CDF Dedicated page: Plenaries

16 JULY - 9:00 CEST: HEALING THE WOUNDS OF THE PAST - FORGIVENESS & RESTITUTION

Hosts:

• PETER RIDDELL, Convenor, Agenda for Reconciliation, Initiatives of Change UK
• DAYA BHAGWANDAS, Social Entrepreneur, Neuro Educator and Yoga Master

Speakers:

• ASSAAD CHAFTARI, Co-Founder of Fighters for Peace
• DR. PETER SHAMBROOK, Independant Scholar & Historical Consultant, Balfour Project
• ANGELA STARAVOYTOVA, Peacebuilder & Facilitator, Foundations for Freedom, Ukraine
• REV DR. JAMES MOVEL WUYE, Pentecoastal Pastor and Co-Executive Director of the Interfaith Mediation Centre Kaduna, Nigeria
• IMAM DR. MUHAMMAD NURAYN ASHAFA, Co-Executive Director of the Interfaith Mediation Centre Kaduna, Nigeria
• AMINA DIKEDI-AJAKAIYE, Immediate past-president of Creators of Peace International
• NADA AL-NASHIF, United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights

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17 JULY - 9:00 CEST: REVITALISING DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS

The struggle for democracy and human rights demands courage and commitment. We will hear from people active in this struggle.  It will offer all a chance to understand the challenge and to discover how each of us can contribute.

Hosts: 

• JOHN BOND, Journalist & Author, Initiatives of Change
• SARAH NOBLE, Head of Global Engagement, Caux Initiatives of Change Foundation

Speakers

• SYLVIA VALENTIN, Advocacy Officer Terre des Hommes Switzerland & Board Member Coalition for Corporate Responsibility
• LEWIS CARDINAL, Educator, Storyholder, Leader of the Global Indigenous Dialogue, Canada
• CORINNE MOMAL-VALIAN, Executive Director Kofi Annan Foundation
• TODD HOWLAND, Chief of the Development, Economic, and Social Rights Branch of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

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18 JULY - 9:00 CEST: FROM POLARIZATION TO PARTICIPATION

Hosts: 

• IGNACIO PACKER, Executive Director, Caux Initiatives of Change Foundation
• SARAH NOBLE, Head of Global Engagement, Caux Initiatives of Change Foundation

Speakers:

• MARTIN BOGOMILOV PENOV (Bulgaria), Vice-President of the Young European Federalists
• MURSAL KHAROTI (Afghanistan/UK), Mental Health Activist
• VERONICA TING-HSIN HONG (Taiwan)
• PROF MYROSLAV MARYNOVYCH (Ukraine), Educator & Human Rights Activist
• HON. JACQUELINE NYIBOL BENJAMIN, Member of Parliament South Sudan
• NATHALIE CHAVANNE (France), Initiatives of Change France
• HON LEE JU-YOUNG (South Korea), former deputy speaker of South Korea’s National Assembly, former Minister of Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, five-term National Assembly member.
• VERONICA ALCOCER GARCIA (Colombia), First Lady of Colombia

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19 JULY - 9:00 CEST: CLOSING CEREMONY