Global Minority Rights Summer School 2022
Review, Rethink, Reform: 30th Anniversary of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities
July 4-15, 2022
(all times refer to Budapest time, UTC +2)
WEEK 1
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Monday, July 4 |
The Human Rights of Minorities-Day 1 |
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13:45-14:30 |
Welcome and Introductions
Anna-Mária Bíró, Tom Lantos Institute Balázs Vizi, National University of Public Service Corinne Lennox, Human Rights Consortium, School of Advanced Study, University of London Christophe Van der Beken, Addis Ababa University Zsófia Farkas, Minority Rights Group Europe
Participant Introductions |
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14:30-15:30 |
International Order and Minority Rights: Functions and Evolution of International Minority Protection Norms
Corinne Lennox, School of Advanced Study, University of London Anna-Mária Bíró, Tom Lantos Institute |
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15:30-16:30 |
Human Rights of Minorities and Racial Discrimination
David Keane, Dublin City University |
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Tuesday, July 5 |
Minorities at the United Nations |
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14:00-15:30 |
Mandate of UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues
Fernand de Varennes, UN Special Rapporteur on minority issues |
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15:30-16:00 |
Regional Forums on Minority Issues
Evelin Verhas, Tom Lantos Institute |
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Wednesday, July 6 |
The Human Rights of Minorities-Day 2 |
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14:30-15:30 |
Human Rights of Minorities: Cultural Rights and Their Intersection with Minorities and Minority Rights
Alexandra Xanthaki, UN Special Rapporteur on cultural rights |
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15:30-16:30 |
Human Rights of Minorities: Religious Freedom and Its Intersection with Religious Minorities and Minority Rights
Heiner Bielefeldt, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg |
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Thursday, July 7 |
Minority Protection Regimes: Europe |
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09:00-10:00 |
Overview of the European Minority Protection Regime
Elzbieta Kuzborska-Pacha, OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities |
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10:00-11:00 |
Case Study: SafePack Initiative – Grassroots mobilization for the better protection of minorities
Lorant Vincze, Federal Union of European Nationalities |
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11:00 |
The Ohrid Framework Agreement (OFA) and the political system of North Macedonia.
Nikola Donev |
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Friday, July 8 |
Practical Sessions |
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14:00-14:30 |
Minority Forum Info
Marcus Oda, Tom Lantos Institute |
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14:30-15:15 |
UN Forum Statements and Recommendations
Marina Shupac, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights |
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15:15-16:00 |
UN Treaty Bodies
Evelin Verhas, Tom Lantos Institute |
WEEK 2
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Monday, July 11 |
Minority Protection Regimes: Africa |
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14:00-15:00 |
The African Union and Minority Protection: Recent Developments
Solomon Ayele Dersso, African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights |
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15:00-16:00 |
Case Study: Ethiopia
Getachew Assefa, Addis Ababa University School of Law |
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16:00 |
Somaliland Minority Activist Realise Transformation towards Inclusion and Equity (SMARTIE)
Mohamud Ismail |
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Tuesday, July 12 |
Americas |
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14:00-15:00 |
Case Study: Afro-Descendants in Colombia
Esther Ojulari, Consultoría para los Derechos Humanos y el Desplazamiento |
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15:00-16:00 |
Case Study: Indigenous People in Canada
Teresa Edwards, Legacy of Hope Foundation |
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16:00 |
The self-determination right and legal recognition: The case in the Falklands/Malvinas and Crimea
Jumadurdy Potjimov |
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Wednesday, July 13 |
Group Work |
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11:00-12:30 |
AM Tutorial: Present, review and provide feedback on statements in break-out groups
Marina Shupac, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Evelin Verhas, Tom Lantos Institute |
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14:00-15:30 |
PM Tutorial: Present, review and provide feedback on statements in break-out groups
Marina Shupac, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Evelin Verhas, Tom Lantos Institute |
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Thursday, July 14 |
Asia |
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14:00-15:00 |
Grassroots mobilization for the better protection of minorities: Uyghurs
Dolkun Isa, World Uyghur Congress |
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15:00-16:00 |
Grassroots mobilization for protection of minority rights: Dalits
Manjula Pradeep, Dalit Human Rights Defenders Network Project |
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16:00 |
What do we know about the Hazara Genocide in Afghanistan?
Rezai Hussain |
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Friday, July 15 |
Participant Presentations and Q&A with the Special Rapporteur on minority issues |
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13:00-15:00 |
Participant Presentations
Displacement, Quest for Identity and Insurgency: Emerging women writer’s voices from the North East India Simran Dhingra
Bulgaria’s lack of cultural policies towards minorities and the struggle of preserving the authenticity of the language of the Turkish minority within the context of the double diglossia phenomenon Dzhafer Saatcha
Minority Rights Protection Visa vis Ethiopian socio-cultural and political System
Belayneh Yeshaneh
Conflict and kin-states cooperation: Assistance, politicization and exclusionism of Ukrainian minorities in Central and Eastern Europe Edoardo Castiglioni |
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15:00-15:30 |
“Protecting Minority Rights: A Practical Guide on Developing Comprehensive Anti-Discrimination Legislation”
Claude Cahn, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights |
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15:30-15:45 |
Concluding Remarks |