29 October 2023 (Arrival Day)
Airport Pick-Up Service (all day)
Participants will arrive throughout the day to check into their hotel rooms.
Welcome Reception
18:00 – 18:30 Meet and Greet
18:30 – 18:50 Welcome Remarks
Dolkun Isa
President of World Uyghur Congress
Hirofumi Shimomura
Member of the House of Representatives & Acting chairman of the Japanese parliamentary caucus to investigate and take action on human rights abuses committed by China (JPCHC)
18:50- 19:10 Showcase of Traditional Uyghur music and dance
Shohrat Tursun
Director of the Australian Uyghur Muqam Ensemble
Mominjan Rahmanjan
Chairman of the Uyghur European Cultural Center
19:10 – 20:00 Dinner
20:00 – 20:30 Fireside Chat
“Uyghur Featured in the TIME 100: Successes and Challenges when Advocating for Uyghur Human Rights Globally”
Luke de Pulford
Executive Director, Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC)
Interviewer
Arfiya Eri
Member of Parliament
Japan
20:30 – 20:40 Housekeeping Rules
Sawut Muhammad
Vice President, Japanese Uyghur Association (JUA)
Zumretay Arkin
Director of Global Advocacy, World Uyghur Congress
20:40 – 21:30 Networking Event
30 October 2023
6:30 – 8:00 Breakfast (hotel)
8:15-8:45 Departure to the National Diet of Japan
Participants gather in front of the hotel to await bus service to the IUF venue.
8:45 – 9:15 Accreditation
Passport inspection of participants to enter the National Diet of Japan.
9:15 – 10:00 Opening Ceremony
- National Hymn of Japan, followed by National Hymn of East Turkistan
- Short video
- Opening Remarks
Hiromi Mitsubayashi
Member of Parliament & Secretary-General Japan Uyghur Friendship Group
Moderator
Keiji Furuya
Chairman of the Japan-Uyghur Parliamentary Caucus (JUPC) and the Japanese parliamentary caucus to investigate and take action on human rights abuses committed by China (JPCHC)
Dolkun Isa
President of World Uyghur Congress
- Guest of honour’s remarks
- Virtual statement
10:00 – 11:00 Panel 1
Where: International Conference Room
“China as a Systemic Rival: Europe, China and the World Beyond the Pandemic.”
Luke de Pulford
Executive Director, Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC)
Moderator
Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe
Member of Parliament
Canada
Abraham Cooper
Chair of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom
Ambassador Kelley Currie (ret.)
former U.S. Representative to the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
Pavel Fischer
Chair of Foreign Affairs Committee, Czech Senate and Co-chair of Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China
11:00 – 11:30 Networking Break
11:30 – 12:30 Panel 2
Where: International Conference Room
“A Lesson from Japan – Advocating and Building Alliances for Uyghur Human Rights in the Far East”
– Please note that this panel will be in Japanese with an English interpretation-
Afumetto Retepu
Chairman of the Japan Uyghur Association
Moderator
Keiji Furuya
Chairman of the Japan-Uyghur Parliamentary Caucus (JUPC) and the Japanese parliamentary caucus to investigate and take action on human rights abuses committed by China (JPCHC)
Yoshiko Sakurai
Journalist, TV Presenter and Writer on Foreign Affairs Issues
Tomoko Ako
China Studies and Sociology at the University of Tokyo
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Events 1, 2 & 3
Lunch Event 1
Where: Conference Room 2
“Transnational Repression Toolkit: China’s Long Arm of Cracking Down on Dissident Voices”
During this lunchtime event, the presenters will share their experiences and the work of their respective organisations and institutions regarding transnational repression. Participants can bring their lunch to this session if they wish.
Dean Baxendale
CEO, China Democracy Fund
Moderator
Laura Harth
Campaigns Director, Safeguard Defenders
David Tobin
Lecturer in East Asian Studies at the University of Sheffield
Zumretay Arkin
President, Uyghur Center for Democracy and Human Rights
Peter Irwin
Associate Director for Research and Advocacy, Uyghur Human Rights Project
Lunch Event 2
Where: Conference Room 3
A VR Experience – “A 3D View of the Camps in East Turkistan by the Uyghur Transitional Justice Database (UTJD)”
Note: VR glasses will be provided
During this lunchtime event, the presenters will provide an update on the construction developments of the Camps in East Turkistan as seen on satellite imagery. Participants are furthermore invited to step inside the camps in a virtual reality setting and get an impression of the inside of the camps.
Abdureşid Eminhaci
General Secretary of the International Union of the East Turkistan Organizations
Moderator
Nathan Ruser
Researcher, Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)
Bahtiyar Omer
Chairman of the Norway Uyghur Committee, Uyghur Transitional Justice Database
Gulbahar Haitiwaji
Uyghur camp survivor
Lunch Event 3
Where: International Conference Room
Platform for Japanese Members of Parliament to Address the Atrocities against Uyghurs
Note: This event will be in Japanese with an English interpretation
During this lunchtime event, Japanese Members of Parliament and other high-level officials will gather to address the situation of the Uyghurs to identify and coordinate a unified approach towards the subject. International participants are welcome to sit in on this event.
14:00 – 15:30 Interactive Dialogues 1 & 2
(Please note that the following two Interactive Dialogues are happening simultaneously.)
Interactive Dialogue 1
Where: International Conference Room
“China’s AI Dominance and its Threat to Global Civil Liberties”
Sophie Richardson
formerly China Director at Human Rights Watch
Moderator
David O’Brien
Lecturer in East Asian Politics at Jagiellonian University Krakow
Peter Irwin
Associate Director for Research and Advocacy, Uyghur Human Rights Project
Cătălin Teniță
Member of Parliament
Romania
Interactive Dialogue 2
Where: Multipurpose Hall
“China’s Reproductive Violence Against Uyghur Women and Children to Eradicate Uyghur Identity and Belonging”
Vanessa Frangville
China Studies at Université libre de Bruxelles
Moderator
Jo Smith-Finley
Reader in Chinese Studies at Newcastle University
Kawsar Kamil
Director of Human Rights Committee, World Uyghur Congress
Sakamoto Nobuhiro
Journalist
Genviève Garrigos
Councillor of Paris and former Chair of Amnesty International France
15:30 – 16:00 Networking Break
16:00 – 17:00 Panel 3
Where: International Conference Room
“Exposing the Chinese Propaganda Machinery for Policy Purposes”
Natalie Tegelberg
Head of Office at the European Parliament
Moderator
Nathan Ruser
Researcher, Australian Strategic Policy Institute
Sean Roberts
Associate Professor at The George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs
David Lega
Member of the European Parliament
Rushan Abbas
Executive Director, Campaign for Uyghurs
Kaori Arimoto
Journalist China & Foreign Affairs
17:00 – 18:00 Panel 4
Where: International Conference Room
“Fighting Uyghur Forced Labour through Legislative Action – A Multilateral Approach”
Chloe Cranston
Head of Thematic Advocacy, Anti-Slavery International
Moderator
Adrian Zenz
Senior Fellow and Director in China Studies at the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation
Alicia Hennig
Business Ethics Expert, Technische Universität Dresden
Scott Busby
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (USA)
Omar Kanat
Chairman of the Executive Committee of the World Uyghur Congress&Executive Director of the Uyghur Human Rights Project
18:05 Group Picture in the National Diet
18:10 End of Day 1
Return of all participants to hotels via bus services
Free evening (dinner on own)
31 October 2023
6:30 – 8:00 Breakfast (hotel)
8:30-9:00 Departure to the National Diet of Japan
Participants gather in front of the hotel to await bus service to the IUF venue.
9:00 – 9:30 Accreditation
Passport inspection of participants to enter the National Diet of Japan.
09:30 – 11:00 Interactive Dialogues 3&4
(Please note that the following two panels are happening simultaneously)
Interactive Dialogue 3
Where: International Conference Room
“Reframing the Concept of Chinese Transnational Repression against Uyghurs and other Dissenting Voices as a National Security Threat”
Laura Harth
Campaigns Director, Safeguard Defenders
Moderator
David Tobin
Lecturer in East Asian Studies at the University of Sheffield
Azeem Ibrahim
Senior Director at the Newlines Institute for Strategy and Policy
Muhammet Naci Cinisli
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (USA)
Selçuk Özdağ
Member of the National Assembly of Türkiye
Interactive Dialogue 4
Where: Multipurpose Hall
“Enhancing Deterrence in the Taiwan Strait and Indo-Pacific through Military and Diplomatic Alliances”
Adam King
Regional Director of East Asia and the Pacific, International Republican Institute
Moderator
Wuer’Kaixi
Chinese Pro-Democracy Leader
Taiwan
Matas Maldeikis
Member of Parliament, Chair of Taiwanese Friendship Group
Lithuania
Freddy Lim
Member of Parliament
Taiwan
11:00 – 11:30 Networking Break
11:30 – 13:00 Interactive Dialogues 5&6
(Please note that the following two Interactive Dialogues are happening simultaneously)
Interactive Dialogue 5
Where: Multipurpose Hall
‘’Exploring Cross-Movement Solidarity: How to Build Alliances’’
Dorjee Tseten
Tibet Government in Exile
Moderator
Omer Kanat
Executive Director, Uyghur Human Rights Project
Karma Choeying
Secretary, Official Spokesperson of Central Tibetan Administration
Sam Yip
Spokesperson of Japan Hong Kong Democracy Alliance
Olhunud Daichin
Vice Chairman, South Mongolia Congress Standing
Ho Chao-Tung
President of the Taiwan East Turkistan Association
Interactive Dialogue 6
Where: International Conference Room
‘’The Uyghur Genocide: A Perspective from the Islamic World’’
Nury Turkel
Commissioner and former Chair of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom
Moderator
Doğan Bekin
Member of Parliament
Turkiye
Ayyüce Türkeş Taş
Member of Parliament
Turkiye
Mohd Azmi Abdul Hamid
President of the Malaysia Consultative Council of Islamic Organization (MAPIM)
Abdul Salam Alim
East Turkistan Muslim Scholars Association
Abdulhakim Idris
Executive Director, Center for Uyghur Studies
13:00 – 14:30 Lunch
13:30 – 14:30 Lunch Events 4 & 5
Lunch Event 4
“The Challenges of Taking Witness Testimony – Avoiding Re-Traumatisation and Mental Health Best Practices”
Where: Conference Room 2
During this lunchtime event, the presenters will share their best practices when interviewing victim-survivors of gross human rights violations. They will present their latest work, lessons learned and best practices to take witness testimony, minimising the risk of re-traumatisation. Participants can bring their lunch to this session if they wish.
Gheyur Qurban
Berlin Office Director, World Uyghur Congress
Moderator
Thomas Schulze
Psychiatrist, Professor at LMU Munich (Germany) & SUNY Upstate (Syracuse, NY, USA)
Bahtiyar Omer
Chairman of the Norway Uyghur Committee, Uyghur Transitional Justice Database
Kalbinur Sidik
Uyghur Camp Survivor
Lunch Event 5
Where: Conference Room 4
FAQs on M-62: “Canada to Re-Settle 10.000 Uyghur Refugees Starting in 2024”
During this lunchtime event, the presenters will answer any questions the audience may have regarding the M-62 Motion, which was passed in the Canadian House of Commons in February 2023. The Motion proposes resettling 10,000 Uyghurs in Canada over two years, starting in 2024. Participants can bring their lunch to this session if they wish.
Mehmet Celepci
Board Member of the Australian Uyghur Association
Moderator
Mehmet Tohti
Executive Director, Uyghur Rights Advocacy Project
Polat Sayim
Director of World Uyghur Congress Refugee Center
Abdureshit Abdulhamit
President of World Uyghur Congress Foundation
14:30 – 16:00 Interactive Dialogues 7 & 8
(Please note that the following two Interactive Dialogues are happening simultaneously)
Interactive Dialogue 7
Where: Multipurpose Hall
“The Cost of Inaction: Atrocity Crimes on the Rise – How Did Never Again Become Yet Again?”
Mia Hasenson-Gross
Executive Director, René Cassin
Moderator
Jun Kumakura
China and Soviet Union Studies at Hosei University
Rian Thum
History Department, University of Manchester
Satoshi Hirano
Asian Political and Diplomatic History at Tokyo University
Sradhanand Sital
Chairman of Global Human Rights Defence
Interactive Dialogue 8
Where: International Conference Room
“Avenues Towards Legal Action: “Mapping Foreign Influence Blocking Accountability on Human Rights Atrocities”
Mehmet Tohti
Executive Director, Uyghur Rights Advocacy Project
Moderator
Senator Paul Strauss
Shadow Senator for Washington D.C.
Nury Turkel
Commissioner and former Chair of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom
Moderator
Ewelina Ochab
International Human Rights Lawyer, International Bar Association Human Rights Institute
Michael Polak
Barrister at Church Court Chambers UK & Director of Justice Abroad
16:00 – 16:30 Networking Break
16:30 – 17:30: Panel 5
Where: International Conference Room
“Action at the UN: Re-Establishing the Trust and Seeking Accountability through the UN-System”
Raphael Viana David
Programme Manager for China and Latin America, International Service for Human Rights
Moderator
Arfiya Eri
Member of Parliament
Japan
Tomoya Obokata
UN Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Slavery
Fernand de Varennes
former UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues
Ahmed Shaheed
former UN Special Rapporteur Freedom of Religion or Belief and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Maldives
Zumretay Arkin
Director of Global Advocacy, World Uyghur Congress
17:30 – 18:30 Press Conference
Where: Multipurpose Hall
18:30 End of Day 2
Departure for Farewell Dinner from the National Diet of Japan
18:45 Farewell Dinner with Traditional Uyghur Food
Farewell remarks
Concluding remarks
Afumetto Retepu
Chairman of the Japan Uyghur Association
Dolkun Isa
President of World Uyghur Congress
1 November 2023 (Departure Day)
6:30 – 8:00 Breakfast
Airport Drop-Off Service (all day)