CSO Conference Vienna+20: Human Rights in Crises
Conference of Civil Society Organisations June 25th- 26th 2013
House of the European Union, Wipplingerstraße 35, 1010 Vienna Draft Programme
Tuesday, June 25th 2013
8:30 Registration
9:00 - 10:15 Opening and Welcome
Richard Kühnel, Director of the House of the European Union in Vienna MEP Karin Kadenbach MEP Ulrike Lunacek
Welcome, Programme, Methodology Speakers: Representatives of the International Coordinating Committee
Testimony – Activist Note Speaker: Ana Maria R. Nemenzo, World March of Women
Opening Note Manfred Nowak, Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Human Rights
Key Note: “The Vienna Declaration, old and new challenges for human rights” Olivier de Schutter, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, Prof. Univ. Louvain
10:15 - 10:45 Coffee Break
10:45 - 11:45 Women’s Rights, Violence against Women Speakers: Angelika Kartusch, Women Against Violence Europe Mayra Gomez, Global Initiative for ESC Rights on behalf of ESCR - Net Savi Bisnath, Center for Women's Global Leadership Ana Maria R. Nemenzo, World March of Women
11:45 - 12:45 Human Rights in Times of Globalisation - Extraterritorial Obligations Speakers: Sandra Ratjen, International Commission of Jurists Dom Renfrey, International Network for Economic Social and Cultural Rights Lilian Chenwi, University of Witwatersrand Rolf Künnemann, FIAN International Alessandra Masci, Amnesty International
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12:45 - 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 - 15:00 Human Rights Alternatives to Austerity Measures Speakers: Michael Windfuhr, German Institute for Human Rights Nicholas Lusiani, Centre for Economic and Social Rights Savi Bisnath, Centre for Women’s Global Leadership
15:00 - 16:00 Human Rights Regulation of Transnational Corporations Speakers: Carlos Lopez, International Commission of Jurists Juan Hernandez Zubizarreta, University of Hegoa Svetlana Boincean, International Union of Food Workers Monica Vargas, Observatory of Debt and Globalisation Thomas Braunschweig, Declaration of Berne
16:00 - 16:30 Coffee Break
16:30 - 17:30 Torture, Private Security, Human Rights Defenders Speakers: Gerald Staberock, World Organisation Against Torture Ian Seiderman, International Commission of Jurists Henri Triphagne, Forum Asia
17:30 - 18:30 Global Networking on the Right to Food and Nutrition Speakers: Flavio Luiz Schieck Valente, FIAN International Lida Lhotska, Geneva Infant Feeding Association/International Baby Food Action Network Svetlana Boincean, International Union of Food Workers or Javier Mujica, Plataforma Interamericana de Derechos Humanos Democracia y Desarrollo (tbc) Rehema Bavuma, World Forum of Fish Harvesters and Fish Workers (tbc) Biraj Patnaik, Right to Food Campaign India Angel Strapazzon, CLOC/La Via Campesina (tbc)
Wednesday, June 26th 2013
09:00 - 10:00 Applying Human Rights to the Post-2015 Framework Speakers: Nicholas Lusiani, Centre for Economic and Social Rights Daniel Bacher, Dreikönigsaktion – Hilfswerk der Katholischen Jungschar Kati Bratrschovsky, Centre for International Enviromental Law Martin Wolpold-Bosien, FIAN International Mayra Gomez, Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
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10:00 - 11:00 Migration, Refugees, Minorities Speakers: Nonoi Hacbang, Transnational Migrant Platform Joseph Schlecha, Habitat International Coalition’s Housing and Land Rights Network Deborah Carlos Valencia, Kasapi Hellas & RESPECT Network Europe Javier Mujica, Plataforma Interamericana de Derechos Humanos Democracia y Desarollo
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 - 12:30 Primacy of Human Rights, Preamble and Conclusion Speakers: tba
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 - 15:00 Indigenous Peoples’ Rights, Peasants’ Rights, Fishers’ Rights Speakers: Eddie Antonio Ramírez Osorio, Pro Comunidades Indígenas Mani Stanley, International Indian Treaty Council Angel Strapazzon, CLOC/La Via Campesina (tbc) Rehema Bavuma, World Forum of Fish Harvesters and Fish Workers
15:00 - 16:00 The Right to Remedy – Human Rights Systems, World Court Speakers: Ana María Suárez Franco, FIAN International Javier Mujica, Plataforma Interamericana de Derechos Humanos Democracia y Desarollo Lilian Chenwi, University of Witwatersrand Ian Seiderman, International Commission of Jurists Manfred Nowak, Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Human Rights
16:00 - 16:30 Adoption of Declaration
Concluding Ceremony
16:30 - 17:00 Refreshments
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International Coordinating Committee (ICC): Boltzmann Institut für Menschenrechte/for Human Rights (BIM), Centre for Economic and Culture Rights (CESR), Dreikönigsaktion - Hilfswerk der katholischen Jungschar (DKA), Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance (EAA), FIAN International, International Indian Treaty Council, International Union of Food Workers (IUF), Liga for Human Rights/Liga für Menschenrechte, World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), Plataforma Interamericana de Derechos Humanos Democracia y Desarrollo (PIDHDD), Transnational Institute (TNI), World Forum of Fish Harvesters and Fish Workers (WFF)
Austrian Coordinating Committee (ACC): FIAN Austria, Österreichische Liga für Menschenrechte (Liga), Dreikönigsaktion - Hilfswerk der katholischen Jungschar (DKA), Netzwerk Women in Development Europe (WIDE), Frauensolidarität, Kindernothilfe, Ludwig Boltzmann Institut für Menschenrechte (BIM), Wiener Institut für internationalen Dialog und Zusammenarbeit (VIDC), Academic Council on the United Nations System/Vienna Liaison, Österreichische Gesellschaft für Familienplanung (ÖGF), AG Globale Verantwortung, SOL - Menschen für Solidarität, Ökologie und Lebensstil, Frauenrechte Jetzt!, International Alliance of Women (IAW), Care Österreich, International Federation of Business and Professional Women (IFBPW), International Federation on Ageing (IFA), Vienna NGO Committee on the Status of Women, International Federation of University Women (IFUW), The Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations Vienna (CoNGO), Sustainability Development Committee (SID), Socialist International Women, Soroptimist International, International Association of Democratic Lawyers (IADL)
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