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icd Center for ACADEMYCultural for Diplomacy CULTURAL(CCDS) DIPLOMACY The Strasbourg Conference on International Law & Human Rights “The Role of International Law to Promote Sustainable Development, Youth Empowerment & Women’s Rights” (Strasbourg; April 14th - 16th, 2014) icd icd Center for Center for CulturalACADEMY for CulturalACADEMY for Diplomac y Diplomacy (CCDS)CULTURAL DIPLOMACY (CCDS)CULTURAL DIPLOMACY The Strasbourg Conference on International Law & Human Rights - Strasbourg, April 14th - 16th “The Role of International Law to Promote Sustainable Development, Youth Empowerment & Women’s Rights” Table of Contents Introduction Introduction .................................................................. 3 Conference Timetable ................................................... 4 Speaker List .................................................................. 8 Lectures & Speeches ..................................................... 12 Video Interviews ......................................................... 158 The International Symposium on Religion & Cultural Diplomacy focused on “The Promotion of World Peace through Interfaith Dialogue & the Unity of Faiths” and highlighted the importance of religious interchange as a vehicle for World Peace. The potential role religion plays in the promotion of global peace and stability has been outlined, with the aim to exemplify the positive and demonstrative effect it can bear in impacting society. Religion can be used as a major force of unification between divergent factions; through the analysis and promotion of inter-faith dialogue, the Symposium has illustrated the key role religion plays in facilitating mutual understanding and tolerance of varying spiritual affiliations. The overall objective of the Symposium was to demonstrate how inter-faith dialogue can be used as an effective tool in promoting global peace and reconciliation, and the power of religion to bring varying groups together in order to establish and maintain constructive channels of communication and sustainable collaboration. The Institute for Cultural Diplomacy 2013 www.academy-for-cultural-diplomacy.org 2 The Institute for Cultural Diplomacy 2013 www.academy-for-cultural-diplomacy.org 3 icd icd Center for Center for CulturalACADEMY for CulturalACADEMY for Diplomacy Diplomacy (CCDS)CULTURAL DIPLOMACY (CCDS)CULTURAL DIPLOMACY The Strasbourg Conference on International Law & Human Rights - Strasbourg, April 14th - 16th “The Role of International Law to Promote Sustainable Development, Youth Empowerment & Women’s Rights” The Strasbourg Conference on International Law & Human Rights The Institute for Cultural Diplomacy 2013 www.academy-for-cultural-diplomacy.org 4 The Institute for Cultural Diplomacy 2013 www.academy-for-cultural-diplomacy.org 5 Strasbourg; April 14th - 16th, 2014 icd icd Center for Center for CulturalACADEMY for CulturalACADEMY for Diplomacy Diplomacy (CCDS)CULTURAL DIPLOMACY (CCDS)CULTURAL DIPLOMACY The Strasbourg Conference on International Law & Human Rights - Strasbourg, April 14th - 16th “The Role of International Law to Promote Sustainable Development, Youth Empowerment & Women’s Rights” Conference Timetable Conference Timetable Monday, April 14th, 2014 Tuesday April 15th, 2014 14.00 - 14.05 Welcome Address 15:35 - 15:55 “Protecting Human Rights, Why 9:15 - 9:35 “On the Move: Human Rights and 14:35 - 14:55 MEP Marietje Schaake Mr. Mark Donfried Legislation Isn’t Enough” Migrants in Today´s Europe” Ms. Lilja Gretarsdottir 14: 55 - 15:15 “Human rights and devolution: the MP Fiona Mactaggart British experience” 14.05 - 14.15 Opening Address 9:35 - 9:55 “The Limits of the Morality of MP Wayne David MP Ögmundur Jónasson 15:55 - 16: 05 Observations, Questions and Rationality: Uncovering Competing Conceptions in Defining and Protecting Minority Rights” 15:15 - 15:35 “Tackling Violence against Women Answers Prof. Scott Johns at Home and Abroad” 14.15 - 14.35 “Women and Children in the Case MP Elfyn Llwyd Law of the European Court of Human Rights” 16:05 - 16:30 “Children’s rights are human 9:55 - 10: 15 “Gendermainstreaming in Gender Judge Ineta Ziemel rights: the integrated action of the Council of Policy” 15:35 - 15:45 Observations, Questions and MEP Angelika Werthmann Answers Europe” 14.35 - 14.55 “Will XXI Century be More Human? Ms. Regína Jensdóttir 10:15 - 10:35 “Sustainable Environment and 15:45 - 16:35 Break Universality of Human Rights” International Law” Sir Graham Watson 16:35 - 17:15 “Citizenship, Empowerment The Hon. Ján Figel 16:50 - 17:10 “Problems of cultural dialogue and Grass-roots Democracy in Disadvantaged and human rights in the former communist-ruled 10:35 - 11:00 Observations, Questions and Neighbourhoods within Europe” 14:55 - 15:15 “Working towards de facto gender countries. Way to mutual understanding” Answers Prof. Dr. Maurice Blanc equality: Council of Europe Gender Equality MP Egidijus Vareikis 11:30 - 11:50 “International Law, Human Rights 17:15 - 17:35 “Changing Interdependent Minority Strategy 2014-2017” and the Rights of Women” Policy in Europe and the rule of the Modern Ms. Liri Kopachi 17:10 - 17:30 “Sustainable Lifelong Learning and Mr. Grégory Thuan States” the Sense of Justice” MP Efgani Dönmez 11:50 - 12:10 “Climate Change as a Human Prof. Dr. Romuald Normand Rights Issue” 17:35 -17:55 “Human Rights in Russia - the EU 15:15 - 15:35 “The Rise and Fall of Gender MP Tynkkynen Oras Must Take a Stand” Equality: From Empowerment to Precarity” 17:30 - 18:00 Observations, Questions and MEP Kristiina Ojuland Ms. Sandra Vermuyten Answers 12:10 - 12:30 “Gender Equality in the EU - A Question of Fairness and Economic Growth” 17:55 - 18:15 “The Institution of Diplomatic MP Anna Wallén Asylum as the Possibility of Protecting Human 18:00 Closing of Day 1 Rights” 12:30 - 13:00 Observations, Questions and Dr. Alina Malinowska Answers 18:15 - 18:30 Observations, Questions and 13:00 - 14:15 Lunch Break Answers 14:15 - 14:35 ”The Role of the Council of Europe 18:30 Closing of Day 2 in Empowering Young People” Tina Mulcahy The Institute for Cultural Diplomacy 2013 www.academy-for-cultural-diplomacy.org 6 The Institute for Cultural Diplomacy 2013 www.academy-for-cultural-diplomacy.org 7 icd icd Center for Center for CulturalACADEMY for CulturalACADEMY for Diplomacy Diplomacy (CCDS)CULTURAL DIPLOMACY (CCDS)CULTURAL DIPLOMACY The Strasbourg Conference on International Law & Human Rights - Strasbourg, April 14th - 16th “The Role of International Law to Promote Sustainable Development, Youth Empowerment & Women’s Rights” Conference Timetable Wednesday, April 16th, 2014 9:15 - 9:35 “Council of Europe Action against 11:15 - 11: 35 “International Human Rights Trafficking in Human Beings” Protection - A Hope for the Weak” Ms. Petya Nestorova Judge Dragoljub Popovic 9:35 - 9: 55 “The Status of Non-State Actors 11: 35 - 11:55 “The Binding Nature of the under the International Rule of Law: A Search for Judgments of the ECHR and the Universality of Global Justice” Human Rights” Dr. Mohammad H. Zarei Judge Boštjan Zupančič 9:55 - 10:15 “The protection of women’s 11:55 - 12:15 “Strasbourg Court in Promoting rights - which role can and should female Sustainable Development” Parliamentarians play?” Judge Dmitry Dedov MEP Silvana Koch-Mehrin 12: 15 - 12:35 Mr. Manuel Lezertua 10:15 - 10:35 “International Law: The solution to break a civilizational impasse?” 12:35 - 13:00 Observations, Questions and MEP Younous Omarjee Answers 10: 35 - 10.50 Observations, Questions and 13:00 - 13:20 Conclusions of the Conference Answers MP Ögmundur Jónasson 10: 50 - 11:15 Break 13:20 - 13:30 Closing of the Conference Mr. Mark C. Donfried The Honorable Ján Figel, Vice President, National Council of the Slovak Republic The Institute for Cultural Diplomacy 2013 www.academy-for-cultural-diplomacy.org 8 The Institute for Cultural Diplomacy 2013 www.academy-for-cultural-diplomacy.org 9 The Strasbourg Conference on International Law & Human Rights icd icd Center for Center for CulturalACADEMY for CulturalACADEMY for Diplomacy Diplomacy (CCDS)CULTURAL DIPLOMACY (CCDS)CULTURAL DIPLOMACY The Strasbourg Conference on International Law & Human Rights - Strasbourg, April 14th - 16th “The Role of International Law to Promote Sustainable Development, Youth Empowerment & Women’s Rights” Speaker List Mr. Manuel Lezertua MEP Angelika Werthmann Director of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe Member of the European Parliament Prof. Dr. Maurice Blanc MP Anna Wallén Member of the Parliament of Sweden Professor of Sociology, University of Strasbourg Judge Boštjan Zupančič Dr. Mohammad H. Zarei Judge, the European Court of Human Rights Assistant Professor of Public Law at Shahid Beheshti University, Faculty of Law, Tehran Judge Dmitry Dedov MP Ögmundur Jónasson Judge, European Court of Human Rights Member of the Council of Europe; Member of the Parliament of Iceland; Former Minister of the Interior Judge Dragoljub Popovic and Justice of Iceland Judge, European Court of Human Rights Ms. Regína Jensdóttir MP Egidijus Vareikis Head of the Children´s Rights Division of the Council of Europe Member of the Parliament of Lithuania Prof. Dr. Romuald Normand MP Elfyn Llwyd Professor of Sociology, University of Strasbourg Member of the British Parliament Prof. Scott Johns MP Fiona Mactaggart Lecturer, Immigration Rights and Individual Rights, University of Denver Member of the British Parliament Ms. Sandra Vermuyten Sir Graham Watson Member of European Parliament for the South West of England and