Symposium on Cultural Diplomacy & Human Rights
"Towards a Global Human Rights Culture: The Need for a Collective Alliance in the Protection & Promotion of Human Rights"
(Berlin; May 27th - June 1st, 2013)
| Monday, May 27th, 2013 |
Tuesday, May 28th, 2013 |
Wednesday, May 29th, 2013 |
Thursday, May 30th, 2013 |
Friday, May 31st, 2013 |
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| 09:00 | Tea, Coffee & Refreshments | Tea, Coffee & Refreshments | Tea, Coffee & Refreshments | ||
| 09:30 | Registration | Participant Paper “Respect for Freedom and Human Rights Challenge to the Democracy of the Republic of Macedonia” (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Dr. Lulzim Farizi Metin Djelil |
Tea, Coffee & Refreshments | "Sport Diplomacy - The German-Israeli Example" (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Emmanuel Nahshon |
“Collaboration of Civil Society in Preventing Genocide and Mass Atrocities - Perspectives from Zimbabwe ” (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Edson Chiota |
| 10:00 | Introductory Session Moderators: Mark C. Donfried Dr. Zvonimir Paul Separovic |
“Woman's Rights and their Role in Post-Conflict Society” (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Ljuljjeta Goranci Brkic |
“Human Rights, Climate Change and Climate Policy” (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Prof. Martin Jänicke |
“International NGO's & Global Human Rights Culture” (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Dr. Zvonimir Paul Separovic |
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| 10:30 | “Women's Lived Rights in a Culture of Peace” (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Prof. Dr. Marilou McPhedran |
“Can Quotas be “the Fast Track” to Gender Parity in Political Representation” (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Birgitta Wistrand Louise Lindfors |
(10:15) “The Unmeasurable in Pursuit of the Unattainable” (Lecture & Discussion) Speakers: Dr. Deborah Davenport Patrick Hardcastle |
“The Rule of Law and Democracy Supporting Human Rights” (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: President Dr. Emil Constantinescu |
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| 11:00 | Tea, Coffee & Refreshments | Tea, Coffee & Refreshments | Tea, Coffee & Refreshments | “The Rise of Green Politics as a Global Ideology and Global Priority” (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: President Ralf Fücks |
Tea, Coffee & Refreshments |
| 11:30 | “Resistance Against Quotas in the Post-Communist Countries” (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Jana Smiggels Kavková |
“Labor Rights for Migrant Care and Domestic Workers in Contemporary Society” (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Paloma Moré |
“The Spine of Europe, Energy Rivers in the Air” (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Dietmar Köring |
(11:45) Tea, Coffee & Refreshments | “Collaboration of Civil Society in Preventing Genocide and Mass Atrocities” (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Blanche Foster |
| 12.00 | “Violation of Women's Human Rights in Northern Ireland” (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Marie Brown |
Participant Paper “Sexual Harassment in Egypt: A Neglected Crime” Speaker: Neama Ebaid |
“Renewable Energies - Participating in Landscape Changes” (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Dr. Inge Gotzmann |
“The Need for a Collective Alliance in the Prevention of Genocide & Mass Atrocities" (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Ögmundur Jónasson |
“Preventing Cultural Genocide: A Case for Genuine Autonomy for Tibet” (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Kelsang Gyalsen |
| 12:30 | “Equality Issues: Women's Rights and Representation of Women in Politics” (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Mary Devery |
Participant Paper “On Sexual, Economic, and State Security Violence in Post- Revolutionary Egypt: Features of a System of Exploitation" Speaker: Leena Azzam |
“Collaboration of Civil Society in Preventing Genocide and Mass Atrocities” (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Dr. Mark Barwick |
“EU Capacities to prevent Mass Atrocities” (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Gyorgy Tatar |
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| 13:00 | Lunch Break | Lunch Break | Lunch Break | Lunch Break | Working Lunch |
| 14:30 | Participant Paper “Islam, Sexuality and the War on Terror: Luce Irigaray’s Post-Colonial Ethics of Difference” Speaker: Prof. Shaireen Rasheed |
“Discrimination and Women’s Political Participation in Africa” (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Meskerem Geset Techane |
Participant Paper “A Jurisprudential Analysis of the Concept of Right” (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Twana Hassan |
“The Need to Adopt Adequate Measures to Prevent Mass Atrocities and Crimes Against Humanity in Zimbabwe” (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Arthur Gwagwa |
"Inside the Toughest Human Rights Problem and Crime Against Humanity: How Can We Help North Koreans?" (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: John Feffer |
| 15.00 |
“Time for European Magnitsky Law” (Keynote Speech) Speakers: Mihkail Kasyanov Kristina Ojuland William Browder |
“The Work of ICAED and the Convention on Disappearances since its Creation” (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Bernadette Jung |
Participant Paper “How to Measure the Elephant? A Systematic Approach for Measuring Sustainability at Higher Education Institutions” Speaker: Maryam Faghihimani |
“Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities in Practice” (Interactive Discussion) Moderator: Ögmundur Jónasson Speakers: President Dr. Emil Constantinescu Dr. Zvonimir Paul Separovic Dr. James Smith Dr. Gregory Stanton Dr. Robert Schuette Gyorgy Tatar Arthur Gwagwa Blanche Foster Mushfiqul Fazal |
“Preventing Genocide and Mass Atrocities - Case Study: Sudan” (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Dr. Mukesh Kapila |
| 15.30 |
“From Kindergarten to Parliament: Where does it all start? - Key Factors to Participation and integration for Migrant Women in Iceland” (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Sabine Leskopf |
Tea, Coffee & Refreshments | “The Responsibility to Protect Doctrine (R2P), and the Global Civil Society” (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Javier El-Hage |
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| 16:00 | Tea, Coffee & Refreshments | Tea, Coffee & Refreshments | Free Time | (16:15) Tea, Coffee & Refreshments | Tea, Coffee & Refreshments |
| 16:30 | “Time for European Magnitsky Law” (Panel Discussion) Speakers: Mihkail Kasyanov Kristina Ojuland William Browder |
Participant Paper “The Codification of Muslim Personal Status Laws: A Blessing or a Curse?” (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Mona el Roby |
“Building an International Alliance to Prevent Genocide and Mass Atrocities: Engaging Regional, National, and Local Educational, Governmental, and Civil Society Organizations” (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Dr. Gregory Stanton |
(16:20) “Parliamentarian Cooperation to Prevent Genocide and Other Atrocities - Case Study of How to Solve the Turkish-Armenian Dispute” (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Dr. Yusuf Ziya Irbec |
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| 17:00 | Participant Paper “The Absence of the Culture of Human Rights In The Arabian Gulf” (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Sheikh Maytham Al Salman |
“Education for Prevention: Case Study from Rwanda” (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Dr. James Smith |
“Collaboration of Civil Society in Preventing Genocide and Mass Atrocities: Perspective Bangladesh” (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Mushfiqul Fazal |
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| 17:30 | “Sport as a Vector of Peace and Nation Reconciliation” (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Minister Adolphe Rukenkanya “The Potential for Cultural and Sports Diplomacy in Supporting National Building, Good Governance and the Prevention of Intercommunal Violence” (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Minister Dr. Cirino Hiteng Ofuho |
“Participation of the Catholic Guatemalan Church in the Denunciation of Serious and Massive Violations to the Human Rights” (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Francisco Javier Urizar Pérez |
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| 18.00 | Interaction Time Tea, Coffee & Refreshments |
Interaction Time Tea, Coffee & Refreshments |
“Culture and Sustainable Development” (Lecture & Discussion; Reception) Speaker: President Katalin Bogyay |
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| 19:00 | Welcome Group Dinner | Free Evening | Group Dinner | Group Dinner | Group Dinner |
