FRIDAY, MARCH 14
round table 09.00am - 10.30am - Mediation and migration crisis
Thematic 5: Reducing tensions in the world, the power of mediation
Climate and ecological crises are profoundly redefining territories and lifestyles across the globe. These crises, whether in terms of preventing them, adapting to them or managing disasters, reveal the fragility of our globalised societies marked by growing complexity and multiple interdependencies. In the face of these challenges, can mediation be a lever for transformation, necessary for the adaptation of cities and the countryside or the preservation of resources and living organisms? Can it, at the same time, rebalance the asymmetries of power that the current upheavals reveal, and ensure justice and respect for human rights for populations that are victims of situations for which they are not responsible? During this workshop, four mediators working in different contexts but faced with the same emergency will share their experiences and perspectives on the role of mediation in addressing these crucial issues.
moderator

Nicolas LE MEHAUTE
Geographer, specialist in water and river management, mediator in multi-stakeholder consultation on environmental issues - France

Jacques BENARD
Environmental mediator Lecturer at the Université de Sherbrooke and the Université de Montréal - Canada
great witness
speakers

Ismael RINS
Alianza Global del Ombudsperson Local President (AGOL) - Argentine

Leonardo CARDOSO DE MAGALHAES
Federal Public Defender of Rights (DPU) - Brazil

Atman AOUI
Educational guidance counsellor, president of the Association for the Promotion of Mediation in Morocco (APMM), human rights activist and trainer - Morocco
round table 09.00am - 10.30am - Child protection and mediation
Thematic 4: Mediations: access to rights, public space, child protection. Tensions in public services
Mediation, a key but little-known role in child protectionIn France, more than 300,000 minors and 34,000 young adults are monitored by child protection services, at an annual cost of €10 billion (Source: Observatoire national de la protection de l'enfance). Entrusted to the départements, child protection intervenes when a child's best interests are at risk. The causes are manifold (abuse, neglect, insecurity, dysfunction within the family, conflictual separation of parents) and generate tensions between families and administrations, making various forms of mediation essential. Mediation makes it possible to re-establish dialogue between families and the authorities and within families, prevent conflicts from escalating and promote shared solutions in the interests of children. However, the role of mediators remains little known, due to a lack of information and recognition. Given the growing need for mediation, it is essential to raise awareness, increase access to mediation and support these practices, to ensure the well-being of children and the stability of families.
moderator

Amar DIB
Director of the Local Civil Service, Departmental Mediator (Rhône), International Judge-Mediator (International Court of Mediation and Arbitration) and Essayist - France
great witness

Adrien TAQUET
State Secretary for Children and Families (2020-2022) - France

Florence DABIN
President of the Department of Maine-et-Loire, Vice-President of Départements de France, President of France Enfance Protégée - France
speakers

Amelia LOPEZ
Defender of the rights of children and adolescents in the province of Cordoba - Argentina

Guillaume BRONSARD
Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the University of Western Brittany

Eric DELEMAR
Children's Ombudsman, Deputy in charge of the defence and promotion of children's rights - France

Christine FROGER
Family mediators - France

Valérie JUST
Family mediators - France
round table 09.00am - 10.30am - Dare to mediate in situations of violence
Thematic 3: Generate trust to promote mediation
Far from being self-evident, the idea of creating spaces for dialogue in situations of violence is a complex subject that raises lively debate: asymmetry in the relationship; fear of revictimisation; privatisation of the crime (...) And yet, there are demands from both perpetrators and victims in this area, just waiting to be heard. In this context, the challenges facing mediators and mediation organisations are manifold, because they have to give a voice to the people affected and recognise their ability to determine what might be good for them, while also offering a quality service that provides them with the essential conditions of well-being and safety. Working in different countries and with different structures, our panelists' combined views will shed light on the choices made to meet these major challenges.
moderator

Marion TROTIGNON
Mediator and restorative justice project manager at AVIMEJ-France Victimes 77 - France

great witness
Catherine ROSSI
Professor, School of Social Work and Criminology, Université Laval - Canada
speakers

Claire-Marie CASANOVA
Restorative mediation, harassment between minors - France

Marie-Eve LAMOUREUX
EQUIJUSTICE Executive director - Canada

Thyl DAEM
Co-director of the La Valise association and specialist mediator - France

Alexane GUERIN
Restorative mediation, harassment between minors - France
PLENARY 11.00am - 12.30pm - Reducing tensions in the world, the power of mediation
Thematic 5: Reducing tensions in the world, the power of mediation
Chapter VI of the United Nations Charter for the peaceful settlement of disputes states that the parties ‘shall, in the first instance, seek a solution by negotiation, enquiry, mediation, conciliation, arbitration, judicial settlement, resort to regional agencies or arrangements, or other peaceful means of their own choice’. With few exceptions, armed groups eventually resort to some form of mediation to resolve their differences. As such, mediation remains the most effective means of reducing conflict and maintaining peace and security. It is the concrete manifestation of the growing power of peace diplomacy. Thanks to its confidentiality, impartiality and ability to listen to all the parties involved, it makes it possible to restore unity where there is division, to bring people together and define a common framework that broadens the vision to transcend the conflict and get the players out of the prison of a binary logic of win-lose and a zero-sum game. However, the new American administration has demonstrated a propensity to resolve conflicts it considers important bilaterally and by threatening to use economic or military force. What might this mean for mediation and international conflict resolution in general, and for the internationally recognised norms associated with the UN and its core mandate of maintaining international peace and security?
moderator

Andrew MARSHALL
Independent consultant with over 30 years of international experience and programme management expertise in armed conflict mediation, industrial mediation, hostage negotiations and major humanitarian emergency operations. Advises governments, multilateral organisations and non-governmental institutions on mediation, negotiation, peacemaking and political risk management - Canada

great witness
Jean-Pierre RAFFARIN
Prime Minister (2002-2005) - France
speakers

Panos MOUMTZIS
Executive Director of the Global Executive Leadership Initiative (GELI), UN Deputy Secretary-General (2013 - 2019) and Regional Refugee Coordinator for Syria (2012 - 2013) - Switzerland

Jordan RODAS
Former Human Rights Prosecutor of Guatemala - President of the Coepio Foundation - Guatemala

Alain LEMPEREUR
Mediator, affiliated professor at the European University Institute in Florence, administrator and faculty member of the Negotiation Program at Harvard Law School - France

Nashieli RAMIREZ
Défenseur des droits de l'homme, Présidente de la Commission des droits de l'homme de la ville de Mexico et Présidente de l’Institut international de l’Ombudsman - Mexique
closing 12.30pm - 13.00pm
speakers
Michel SAPPIN
President of the Association of Local Authority Ombudsmen - France
Christophe BECHU
Mayor of Angers and Chairman of Angers Loire Métropole - France
Florence DABIN
President of the Department of Maine-et-Loire, Vice-President of Départements de France, President of France Enfance Protégée - France
Serge CHARBONNEAU
Strategic advisor Equijustice - Canada
Sève CARREZ
Mediator, researcher and President of the International Institute for Ecological Negotiation - France