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Conference Announcement "Human Rights in Conflict: The Role of Civil Society" Final SHUR Conference Center for Ethics and Global Politics, LUISS Guido Carli Rome (Italy) 4-6 June 2009 __________________________________________________ We have the pleasure of inviting you to an international conference organized within the framework of the European FP6 SHUR project (www.luiss.it/shur) by the Center for Ethics and Global Politics of LUISS University. Shurs final conference will focus on "Human rights in conflict the role of civil society" and will take place on 4-6 June 2009 at LUISS University, Rome-Italy. The prime objective of the conference is to analyse the following topics in an open debate with scholars and activists adopting different approaches and perspectives: - The link between human rights and conflicts. - The role of civil society in the prevention/generation, amelioration/worsening and resolution/continuation of conflicts through its focus on human rights. - Strategies to make civil society actions more effective in human rights protection in contexts of fragmented multi-ethnic political communities. - Strategies to improve the complementarity between the actions and strategies pursued by governmental and non-governmental actors in conflict situations. - Strategies to improve the impact of civil society actors in reducing human rights violations through greater synergies with the official European level. We expect to attract a relevant number of participants and to create a space for discussion that will improve the understanding of these dynamics. Scholars and researchers in political and social theory, political science, international relations, socio-legal studies, area studies, media studies and human rights studies will present papers falling in one of following panels: 1. Conflict transformation and civil society engagement 2. Human rights in ethno-religious conflicts 3. Identity in conflict: concepts of nation, ethnicity and practices in conflict 4. Gender issues in conflict: what role for civil society? 5. The EU-civil society relations in conflict zones The conference will be held in English. There is no conference fee. The organization cannot provide any travel or accommodation funds for participants. Contact: Raffaele Marchetti Center for Ethics and Global Politics LUISS University 7, Via Alberoni I-00198 Rome Italy Tel: +39 06 85225757 Email: [email protected] Web: http://www.luiss.it/shur/?page_id=148 __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org
