Simonetta Sommaruga Switzerland
Member, Swiss Council of States; elected to the Federal Council in September 2010
Luc Gnacadja Benin
Executive Secretary, UN Convention to Combat Desertification
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Frédéric Bamvuginyumvira Burundi
Former Vice-President, Burundi
In case of massive human rights violations, the way you treat the past is crucial for the future. This is what my Department is working on. How do we help recovery from such violations, from a situation in which 'the other' has become a non-person, dehumanized? Every situation is different, and the people involved have to find their own solutions. In my experience, the path to sustainable reconciliation is based on efforts such as establishing the facts, implementing justice, developing reparation programmes, and impeding a repeat of the violations through institutional and structural reforms. |
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Here is a selection of comments made during the plenary discussions. Please note the speeches available for download in PDF from some of these participants:
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Here is a selection of comments made during the plenary discussions. Please note the speeches available for download in PDF from some of these participants:
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Here is a selection of comments made during the plenary panel discussions. Please note the speeches available for download in PDF from some of these participants:
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Here is a selection of comments made during the plenary panel discussions. Please note the speeches available for download in PDF from some of these participants:
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The second annual Caux Forum for Human Security
A conversation in Caux, Switzerland 17-22 July 2009
