Achieving Sustainable Peacebuilding: Retrospect and Prospect

On 29 August, The Hague Institute will convene a high-level conference on Achieving Sustainable Peacebuilding:  Retrospect and Prospect. This conference builds on a research project which seeks to provide an understanding of the complex challenges involved in stabilization and reconstruction in fragile and conflict-affected situations. 

Featuring Dutch and international representatives from governments, international organizations, academia, civil society and the private sector, participants will focus on three areas:

• Achieving Sustainable Peacebuilding:  What have we Learned?
• Securing Peace After Interventions:  Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya
• Building Peaceful States in an Era of Globalization:  Future Directions 

Confirmed Speakers

10:00-11:00h | Opening Session

• Jozias van Aartsen, Welcome
  Mayor of The Hague
• Abi Williams, Introduction
  President, The Hague Institute for Global Justice
• Hans Corell
  Former Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs and the Legal Counsel
  United Nations
  Keynote Address: The Role of the Rule of Law in Achieving Sustainable Peacebuilding

11:00-12:30h | Panel 1:  Achieving Sustainable Peacebuilding:  What Have we Learned?

• Sam Muller, Moderator
  Director, The Hague Institute for the Internationalisation of Law (HiiL)
• Judy Cheng-Hopkins 
  Assistant Secretary-General for Peacebuilding Support
  United Nations
  Topic:  Lessons Learned from UN Peacebuilding
• Ramesh Thakur
  Director, Centre for Nuclear Non-Proliferation & Disarmament
  Crawford School of Public Policy
  The Australian National University
  Topic:  The Challenges and Obstacles of Democratic Peacebuilding
• Dan Smith
  Secretary-General, International Alert
  Topic:  The Role of Civil Society in Peacebuilding

12:30-14:00h | Lunch

14:00-15:30h | Panel 2:  Securing Peace After Interventions: Afghanistan, Iraq, and Libya

• Bert Koenders, Moderator
  Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali
• Ad Melkert
  Former Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Iraq
  United Nations
  Topic:  The Case of Iraq

• Scott Carlson
  Former Senior Rule of Law Advisor
  U.S. Department of State
  Topic:  The Case of Afghanistan

• Frederic Wehrey
  Senior Associate, Middle East Program
  Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
  Topic:  The Case of Libya

16:00-17:30h | Panel 3: Building Peaceful States in an Era of Globalization:  Future Directions

• Achim Wennmann, Moderator
  Executive Coordinator
  Geneva Peacebuilding Platform
• Ambassador Pieter Feith Former International Civilian Representative for Kosovo United NationsTopic: The Role of Regional Organizations

• John Forrer
  Associate Director Institute for Corporate Social Responsibility
  The George Washington University
  Topic:  The Role of the Private Sector in Peacebuilding
• Richard Ponzio
  Senior Adviser
  Office of the Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan
  U.S. Department of State
  Topic:  The Future of the Global Peacebuilding Architecture

17:30-18:00h | Closing Session

• Dick Benschop, Closing Remarks
  Chair of the Supervisory Board
  The Hague Institute for Global Justice