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Sri Lanka: Is war the only solution for the conflict? 20:30 Movie evening: Jana Karaliya 15:45 Experiences of international NGOs in the conflict
After the peace treaty was terminated at the beginning of 2008 by the a multi-ethnic mobile theater project resolution work in Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan government, the military battle actions intensified them- afterwards discussion with the director Peter Bowling
selves. Journalists and human right activists, critics of the govern- Parakrama Niriella, Colombo NGO Forum, London
ment are pursued or "disappear", the costs of living climb extremely, afterwards discussion
corruption and nepotism are becoming normal. With the slogan Anti 16:45 About the human rights situation in Sri Lanka
22:00 Opportunities for informal get-together
terror fight, the government sets exclusively on the military solution
N.N., Human Rights Watch, London (inquired)
and promises to overcome yet the LTTE finally in 2008. The LTTE on
their part promises a free Tamil Eelam. afterwards discussion
Saturday, October 25, 2008 17:45 Information about the actual bilateral development
In spite of these very negative developments, there is no other persis-
tent way as to find a political civil solution for the conflict. This cooperation with Sri Lanka
08:00 Word for the day Dr. Elke Löbel
conference will refer to the earlier Sri Lanka conferences in Bad Boll in
order to strengthen the peace political approaches in the Sri Lankan Federal Ministry for Economic Co-operation and
civil society and to find support on the international level. Sri Lankan 08:20 Breakfast Development (BMZ), Berlin
speakers report on the current situation in the country. Moreover we N.N., Foreign Office, Berlin (inquired)
exchange views with international NGOS about experiences and 09:00 About the current human rights situation in Sri afterwards discussion
perspectives on the conflict solution in Sri Lanka. Representatives of Lanka: an overview 18:45 Dinner
the German government, the EU and UN are invited in order to dis-
Sunila Abeysekara
cuss about exits out of the muddled situation in Sri Lanka.
Director of INFORM, winner of the „UN Human Rights 20:00 Culture and musical evening
Prize“ 1998, Colombo
You are cordially invited to Berlin. The conference language will be
afterwards discussion
English with qualified translation between English, Tamil and Singha-
lese.
Sunday, October 26, 2008
10:15 About specific violations of human rights, for exam-
Dr. Manfred Budzinski Hedwig Held Ranjith Henayaka-Lochbihler ple "disappearance of somebody" 08:30 Breakfast
Mano Ganesan
Member of Parliament, Convener of the Civil Monitoring 09:00 Word for the day
Friday, October 24, 2008 Commission, Colombo
afterwards discussion 09:15 Panel discussion: Options for co-operation of the
18:15 Arrival Berlin, Johannesstift diaspora together with governments, non-
11:15 Break governmental organizations, multilateral groups
18:30 Dinner Among others with
11:30 About the situation in the North and East Thomas Seibert, medico international,
19:30 Welcome and Introduction to the conference of Sri Lanka Frankfurt/Main
Dr. Manfred Budzinski, Protestant Academy, Bad Boll Maroof Fauzer Nadaraja Straube, INSD, Berlin
Greetings Journalist from the East of Sri Lanka, London Ramani Muththettuwegama, NGO, Den Haag
Inparani Bejach, International Network of Sri Lankan afterwards discussion afterwards discussion
Diaspora e.V. (INSD), Berlin 10:45 Workgroups on Co-operation between diaspora and
Ruwandi Silva, Gesellschaft für Konfliktprävention, 12:45 Lunch governments/NGOs
Demokratie und Menschenrechte e.V. (GEKODEM), 11:45 Break
Munich 14:00 Coffee and Tea Break
12:00 Reports from the workgroups and plenary discussion
19:45 Review on the activities of the last years "from with speakers of the morning
14:15 Corruption and nepotism in Sri Lanka
Munich to Berlin"
J. C. Weliamuna
Ranjith Henayaka Lochbihler (INSD), Berlin 12:45 Short summary and outlook
Executive director, Transparency International, Colombo
afterwards discussion Hedwig Held
INSD, München
15:30 Break
13:00 Lunch
End of the conference