

Conference Documents
Conference Documents
Conference Statement
Think Pieces
Oct 27, 2018
Opening Ceremony
Lt Gen (Ret.) T.T. Matanzima, South African Military Ombud
Ambassador Thomas Guerber, Director, DCAF
Oct 28, 2018
Conference Opening
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Speaker 1: Ms. Nosiviwe Noluthando Mapisa-Nqakula, Minister of Defence and Military Veterans, Republic of South Africa
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Speaker 2: Ambassador Thomas Guerber, Director, DCAF
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Speaker 3: Adv. Busisiwe Mkhwebane, Public Protector of the Republic of South Africa
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Speaker 4: Lt Gen (Ret.) T.T. Matanzima, South African Military Ombud
Speakers to be introduced by Lt Gen (Ret.) T.T. Matanzima
Oct 28, 2018
Session 1. The evolving roles and responsibilities of the armed forces and the implications for ombuds institutions
Chair: Nene Eddedine Sissoko Traore, Ombudswoman of Mali
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Speaker 1: : Lt Gen B.M.N Hlatshwayo Chief of Joint Operations – SANDF
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Speaker 2:Dr. Hans-Peter Bartels, German Parliamentary Commissioner
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Speaker 3: Tinko Weibezahl, Konrad Adenauer Foundation
Session 2: Domestic security: implications for ombuds institutions
Introductory remarks by:
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Karl Schneemann, Austrian Parliamentary Commission for the Federal Armed Forces
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Dirk Ilegems, Belgium Defence
Session 3: Crisis response: implications for ombuds institutions
Introductory remarks by:
Oct 29, 2018
Session 4. Border security and migration: implications for ombuds institutions
Introductory remarks by: Reinier van Zutphen, National Ombudsman of the Netherlands
Session 5. The armed forces as peacekeepers and peace-enforcers: implications for ombuds institutions
Introductory remarks by: Ilene Cohn, Chief of the Security Sector Reform Unit, Office of Rule of Law and Security Institutions, Department of Peacekeeping Operations, United Nations
Oct 29, 2018
Conference Closing
Chair: Lt Gen (Ret.) T.T. Matanzima, South African Military Ombud
Adoption of the Conference Statement:
Moderator: William McDermott, Project Officer, DCAF
Announcement of New Initiative by OSCE/ODIHR
Speaker: Graziella Pavone, Human Rights Officer, OSCE/ODIHR
Annoucement of the 11th ICOAF
Speaker: Bosko Siljegovic, Parliamentary Military Commissioner of Bosnia and Herzegovina









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