Program 2016

Tom Lantos Institute & National University of Public Service

in cooperation with Middlesex University of London 

     

GLOBAL MINORTIY RIGHTS SUMMER SCHOOL 2016

Are Minority Rights Still Relevant?
The Impact of Minority Protection Regimes in the 21st Century

Budapest, Hungary, 10 – 16 July 2016

AGENDA

Contact information:

Tom Lantos Institute, Sára Csepregi: s.csepregi@tomlantosinstitute.hu

Logistical issues, Kata Gedei: gedei.kata@uni-nke.hu

Unless otherwise specified, all classes take place at the National University of Public Service (NUPS), Ludovika tér 2, Budapest 1083.

 

 

Sunday 10 July
Arrival of participants

14.00-18.00Pre-summer school workshop on securitisation of minorities
Tom Lantos Institute, H-1016 Budapest, Bérc utca 13-15
19.30Welcome and dinner
  
 

Monday 11 July
Conceptual Frameworks: A Critical Overview

9.00-9.30

Opening of the summer school and welcome speeches

9.30-11.00

Who is a Minority? Approach of a Practitioner

  • Rita Izsák-Ndiaye, United Nations Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues, Geneva, Switzerland
11.00-11.30Coffee Break
11.30-13.00

Who is a Minority? Theoritical Approach

  • Dr. Yousef T. Jabareen, Founding Director of the Arab Center for Law and Policy,
    Nazareth, Israel
13.00-14.00LUNCH BREAK at Ludovika Main Building
14.00-15.30

Minority Groups and Human Rights: Reflection on Alternative Frameworks

  • Prof. Gaetano Pentassuglia, Reader in International Law, former Director
    of the Human Rights and International Law Unit, University of Liverpool,
    United Kingdom;
    Visiting Professor at the University of Deusto, Bilbao,
    Spain
15.30-16.00Coffee Break
18.00-19.30

Sightseeing tour in Budapest by bus

20.00-21.30Dinner at Veranda Restaurant, 1096 Budapest, Vendel u. 9.
  

 

Tuesday 12 July
International and Regional Mechanisms for
the Protection of Minorities

08.00-09.00Breakfast at Ludovika Main Building
9.00-10.30

A Critical Assessment of the UN Regime and the Protection of Minorities

  • Dr. Elvira Domínguez-Redondo, Associate Professor of International Law,
    Middlesex University London, United Kingdom
10.30-11.15

The Inter-American system of minority protection

  • Seánna Howard, Staff Attorney & Professor of Practice, University of Arizona,
    Rogers College of Law Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy Program, Tucson,
    Arizona, USA
11.15-11.45Coffee Break
11.45-12.30

The European system of minority protection

  • Dr. András László Pap, Research Chair and Head of Department for the
    Study of Constitutionalism and the Rule of Law at the Hungarian Academy
    of Sciences Centre for Social Sciences Institute for Legal Studies, and
    professor of Constitutional Law at the Law Enforcement Faculty of the
    National University of Public Service, Budapest, Hungary
13.00-14.00LUNCH BREAK at Ludovika Main Building
14.00-14.45

The African system of minority protection

  • Dr. Kwadwo Appiagyei-Atua, Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Law,
    University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
14.45-15.30

The Asian system of minority protection

  • Dr. Elvira Domínguez-Redondo, Associate Professor of International Law,
    Middlesex University London, United Kingdom
15.30-16.00Coffee Break
16.00-17.30

Panel discussion on the African, Asian, European, and Inter-American mechanisms
for the protection of minorities

Panelists:

  • Dr. András László Pap
  • Dr. Elvira Domínguez-Redondo
  • Dr. Kwadwo Appiagyei-Atua
  • Seanna Howard
  
 

Wednesday 13 July
Comparative Approaches to Minority Protection

8.00-9.00Breakfast at Ludovika Main Building
9.00-10.30

China and India

  • Prof. Joshua Castellino, Dean of the School of Law,
    Middlesex University London, United Kingdom
10.30-11.00Coffee Break
11.00-12.30

Hungary and South Tyrol

  • Prof. Balázs Vizi, Associate Professor and Head of Department of
    International Law, Faculty of International and European Studies,National University of Public Service, Budapest, Hungary
13.00-14.00LUNCH BREAK at Ludovika Main Building
14.00-15.30

(Two African countries – to be defined)

  • Dr. Kwadwo Appiagyei-Atua, Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of
    Law, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
15.30-16.00Coffee Break
16.00-17.30

Movie screening and discussion on Dalit women’s activism

  • Manjula Pradeep, Executive Director, Navsarjan Trust, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
19.00-20.30Dinner at Veranda Restaurant, 1096 Budapest, Vendel u. 9.
  
 

Thursday 14 July
Civil Society Advocacy

8.00-9.00Breakfast at Ludovika Main Building
9.30-11.00

Principled Activism of Minorities: A Theoretical Framework

  • Dr. Anna-Mária Bíró, Director of the Tom Lantos Institute, Budapest, Hungary
  • Dr. Corinne Lennox, Senior Lecturer in Human Rights,
    Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London, United Kingdom
11.00-11.30Coffee Break
11.30-13.00

Principled Activism of Minorities: the UN Forum on Minority issues

  • Dr. Anna-Mária Bíró, Director of the Tom Lantos Institute, Budapest, Hungary
  • Dr. Corinne Lennox, Senior Lecturer in Human Rights,
    Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London, United Kingdom
13.00-14.30LUNCH BREAK at Ludovika Main Building
14.30-17.30

Strategies of, and Conversation between minority rights activists – Panel discussion

  • Manjula Pradeep, Executive Director, Navsarjan Trust, Ahmedabad,
    Gujarat, India
  • Enikő Szigeti, Executive Director, Civic Engagement Movement,
    Marosvásárhely/Târgu Mureş, Romania
  • Seánna Howard, Staff Attorney & Professor of Practice, Rogers College
    of Law Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy Program, University of
    Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA,
  • Panel chaired by Dr. Kinga Gál, Member of the European Parliament, Chair of the Intergroup
    for Traditional Minorities, National Communities and Languages
19.00-20.30Gala Dinner at Puli Restaurant, 1061 Budapest, Andrássy út 34.
  
 

Friday 15 July
Presentations, discussions, debates

8.00-9.00Breakfast at Ludovika Main Building
9.30-11.00Participants’ presentations
11.00-11.30Coffee Break
11.30-13.00Participants’ presentations
13.00-14.00LUNCH BREAK at Ludovika Main Building
14.00-15.30Filling out the evaluation forms
15.30-16.00Coffee Break – Written evaluation
16.00-17.00Distribution of certificates
19.00-20.30Dinner at Veranda Restaurant, 1096 Budapest, Vendel u. 9.
 

 

 

Saturday 16 July
One Day Study Trip to Pécs

The event has been supported by the European Union, co-financed by the European Social Fund, in the “KÖFOP-2.1.2-VEKOP-15-2016-00001 – Public Service Development Establishing Good Governance” tender.

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