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Conference Announcement "Universal Declaration - 60 Years After" International Conference Faculty of Law, University of Belgrade Belgrade (Serbia) 27-28 September 2008 __________________________________________________ The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted in 1948 and this international instrument has given invaluable impetus to the advancement of human rights. Rarely has a single document had such profound influence upon the behavior of the international community. The core values reflecting international consensus on fundamental human dignity were captured in the Declaration. It forms the foundation for the corollary covenants, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and the International Covenant on Social, Economic, and Cultural Rights (ICSECR), and many subsequent UN conventions. Since its inception, the Declaration has slowly introduced the language of human rights into the discourse among nations, and into the dialogue within national borders as well. The 60th anniversary of its adoption is an opportunity to evaluate the situation of human rights throughout the world, to analyze obstacles that impede their enjoyment, and to reflect on challenges that could become major obstacles to the implementation of human rights in the future. The key topics to be addressed at the conference include: - Universality of human rights - Human rights as politics - Human rights culture - Human rights, independence of judiciary, and rule of law - Implementation of human rights at the international and domestic level - New challenges to the existing human rights law - Developing rights (minority rights, humanitarian law, right to water etc.) Draft program of the Conference 1. General view on human rights - Ian Brownlie, Member of the English Bar, Blackstone Chambers, London, The Politics of Human Rights in Relation to the Rule of Law - Abdullahi A. An-Na`im, Emory University, Universality of Human Rights: Mediating Paradox to Enhance Practice - Anne Van Aaken, University of St. Gallen, Balancing of Human Rights - Constitutional Interpretation in Inernational Law - Jasminka Hasanbegovic, Law Faculty, University of Belgrade, Human Rights Culture or/and Human Rights Ideology 2. Implementation of human rights standards into domestic systems - Tomas Fleiner, Law Faculty, University of Fribourg, Independence of Judiciary as the Main Condition for the Implmentation of Human Rights - Dragoljub Popovic, Judge of the European Court of Human Rights, Implementing Autonomous Concepts of the European Human Rights Law at the National Level - Slavoljub Caric, Agent of the Republic of Serbia before the ECHR, The Role of Agent Before the ECHR in Ensuring Effective Human Rights Protection - Henk Botha, Stellenbosch University, Right to Dignity Postapartheid South Africans Perspective - Milan kulic, Law Faculty, University of Belgrade, Impact of the Decisions of the ECHR on the Criminal Procedure System of the Republic of Serbia 3. New challenges to the old law - Alexander Orakhelashvili, Oxford University, The Immunity of State Officials and International Criminal Law - Daphne Barak Erez, Faculty of Law, Tel Aviv University, Terrorism and Human Rights - Pierre Klein, Université libre de Bruxelles, Humanitarian Intervention: A Controversial Right (tbc) - Milan Paunovic, Law Faculty, University of Belgrade (title of the presentation to be confirmed) 4. Certain developing rights - Patrick Thornberry, Keele University, Non-discrimination and Minority Rights in the Practice of the Commitee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination - Christine Chinkin, London School of Economics, The Impact of Armed Conflict on Women and their Role in a Peaceful Dispute Resolution - Kerstin Mechlem, University of Belfast, On the Emerging Right to Water - A Participant from the Law Faculty, University of Belgrade (to be confirmed) No tuition fee. Registration deadline: 1 September 2008. Contact persons: Miodrag Jovanovic, Associate Professor Email: [email protected] Ivana Krstic, Assistant Professor Email: [email protected] Conference Website: http://www.ius.bg.ac.yu/informacije/conference_universal_decleration.htm __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org
