciplinarywork focused on the development of trust-based relations and socialsolidarity, broadly defined but in the context of human security. Followingoverseasdiplomaticpostings in theArabworldandAsia,andasmemberof

the Senior Management Team, Mr Hardy was appointed to frame and lead British Council's globalprogrammeininterculturaldialogue.From2012-14,hewasleadEuropeanpartnerfortheEC‘PromotionoftheAmmanMessage’Project.MrHardyisactivewithUNESCOandtheUNAllianceofCivilizations,heisleadadvisortotheWorldForumforInterculturalDialogueinBaku,theWorldPeaceForuminIndonesiaandtheRISINGGlobalPeaceForumatCoventry.ProfHardyhasbeentwicehonoured,awardedtheOBEin 2001 for his peace-building work in theMiddle East, and appointed a Companion of Honour of StMichaelandStGeorge(CMG)intheQueen’sBirthdayHonoursJune2010forhisworkinternationallyinInterculturalDialogue.

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JyotiHosagraharJyotiHosagraharistheDirectoroftheDivisionofCreativityatUNESCO.PriortojoiningUNESCO,shewasaProfessorandDirectoroftheSUILabatGSAPP,at Columbia University, New York; and held a UNESCO Chair in Culture,Habitat, and SustainableDevelopment at the Srishti InstituteofArt,Design,and Technology in Bangalore, India where she was also Chair of the Ph.D.programme; and she is the Founder-Director of Sustainable UrbanismInternational (SUI), an NGO in Bangalore, India. Architect, planner, andcultural historian, Ms Hosagrahar has been engaged with planning, design,

and policies on urban development, urban conservation and heritage management, and sustainabilityissues.Foranumberofyears,shewasanexpertforUNESCOonhistoriccities,cultureanddevelopment,and urban sustainability. She is an expert for the UN Habitat III Policy Unit on Socio Cultural UrbanFramework,andhasheadedtheICOMOSTaskForceonCulturalHeritageandSustainableDevelopment.WithSUI,shehasdevelopedarangeofdesignsolutionsandstrategiesthatintegratecultureandculturalheritageintourbandesignanddevelopmentaswellasconceivedandorganizedaseriesofinternationalconferencestoinvestigatetherelationshipofculturalheritageforsustainableurbanfutures.EvertKets

Evert Kets is a Security Sector Reform (SSR)Officer andhas beendeployedwiththeUNpeacekeepingmissionMINUSMAinMalisince2014.Hefocuseson border security and Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) counter-proliferation and is as such involved in a community security and counter-poaching support project for Mali’s wildlife rangers in the central Gourmaregion.MrKetsservedpreviouslyasanSSROfficerinUNMISS(SouthSudan)andMONUSCO(DRCongo)andbeforehisUNcareer,heworkedastheHeadofMissionforaHumanRightsNGOinEasternCongo,asaresearcheronSSR

at theNetherlands Institute for International Relations, as a political analyst to theBelgianMinistry ofDefenseandasajournalistforTVBrussel.MrKetsholdsaMasterdegreeinModernPoliticalHistoryfromtheCatholicUniversityofLeuven(Belgium).OleReitov

OleReitovisExecutiveDirectorandco-founderofFreemuse,aninternationalorganization advocating and defending artistic freedom.Freemuse hasspecial consultative status within the UN. He isappointed member of theUNESCOExpertFacilityandhasservedasexpertconsultanttotheUNSpecialRapporteur in the Field of Cultural Rights for the 2013 report “The right tofreedom of artistic expression and creativity”. The recent UNESCO GlobalReportonthemonitoringofthe2005UNESCOConventionincludesachapteronartisticfreedomwrittenbyMrReitov. In2012heinitiatedandproduced

thefirsteverworldconferenceonartisticfreedom.MrReitovhaslecturedworldwideonartisticfreedom,cultural policies and cultural diversity. He has worked as consultant in Mali, India, Gabon, Botswana,Nepal and Bhutan. With a background as journalist/broadcaster he has reported from more than 40countriesfortheDanishBroadcasting.

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DeborahStolkDeborahStolkissinceeightyearstheProgrammeCoordinatoroftheCulturalEmergency Response (CER) programme of the Prince Claus Fund, TheNetherlands. The Prince Claus Fund supports artists, critical thinkers andcultural organisations in spaces where freedom of cultural expression isrestricted by conflict, poverty, repression, marginalisation or taboos. CERprovides ‘First aid’ to cultural heritage in case of conflict and disastersituations by providing quick relief to stabilize a situation, evacuate objectswhen possible or document what is left. The CER programme adapts its

responsetospecificsituations,needsandpossibilitiesandonlyworkswithlocalpeopleandorganisations.She oversees the implementation of approximately 35 projects a year in challenging and complexrealities.InresponsetotheunrestthathasgrippedMaliinrecentyears,forexample,CERrespondedwiththeevacuationofthesacredmanuscriptsofTimbuktutothecreationofanemergencyevacuationplanforMali’snationalmuseum.CERisnowactivelyengagedinculturalreliefprojectsinIraq,Yemen,Libya,SyriaandEcuador. In thepast shehasworked for theRoyalTropical Institute.MsStolkhasaMaster’sdegree in Heritage Studies (University of Amsterdam) and a Master degree in Social Anthropology &Developmentstudies(LeidenUniversity).

Session2B:DigitalTechnologiesforHeritageinEmergenciesNickAxel

NickAxel isamemberofForensicArchitecture,a researchagencybasedatGoldsmiths, University of London, that undertakes advanced architecturaland media research on behalf of international prosecutors, human rightsorganisations,aswellaspoliticalandenvironmental justicegroups.MrAxelcurrently specializes in thedesignanddevelopmentof interactive tools.Hemanages“Pattrn”,aweb-basedtooltomapandanalyzecomplexeventssuchas conflicts, protests or crises. Prior to this, he coordinated the 'NakbaDayKillings'investigation,andcontributedto'Rafah:BlackFriday'.

BarnabyGunning

BarnabyGunningisaBritisharchitect,designerandprogrammer.TrainedattheUniversityCollegeofLondon(UCL)underProfPeterCook,heapprenticedatRenzoPianoBuildingWorkshopand Foster&Partners. For five yearshewas an associateof RonArad. Since2004hehashadhis ownarchitecturalpractice in London.Architect of the first full size house built from Lego, hecombineshisdesignworkwithcreatingappsandwebsites.In2009amajorearthquakedevastatedhiswife’shomecityofL'Aquila incentral Italy.Overthefollowingyears,inresponsetothelackoftransparencyaboutthestateof

thecityhecreatedaseriesofprojectswithGooglewhichallowedlocalpeopletodocumentthebuildingsof their city and collaboratewith aworldwide community ofmodelers to recreate it onGoogle Earth.Spin-offprojectsincludedNoiL'Aquila,asitewhichallowedcitizenstorecordmemoriesoftheircityandthink of its future, andHello L'Aquila, a virtualwalk through of the citywhich uses custom Streetviewimagerytoshowthecurrentstateofthecity.

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AlexyKarenowskaDr Alexy Karenowska is a Research Fellow at the University of Oxford’sDepartmentofPhysics,aFellowofMagdalenCollege,Oxford,andDirectorofTechnology at The Institute for Digital Archaeology (IDA). Founded by itscurrent Executive Director, Roger Michel, the IDA is an organizationdedicated to finding innovative technology-driven means todocument andpreserve heritage. The IDA works with a growing network of internationalpartnersinEurope,theMiddleEast,andtheUnitedStates.DrKarenowskaisa professional physicist and engineer and has a particular interest inthe

photographicstudyanddocumentationofculturalheritageobjectsandtheapplicationof3Dprintingandmachining technologies to the restoration of damaged or destroyed archaeological structures andartefacts,inSyriaandelsewhere.ShealsomanagestechnicalaspectsoftheIDA’slarge-scaleopen-accessinternational database project, The Million Image Database. In April 2016, Dr Karenowska oversawtheIDA’sinstallation of amonumental-scale replica of the TriumphalArch fromSyria’s Palmyra site onTrafalgarSquareinLondon,UK.Theinstallation,andtheprogrammeofassociatededucationalactivities,exploredtheroleofculturalheritageinshapingourpersonalandcollectiveidentities,andthepowerandimportanceofworkingasaninternationalcommunitytopreserveit.ElizabethLee

Elizabeth Lee serves asManaging Director for CyArk, an international non-profit organization with the mission to capture, archive and enable virtualaccess to the world’s cultural heritage. Her expertise includes developinginternational partnerships in support of technology driven solutions forcultural heritage protection, education, and appreciation. Originally trainedas an archaeologistwith excavation experience in Turkey and Hungary,MsLeehasbeenapplying3Drealitycapturetechnologiestotheculturalfieldforover a decade. DuringMs Lee’s tenure at CyArk, the archive has grown to

includeover200culturalheritagesitesonallsevencontinents.MsLeeoversawthelaunchoftheCyArk500Challenge inOctober2013,theglobal initiativetodigitallypreserve500heritagesites infiveyears.MsLeeisamemberoftheInternationalCouncilonMonumentsandSites(ICOMOS)andagraduateoftheUniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley.Sheisthe2015WinnerintheSouthbySouthwest(SXSW)EcoPlacebyDesigncompetition.SalvatoreRusso

ProfessorSalvatoreRussoisanexpertinthefieldofstructuralrestorationofhistoricconstructionsandmonuments(inMyanmarandcurrentlyinNepal),andhasbeen involvedwithUNESCOsince2015.He is theco-authorof theUNESCOGuidelinefor"IndepthconditionassessmentofmonumentatBaganArea". He is Adjunct Professor at CurtinUniversity of Perth, School of CivilEngineering. In 2002 he was appointed by IUAV, Venice as AssociateProfessorofStructuralEngineering,andsince2010heistheDirectoroftheLaboratoryofStrengthofMaterial.HehasbeenavisitingresearcheratRolla

University,USA;VisitingprofessoratCurtinUniversity,Perth,Australia.ProfRussoparticipated inmanyinternational research's programmes and won an award from the Engineering and Physical SciencesResearch Council for "Characterising dynamic performance of fiber reinforced polymer structures forresilience and sustainability". He is responsible for many scientific research's programmes andinternationalagreements;hehasbeenmemberoftheTrento,BresciaandIUAVdoctorateschools.Heis

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the author of 192 publications, the editor of the “Shock and Vibration” and “Material Science andResearch”Journals,andareviewerforanumberofprofessionaljournals.MrRussograduatedcumLaudeinArchitectureatIUAVUniversityinVeniceandinCivilEngineeringattheUniversityofTrieste.OlivierVanDamme

Olivier Van Damme joined UNOSAT in 2005where he is now in charge ofstrategicplanning,programmedevelopmentandoutreach.MrVanDammehas over ten years of experience in adult learning and geo-spatialtechnologies applied to disaster management, international humanitarianlaw,andinternationaldevelopmentcooperation.Hisprofessionalexperienceincludesworking for theDecentralizedCooperationand theEnvironmentalLaw programmes of the United Institute for Training and Research. HestudiedlegalriskmanagementandholdsaMasterdegreeinenvironmentallaw.

Session3:CultureforRecovery,RehabilitationandResilience

SamirAbdulacSamir Abdulac is the Chair of the ICOMOS Working Group for thesafeguardingofculturalheritageinSyriaandIraq,Vice-PresidentofICOMOS-CIVVIHthe InternationalCommitteeonHistoricTownsandVillages,andherecentlyservedasSecretaryGeneralandVice-Presidentof ICOMOSFrance.Mr Abdulac was the founder and Director of a Conseil d’Architecture,d’Urbanisme et de l’Environnement (CAUE 28). He also has a longprofessional experience in the revitalization of historic urban centres andrural areas in Europe and Arab countries where he participated in various

capacitiesonprojectswithUNESCO,UNDP,HarvardUniversity,theWorldBank,theAKAAaswellaswithcentral and local governments. Born in Paris, he holds a PhD. inUrban Planning,was graduated as anarchitectbothinParisENSBAandLondonUCLandwasdecoratedas“OfficierdesArtsetLettres”.ChristopheBouleau

Christophe Bouleau has been working at the Aga Khan Trust for Culture’sHistoric Cities Programme since 2001. His career began in historicmonuments preservation in France and Italy and he has been working inarchaeological and monuments conservation projects in Singapore,Malaysia,Mexico and Egypt. As a conservation architect based in Cairo inchargeof theDarbal-Ahmardistrictmonumentsconservationprogramme,he has also contributed to architectural documentation and conservationprojects in Aleppo and Damascus, Syria. Since 2008, as a Conservation

ProjectOfficer,heoverseesfromtheTrust’sbaseinGeneva,conservationandarchitecturalprogrammesinWest Africa (earthen architecture rehabilitation) and provides technical assistance to thewider AgaKhanDevelopmentNetwork’s conservation and adaptive re-useprojects.MrBouleauholds a graduatedegree from theDepartment of Architecture in the Swiss Institute of Technology of Lausanne and hasspecializedinmonumentpreservationattheCentredesHautesEtudesdeChaillotinParis.

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GillesDutertreGillesDutertrehasheldthepostsofsubstituteoftheProsecutorandjudgeattheSurveillanceCourt inFrancefrom1997to2002.From2002to2005,hewasdetachedtothesub-directorateoftheHumanRightsattheLegalAffairsDirectorateoftheMinistryofForeignAffairsinParis,whereheservedasco-agent of the French Government before the European Court of HumanRights.Duringthisperiodheparticipatedinvariousmultilateralnegotiationssuchas those relating to the InternationalConvention for theProtectionofAll Persons against Forced Disappearance. He was also a member of theSteering Committee for Human Rights of the Council of Europe. Later, Mr

DutertreservedasfirstsubstituteoftheprosecutorattheInternationalCriminalTribunalfortheformerYugoslavia(2005to2008).HesubsequentlyjoinedtheProsecutoroftheInternationalCriminalCourtasatrial attorney before being promoted as Senior Trial Attorney. It is in this capacity he leads the caseconcerning the attack against the historic monuments and religious buildings in Timbuktu in 2012,currentlypendingbeforetheCourt.LazareEloundouAssomo

Lazare Eloundou Assomo is the current UNESCO Head of Office in Bamakoand Representative to Mali. He is trained as an architect conservator andtown-plannerspecializedinearthenarchitectureandAfricanheritage.Asoneof the world specialists of Timbuktu’s World Heritage site, he is thecoordinatoroftheUNESCOactionfortheprotectionoftheculturalheritageand ancient manuscripts of Mali, since September 2013. Mr EloundouAssomohassuccessfullycoordinatedthereconstructionofthe14destroyedmausoleumsinTimbuktu.Amonghismajoractionsinfavoroftheprotection

ofMalian cultural heritage, are also the preparationof the 11million dollarsUNESCOAction Plan, therealization of a Passport for the heritage of North Mali, the leading of the first UNESCO assessmentmissionofdamagesconducted inTimbuktu in June2013,andthesuccessfulcoordinationof therecentvisitoftheUNESCODirector-GeneraltoTimbuktuandBamakoinJuly2015.BeforebeingpostedinMali,MrEloundouAssomowas theChiefofUnit forAfricaat theUNESCOWorldHeritageCentre,wherehewas in charge of coordinating cooperation betweenUNESCO and AfricanMember States for all issuesrelatedtoWorldHeritage.WhileattheWorldHeritageCentre,hehasconductedmanymajorrestorationactivities forWorldHeritage sites inBenin,Mozambique,EthiopiaandUganda.He is theauthorof thebook“AfricanWorldHeritage,aremarkablediversity”recentlypublishedbyUNESCO.AbdelkhaderHaidara

AbdelkaderHaidara,borninTimbuktu,Mali,istheownerofoneofthemainmanuscript libraries in Timbuktu. He is the founder of Savama-dci, anassociation of family libraries that has coordinated the evacuation ofapproximately 2000 boxes of manuscripts belonging to 35 local families inOctober2012,whenthelibrarieswereatriskofdestruction.MrHaidaraisarenowned expert on Islamic manuscripts and a former employee of theAhmedBabainstitutewhichwaspartiallyburnedbyextremists.Since,hehasdevoted all of his time and energy to the preservation of his own family’s

manuscriptcollectionandwassuccessfulinsettinguptheMammaHaidaraMemorialLibrary,whichwasthefirstofitskindinMali.

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FerhadMulabegovic

FerhadMulabegovicworksatthe InstitutefortheProtectionoftheCulturaland Historical Heritage of Bosnia and Herzegovina and D.D.DOM, Studije,Projektovanje, Inženjering, Sarajevo, StudioUrbing, Sarajevo.He is engagedin many fields concerning the protection of cultural heritage such as theprotectionofhistoricurbancentres, research,restorationandrehabilitationofhistoricmonumentsaswellasinthefieldofdocumentations,studiesanddesigns. Since 1998, Mr Mulabegovic has been a member of the UNESCOinternationalexpertteamengagedinthereconstructionoftheOldBridgein

Mostar. He has been awarded the Prize of the Conservation Association of Yugoslavia on the fortiethanniversaryofprotectionofthehistoricmonuments(1945-1985)forcontributingtotheprotectionoftheheritage. He also received the prize Grand Prix Collegium Artisticum 2001 ASAS for the design of therestorationoftheMainPostOfficeinSarajevo(1995-2000).AliOuldsidi

AliOuldSidiisaMalianheritageexpert,borninTimbuktu.For20years,from1993 until 2013, he was the chief of the government’s cultural mission inTimbuktuwhere hewas chargedwith themanagement of themosques ofDjingareyberre, Sankoré and Sidi Yahia, all part of the UNESCO WorldHeritageList.Hefirsthandwitnessedthedestructionsofthetown’svaluableheritage in 2012 and has for the past few years closely followed therehabilitationprocess, as chiefof the technical cell for the rehabilitationofcultural heritage and the safeguarding of the ancient manuscripts of

Timbuktu,andmorerecentlyasanadvisortotheMinisterofCulture.MrOuldSidihasasexpertinWorldHeritagealsoparticipatedinnumeroussessionsoftheWorldHeritageCommittee,asarepresentativeoftheMaliandelegation.SophieRavier

SophieRavier has been the chief of the Environment&CultureUnit of theUnited Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali(MINUSMA) since 2013, when the Security Council mandated for the firsttimeaUNpeacekeepingoperationtosupportculturalpreservation.Shewaspreviously the only Environmental Officer of the UN Department of FieldSupport (DFS) in New York, where she was in charge of coordinating theenvironmentalinitiativesofUNPeacekeepingOperationsandSpecialPoliticalMissions. This included giving technical and political advice on the

implementationoftheDPKO/DFSEnvironmentalPolicyforUNFieldMissions,aswellasdoingoutreach.Previously,MsRavieralsoworked forUNEP in itsLiaisonOffice to theEuropeanUnion (EU) inBrusselsandparticipatedintheUNFCCCnegotiationsonbehalfoftheUKPresidencyoftheEU.SheholdsaMasterofEthnomusicologyfromtheUniversityofSheffield(UK),whereherdissertationfocusedontheroleofmusic inpost-conflict reconciliation inMali, and sheholdsaMaster in InternationalRelations fromtheUniversityofAuvergneandaMasterofEngineeringfromthe'EcoledesMinesd'Ales'inFrance,aswellasaCertificateofAdvancedStudiesinEnvironmentalDiplomacyoftheUniversityofGeneva.

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Session4A:WorkingwithLawEnforcementtoProtectCulturalProperty

Rear-AdmiralDenisBigotRear-AdmiralDenisBigotwaspromoted"contre-amiral," inSeptember2015and became the J9 assistant of the chief of staff (ACOS) of the SupremeHeadquarters Allied Power in Europe. (SHAPE). He joined the FrenchNavalAcademyin1978.AfterhistourasamidshipmanonboardFSJeanned'Arc,hewasappointedmanoeuvreofficerofFSRhin,based in the IndianOcean.Thenheenters thenaval aviationandobtainshishelicopterpilot license in1985.HeattendedPWOcourse,specialisinginanti-submarinewarfare,afterwhichhereceivedappointmentsonboardfrigatesbetween1987and1990as

WG13Lynxpilot.(FSTourvilleandFSDeGrasse).From1990to1991,hewasemployedasstaffofficerinthe naval aviation headquarters in Toulon. On completion, he was appointed as deputy commandingofficeroftwosquadrons(22nd,Toulon,34th,Brest).Duringthefirstperiod,heassumedresponsibilityaschiefofdetachmentonboardCarrierVesselFoch.Aftercommanding34thsquadronfrom1993to1995,andfollowingWarCollegefrom1995to1996,hewasappointedtothe«operations»divisionofthenavalstaff inParis,wherehewasresponsibleforamphibiousandnavalaviation.Aftercommandingthenavalaviationtrainingschoolfrom1999to2001,hewasselectedasstaffofficerofthetrainingandeducationbranchintheFrenchNavyhumanresourcesdirectorate.Hissubsequentappointmentwasastheheadofthe forces employment overseas in the "operations" division joint headquarters (Paris). Between 2005and2007,hecommandedtheLanveocNavalAirStation(Brest).From2007to2010,Rear-AdmiralBigotwasappointedas chiefof the J3maritimebranchof the joint forcecommand in Lisbon,wherehewasresponsible inhisdomain forNRFpreparationexercises.Back inParis,he commanded the recruitmentservice from 2010 to 2011. Called by the human resource director in 2011, he became sub-director"competences"inchargeofallthetraining,educationandrecruitmentintheFrenchNavy.Afterathreeyears’appointment,hejoinstheFrenchNationalMilitaryRepresentativeinMons(Belgium)asthedeputyinchargeofoperations.ClaudioCimino

Claudio Cimino is the secretary general of the World Association for theprotection of Tangible and Intangible Cultural Heritage in times of armedconflicts (WATCH) and in this positionhepromotes andmaintains relationswith international organisations and national stakeholders concerned withtheimplementationoftheUNESCO1954HagueConventionanditsadditionalprotocols.Duringthelast15yearshewasincreasinglyengagedinthestudy,development and implementation of progressive risk preparedness,mitigation and response measures to protect cultural heritage from the

effectsofclimatechange,naturaleventsandhumanactivitiesasakeyfactorofterritorialgovernance.HeisamemberoftheBoardofArchitectsofRome.AfteradecadespentdoingresearchinLatinAmericaandcoordinating international cooperation projects as resident expert for the Italian Ministry of ForeignAffairs,hedesignedandmanagedinternationalcooperationprojectsinover35countriesinAfrica,MiddleEast,LatinAmericaandEuropefocusingon:Architecture,UrbanandRegionalplanning;CulturalHeritageRestoration,ConservationandManagement;Arts&CraftsandIndustrialdesign.HehasaMAandPost-GraduatestudiesinArchitectureattheUniversity‘LaSapienza’inRome.

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ElisabethDecrey-Warner

ElisabethDecrey-WarneristheExecutivePresidentandco-founderofGenevaCall.She iscurrentlyamemberoftheAdvisoryBoardoftheGenevaCentrefortheDemocraticControlofArmedForces(DCAF)aswellasoftheGenevaInternationalCenter forHumanitarianDemining (GICHD).Forover25years,she has worked with NGOs on issues relating to refugees, torture,disarmament and humanitarian norms.Her work was recognized in 2005whenshewasnominatedforSwitzerlandasoneofthe1000WomenfortheNobelPeacePrizeandshewasrecentlyawardedanHonoraryDoctorateby

theUniversityofGeneva.MsDecreyWarnerwasamemberoftheParliamentoftheRepublicandCantonofGenevafor12yearsandwaselecteditsPresidentin2000.GillesDutertre

GillesDutertrehasheldthepostsofsubstituteoftheProsecutorandjudgeattheSurveillanceCourt inFrancefrom1997to2002.From2002to2005,hewasdetachedtothesub-directorateoftheHumanRightsattheLegalAffairsDirectorateoftheMinistryofForeignAffairsinParis,whereheservedasco-agent of the French Government before the European Court of HumanRights.Duringthisperiodheparticipatedinvariousmultilateralnegotiationssuchas those relating to the InternationalConvention for theProtectionofAll Persons against Forced Disappearance. He was also a member of theSteering Committee for Human Rights of the Council of Europe. Later, Mr

DutertreservedasfirstsubstituteoftheprosecutorattheInternationalCriminalTribunalfortheformerYugoslavia(2005to2008).HesubsequentlyjoinedtheProsecutoroftheInternationalCriminalCourtasatrial attorney before being promoted as Senior Trial Attorney. It is in this capacity he leads the caseconcerning the attack against the historic monuments and religious buildings in Timbuktu in 2012,currentlypendingbeforetheCourt.BenjaminGoes

BenjaminGoesistheLegalAdvisorattheChancelleryofthePrimeMinisterofBelgium,wherehepresidesover thenational coordinationplatform forthe implementation of the provisions of international law related to theprotection of cultural property. He has also co-authored an informativebrochureonthesubjectinDecember2012,hewas,inhispersonalcapacity,electedpresidentof theCommitteefortheProtectionofCulturalPropertyin theEventofArmedConflict, establishedby the SecondProtocol of TheHagueConventionof1954,andwasreelectedthefollowingyear.WiththesupportoftheCommittee,heaimstodevelopsynergieswithinUNESCOas

wellaswithallother institutionalandassociativeactors,andhas implementedaproactivestrategy fortheratificationoftheaforementioned1954conventionanditsProtocols,tofacilitatethedevelopmentoftheCommittee’smissionsbyhelpingthembecomemoreuseful,efficientandconcrete.Inthiscontext,hehasparticipatedinalargenumberofnationalandinternationalevents.

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StéphaneKolanowski

Stéphane Kolanowski joined the Legal Division of the InternationalCommitteeoftheRedCross(ICRC)inGenevain1997,whereheworkedondifferent issues, such as Human Rights as well as on some arms relatedissues.In1999,heparticipatedinthebuild-upoftheICRCDelegationtotheEU, NATO and the Kingdom of Belgium, a Delegation in which he is stillworking today as the Senior Legal Adviser. He is responsible for followingrelevantlegaldevelopmentsinEUandNATOpoliciesandoperationsandforpromoting and disseminating International Humanitarian Law for several

audiences. Since 2013,Mr Kolanowski is visiting professor at the College of Europe. He has publishedarticleson InternationalHumanitarianLaw,andparticipated inseveralconferencesandseminars.He isalsoattheoriginofthe“BrugesColloquium”in InternationalHumanitarianLaw.MrKolanowskiholdsaLawDegreeandaMasterinLaws(LL.M.)inPublicInternationalLaw.AntoniaPereiradeSousa

Antônia Pereira de Sousa is an Associate Cooperation Officer within theJurisdiction,Complementarity andCooperationDivisionof theOfficeof theProsecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC). As such, she isresponsible for general cooperation and external relations for theOffice oftheProsecutor.Priortoworking intheICC,MsPereiradeSousaworkedfortheCentredeRechercheendroitpublicoftheLawFacultyoftheUniversitéde Montréal, Canada, where she did legal research in the areas ofinternationallaw,globalizationandissuesofgovernanceandglobalsecurity.

MsPereiradeSousaalsoworkedforalocalNGOinCapeTown,SouthAfrica,whereshewasresponsibleforprovidinglegaladvicetorefugeesandasylumseekers,aswellasfororganizingworkshopsandweeklyradioprogramson refugeeandasylumseekers' issues.MsPereiradeSousaholdsaMaster’sdegree inInternational Humanitarian Assistance from the Law Faculty of Aix-en-Provence, France, as well as aDiplômedel'Institutd'EtudesPolitiquesofAix-en-Provence.GianpietroRomano

GianpietroRomanoisamajoroftheItalianCarabinieriCorps.Asofthe1July2015 he serves at the Permanent Delegation of Italy to UNESCO in hiscapacityofexpert intheprotectionofCulturalHeritage.From2007to2015hewas in chargeof theAntiquesSectionof theCarabinieriDepartment fortheProtectionofCulturalHeritage(TPC).Inthiscapacityhewasincommandofateamofinvestigatorsworkingoncrimesrelatedtoculturalheritage.HegraduatedinLaw,andthenobtainedaMaster'sdegreeinArtandHistoricalstudiesandprotectionofCulturalHeritage.Duringhiscareer,MrRomanohas

conducted many successful investigations, the last of which concerned the Girolamini’s librarydespoliation. He was decorated with some of the Carabinieri Department's most prestigious awards,including the Knighthood of the Italian Republic, the bronzemedal for cultural commitment, the silvermedalforalongstretchofcommandandthesilverCrossforalongstretchofduty.

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UNAnalyticalSupportandMonitoringTeam–UNSecurityCouncil

The ISIL (Da'esh) & Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee and the 1988 SanctionsCommittee(Taliban)aresupportedbytheAnalyticalSupportandMonitoringTeam. The Monitoring Team was established pursuant to resolution 1526(2004) and is currently composed of nine experts. The mandate of theMonitoring Team is fully described in paragraphs 43 - 44 and the annexofresolution2160 (2014) and inparagraphs88 - 95 andannex I ofresolution2253(2015).Themandateincludesinteralia:

• to report to the SC Committees on the changing nature of the threat posed by Al-Qaida, ISIL(Da'esh)andtheTaliban,

• toconsult, inconfidence,withMemberStates’ intelligenceandsecurity servicesasmandated inAnnexI(v)oftheSecurityCouncilresolution2253;

• tomakerecommendationstoassistMemberStatestoimplementthemeasures;• toassisttheCommitteesintheconsiderationoflistingproposals;• to consult with Member States, United Nations agencies, other relevant organizations and

representativesoftheprivatesectortopromoteawarenessofandcompliancewiththemeasuresandtodeveloprecommendations;

• toworkwithINTERPOLandMemberStatesintheissuanceofINTERPOL-UNSpecialNotices.

Regarding the illicit trade of cultural heritage as a source of terrorism financing, the Committeeincludedworksofartandculturalpropertyintheillustrativelistofassetsin2014asasuggestionoftheMonitoringTeam.InitsreportS/2014/815(November2014)onthethreatposedbyISILandANF,theMonitoring Team, noting that those groups may generate revenue from the smuggling and sale ofantiquitiesillegallytakenfromtheterritoryoftheSyrianArabRepublicorIraq,andrecommendedthatthe Chair request the Security Council to mandate a world-wide moratorium on the trading ofantiquitiesfromtheSyrianArabRepublicorIraqthatlackclear,certifiedprovenance.Inparagraph17of resolution2199 (2015)and reconfirmed in2253 (2015), suchabanwas introduced.Furthermore,theMonitoring Team ismandated to conduct impact assessments of these newmeasures includingmeasuresrelatedtoillicittradeofantiquitiesandtoreporttotheCommitteeinordertotrackprogresson implementation, identifyunintendedconsequencesandunexpectedchallenges.Finally, theMT isalso called to facilitate further adjustments to the sanctions regime through its regular assessmentsandreportsandhasdevelopedcontactswithrepresentativesoftheartmarket,museumsandrelevantorganizations, in particular with UNESCO. TheMonitoring Team has recently published two reports(S/2016/210andS/2016/213)inthisregard.

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Session4B:(Social)MediaandtheDeliberateTargetingofCulturalHeritage

ChanceCoughenourChance Coughenour’s PhD research utilizes geomatics engineering andvirtual reality to improve archaeological investigations. He has worked onvariousprojectswhichapplydigitaldocumentationmethodstoarchaeologyandheritage inGermany,Belize,Mexico,CopanandPeru.His involvementon a project funded by the EU (ITN-DCH) connected him with MatthewVincent, with whom he together started Rekrei (formerly Project Mosul)after witnessing the destruction of heritage in northern Iraq. As the firstcrowdsourcedandopensourceinitiativeforthedigitalreconstructionoflost

heritage, the project was launched on 8 March 2015. The project aimed to crowdsource the virtualreconstructionofthedestroyedmuseumandeventuallyreleaseavirtualmuseumwherepeoplearoundthe world could virtually visit themuseum and offer a way to digitally preserve its memory. This hasalreadybeenaccomplishedthankstoEconomistMagazine’sMediaLab.Althoughtheoriginalartifactsandstructures can never be replaced, their cultural memory can be preserved thanks to uniting webdevelopment, reality-basedreconstructions,andcrowdsourcing.Rekreicontinuestoexpandonaglobalscale thanks to the growing participation of public and private organizations, such as the recentcollaborationwithOgilvyNewYork,PetGorilla,andUNESCO’s#Unite4Heritage.JacobDavey

JacobDaveyisaresearcherattheInstituteforStrategicDialogue,aLondonbasedthink-tankwhich focusesoncounteringviolentextremism(CVE).MrDavey researches how heritage destruction has been utilised as a tool tobroadcast extreme agendas andhow cultural heritage can be utilised as acounter-narrativetopushbackagainstextremistideologies.

SilviadeAscaniis

SilviadeAscaniis is apostdoctoral researcherand lecturerat theFacultyofCommunication Sciences atUniversità della Svizzera italiana - USI, Lugano(Switzerland). She conducts teaching and research activities mainly in theframe of the UNESCO Chair in ICT to develop and promote sustainabletourisminWorldHeritageSites,ontopicsrelatedto:theroleandimpactofICT in cultural tourism, religious tourism and pilgrimage; the use of ICT topromoteHeritagepreservation;HeritagecommunicationthroughICT.MsdeAscaniis coordinates the initiative #Faces4Heritage, aimed at raising

awareness about Heritage destruction by violent extremism and promoting peace. The initiative waspresentedattheU.S.DepartmentofStateinWashingtonD.C.onFebruary2016,asfinalistoftheglobalchallenge “P2P:ChallengeExtremism”. In2016Silviawas invitedby theU.S. Embassy in Switzerland totakeparttoanondemandInternationalVisitorLeadershipProgram,aimedat intensifying international

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relationshipsforCounteringViolentExtremism.Amonghermainteachingcommitmentsare:theMassiveOnlineOpenCourse(MOOC)"eTourism:CommunicationPerspectives"(thefirstMOOCineTourism)andtheUNESCOChairSummerSchools.Shewasexecutivedirectoroftwodoctoralprograms,bothofthemfoundedbytheSwissNationalScienceFoundation(SNSF).Silvia’spublicationsfocusonarangeoftopicsrelated to online communication, and use a variety of analyticalmethods, always pursuing the goal ofbetterunderstandingtherelationbetweenICTsandsociety.JavierLesaca

JavierLesaca isaStrategicCommunicationConsultant,withseveralyearsofexperienceworking inmultilateralandGovernmental institutions.He isalsovisiting scholar at SMPA at the George Washington University. He is anassociated Professor at the Faculty of Communication at University ofNavarra inSpain,wherehe isalso finishinghisPHDwitha researchprojectabout audiovisual framing, social media and engagement communicationstrategies.Thecaseofstudyfocuseson ISISaudiovisualstrategy.MrLesacacooperates as an expert in the International Observatory for TerrorismStudies, launched inSpainbytheSpanishCollectiveofVictimsofTerrorism.

He has also served as the Chief of the Cabinet of the Vice-president and the Spokesperson at theGovernmentofNavarrainSpain,andhasbeenasocio-economicresearcherattheSpanishArabHouse,apublicinstitutionlinkedtotheMinistryofForeignAffairsdevotedtopromotepublicdiplomacywiththeArabworld.JavierhasaBachelorinJournalismattheUniversityofNavarraandanM.A.InArabStudiesatGeorgetownUniversity,wherehestudiedasaFulbrightScholar.HehasalsobeenstudyingArabicintheAmericanUniversityinCairo(Egypt).DuringthelastyearMrLesacahasattendedseveralpanelsanalyzingthecommunicationstrategyofterroristgroups,includingeventsattheSecurityCouncilofUnitedNationsat New York.. He has also published articles about this issue at Brookings Institution and has beeninterviewedbythemostrelevantUSAandSpanishMedia, includingNewYorkTimes,CNNandNBC.Hisresearchprojecthasbeenmentionedat theCommitteeonOversight&GovernmentReformat theUSCongress.JulieMajerczak

Julie Majerczak is the EU Advocacy Advisor forReporters without Borders.ShemovedtoBrussels in2002asajournalisttoreportonEUaffairsfortheFrenchdailynewspaperLibérationforwhichsheworkedfortenyears.SinceApril 2015, she has been the EU correspondent for the French dailynewspaperLeParisienandcloselyfollowsEuropeanenvironmentalissuesforonline media Novethic. Ms Majerczak has also worked for sustainabledevelopmentmagazineTerraEcoandtheonlinepublicationContexte.Beforebecomingajournalist,JulieworkedinpoliticsasanMEPassistantinchargeof

speechwritingandasapoliticaladvisertoaFrenchenvironmentminister.BorninParis,shehasaMastersinLawandisagraduateofSciencePoParis.

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KoenVerlaecktKoen Verlaeckt is the second Vice-President of EUNIC, the network ofEuropean national institutes of culture and national bodies engaged inculturalandrelatedactivitiesbeyondtheirnationalborders.KoenobtainedhisuniversitydegreeinhistoryandhisPh.D.degreeinarchaeology,bothatthe University of Ghent, where he was active in archaeological research.Nationally and internationally, he published several books and articles,specializing inthearchaeologyoftheBronzeAge(c.2000-750BC),both inFlanders(Belgium)andDenmark.In1997hejoinedtheFlemishScienceandInnovation administration, first as a senior researcher in the Sciences

Division, since 2003 as acting head of division of the Technology and Innovation Division. He wasresponsibleforpolicymonitoringandpolicypreparationinvarioustopics,rangingfrombasicresearchtobilateral internationalS&Tco-operation.From1March2006to9October2007,MrVerlaecktservedasHead of Cabinet and as senior advisor in charge of science and innovation policy. In 2008 he wasappointedbytheGovernmentofFlandersforafirst6-yearmandateasSecretaryGeneraloftheFlandersDepartmentofForeignAffairs.TheDepartmenthasbeenentrustedwiththepreparation,evaluationandmonitoring of Flemish governmental policy in the field of foreign affairs, development cooperation,foreigntradeandtourism.MrVerlaecktstartedhissecondmandateasSecretaryGeneralin2014

JyotiHosagraharJyotiHosagraharistheDirectoroftheDivisionofCreativityatUNESCO.PriortojoiningUNESCO,shewasaProfessorandDirectoroftheSUILabatGSAPP,at Columbia University, New York; and held a UNESCO Chair in Culture,Habitat, and SustainableDevelopment at the Srishti Institute ofArt,Design,and Technology in Bangalore, India where she was also Chair of the Ph.D.programme; and she is the Founder-Director of Sustainable UrbanismInternational (SUI), an NGO in Bangalore, India. Architect, planner, andcultural historian, Ms Hosagrahar has been engaged with planning, design,

and policies on urban development, urban conservation and heritage management, and sustainabilityissues.Foranumberofyears,shewasanexpertforUNESCOonhistoriccities,cultureanddevelopment,and urban sustainability. She is an expert for the UN Habitat III Policy Unit on Socio Cultural UrbanFramework,andhasheadedtheICOMOSTaskForceonCulturalHeritageandSustainableDevelopment.WithSUI,shehasdevelopedarangeofdesignsolutionsandstrategiesthatintegratecultureandculturalheritageintourbandesignanddevelopmentaswellasconceivedandorganizedaseriesofinternationalconferencestoinvestigatetherelationshipofculturalheritageforsustainableurbanfutures.

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AyaKasasaAya Kasasa is an International Expert in Sustainable Development andStrategies. Originating from the DRC, she holds a Special Diploma inDevelopment Studies from the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), aftermajoring in Journalism and Communication. She started her carreer as aProducer at the BBC World Service in London, before acquiring a solidexperienceinthedefinitionandimplementationofdevelopmentalstrategiesbyservicingtheorgansoftheAfrican,CaribbeanandPacificGroupofStates(ACP) and the European Union (EU). She has been responsible for theimplementationoftheACP-EUPartnershipAgreement(CotonouAgreement)

intheareasofCulture,MigrationandUrbanization.AsaConsultant,sheiscollaboratingwiththeOfficeofthe International IDEAtotheEU.AyaKasasa isaBoardMemberofAFRICALIA, theBelgianorganisationworkingwithAfricanculturaloperators incivilsociety,withtheaimtostrenghtenthetechnical,artisticandorganisationalcapacitiesofthesector’sprofessionalswhilefosteringthedemocraticdebate.