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Refugee Protection in Africa: How to Ensure Security and Development for Refugees and Hosts

Windsor Lake Victoria Hotel, Entebbe, Uganda
November 10-14, 2002

Sponsored by the Stanley Foundation

In cooperation with the Refugee Law Project, Makerere University,
and the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights

Facilitators:
Chefeke Dessalegn, Trustee, African Humanitarian Action (*Ethiopia)
Ibrahim Wani, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Addis Ababa (Uganda)

Presenters:
Barbara Harrell-Bond, Professor, American University in Cairo (United States)
Monica Kathina Juma, Professor, Safer Africa (Kenya)

Participants:
Arthur Andambi, Standing Committee on Human Rights (Kenya)

Douglas Asiimwe, In-charge Refugee Desk, Ministry of Disaster Preparedness and Refugees (Uganda)

Shaban Bantariza, Spokesman, Uganda People's Defence Forces

Barry Hamidou, Professeur de Droit, Université de Conakry (Guinea)

Helen S. E. Bishop, Network Coordinator, African NGOs Refugee Protection Network, Kampala (Sierra Leone)

Johnson Philemon Brahim, Assistant Director, Refugee Services Department, Ministry of Home Affairs (Tanzania)

Beverlee Bruce, Program Director, Social Science Research Council (United States)

Geoffrey Chombe, Police Special Branch, Refugee Eligibility Committee, Ministry of Internal Affairs (Uganda)

Coulibaly Yiré, Physician, Mouvement Ivoirien des Droits Humains (Côte d'Ivoire)

Paul Daka, Refugee Officer for Meheba Refugee Settlement, Office of the Commission for Refugees (Zambia)

Josh DeWind, Program Director, Social Science Research Council (United States)

Gbi Toussaint, Assistant Coordonnateur, Service d'Aide et d'Assistance aux Refugiés et Apatride (Côte d'Ivoire)

Abi Gitari, Executive Director, Refugee Consortium of Kenya

Imanyara Gitobu, Member of Parliament, National Assembly of Kenya

Grahouan Kpassa Narcisse, Chargé de Programme, Caritas Côte d'Ivoire

Guezeon Aimé, Sous-directeur des Affaires Humanitaires au Ministrére d'Etat, Ministrére des Relations Extérieures et des Ivoiriens de l'Etranger (Côte d'Ivoire)

Arafat Jamal, Operational Policy Officer, Department Evaluation and Policy Analysis Unit, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Geneva (United States)

Khoti Chilomba Kamanga, Faculty of Law, University of Dar es Salaam (Tanzania)

Felix Kazahura, Senior Settlement Officer, Ministry of Disaster Preparedness and Refugees (Uganda)

Hildegarda L. Kiwasila, Assistant Research Fellow, Institute of Resource Assessment, University of Dar es Salaam (Tanzania)

Kevin C. Logan, US Army Civil Affairs Officer, United States Central Command

Enid T. Lynch, US Air Force, United States European Command (Botswana)

Manirakiza Jean de Dieu, Chairperson of the Voluntary Youth Volunteers, Kakuma Settlements (Burundi)

Norbert Mao, Member of Parliament and Chairman of the Amani Parliamentary Group of the Great Lakes Region (Uganda)

Masimango Phillipe, Association des Refugiés Francophones en Uganda (Democratic Republic of Congo)

Macrine Mayanja, African Union (Uganda)

Matthew McKeever, Refugee Officer, United States Embassy to the Republic of Uganda

Geoffrey Chilukya Mulenga, Principal Advocate, Legal Resources Foundation (Zambia)

Elijah Dickens Mushemeza, Department of Political Science, Makerere University (Uganda)

Monde Muyangwa, The Africa Center for Strategic Studies (Zambia)

Christine Nanyangwe, Hodi (Zambia)

Sadikh Niass, Coordinator, West African Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons Network (Senegal)

Johnson Nkuuhe, Member of Parliament (Uganda)

George Okoth-Obbo, Representative in Kenya, UN High Commissioner for Refugees

Sylvio Opira, Kyangwali Refugee Settlement in Uganda (Sudan)

Levi Oribariho, External Security Organisation, Refugee Eligibility Committee, President's Office (Uganda)

Catherine M. Poso, Regional Immigration Officer for Luapula Province, Immigration Department (Zambia)

Bonaventure Rutinwa, Faculty of Law, University of Dar es Salaam (Tanzania)

Andrew Schoenholtz, Georgetown University (United States)

Sow Aïssatou, Membre du BE de l'OGDH, Coreprésentante de l'OGDH à WARIPNET (Guinea)

Linda Thomas-Greenfield, United States Mission to the UN Organizations in Geneva

Laurean Mutahunwa Tibasana, Commissioner of Police, Tanzania Police Force, Ministry of Home Affairs

Jenerali Ulimwengu, Chairman, Habari Corporation (Tanzania)

Navigue Youcouri Myriam, Chargée de l'education, Association de Soutien à l'Autopromotion Sanitaire et Urbaine (Côte d'Ivoire)

Conference Organizers:
The Lawyers Committee for Human Rights

Raymond A. Brown, Board of Directors
Olivia Bueno, Program Assistant, International Refugee Program
Déirdre Clancy, Director, International Refugee Program (Ireland)
Dismas Nkunda, Africa Coordinator, International Refugee Program (Uganda)

The Refugee Law Project, Makerere University
Emmanuel Bagenda, Research Officer
Lucy Hovil, Research Director (Ireland)
Ronald Kalyango, Senior Education and Training Officer
Zachary Lomo, Director

The Stanley Foundation
Betty Anders, Support Services Manager
Jeff Martin, Vice President and Director of Programs
Elaine Schilling, Program Assistant
David Shorr, Program Officer

*The nationality of participants is given in parentheses in cases when it is not clear from their affiliation or location.

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