May 10, 2009
Opening Ceremony
Welcome remarks and opening of the conference by the German Parliamentary Commissioner for the Armed Forces, Reinhold Robbe
Welcoming speech by the Minister of State for Europe, Federal Foreign Office, Günter Gloser, Member of the Bundestag
Welcoming speech by the German Federal Minister of Defence, Dr. Franz-Josef Jung, Member of the Bundestag
Welcoming speech by the Chairwoman of the German Bundestag’s Defence Committee, Ulrike Merten, Member of the Bundestag
Speech by the Minister of Defense of Argentina, Dr. Nilda Garré
May 10, 2009
Introductory speech
“Military Ombudsman Institutions: A Comparative Perspective”
Dr. Hans Born, Senior Fellow, the Geneva Centre for The Democratic Control of Armed Forces
May 10, 2009
Part I Overview of Ombudsman Institutions for the Military: Challenges and opportunities
Panel 1
Independent Ombudsman Institutions for the Armed Forces
Panel 2
Integrated Military Ombudsman Institutions
Panel 3
General Ombudsman Institutions with Jurisdiction over the Military
Panel 4
States without Ombudsman Institutions for the military
May 11, 2009
Part 2 Multilateral military deployments and the resulting special challenges for the work of the Ombudsman Institutions
Panel 1
Petitions from deployment areas – subject matter and processing
Panel 2
Investigatory powers and deployments abroad
May 11, 2009
Closing ceremony
Adoption of a joint resolution: the Berlin Declaration
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