The Strasbourg Conference on International Law & Human Rights
"The Role of International Law to Promote Sustainable Development, Youth Empowerment & Women's Rights"
(Strasbourg, France; April 14th - 16th, 2014)
Program Timetable
| MONDAY APRIL 14th, 2014 | |
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| 14:00 - 14:45 | Opening Session |
| 14:00 - 14:05 |
Welcome Address Mr. Mark C. Donfried (Director General & Founder, Institute for Cultural Diplomacy |
| 14:05 - 14:15 | Opening Address MP Ögmundur Jónasson (Member of the Council of Europe; Member of the Parliament of Iceland; Former Minister of the Interior and Justice of Iceland) |
| 14:15 - 14:35 | “Women and Children in the Case Law of the European Court of Human Rights” Judge Ineta Ziemele (Judge, Section President, European Court of Human Rights) |
| 14:35 - 14:55 | “Will XXI Century be More Human? Universality of Human Rights” The Hon. Ján Figel (Vice President, National Council of the Slovak Republic; Former European Commissioner for Education, Training, Culture and Youth) |
Perspectives from the Council of Europe and Beyond |
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| 14:55 - 15:15 | “Working towards de facto gender equality: Council of Europe Gender Equality Strategy 2014-2017” Ms. Liri Kopachi (Head of Equality Division, Council of Europe) |
| 15:15 - 15:35 |
“The Rise and Fall of Gender Equality: From Empowerment to Precarity” Ms. Sandra Vermuyten ( Equality and Rights Officer of Public Services International - PSI) |
| 15:35 - 15:55 |
“Protecting Human Rights, Why Legislation Isn’t Enough” MP Fiona Mactaggart (Member of the British Parliament) |
| 15:55 - 16:05 | Observations, Questions and Answers |
| 16:05 - 16:30 | Break |
Perspectives from the Council of Europe and Beyond |
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| 16:30 - 16:50 | “Children's rights are human rights: the integrated action of the Council of Europe” Ms. Regína Jensdóttir (Head of the Children´s Rights Division of the Council of Europe) |
| 16:50 - 17:10 | “Problems of cultural dialogue and human rights in the former communist-ruled countries. Way to mutual understanding” MP Egidijus Vareikis (Member of the Parliament of Lithuania) |
| 17:10 - 17:30 | “Sustainable Lifelong Learning and the Sense of Justice” Prof. Dr. Romuald Normand (Professor of Sociology, University of Strasbourg) |
| 17:30 - 18:00 |
Observations, Questions and Answers |
| 18:00 | Closing of Day 1 |
| TUESDAY APRIL 15th, 2014 | |
Perspectives from the Council of Europe and Beyond |
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| 9:15 - 9:35 | “On the Move: Human Rights and Migrants in Today´s Europe” Ms. Lilja Gretarsdottir (Senior Adviser on Migration, Council of Europe) |
| 9:35 - 9:55 | “The Limits of the Morality of Rationality: Uncovering Competing Conceptions in Defining and Protecting Minority Rights” Prof. Scott Johns (Lecturer, Immigration Rights and Individual Rights, University of Denver) |
| 9:55 - 10: 15 | “Gendermainstreaming in Gender Policy” MEP Angelika Werthmann (Member of the European Parliament) |
| 10:15 - 10:35 |
“Sustainable Environment and International Law” Sir Graham Watson (Member of European Parliament for the South West of England and Gibraltar; President, Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe) |
| 10:35 - 11:00 | Observations, Questions and Answers |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Break |
| 11:30 - 11:50 | “International Law, Human Rights and the Rights of Women” Mr. Grégory Thuan (Laywer, Cabinet Hincker & Associés) |
| 11:50 - 12:10 | “Climate Change as a Human Rights Issue” MP Tynkkynen Oras (Member of the Parliament of Finland) |
| 12:10 - 12:30 | “Gender Equality in the EU - A Question of Fairness and Economic Growth” MP Anna Wallén (Member of the Parliament of Sweden) |
| 12:30 - 13:00 | Observations, Questions and Answers |
| 13:00 - 14:15 | Lunch Break |
Perspectives from the Council of Europe and Beyond |
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| 14:15 - 14:35 | „The Role of the Council of Europe in Empowering Young People" Tina Mulcahy (Acting Head of the Youth Department of the Council of Europe) |
| 14:35 - 14:55 | MEP Marietje Schaake Member of the European Parliament) |
| 14: 55 - 15:15 | “Human rights and devolution: the British experience” MP Wayne David (Member of the British Parliament) |
| 15:15 - 15:35 | “Tackling Violence against Women at Home and Abroad” MP Elfyn Llwyd (Member of the British Parliament) |
| 15:35 - 15:45 | Observations, Questions and Answers |
| 15:45 - 16:35 | Break |
| 16:35 - 17:15 | “Citizenship, Empowerment and Grass-roots Democracy in Disadvantaged Neighbourhoods within Europe” Prof. Dr. Maurice Blanc (Professor of Sociology, University of Strasbourg) |
| 17:15 - 17:35 | “Changing Interdependent Minority Policy in Europe and the rule of the Modern States” MP Efgani Dönmez (Member of the Parliament of Austria) |
| 17:35 -17:55 | “Human Rights in Russia - the EU Must Take a Stand” MEP Kristiina Ojuland (Member of the European Parliament) |
| 17:55 - 18:15 | “The Institution of Diplomatic Asylum as the Possibility of Protecting Human Rights” Dr. Alina Malinowska (Researcher, Department of Human Rights, Marie Curie-Sklodowska University- Lublin, Poland) |
| 18:15 - 18:30 | Observations, Questions and Answers |
| 18:30 | Closing of Day 2 |
| WEDNESDAY APRIL 16th, 2014 | |
Perspectives from the Council of Europe and Beyond |
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| 9:15 - 9:35 | “Council of Europe Action against Trafficking in Human Beings” Ms. Petya Nestorova (Executive Secretary of GRETA) |
| 9:35 - 9: 55 | “The Status of Non-State Actors under the International Rule of Law: A Search for Global Justice” Dr. Mohammad H. Zarei (Assistant Professor of Public Law at Shahid Beheshti University, Faculty of Law, Tehran) |
| 9:55 - 10:15 | “The protection of women's rights - which role can and should female Parliamentarians play?” MEP Silvana Koch-Mehrin (Member of the European Parliament) |
| 10: 15 - 10.35 | “International Law: The solution to break a civilizational impasse?” MEP Younous Omarjee (Member of the European Parliament) |
| 10: 35 - 10:50 | Observations, Questions and Answers |
| 10: 50 - 11:15 | Break |
| 11:15 - 11: 35 | “International Human Rights Protection - A Hope for the Weak” Judge Dragoljub Popovic (Judge, European Court of Human Rights) |
| 11: 35 - 11:55 | “The Binding Nature of the Judgments of the ECHR and the Universality of Human Rights” Judge Boštjan Zupančič (Judge, the European Court of Human Rights) |
| 11:55 - 12:15 | “Strasbourg Court in Promoting Sustainable Development” Judge Dmitry Dedov (Judge, European Court of Human Rights) |
| 12: 15 - 12:35 | Mr. Manuel Lezertua (Director of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe) |
| 12:35 - 13:00 | Observations, Questions and Answers |
| 13:00 - 13:20 | Conclusions of the Conference MP Ögmundur Jónasson |
| 13:20 - 13:30 | Closing of the Conference Mr. Mark C. Donfried |
