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Poznańskie Centrum Praw Człowieka - Instytut Nauk Prawnych PAN
PHRC
Program Kursu

COURSE ON INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS - PROTECTION OF NATIONAL MINORITIES

Poznań Human Rights Centre and Adam Mickiewicz University, Faculty of Law
in cooperation with University of Strasbourg
and Stiftung Convivenza - Internationales Zentrum für Minderheiten (tbc)

Poznań, 31st of August - 9th of September 2009

PROGRAM
Part One - International Protection of Human Rights
  • Axiological Foundations of Human Rights: Human Dignity, equality and non-discrimination, Professor Marek Piechowiak, Head of Department of Ethics, Institute of Philosophy of the University of Zielona Góra;
  • UN System of Human Rights, Professor Roman Wieruszewski, Director of Poznań Human Rights Centre, former member of UN Human Rights Committee;
  • European Convention of Human Rights, Mr Jakub Wołąsiewicz, Head of the Office of the Plenipotentiary for the Proceedings before the International Organs of the Protection of Human Rights, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland;
  • Refugee Rights, Ms. Maria Pamuła, refugee specialist, UNHCR Poland
  • Implementation of the International Law of Human Rights in Domestic Legal Systems, Professor Władysław Czapliński, Director of the Institute of Legal Studies of Polish Academy of Sciences;
  • The role of NGOs in the Protection of Human Rights, dr Adam Bodnar, Warsaw University, Secretary of the Board of Helsinki Foundation on Human Rights
  • International Humanitarian Law of Armed Conflicts, dr Elżbieta Mikos-Skuza, Vice-Dean the Faculty of Law and Administration,  Warsaw University, Vice-President of Polish Red Cross
  • Human Rights Challenges, Mr. Bacre Ndiaye, Director of the Division of Human Rights Council and Treaties Division at the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva
  • OSCE and Human Rights, Ms Liane Adler, Human Rights Adviser at OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
  • Case study, Ms. Magda Krzyżanowska-Mierzewska, Lawyer at the Registry of the European Court of Human Rights
  • Can we prevent genocide? (guest lecture) Ms. Assumpta Mugiraneza, Coordinator of the project on genocide in Rwanda >> Dire, Penser... Ecrire l'Histoire du Génocide >>
Part Two - Protection of National Minorities
  • Protection of National Minorities and International Protection of Human Rights - Introduction, Professor Daniel Thürer, Vice-President of the Convivenza Foundation, Chair of International, European, Public and Comparative Constitutional Law, University of Zurich, Member of the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance;
  • UN Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities and its Implementation, Professor Zdzisław Kędzia, Head of  Chair of Constitutional Law, Faculty of Law and Administration, Adam Mickiewicz University, National Director of the European Master's Programme in Human Rights (E.MA), Member of the UN Committee on Social Economic and Cultural Rights.
  • Council of Europe Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities, Professor Rainer Hofmann, University in Frankfurt am Main, Director of Wilhelm Merton Centre, Vice President of the Advisory Committee on Council of Europe Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities;
  • The Council of Europe's Non-conventional Activities for the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of National Minorities, Mr. Krzysztof Zyman, Secretariat of the Council of Europe;
  • National Minorities and the European Union, Professor Florence Benoit-Rohmer, Strasbourg University, Secretary General of the European Inter-University Centre for Human Rights and Democratization;
  • Resolution of Conflicts Concerning National Minorities, Professor Zdzisław Kędzia, Head of Chair of Constitutional Law, Faculty of Law and Administration, Adam Mickiewicz University, National Director of the European Master's Programme in Human Rights (E.MA), Member of the UN Committee on Social Economic and Cultural Rights.