Session 1: Neutrality’s Efficacy

At 08.45
Registration and coffee

At 09.00
Welcome
Sven Mollekleiv, President, Norwegian Red Cross

At 09.15
Keynote Speaker – Is Neutrality a tool in peace negotiations?
Martti Ahtisaari, 2008 Nobel Peace prize laureate

At 09.45
The Practice of neutrality in the midst of conflict
President Younis Al-Khatib, Palestinian Red Crescent Society And 
President Noam Yifrach, Magen David Adom

At 10.25
Questions/Discussion

At 11.00
Coffee break

Session 2: Witnessing atrocities – Neutrality and the Compulsion to Report

At 11.15
Neutrality and the practicalities of prosecution 
Chile Eboe-Osuji, Head of Chambers ICTR

At 11.45
The Legal premise for, and legal benets of, neutrality.
Anne-Marie de la Rosa, legal adviser ICRC

At 12.15
Questions/Discussion

At 12.45
Lunch

Session 3: Political Influences and the Responsibility to Respect

At 13.45
Neutral Band-Aid versus Political Solution
Jan Egeland, NUPI

At 14.15
Parliament’s responsibility to ensure respect for the neutral
space in humanitarian action.
Inge Lønning, Norwegian National Assembly

Session 4: Panel debate