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Agenda

Monday, 12 October 2009

7:00 pm to 10:00 pm

Registration

Brief Statement from Master of Ceremonies

Talk: “The Constitutionalisation of Status” Prof. Azyumardi Azra

Group Photo

Welcome Dinner

Tuesday, 13 October, 2009

9:00 am to 9:45 am

Opening Ceremonies

  • Ms. Esti Andayani, Director, NAM CSSTC
  • Mr. Winluck Wahiu, Project Manager, Constitution Building Processes Programme, International IDEA
  • Mr. Andrew Ellis, Regional Director for Asia and Pacific Programme, International IDEA
  • H.E. Ms. Linggawaty Hakim, Indonesian Ambassador to Sweden
  • H.E. Ms. Melba Pria, Mexican Ambassador to Indonesia
  • Keynote address: H.E. Mr. Triyono Wibowo, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Indonesia .

9:45 am to 10:30 am

Session 1: Chair: Leena Rikkilä

Presentation of framework paper – “A constitutional Quest for

Inclusion in South and South East Asia”

A comparative evaluation of the impact of constitutional designs that cater

for diversity and identity conflict on the political inclusion and socio-

economic development of different groups;

  • Key presenter: Asanga Welikala
  • Discussant: Prof. Satya Arinanto
  • Discussant: Prof. Yash P. Ghai

10:30 am to 11:00 am

Break & Group Photo

11:00 am to 12:00 pm

Plenary discussion

12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

Session 2: Chair: Paulos Tesfagiorgis

Constitutional design for ethnic diversity                                    

Examples of emerging constitutional processes and mechanisms that deal with ethnic nationalism and minorities and their implications;

  • Politics of Constitutional Design and Implementation in the Phillipines: Addressing Community Diversity in Mindanao Prof. Wilfrido Villacorta 
  • A Tale of Three Constitutions: Ethnicity and Politics in Fiji: Prof. Yash Pal Ghai 
  • Discussant: Andrew Ellis 

1:00 pm to 2:00 pm

Lunch break

2:00 pm to 3:30 pm

Plenary discussion

3:30 pm to 4:45 pm

Session 3: Chair: Dr. Jill Cottrell

Constitutional pathways for women in governance

Examples of emerging constitutional designs for engaging women in politics and dealing with concerns for gender-equity in governance decision making

Panelists:

  • “Constitutiong Women’s Rights in Malaysia” Maria Abdullah
  • “Constitutions Empowering Women in Latin America: The Case of Mexico”  Raul Avila 

Talk:

  • “New Genders in the Constitution: Pathways for Transgender and Third Gender” Sunil Badu Pant 

4:45 pm to 6:00 pm

Plenary discussion

Wednesday, 14 October, 2009

9:00 am to 10:00 am

Session 4: Chair: Andries Henny

Constitutional spaces for religion and religious norms

Examples from varying experiences of constitutionalisation of religious norms and the constitutional regulation of religious belief

  • “Constitutional Agency and the Transmission of Faith: The Indonesian Experience”  Key Discussant: Prof. Azyumardi Azra
  • Commentary: “Why a Secular Republican Constitution for Former Last Hindu Kingdom of Nepal?” Khimlal Devkota 
  • Commentary: “Islamic interfaces with constitutionalism in Malaysia” Mohammad Hashim Kamali
  • Commentary: “The constitutionalisation of religion in the Buddhist Kingdom of Thailand” Dr Prinya Thaewanarumitkul,

10:00 am to 10:45 am

Plenary discussion

10:45 am to 11:15 am

Break

11:15 am to 12:00 pm

Plenary discussion

12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

Session 5: Chair: Darmansjah Djumala

Constitutional spaces for language and culture

Examples of processes and mechanisms addressing linguistic nationalisms, language options and cultural recognition

  • Commentary: “Imagining communities; Constitutional Design for Language Options” Sakuntala Kadirgamar
  • Commentary:"Space for Language Constitutional Engineering for National Consent in Nepal” Bipin Adhikari 
  • Commentary: “Thai Constitutional Processes and Problems”, Gothom Arya

1:00 pm to 2:00 pm

Lunch break

2:00 pm to 3:00 pm

Plenary discussion

3:00 pm to 4:00 pm

Session 6: Chair: Winluck Wahiu

Delivering equality and non-discrimination

Emerging experiences of the impact of special constitutional institutions in actually reducing or reversing discrimination in political and civil space in special areas of caste and racial discrimination?

  • Constructing and Deconstructing the Rainbow Nation: The South African Equality Experience:1996 – 2009, Nikki Naylor
  • Positive Discrimination in India: Experiences in Constitutional Empowerment, Dr. Sona Khan 
  • Constitutional Extension of Equality: The Phillipines Constitution and the Struggle for Reform, Dr.Joel Rocamoro
  • The Doctrine of Substantive Equality and the Democratization of Diversities,Puja Kapai

4.00pm to 5.30pm

Plenary discussion

Reception: Hosted by the Ambassador of Mexico at her Official Residence: Time to be Announced

Thursday, 15 October, 2009

9:00 am to 9:15 am

Recap of preceding discussions

9:15 am to 12:45 pm

Session 7: Moderator: Prof. Cheryl Saunders

Insights and breakthroughs for the next generation of Constitution builders

In dynamic Asia, the terms of recognition of diversity are evolving

with different implications on living together under peaceful, democratic

Constitutional governance. What practical, general and special insights can

be shared to deal with emerging constitutional challenges for the benefit of

Constitution builders in the regional and internationally?

Panelists:

  • Prof. Ramlan Surbakti (Indonesia’s constitutional transition)
  • Kimlal Devkota (Nepal’s constitutional process)
  • Raul Avila (Trends in Constitutionalism in Latin America)
  • Asanga Welikala

Contributions from plenary

12:45 pm to 1:00 pm

Conclusions and vote of thanks

1:00 pm

Closing ceremonies

  • International IDEA
  • NAM CSSTC
  • Government of Indonesia

Lunch. Social Agenda. Participants depart as per scheduling.