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Conference Announcement "60 Years Since the Adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Genocide Convention: Evaluating the Record" International Conference Department of Political Studies and Faculty of Law, Bar Ilan University Global Law Forum: Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs NGO Monitor Jerusalem (Israel) 9-10 December 2008 __________________________________________________ Programme: Tuesday December 9, 2008 Mishkenot Sha'ananim, Jerusalem: Auditorium 18:00: Gathering 18:30: Greetings: Prof. Gerald Steinberg, Chair, Political Studies, Bar Ilan University 19:00: Keynote Speaker: Prof. Irwin Cotler, MP and former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada 20:00: Dinner (By invitation only) Wednesday December 10, 2008 Bar Ilan University: Senate Hall, Feldman Building 09:15 – 09:30: Greetings Prof. Arie Reich, Dean, Faculty of Law, Bar Ilan University Prof. Avi Bell, Faculty of Law, Bar Ilan University 09:30-11:15: Panel I: The Effects of the Universal Declaration and its Progeny on Human Rights Implementation Chair: Professor Shmuel Sandler, Dean, Social Science Faculty Speakers: Prof. Jide Nzelibe, Northwestern University Prof. Anne Bayefsky, Hudson Institute Ambassador Dr. Robbie Sabel Mr. Jordan Birenbaum, University of Ottawa 11:15-11:30: Coffee Break 11:30-13:15: Panel II: Institutions and Human Rights Chair: Prof. Amnon Rubenstein, Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya Speakers: Prof. Don Habibi, University of North Carolina-Wilmington Prof. Michla Pomerance, Hebrew University Prof. Jeremy Rabkin, George Mason University Prof. Robert C. Blitt, University of Tennessee Prof. Gerald Steinberg, Bar Ilan University 13:15-14:30: Lunch 14:30 – 16:15: Panel III: Realistic Expectations from the International Law Human Rights Treaties Chair: Professor Yaffa Zilbershats, Bar Ilan University Speakers: Prof. Avi Bell, Bar Ilan University Prof. Tom Ginsburg, University of Chicago Prof. Kenneth Mann, Tel Aviv University Dr. Amichai Cohen, Ono Academic College 16:15 – 18:30: Roundtable discussion: The Effectiveness of the International Human Rights Regime Prof. Irwin Cotler, MP Canada Ambassador Alan Baker, Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs Mrs. Jessica Montell, B'Tselem Mr. Daniel Taub, Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs Prof. Ruth Wedgewood, Johns Hopkins University (not confirmed) Adv. Irit Kohn, Deputy President, International Jewish Lawyers and Jurist Organization Web: http://www.biu.ac.il/SOC/po/60_Years_since_HRGC.pdf __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org
