Nella giornata di domani e dopodomani, 7 e 8 novembre, Matteo Mecacci, Vice Presidente del Senato del Partito Radicale E Rappsentante al’ONU, partecipera’ a un seminario organizzato dall’Istituto Europeo di Fiesole sui primi due anni di vita del Consiglio sui Diritti Umani delle Nazioni Unite che ha sostituito la Commissione sui Diritti Umani nel 2005.
Il Titolo del Seminario e’ “The new Human Rights Council: The First Two Years”. Il Partito Radicale ha lo status consultivo di categoria generale con le Nazioni Unite e partecipa ai lavori del Consiglio sui Diritti Umani dell’ONU come Organizazione Non Governativa.
Di seguito il programma del Seminario
EUI , FLORENCE
7-8 NOVEMBER 2007
WORKSHOP
THE NEW HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: THE FIRST TWO YEARS
Programme
Wednesday, 7 November 2007
h 9,00: Introduction
Profs. F. Francioni, N. Ronzitti, M. Scheinin
h 9,30:
1. Session on Institutional Issues
a. The New Institutional Framework: A New Institution Facing Old Problems
i. New Rules and Old Players? (h 9,30 / 11,30)
_ The Impact of the Rules on Membership on the Functioning of the Council
E. Rebasti (EUI) - Dr. Miko Lempinen (Abo Akademi University)
- 9,30 / 10,00 -
_ The role for NGOs
Matteo Mecacci (UN Representative, Transnational Radical Party), Prof. O.
de Frouville (University of Montpellier)
- 10,00 / 10,30 -
_ The HRC: A Real Breakthrough for the Protection of Human Rights in
Comparison with the Human Rights Commission?
Prof. Ruth Wedgwood (HR Committee) - Prof. E. Cannizzaro (University
of Macerata) - 10,30 / 11,00 -
h 11,00 / 11,15 : Coffee break
ii. New Roles and Old Powers. Mandate, Powers and Working Methods of the
new HRC.
Dr Jakob Möller (former Judge of the Bosnia-Herzegovina Human Rights
Chamber) - Prof. M. Scheinin (Abo Akademi University)
- 11,15 / 11,45 -
iii. Alternative or Complementing Frameworks for Human Rights Protection at
the International Level?
Prof. N. Ronzitti (LUISS University, and Istituto Affari Internazionali - IAI) -
Dr. Sia Åkermark-Spiliopoulou (Åland Islands Peace Institute, Associate
Professor)
Prof. Kofi Kumado (Faculty of Law, University of Ghana)
- 11,45 / 12,30 –
h 12,30 / 13,15: Discussion
h 13,15 / 14,30: Lunch break
h 14,30:
b. The New HRC in the UN System: Mainstreaming or Segregation of HR Policies in
the UN System?
i. The status of the new HRC as a sub-organ of the General Assembly
Prof. B. Conforti (University of Naples) - Prof. Geir Ulfstein (University of
Oslo)
- 14,30 / 15,00 -
ii. The Relationship of the new HRC with other UN Organs: Security Council,
ECOSOC, Peace Building Commission
Prof. P.M. Dupuy (EUI)
Prof. B. Fassbender (Humboldt University)
- 15,00 / 15,30 -
iii. Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and Human Rights Council
Prof. F. Francioni (EUI), The Place of Cultural Rights in the HRC Agenda
Prof. E-U. Petersmann (EUI)
Dr Ida Elisabeth Koch (Danish Institute for Human Rights)
- 15,30 / 16,15 -
h 16,15 / 16,30: Coffee break
iv. The HRC and the International Humanitarian Law
Prof. Zhu Wenqi (Renmin University, China) - Dr. F. Lenzerini (University
of Siena)
- 16,30 / 17,00 -
h 17,00 / 18,00: Discussion
_________________________________________________
Thursday, 8 November 2007
h 9,00:
2. Session on Substantive Issues
a. New and Old Tools to Enhance the Effectiveness of the UN HR Protection System
i. New Tools: UPR and HRC Special Sessions
Prof. N. Rodley (University of Essex – HR Committee)
Prof. R. Pisillo Mazzeschi (University of Siena)
- 9,00 / 9,45 -
ii. Old Tools: the Review of Commission’s Mandates
Prof. M. Scheinin (Abo Akademi University) - Dr. Jonas Grimheden (Raoul
Wallenberg Institute)
- 9,45 / 10,30 -
h 10,30 / 10,45 : Coffee break
h 10,45: Round Table: The New HRC and Treaty Bodies: Towards Unity or Enhanced
Fragmentation of HR Protection?
Problems and Prospects: A Tentative Assessment
(Profs. F. Francioni, N. Ronzitti, M. Scheinin, P-M. Dupuy, N.Rodley, E.Cannizzaro,
J. Pratter)
h 12,00 / 13,00 : Conclusions
notizieradicali, 7-XI-07.