Noref- NorLARNet seminar:Haiti and the Reconstruction process: Opportunities and Challenges

Program

09.00: Welcome

09.10: Bill O’Neill, Program Director of the Conflict Prevention and Peace Forum at the Social Science Research Council, New York: Haiti and the political situation – what is at stake?

09.40: Michel Forst, United Nations independent expert on the human rights situation in Haiti: The human rights situation in Haiti within the framework of the humanitarian emergency and the country’s reconstruction process.

10.00: Espen Rikter-Svendsen, Norwegian Special Envoy to Haiti: The Norwegian engagement in Haiti since the earthquake– observations and lessons learned.

Questions and Debate