Established in 2010, the Amsterdam Dialogue is a high-level conference on peace and justice in situations of violent conflict. Organised by the Dialogue Advisory Group, Human Rights Watch and International Crisis Group, the conference brings together peace mediators, human rights advocates and senior officials, including the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court.
an annual high-level conference on peace and justice
in situations of violent conflict
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with the participation of the International Criminal Court,
including a session with Prosecutor Karim Khan
broaches questions and dilemmas central to the work of
peace mediators and human rights advocates
takes place over two days, with plenary sessions and breakout panels
covering country-specific situations and thematic issues
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an informal and high-level conference that
operates under the Chatham House Rule
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includes informal discussions with experts and practitioners
in the field of mediation
THE CONFERENCE
Mediators and human rights advocates share the general goal of working towards peace and justice. While mediators give priority to resolving conflict, human rights advocates give priority to accountability for human rights abuses. The Amsterdam Dialogue aims to provide a forum for finding common ground between these two objectives. Over the years a structured dialogue has been created that seeks to bridge differences, deepen understanding, and strengthen cooperation between those striving to achieve peace as well as justice.
FORMER PARTICIPANTS
Kairat Abdrakhmanov
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan
Amat Al-Soswa
Former Minister of Human Rights of Yemen
Miia Aro-Sanchez
International Cooperation Adviser, Office of the Prosecutor, ICC
Richard Atwood
Executive Vice President, ICG
Michelle Bachelet
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Former President of Chile
Stef Blok
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands
Agnès Callamard
Secretary General, Former UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions Santana Aracelly – Former Deputy Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General
Simon Coveney
Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ireland
Fuad Hussein
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iraq
Sergio Jaramillo
Former High Commissioner of Peace and Vice Minister of Defence, Colombia
Angela Kane
Former UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs
Karim Khan
Prosecutor of the ICC
Richard Dicker
International Justice Program Director, HRW
Jeffrey Feltman
Former UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs and former US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs
Pekka Haavisto
Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland
Joost Hiltermann
MENA Program Director, ICG
Rüdiger König
Permanent Representative of Germany to NATO
Robert Malley
US Special Representative for Iran, former President and CEO of the ICC
Peter Maurer
President of the Basel Institute on Governance, former President of the ICRC
Murithi Mutiga
Program Director for Africa, ICG
Jonathan Powell
British Diplomat and former Downing Street Chief of Staff
Vikram Raghavan
Legal Adviser for Conflict, World Bank
Kenneth Roth
Former Executive Director, HRW
Ida Sawyer
Director of Human Rights Watch’s Crisis and Conflict Division
Marriët Schuurman
Director Stabilisation and Humanitarian Aid, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands
Álvaro De Soto
Former UN Envoy to El Salvador, Cyprus, Israel/Palestine
