CSCW/PRIO, in co-operation with the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Norwegian Human Rights Centre, hosted a workshop titled “Autonomy Arrangements and Internal Territorial Conflicts: Could various forms of autonomy arrangements (including federalism) provide a viable institutional framework for resolving internal territorial conflicts?”.

Could various forms of autonomy arrangements (including federalism) provide a viable institutional framework for resolving internal territorial conflicts?

Chairs: Stein Tønnesson, Director, International Peace Research Institute, Oslo and Niels Butenschøn, Director, Norwegian Human Rights Centre

Friday 14 November

| 08.45: | Registration outside Einar Gerhardsen meeting room. | | --- | --- | | 09.00: | Conditions and incentives for viable autonomy arrangements and protection of minority rights

Introduction by Brendan O’Leary (Professor, University of Pennsylvania)

Comments: Asbjørn Eide (Senior Fellow, Norwegian Human Rigths Centre)

Discussion | | 10.30: | Coffee break | | 10.50: | The question of autonomy: A facilitator’s experience.

Intervention by Erik Solheim (Ambassador, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs) | | 11.15: | Managing Managing conflicts through the establishment of regional utonomy or federalism: An overview

Introduction by Bob Rae (President, Forum of Federations) and Yash Ghai (Professor, Hong Kong University)

Comments: Kaare Strøm (Professor, University of California)

Discussion | | 13.15: | Lunch in hotel restaurant | | 15.00: | Federal and confederal cases: some examples of territorial conflict management.

Introductions followed by questions and comments

The experience of the Venice Commission by Thomas Markert (Deputy Secretary, Venice Commission)

Switzerland: Giorgio Malinverni (Professor, University of Geneva)

Belgium: Jean-Claude Scholsem (Professor, University of Liège)

Russia: Pavel Baev (Senior Researcher, PRIO)

Comments: Simon Hug (Professor, University of St Gallen)

Discussion | | 17.30: | Close of first day | | 19.00: | Aperitif in hotel lounge | | 19.30: | Dinner in hotel restaurant |

Saturday 15 November

| 09.30: | Federalism and the prospects for peace.

Introductions followed by questions and comments

Introduction by Nicholas Haysom (Professor, former presidential legal adviser)

Bosnia: Kaarlo Tuori (Professor, University of Helsinki)

Sri Lanka: Mario Gomez (Program Associate, Berghof Foundation for Conflict Studies, Colombo)

Cyprus: Dan Smith (Senior Advisor, International Peace Research Institute, Oslo)

Comments: Erik Solheim (Ambassador, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs)

Discussion | | --- | --- | | 12.00: | Concluding remarks by Jan Helgesen (legal adviser to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs) | | 12.30: | Close of conference | | 12.30: | Lunch in hotel restaurant |