Event
15th International Conference of Ombuds Institutions for the Armed Forces – 15ICOAF
Conference Opening
Wolfgang Sobotka
President of the National Council
Robert Laimer
Executive Chairman of the Austrian Parliamentary Commission for the Federal Armed Forces
Klaudia Tanner
Federal Minister of Defence of Austria
Nathalie Chuard
Ambassador, Director of DCAF – Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance
Presenter
Reinhard Bösch
Chairman of the Austrian Parliamentary Commission for the Federal Armed Forces
Musical Interlude
Ensemble Gardemusik, Austrian Armed Forces
Session 1: The Nexus of Climate Change and Security – Implications for the Armed Forces
Karl. W. Steininger
Professor of Climate Economics and Sustainable Transition, Wegener Centre for Climate Change and Global Change, University of Graz
Janani Vivekananda
Head of Programme Climate Diplomacy and Security, Adelphi
Günter Hofbauer
Capability Director, Ministry of Defence of Austria
Nathalie Chuard
Ambassador, Director of DCAF – Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance
Lunch at Säulenhalle
Session 2: Ombuds Institutions overseeing and supporting change within the Armed Forces
Johann Frank
Director Cabinet of the Chairman of the European Union Military Committee, Austria
Eva Högl (tbc)
Parliamentary Commissioner for the Armed Forces, Germany
Mariia Ushchapivska
Representative of the Commissioner for the Observance of Human Rights in the System of Bodies of the Security, Defence Sector and Procedural Rights, Parliamentary Commissioner for Human Rights, Ukraine
Beda Angeles Epres
Commissioner of the Commission on Human Rights, The Philippines
Friedrich Ofenauer
Member of the Austrian Parliamentary Commission for the Federal Armed Forces
Session 3: Greening Ombuds Institutions
Dietmar Nestlang
Director of ICT & Innovation & Infrastructure, Parliamentary Administration, Austria
Daniel Reimers
Programme Manager, DCAF – Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance
Programme Tuesday, June 20
Session 4: The Armed Forces and Mental Health
Ramya Sundararaman
Deputy Director, Defence Suicide Prevention Office of the Department of Defence, United States of America
Emmanuel Jacob
President of the European Organisation of Military Associations and Trade Unions (EUROMIL)
Yong Won Kim
Human Rights Protector for the Military, South Korea
Gregory Lick
National Defence and Canadian Armed Forces Ombudsman, Canada
Chrystal Pillay
Director of Legal Services, South African Military Ombud, South Africa
Douglas Merritt
Command Inspector General, U.S. Army Africa, United States of America
Special Session: International Cooperation among Ombuds Institutions
Daniel Reimers
Programme Manager, DCAF – Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance
Luka Glusac
Assistant Director, University of Belgrade - Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory
Lunch at Säulenhalle
Session 5: Shifts in Defence Policy and Consequences for Ombuds Institutions
Erika Leonaitè
Parliamentary Ombudsperson of the Republic of Lithuania, Lithuania
James M. Gaynor
Inspector-General of the Australian Defence Force, Australia
Halimatou Dibba
Commissioner of the National Human Rights Commission, The Gambia
Peter Vorhofer
Acting Director of Defence Policy and International Relations, Ministry of Defence, Austria
Adoption of the Conference Statement
Daniel Reimers
Programme Manager, DCAF – Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance
Closing Remarks
Robert Laimer
Executive Chairman of the Austrian Parliamentary Commission for the Federal Armed Forces
Friedrich Ofenauer
Chairman of the Austrian Parliamentary Commission for the Federal Armed Forces
Reinhard Bösch
Chairman of the Austrian Parliamentary Commission for the Federal Armed Forces
Hans Born
Assistant Director, Head of the Policy and Research Department, DCAF – Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance
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