OPENING STATEMENTS: Martine Brunschwig Graf, Member of the Government of the Republic and Canton of Geneva ; Robert Spencer, Director General, Webster University, Europe ; Luc Paunier, Geneva Foundation for Health in War. KEY-NOTE SPEAKERS: REAFFIRMING HUMANITARIAN VALUES FOR THE 21ST CENTURY: Refugee protection and fundamental values / Rudd Lubbers, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Humanitarian actions in the 21st Century: the danger of a setback / Paul Grossrieder, Director General, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). Terrorism and emergency humanitarian action / Yves Sandoz, Director, Geneva University Centre for International Humanitarian Law. CONFERENCE PAPERS: Humanitarian law and spirituality / Michel Veuthey, Adjunct Professor, Fordham University. Refugee protection and humanitarian values / Stéphane Jaquemet, Chief, Protection Capacity Section, Department of International Protection, UNHCR. Claiming a humanitarian imperative: NGOs and the cultivation of humanitarian duty / Hugo Slim, Senior Lecturer, Oxford Brooks University. Political order and universal values in the 21st century / Otto Hieronymi, Webster University. Torture / T.W. Harding, Multifaculty Program on Humanitarian Action, Geneva. Islam and humanitarian values / Farid Mirbaghere, Research Director, Centre for World Dialogue, Cyprus. Humanitarian values in India / P.V. Unnikrishnan, Oxfam, India. And if we were interested in individuals? / Bruce Eshaya-Chauvin, Geneva Foundation for Health in War. Humanitarian values seen from the other side of the river / Naasson Munyandamutsa. The media and humanitarian values / Edward Girardet and Loretta Hieber, Media Action International. The public perception of UNHCR and of refugee protection / Kris Janowski, Head, Media Relations Unit, Division of Communication and Information, UNHCR. Diffusing and teaching international humanitarian law / Antoine Bouvier, Delegate to Academic Circles, ICRC. The need to re-affirm humanitarian values / Chiara Jasson, Webster University. International humanitarian law as customary international law / Jean-Marie Henckaerts, Legal Advisor, ICRC. The spirit of Geneva / Margaret (Meegan) Murray, Webster University. The fundamental principles of humanitarian law through the case law of the international court of justice / Vincent Chetail, Graduate Institute of International Studies. The military and humanitarian action / John King, Adjunct Professor, Webster University. UNHCR's global consultations on International protection: progress and outlook / Volker Turk, Chief, Standards and Legal Advice Section, Department of International Protection, UNHCR. Global approach for local actions to reduce discrimination and violence in the community / Malika Aït-Mohamed Parent, Head, Principles and Values Departement, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC). Humanitarian values, accountability and evaluation / Jeff Crisp, Head, Evaluation and Policy Analysis Unit, Department of Operations, UNHCR. The spirit and implementation of SPHERE / Nan Buzard, SPHERE Project. Accountability and independence in humanitarian action / Thomas Linde, Director General, Médecins sans Frontières, Geneva. Incentives for Improved accountability / Mukesh Kapila, Head, Conflict and Humanitarian Affairs Department, Department of International Development, London. Business and humanitarian values / John J. Maresca, President, Business Humanitarian Forum. Law and Values: the turning of values into law / Robert Kolb, Webster University and Graduate Institute of International Studies. Humanitarian principles and standards / Joel McClellan, Executive Secretary, Steering Committee for Humanitarian Response. CLOSING STATEMENTS: Katia Lapshina and Faisal Siddiqui, Webster University.