Training Young Leaders - on
Rule of Law & Security
Oct. 20, 2007 - Oct. 24, 2007
Best Eastern Hotel in Ramallah
Speakers
Dr. Herta Däubler-Gmelin
Member of the German Parliament (SPD) and Head of its Committee for Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid.
Ghassan Faramand
Institute of Law, Birzeit University
Lecture Program
20
10 2007
9:30 a.m. - 10 a.m.
Welcoming Address / Opening Remarks
Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA, Jerusalem
Welcoming Address / Opening Remarks
10 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Palestinian Security Sector: Overview - Structures, agencies, actors, legal framework, control, oversight & accountability
Firas Milhem, Faculty of Law and Public Administration, Birzeit University
Palestinian Security Sector: Overview - Structures, agencies, actors, legal framework, control, oversight & accountability
11:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.
Break
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Break
11:45 a.m. - 1:15 p.m.
Palestinian Security Sector: Needs, principles, challenges and mechanisms for effective reform
Firas Milhem
Palestinian Security Sector: Needs, principles, challenges and mechanisms for effective reform
1:15 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.
Lunch
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Lunch
2:30 p.m. - 4 p.m.
The Rule of Law: Exploring the Concept (various aspects of rule of law promotion: constitutional development, code reform, legal drafting, judicial reform)
Dr. Herta Däubler-Gmelin, Member of the German Parliament (SPD) and Head of its Committee for Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid.
The Rule of Law: Exploring the Concept (various aspects of rule of law promotion: constitutional development, code reform, legal drafting, judicial reform)
21
10 2007
9:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
Transitional Justice: Interaction between Democracy, Human Rights and the Rule of Law (accountability for past abuses, fighting corruption, democratic policing, use of local customary practice)
Dr. Herta Däubler-Gmelin and Eduard Hoffmann
Transitional Justice: Interaction between Democracy, Human Rights and the Rule of Law (accountability for past abuses, fighting corruption, democratic policing, use of local customary practice)
10:45 a.m. - 11 a.m.
Break
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Break
11 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Leadership Styles (leadership types, various personalities, convincing others, leaving an impression, understanding what makes a leader. Motivating others, leadership in cultural and situational contexts, leadership ethics)
Dr. Mahmoud Baidoun, Senior Trainer and Clinical Supervisor, Birzeit University
Leadership Styles (leadership types, various personalities, convincing others, leaving an impression, understanding what makes a leader. Motivating others, leadership in cultural and situational contexts, leadership ethics)
12:15 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Lunch
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Lunch
1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Leadership Styles, contd.
Dr. Mahmoud Baidoun
Leadership Styles, contd.
22
10 2007
9:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
Palestinian Security Sector: Specific and generic threats (incl. internal, transnational, social and economic threats)
Ziad Hab Ar-Rieh, Head of Preventive Security in West Bank and Gaza
Palestinian Security Sector: Specific and generic threats (incl. internal, transnational, social and economic threats)
10:45 a.m. - 11 a.m.
Break
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Break
11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Methodologies in the Promotion of the Rule of Law: Lessons from Reform Projects in New or Restored Democracies (Case Studies)
Claudia Fenz, EUPOL COPPS
Methodologies in the Promotion of the Rule of Law: Lessons from Reform Projects in New or Restored Democracies (Case Studies)
12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Lunch
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Lunch
1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Problem Areas and Needs Relating to the Rule of Law in Palestine and Reform Efforts to Date (Accountability/Fighting Impunity and Corruption)
Ghassan Faramand, Institute of Law, Birzeit University
Problem Areas and Needs Relating to the Rule of Law in Palestine and Reform Efforts to Date (Accountability/Fighting Impunity and Corruption)
23
10 2007
9:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
Rule of Law and Local Informal Practices in Palestine (alternative methods of crisis management / conflict resolution)
Jihad Harb, Researcher, Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (PCPSR), Ramallah
Rule of Law and Local Informal Practices in Palestine (alternative methods of crisis management / conflict resolution)
10:45 a.m. - 11 a.m.
Break
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Break
11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Formulation and elements of a security policy and strategy (institutions, roles and responsibilities; role of the security sector in politics; White Paper in progress)
Firas Milhem
Formulation and elements of a security policy and strategy (institutions, roles and responsibilities; role of the security sector in politics; White Paper in progress)
12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Lunch
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Lunch
1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Establishment and institutionalization of transparent and accountable security organizations
Jihad Harb
Establishment and institutionalization of transparent and accountable security organizations
11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Formulation and elements of a security policy and strategy (institutions, roles and responsibilities; role of the security sector in politics; White Paper in progress)
Firas Milhem
Formulation and elements of a security policy and strategy (institutions, roles and responsibilities; role of the security sector in politics; White Paper in progress)
12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Lunch
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Lunch
1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Establishment and institutionalization of transparent and accountable security organizations
Jihad Harb
Establishment and institutionalization of transparent and accountable security organizations
24
10 2007
9:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Principles and Practice of Democratic Civil Governance of the Security Sector
Dr. George Giacaman, Director of Muwatin, Ramallah
Principles and Practice of Democratic Civil Governance of the Security Sector
10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
Break
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Break
10:45 a.m. - noon
Society-Security Relations
Dr. Ali Jirbawi, Professor of Political Science, Birzeit University
Society-Security Relations
noon - 1:30 p.m.
Lunch
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Lunch
1:30 p.m. - 2 p.m.
Evaluation
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Evaluation
2 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Wrap up and final discussion
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Wrap up and final discussion
