Transcript Full programme of the Conference

Wednesday, 14 December 2016
Venue: Aula Nievo, University of Padova
9:00 – 11:00: Plenary Session
A ‘Sustainable Development’ of Human Rights Infrastructures
Chair: Paolo De Stefani, University of Padova
The Report on Local Government and Human Rights by the Human
Rights Council Advisory Committee
Katharina Pabel, United Nations Human Rights Council Advisory
Committee, University of Linz
Technology Costs Human Rights?
Khurshid Ahmad, School of Computer Science and Statistics,
Trinity College, Dublin
Fifty Years Later: Human Rights Institutions under Attack?
Antonio Marchesi, University of Teramo, President of Amnesty
International - Italy
This Conference is organised with the support of the University of
Padova, the Department of Political Science, Law and International
Studies, and in cooperation with the Inter-ministerial Committee
for Human Rights, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International
Cooperation
“Looking beyond the 50th
Anniversary of the Covenants.
What Interdependence and
Indivisibility of Human Rights?”
Partners:
Padova, 13-14 December 2016
11:00 - 11:30: Discussion
11:30 - 12:00: Action-oriented Conclusion
Chair: Alberto Lanzavecchia, University of Padova
Presentation of the 2016 Nepal Winter School “Microfinance in
Action” by the students of the Master’s Degree in Human Rights and
Multi-level Governance, University of Padova
International Conference
Media partners:
Special Event
Tuesday, 13 December 2016, 21:00
Sala dei Giganti, University of Padova
Noi , Diritti Umani . We , Human Rights
Rappresentazione di dignità umani, et di pace
Representation of human dignity and peace
With the participation of the students in International Relations and
Human Rights of the University of Padova
The Conference contributes to the celebrations of the 50th anniversary
of the UN Covenants on economic, social and cultural rights and on
civil and political rights.
Contacts and information
Human Rights Centre
of the University of Padova
Via Martiri della Libertà, 2 - I 35137 Padova
Tel +39 049 827 1813 / 1817
[email protected]
http://unipd-centrodirittiumani.it
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Unesco Chair
Human Rights
Democracy and Peace
Tuesday, 13 December 2016
Morning Session
Venue: Aula Magna Galileo Galilei, University of Padova
9:00 – 9:30: Registration
9:30 – 10:00: Welcome addresses
Rosario Rizzuto, Rettore Magnifico, University of Padova
Annalisa Oboe, Vice Rector for Cultural, Social and Gender Relations,
University of Padova
Marco Mascia, Director, Human Rights Centre, University of Padova
Fabrizio Petri, President, Inter-ministerial Committee for Human Rights,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Musical interlude
F. J. Haydn, Trio No. 3 in B Minor, Adagio, Allegro, Minuetto
Pietro Juvarra, Nicolò Dalla Costa (violins), Alessandra Juvarra (cello)
10:00 – 12:00: Plenary Session
Looking beyond the 50th Anniversary of the Covenants.
What Interdependence and Indivisibility of Human Rights?
Chair: Antonio Papisca, UNESCO Chair in Human Rights, Democracy
and Peace, University of Padova
Opening Speech
Alfred de Zayas, Independent Expert on the Promotion of a Democratic
and Equitable International Order, United Nations
Human Rights and Urbanization: New Challenges for Localizing HR after
Habitat III
Magali Fricaudet, Coordinator of the Committee on Social Inclusion,
Participatory Democracy and Human Rights, United Cities and Local
Governments
The UNCRPD Impact at International and National Level
Giampiero Griffo, Member of the World Council of Disabled People’s
International
For an Anthropology of Human Rights
Livia Holden, University of Padova
12:00 -12:30: Discussion
Indivisibility and Inseparability of Human Rights: The Case of Early Marriage
in Iran’s Legal System”
Mahrou Ghadiri and Mojtaba Ghasemi, Family Research Institute, Shahid
Beheshti University, Tehran
Human Rights and Foreign Policy – the Uneasy yet Inseverable Connection
Gergana Tzvetkova, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa
Italy and the Universal Periodic Review of the United Nations Human Rights
Council
Andrea Cofelice, Centro Studi sul Federalismo, Torino
The EU Sovereignty on CSFP Matters in the Light of Human Rights
Protection Obligations: What Balance?
Beatrice Gornati, University of Milan
Necessary Economic and Institutional Basis for the Implementation of
Human Rights: the Persisting Need of a New International Economic Order
Fabio Marcelli, Institute of International Legal Studies of the National
Research Council, Rome
Panel 2. Tackling Human Rights Global Issues: Cities, Subsidiarity,
Multi-level Governance
Chair: Klaus Starl, European Training and Research Centre for Human
Rights and Democracy, Graz
Protection of Human Rights by Local Authorities: from Duty to Right?
Simone Carrea, University of Genova
City Governance of Migration - Perspectives for Partnership with NonPolitical Stakeholders in the Service Delivery for Migrants
Daria Dubajić, University of Zagreb
Trafficking in Children and Women within China as a Human Rights Issue
Han Ling, University of Padova
Struggle for Human Rights and Arab Springs: the Case of Tunisia
Lia Valetti, Institute of International Legal Studies of the National Research
Council, Rome
“Affirmative Action Easier to Implement than Limiting Privileges”. The Case
of Equality Policies at Local Level
Klaus Starl, Isabella Meier, Ingrid Nicoletti, Pietro de Perini and Claudia
Pividori, European Training and Research Centre for Human Rights and
Democracy, Graz and University of Padova
Local Implemention of Human Rights - Lessons from US and European Cities
Paul Lappalainen, Stockholm University
16.00 – 16.30: Coffee Break offered by Fairtrade Italia
Afternoon Session
Venue: Human Rights Centre, University of Padova
16:30 – 18:30: Parallel panel sessions
14:00 – 16:00: Parallel panel sessions
Panel 3. Human Rights and New Technologies: Pragmatic
and Paradigmatic Challenges
Chair: Paolo De Stefani, University of Padova
Satellite Evidences in Human Rights Cases: Merits and Shortcomings
Claudia Candelmo and Valentina Nardone, La Sapienza University of Rome
An Assessment under ICCPR and ECHR of Foreign Surveillance Programs
Eduardo Valles Galmes, University of Rome Tor Vergata
Panel 1. An agenda 2030 for the International Bill of Human Rights
Chair: George Ulrich, E.MA Programme Director, European InterUniversity Centre for Human Rights and Democratisation
Global Human Rights Interdependence: What Inputs from Regional Systems?
Claudia Pividori and Pietro de Perini, University of Padova
In Search for ‘the Silence of the Chips’: the Role of Soft Law in Protecting
Informational Privacy in a Big Data Era
Irene Kamara, Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology, and Society
(Tilburg University) and LSTS (Free University of Brussels)
The Challenges of New Technologies in the Implementation of Human
Rights
Jacopo Coccoli, Pontificia Università Lateranense
Human Rights and Space Applications: the Use of Space and Technology
for Providing Inclusive and Equitable Universal Health Coverage
Tatiana Viana, La Sapienza University of Rome
Panel 4. Human Rights and Citizenship: Challenges
and Opportunities for Diversity and Inclusiveness
Chair: Laura Nota, University of Padova
Women with Disabilities: Towards a More Effective Protection
Daniela Fanciullo and Anna Iermano, University of Salerno
EU, Principle of Conferral and the Convention on the Rights of Persons
with Disabilities: towards a new European Policy on Human Rights
Kevin De Sabbata and Marcello Sacco, Leeds University
Implementing the Human Right to Take Part in Cultural Life: Which
Perspectives for the Inclusive Cultural Empowerment?
Desirée Campagna, University of Padova
Intercultural Practices and Support Services Relating to Migrants and
Refugees in Australia and Italy
Gianluigi Rotondo, Monash University, Melbourne
Human Rights of Muslim Women in Europe and the Peaceful
Integration of Second Generations. Can Gender Specific Integration
Policies Promote Peaceful Coexistence?
Cristina Ghanem, University of Padova
Panel 5. The Enablers of Human Rights: Education, Development
and NHRIs
Chair: Angela Melchiorre, University of Padova
The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and other
People Working in Rural Areas: towards “New” Human Rights to Tackle
Food Security, the Loss of Biodiversity and Climate Change
Anna Micara, University of Milan
Promoting Social and Economic Rights Accountability and the Role of
NHRIs
Meskerem Geset Techane, University of Padova
Decolonizing Higher Education Human Rights Education
Danielle Aldawood, Arizona State University
Quality Education as a Key towards Global Citizenship: What Place and
Role for Human Rights Education
Stuti Deka, Gauhati University, Assam
SDG 4 and Education 2030: Achievable Plan towards “Transforming
our World” or Overly Ambitious and Unrealistic Attempt?
Matteo Tracchi, University of Padova