2012 - The 2012 International Symposium on Cultural Diplomacy & Human Rights

The 2012 International Symposium on Cultural Diplomacy & Human Rights: “Social & Cultural Inequality: Innovative Strategies to Promote Access to Human Rights and Equalize Globalization”
Location: the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy, Berlin, Germany
Dates: June 1st - 4th, 2012
The 2012 International Symposium on Cultural Diplomacy in Berlin will focus on analysing the current global situation and will offer innovative strategies to promote greater access to human rights and to equalize the process of globalization, while using the practice of cultural diplomacy as a tool to enhance these processes.
Symposium Agenda
The protection and enforcement of human rights, while having gained recognition as a universal set of standards and norms that impact all aspects of our relations as individuals and as collective members of groups are often compromised during the pursuit of liberalisation. The International Symposium on Cultural Diplomacy and Human Rights will provide a forum to explore past and current social and cultural inequalities, with a particular emphasis on how access to human and civil rights have been affected by globalisation. The role of cultural diplomacy in mitigating social and cultural inequalities, which stem from globalisation processes, will be a central focus of the conference. In particular, we will explore how future cultural diplomacy policies can incorporate issues of human rights into their programs and practices and, by doing so, pioneer new opportunities for the field of cultural diplomacy worldwide.
Symposium Speakers
The speakers during the conference will include leading figures and experts from international politics, academia, the diplomatic community, civil society and the private sector, from across the world. These speakers will include a number of individuals from the ICD Advisory Board.
A Selection of Speakers for Symposia including:
? Dr. Alberto Iglesias Garzón
Economist, Member of Parliament (Izquierda Unida), Spain,
Instituto de derechos humanos Bartolomé de las Casas-Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
? Bernard M Ngoepe
President, The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights
? Catherine Casey
West Africa Manager, Acumen Fund
? David Smith
Africa Correspondent, The Guardian
? Elsa Stamatopoulou
Professor, Columbia University & Former Director of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, New York Office
? Hassan Shire Sheikh
Coordinator of the East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project
? Jacqui Hunt
Director, Equality Now, London Office
? Justice Augustino S. L. Ramadhani
Chief Justice of the United Republic of Tanzania
? Katlijn Malfliet
Professor at the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Leuven
? Seyran Ates
German Lawyer and Author
? Steven Shapiro
Legal Director of the American Civil Liberties Union
? Prof. Dr. Surya P. Subedi O.B.E.
Professor of International Law, University of Leeds, UN Special Rapporteur for Cambodia
Participants
Participants will include young professionals, students and academics, representatives from politics, diplomats, practitioners from the civil society and the private sector, Media representatives and other individuals with an active interest in the Program’s themes.
Participation Cost
The participation cost for the program is 195 Euros. If offered a place in the program, applicants are then required to transfer the participation cost to reserve their position. The ICD is a not-for-profit, non-governmental organization and the Participation Cost goes towards the cost of developing and running the program.
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