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Day 1Thursday 23 January

10:00 - 12:00 Registration and brunch 12:00 - 12:15 Welcome12:15 - 12:45 Keynote12:45 - 14:15 Panel I14:15 - 15:00 Break, Snacks & Coffee15:00 - 15:30 Lightning talks15:30 - 16:00 Open discussion16:00 - 17:30 Panel II17:30 - 18:00 Closing Remarks

20:00 - 23:00 Evening Event

Day 2Friday 24 January

09.30 - 09.45 Opening session09:45 - 10:30 Lightning talks10:15 - 12:00 Parallel Sessions Part I12:00 - 13:00 Lunch13:30 - 15:00 Parallel Sessions Part II15:00 - 15:30 Lightning talk15:30 - 16:00 Closing Remarks

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Concerns about the humanitarian impact of weapons have been the motivating force behind nearly all multilateral disarmament and arms controls negotiations – from the Geneva Conventions to the recent Arms Trade Treaty. The Anti-Personnel Landmine Convention and the related International Campaign to Ban Landmines ushered in a new era of civil society influence and sophistication through humanitarian disarmament campaigning. The humanitarian approach to disarmament continues to grow in importance and has achieved results deemed impossible only a decade ago. The 2008 Convention on Cluster Munitions and the 2013 Arms Trade Treaty are two formerly impossible goals that were achieved by humanitarian campaigns. Each campaign demonstrated that civil society can deliver change by focusing on fundamental humanitarian principles. These lessons stand witness to the potency and relevance of humanitarian principles in addressing weapons with indiscriminate effects.

On behalf of ICAN Germany, ICAN Norway, and our partners, I am pleased to welcome you to the Berlin Sessions on

Humanitarian Disarmament. Over the next two days, we will have the opportunity to discuss past experiences and future challenges facing humanitarian disarmament campaigns. Our work at ICAN towards a ban on nuclear weapons, as well as new campaigns addressing autonomous weapons, and explosive weapons used in populated areas are part of the next wave of humanitarian disarmament campaigns. New and experienced campaigners as well as humanitarian practitioners must work together to continue the success of humanitarian disarmament and to achieve our shared goal of increased peace and security for all. The Berlin Sessions will explore the link between humanitarian and development considerations, and inhumane weapons, including nuclear weapons, landmines, cluster munitions, explosive weapons used in populated areas, small arms and light weapons, as well as autonomous weapon systems.

By strengthening this network of European campaigners and experts, we aim to make disarmament based on fundamental humanitarian principles an even stronger

priority in European civil society and European humanitarian diplomacy. We hope that the next two days will spark ideas and encourage greater involvement in humanitarian disarmament across Europe.

Sincerely,

Jacob Romer ICAN in Germany

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KREUZBERG 2014

About the VenueThe Berlin Sessions takes place at Umspannwerk Kreuzberg, a landmark of industrial Berlin. Completed in 1929, the Umspannwerk became known as the “Cathedral of Electricity” due to its combination of Industrial and Gothic elements. The structure ceased to function as an electrical substation in 1989, but was refurbished in 2001 as an event venue.

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Toilets EntranceCloakroom & Registration

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12:45 – 14:15 (Main Hall)Panel I: Indiscriminate effects of weapons

What are the challenges facing the mitigation of weapons with in-discriminate effects? How can the humanitarian approach to indis-criminate weapon systems have effects in the field, and what is an appropriate policy to counter the use or threat of inhumane weap-on systems? Organizations that combine work in the field with ad-vocacy have a unique insight into these questions.

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10:00 - 12:00 (Lounge)Registration and brunch

12:00- 12:15 (Main Hall)Welcome by conference hosts

Day 1 12:15 - 12:45 (Main Hall)KeynoteThe Importance of Humanitarian Disarmament

Marion LibertucciHead of the advocacy unit at Handicap International and member of the Governance Board of the ICBL-CMC.  Ms. Libertucci was heavily involved in the Oslo Process to ban cluster munitions, bringing Handicap Interna-tional’s field experience to the negotiating table.  

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Miriam StruykProgram Director for Secu-rity and Disarmament at IKV Pax Christi. She has worked for IKV Pax Christi since 1996. IKV Pax Christi was instrumental in launching the global Cluster Munitions Coalition in November 2003, and Ms. Struyk serves on the campaign’s leadership steering committee. In addition to coordinating the domestic campaign against cluster munitions, Struyk previously worked in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, and southern Caucasus.

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Nosizwe Lise BaqwaSpokesperson for ICAN in Norway. She is also a renowned musical artist. 

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Thomas NashDirector of Article 36 and joint Coordinator of the International Network on Explosive Weapons. Mr. Nash served as Coordinator of the Cluster Munition Coalition from 2004 to 2011, and has worked for the New Zealand and Canadian Foreign Ministries in Geneva and Ottawa.

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14:15 – 15:00 (Lounge)Break, Snacks & Coffee

Grethe ØsternPolicy Advisor for the Norwegian People’s Aid, and member of ICAN’s In-ternational Steering Group. Ms. Østern has previously served as Co-Chair of the board of the Cluster Munition Coalition, and won the Norwegian Red Cross’ Torstein Dale Memorial Prize for her efforts in the campaign against cluster munitions.

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Richard LennaneHead of the Implementation Support Unit of the Biolog-ical Weapons Convention (BWC) at the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA). Mr. Len-nane has previously served in the Australian Foreign Service.

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Susi SnyderNuclear Disarmament Programme Manager for IKV Pax Christi in the Neth-erlands. Ms. Snyder has published numerous reports and articles, notably 2013 Don’t Bank on the Bomb: A Global Report on the Fi-nancing of Nuclear Weapons Producers. She is a member of ICAN’s International Steering Group.

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Jacob RomerJacob founded NPT TV, a group of students broad-casting video interviews with NGOs and diplomats live from NPT Review Conferences. Since the summer of 2012 he has been campaigning for ICAN in Germany. 

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15:00 - 15:30 (Main Hall)Lightning talks

Nuclear weapons as a globalhumanitarian problem

Unlike other weapon systems, nu-clear weapons have been treat-ed solely as a matter of abstract strategic politics, allowing the nuclear disarmament discourse within the international system to stagnate. A new approach is needed that addresses the actu-al consequences of WMD and the humanitarian risks of their con-tinued existence.

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Explosive weapons in populated areas

Explosive weapons include im-provised explosive devices (IEDs) as well as explosive ordnance such as mortars, rockets, artil-lery shells and unguided bombs. All of these weapons use blast and fragmentation to kill and in-jure those exposed. What can civil society do to better understand and more effectively address this problem?

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Richard MoyesManaging Partner at Article 36, and member of ICAN’s International Steering Group. He is joint Coordinator of the International Network on Explosive Weapons (INEW) and an Honorary Fellow at the University of Exeter. Mr. Moyes previously served as Director of Policy at Action on Armed Violence and Co-Chair of the Cluster Munitions Coalition.

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15:30 - 16:00 (The Dome) Open discussion

Grab a coffee and join the fishbowl debate on gender and disarma-ment. moderated by Ray AchesonReaching Critical Will

16:00 - 17:30 (Main Hall)Panel IIPreventing Humanitarian Harm through the construction ofinternational norms and laws

How are humanitarian disarma-ment treaties developed? What can we learn from previous treaty making processes and how can civil society work to ensure a suc-cessful and effective outcome?

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Anna MacdonaldHead of Arms Control at Ox-fam, where she has worked on the Arms Trade Treaty since 2002. Ms. Macdonald is co-chair of the global Control Arms Coalition, and led the coalition team of 160 advocates during the Final ATT negotiations.

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Gry LarsenFormer State Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Norway. Ms. Larsen was Political Adviser to Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre from 2005 to 2009. She was the leader of the Labour Youth League for four years and has been a member of the International Committee of the Labour Party since 2005.

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Ambassador Alexander KmenttDirector for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation, Austrian Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs. Ambassador Kmentt has previously served as a Special Assistant to the Exec-utive Secretary of Preparato-ry Commission for the Com-prehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO).

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Sara SekkenesTeam Leader for Conflict Prevention & Recovery at the United Nations Develop-ment Programme (UNDP). Ms. Sekkenes has previ-ously participated in the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) as a representative of the Norwe-gian People’s Aid (NPA).

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Torbjørn Graff Hugo Advisor for nuclear weapons policies at the International Law and Policy Institute (ILPI). Mr. Graff Hugo previously worked at the section for Disarmament and Nonproliferation at the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

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17:30 – 18:00 (Main Hall)Closing Remarks (Hosts)

EVENING EVENT

On 23rd of January, conference participants are invited to a reception at the Umspannwerk. The evening will consist of an interview with the celebrated American author Eric Schlosser (Fast Food Nation, Command and Control) and a concert by the renowned Berlin-based contemporary composer Burak Özdemir and his ensemble Musica Sequenza.

Eric Schlosser first found fame after the publication of his book Fast Food Nation, which provoked a debate about the food industry both in the US and Europe. In his latest book Command and Control, Schlosser investigates the security regime governing the US nuclear arsenal, describing an up until now unknown history of accidents, near misses and security breaches. At the Umspannwerk, Schlosser will share his thoughts and experiences from his exploration of mankind’s darkest creation in an interview with the respected German journalist Andreas Zumach.

Burak’s works unite the classical and the contemporary. Merging forms of classical music with references to contemporary digital music and visual culture, Burak succeeds in creating works that resonate between time. The evening’s performance Transmute has been specially created for the Berlin Sessions.

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Eric Schlosser Investigative journalist and author, known for Fast Food Nation (2001). In his latest book Command and Control, Mr. Schlosser investigates the history of near misses and near accidents in the US nuclear arsenal.

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Burak ÖzdemirA graduate of the University of Istanbul, University of the Arts Berlin and of Juilliard School in New York, Özdemir has won several presti-gious prizes for his genre crossing art. He employs both classical and electronic genres in order to create music described by the New York Times as “more than energetic”.

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Day 2Evening Event 09.30 – 09.45 (Main Hall)Opening session

09:45 – 10:30 (Main Hall)Lightning talks

Learning from successful campaigns

The International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) developed an effective model for a ban on an indiscriminate weapon, cul-minating in the adoption of the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty. Since then, it has been a driving force be-hind the implementation of the treaty through a combination of research, advocacy and partner-ship. How can other campaigns and initiatives learn from and build on these experiences?

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Tamar GabelnickPolicy Director for the Internation-al Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL). She has previously worked on conventional arms export policy in Washington, as a Human Rights Officer with the United Nations in Croatia, and at NATO in Brussels.

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Emerging technologies andpre-emptive campaigning

Blinding laser technology was banned in 1995, even before it came into use. Since 2013, the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots is working to ban the develop-ment and use of fully autonomous weapons before it is too late.

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Mary WarehamGlobal coordinator of the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots, and advocacy director for Human Rights Watch’s Arms Division. She previously served as advo-cacy director for Oxfam New Zealand, leading its efforts to secure an arms trade treaty and the 2008 Conven-tion on Cluster Munitions.

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Andreas ZumachIndependent journalist at the United Nations Head-quarters in Geneva, work-ing as a correspondent for German daily Die Tageszei-tung as well as radio and TV in Germany, Switzerland, Austria and the US. He has written several books about the UN and international conflicts.

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Hors d’oeuvres served from 20:00

Programme begins at 21:00

The event is open to the public

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10:15 – 12:00 (Various Locations)Parallel Sessions Part I

Addressing Humanitarian Catastrophes

The first parallel sessions will re-volve around the theme Address-ing Humanitarian Catastrophes. The plenary will be broken into three groups, each with two facil-itators. All groups will discuss the following three topics:

Evidence and Victim Based Approaches

How have the gathering of evi-dence and victims’ perspectives changed humanitarian disarma-ment campaigns, and how can lessons from past campaigns inform civil society work on both emerging and existing disarma-ment discourses? Experienced civil society campaigners will par-take in the discussion.

Response Capacity

What is an adequate humanitarian response to the use of the differ-ent kinds of inhumane and indis-criminate weapons, and to what degree does such a response ca-pacity exist? The discussion will be informed expertise on different weapons systems.

Politics as Prevention

How can international politics help prevent humanitarian ca-tastrophes caused by inhumane weapons? Is there a humanitarian obligation to prevent catastrophes as well as to respond to them?

12:00 - 13:00 (Lounge)Lunch

13:30 - 15:00 (Various Locations) Parallel Sessions Part II

Civil Society Strategies

The second parallel sessions will provide a space for participants to exchange their views on prac-tical aspects of humanitarian dis-armament campaigns. While the workshops will be introduced and facilitated by campaigners with expertise in the respective fields, the purpose is for attendees to share experiences and tackle common problems together. Par-ticipants can choose amongst the following workshops:

A. Choosing the right arena

A campaign that wants to attain political results will need to calcu-late in which playing field(s) it will focus its energies in order to max-imize the probability of success. From multilateral forums within and outside the UN to drivers of

domestic change, which way to go?

B. Framing

How do we talk about the prob-lem and our proposed solution in a way that is highly accessible, convincing and maximizes the po-litical impact?

C. Public events and actions

Public events and actions can gal-vanize campaigners and increase the profile of a cause, but they can also be tricky to get right. How do we plan and execute public ac-tions that highlight our cause?

D. Divestment

Divestment occurs when institu-tions remove financial support from select companies in order to promote certain behaviour or policy. Does divestment promote humanitarian disarmament?

E. Media outreach

Media relations and media work provides challenges for most civil society organisations, even more so when working in coalitions. How should disarmament mes-sages be framed in order to reach a broader audience?

F. Working in coalitions

How can coalitions and a plurality of constituents amplify the voices of their members and strengthen the urgency of a cause?

G. Working with decision-makers

How do we best engage those who shape the policies we aim to influence?

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15:00 – 15:30 (Main Hall)Lightning talks

Disarmament and development

Disarmament policies and pro-cesses can help to facilitate a decrease in military expenditure, defuse tensions and build trust in international and domestic post-conflict relations, impede rearmament, the development, acquisition and spread of new weapons and ultimately diminish the risk, incidence, and severity of armed conflict. How can disarma-ment policies feed into the post-2015 development agenda?

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The next ban process?

A global ban on nuclear weapons is long overdue and with enough public pressure and political lead-ership, can be achieved in the near future. Mexico hosts the second conference on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons in February 2014. A new humanitar-ian disarmament process could already be in the making.

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Dr David AtwoodAdvisor for the Small Arms Survey and Visiting Fellow to the Emerging Security Challenges Programme at Geneva Centre for Securi-ty Policy (GCSP). Dr. Atwood is the former Director of the Quaker UN Office in Geneva where he also headed its Disarmament and Peace Programme.

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Beatrice FihnManager of Reaching Critical Will. Fihn previously worked as a research officer at the Geneva Centre for Secu-rity Policy. She is current-ly on ICAN’s International Steering Group, and is responsible for managing the campaign’s international staff team.

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15:30 - 16:00 (Main Hall) Closing Remarks (Hosts)

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Food1 King of Falafel Best Falafel take-awayGraefestraße 9

2 Spätzle-Express Noodles typical of Southern GermanyWiener Straße 11

3 Doyum GrillhausOriginal Turkish restaurant Admiralstraße 38

4 Hamburger HeavenFresh HamburgersGraefestraße 93

5 Yellow SunshineVegetarian and vegan burgers Wiener Straße 19

6 Thanh Dong BistroSmall sushi placeLausitzer Straße 48

7 Miss SaigonFresh Vietnamese foodSkalitzer Straße 38

8 Aapka BerlinIndian food, across the canal Maybachufer 23

9 Il Casolarelegendary punk pizza

10 La Raclettesmall French restaurantLausitzer Straße 34

11 Kimchi PrincessKorean cuisineSkalitzer Straße 36

12 Horváthupscale Austrian cuisinePaul-Lincke-Ufer 44a

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IKV Pax Christi works for peace, reconciliation and justice in the world. IKV Pax Christi joins with people in conflict areas to work on a peaceful and democratic society, and enlists the aid of people in the Netherlands who to work for political solutions to crises and armed conflicts. The organization combines knowledge, energy and people to attain one single objective: There must be peace!

ICAN & Partners

The Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) was founded in 1925 as the political legacy of Germany’s first democratically elected president, Friedrich Ebert. The foundation aims to promote political and social education in the spirit of democracy and pluralism, to give talented young people access to higher education irrespective of the material resources of their parents, and to contribute and to promote international understanding and cooperation.

Article 36 is a UK-based not-for-profit organisation working to prevent the unintended, unnecessary or unacceptable harm caused by certain weapons. Article 36 undertakes research, policy and advocacy and promotes civil society partnerships to respond to harm caused by existing weapons and to build a stronger framework to prevent harm as weapons are used or developed in the future.

The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) is a global campaign coalition working to mobilize people in all countries to inspire, persuade and pressure their governments to initiate and support negotiations for a treaty banning nuclear weapons. ICAN brings together humanitarian, environmental, human rights, peace and development organizations in more than 80 countries to seize the historic opportunity to outlaw and eliminate nuclear weapons.

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Contact informationFor general inquiries Leo Hoffmann-Axthelmleo@icanw.org+49 151 4128 1664

Media inquiriesSascha Hach sascha@icanw.org+49 173 8436 971

And most importantly A special thank you to everyone who has made this event possible.

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