January 29, 2003
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Introduction and Welcoming Remarks
Felice D. Gaer , Commission Chair
Michael K. Young , Commission Vice Chair and Dean, The George Washington University Law School
John V. Hanford, III, Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom
H.E. Ishaq Shahryar , Afghan Ambassador to the United States
Opening Remarks: Felice D. Gaer , Commission Chair
Keynote and Featured Speakers
Amb. Zalmay Khalilzad , Special Presidential Envoy to Afghanistan, Special Presidential Envoy and Ambassador at Large for Free Iraqis, Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Southwest Asia and Islamic Strategy Initiatives, National Security Council
Senator Chuck Hagel , (R-NE), Sponsor of the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act , Foreign Relations Committee
Hon. Andrew Natsios , Administrator, US Agency for International Development
Panel I: The Human Rights Challenge in Transitional Afghanistan
Dr. Abdulaziz Sachedina , Professor of Religious Studies, University of Virginia; Advisory Board Member, Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy
Robert Templer , South Asia Program Director, International Crisis Group
Dr. Frank Vogel , Director of the Islamic Legal Studies Program, Harvard Law School
Afternoon Speakers
H.E. Abdul Rahim Karimi , Minister of Justice
Judge John R. Tunheim , U.S. Dist. Ct. (D.Minn.); a leader in the judicial reconstruction of Kosovo
Mavis Leno , Chair, Feminist Majority's Campaign for Afghan Women and Girls
Panel II: Implementing Human Rights Protections
Ian Martin, Vice President, International Center for Transitional Justice
Gay McDougall, Executive Director, International Human Rights Law Group
Neamat Nojumi, former USAID consultant in Kabul
Sima Wali, President, Refugee Women in Development
Panel III: The U.S. Role in Promoting Human Rights in Afghanistan
Hon. Lorne Craner , Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
Amb. Wendy Chamberlin , USAID Assistant Administrator for Asia and the Near East
Amb. Karl F. Inderfurth , Professor of the Practice of International Affairs, the Elliott School, George Washington University, and former Assistant Secretary of State for South Asian Affairs (1997-2001)
Marin Strmecki , Vice President and Director of Programs, Smith Richardson Foundation
Amb. Peter Tomsen , Diplomatic Associate, Center for Afghanistan Studies, University of Nebraska at Omaha, and former Special U.S. Envoy to the Afghan Resistance
H.E. Abdul Rahim Karimi, Minister of Justice
H.E. Mahbuba Hoquqmal, Minister of State for Women's Affairs
Dr. Mohammad Qasim Hashimzai, Director, Secretariat of the Judicial Reform Commission
Bahauddin Baha, Chairman, Judicial Reform Commission
Dr. Quadir Amiryar, Judicial Reform Commission
Hanagama Anwari, National Human Rights Commission
Mohammad Farid Hamidi, National Human Rights Commission
Dr. Musa M. Maroofi, Constitutional Drafting Committee
Prof. Abdul Aziz, Dean, Faculty of Sharia Law, Kabul University
Prof. Gul Rahman Qazi, Chairman, Faculty of Law and Political Science, Kabul University
Fatima Gailani, Advocate for women's rights and social development
Felice Gaer (Chair), Director, Jacob Blaustein Institute for Human Rights
Michael Young, (Vice-Chair), Dean, George Washington University Law School
Firuz Kazemzadeh, Professor Emeritus, Yale University
Richard Land, President, Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, Southern Baptist Convention
Leila Nadya Sadat, Professor, Washington University School of Law
Nina Shea, Director, Center for Religious Freedom, Freedom House
Shirin Tahir-Kheli, Professor, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University
John Hanford, Ambassador-at-Large for Religious Freedom, U.S. Department of State