Global Minority Rights Summer School 2023
Decolonization and Minority Rights
July 10-15, 2023
(all times refer to Budapest time, UTC +2)
Sunday, July 9 | Arrival Day |
| Dinner Butler Terrace – Ludovika Campus
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Monday, July 10 | Introduction to Decolonization, International Minority Protection, and the United Nations |
9:00-9:20 | Welcome and Introductions Room “A-B” Orczy street Dorm
Welcome address Gergely Deli, rector, University of Public Service – Ludovika
Introductions Anna-Mária Bíró, Tom Lantos Institute Balázs Vizi, University of Public Service – Ludovika Corinne Lennox, Human Rights Consortium, School of Advanced Study, University of London
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9:20-10:00 | Participant Introductions Room “A-B” Orczy street Dorm
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10:00-12:00 | Introduction to Decolonization and Minority Rights Room “A-B” Orczy street Dorm
Mohammad Shahabuddin, Birmingham Law School
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12:00-13:00 | Lunch Educational Building Ludovika Campus
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13:00-15:00 | International Minority Rights Room “A-B” Orczy street Dorm
Corinne Lennox, Human Rights Consortium, School of Advanced Study, University of London Anna-Mária Bíró, Tom Lantos Institute
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15:00-17:00 | Mandate of the UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues Room “A-B” Orczy street Dorm
Fernand de Varennes, UN Special Rapporteur on minority issues
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Tuesday, July 11 | Africa and the Middle East |
9:00-11:00 | Minority Protection and Decolonization in Africa Room “A-B” Orczy street Dorm
Kwadwo Appiagyei-Atua, University of Ghana
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11:00-12:00 | Participant Presentations Room “A-B” Orczy street Dorm
Lucrezia Giordano, Reproduction, agency, and resistance among Sahrawi women: Is a decolonial analysis possible?
Djuma Saleh, The Swahili Community
Omod Oguok, Minority Rights and Land-Grabbing in Ethiopia
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12:00-13:00 | Contemporary Minority Protection in Lebanon Room “A-B” Orczy street Dorm
Hani Anouti, Institut Barcelona d’Estudis Internacionals
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13:00-14:00 | Lunch Educational Building – Ludovika Campus
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14:00-15:00 | Ottoman Mandate System and Population Transfers of Minorities Room “A-B” Orczy street Dorm
Umut Özsu, Carleton University (Online)
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15:00-17:30 | Tutorial and Group Work: UN Forum on Minority Issues Statements Room “A-B” Orczy street Dorm
Marina Shupac, OHCHR Minority Fellow
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Wednesday, July 12 | Asia |
9:00-11:00 | Minority Protection and Decolonization in Asia Room “A-B” Orczy street Dorm
Farah Mihlar, Oxford Brookes University
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11:00-13:00 | Case Study: Dalits Room “A-B” Orczy street Dorm Priyanka Samy, National Federation of Dalit Women, India, (Online)
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13:00-14:00 | Lunch
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14:00-15:00 | Participant Presentations Room “A-B” Orczy street Dorm
Zito Siany, Current legal guarantees for the protection of minorities in Iraq and the recordations issued for Iraq by UN mechanisms related to minorities
Saif Rasul Khan, India and minorities: colonial influence and its impact in the current climate
Yashashwani Srinivas, From outside the cease: Anti-caste/dalit Journals and decolonialising of knowledge production practices
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15:00-17:30 | Tutorial and Group Work: UN Treaty Bodies and Shadow Reports (continued Thursday morning) Room “A-B” Orczy street Dorm
Evelin Verhás, Tom Lantos Institute
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Thursday, July 13 | Americas |
9:00-11:00 | Tutorial and Group Work: UN Treaty Bodies and Shadow Reports–Presentations
Evelin Verhás, Tom Lantos Institute
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11:00-13:00 | Participant Presentations Room “A-B” Orczy street Dorm
Hussain Rezai, Unpacking the Hazara Genocide in Afghanistan
Mihail Platinda, How to apply good international practices on the local level. The example of Youth Platform for Interethnic Solidarity
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13:00-14:00 | Lunch
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14:00–15:00 | Indigenous Peoples and Norm-Making Room “A-B” Orczy street Dorm
Cathal Doyle
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15:00-17:00 | Case Study: Afro-Descendants in Colombia Room “A-B” Orczy street Dorm
Esther Ojulari, CODHES – Consoltoría para Derechos Humanos y Desplazamiento, (Online)
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Friday, July 14
| TLI Day at Tom Lantos Institute
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9:00-11:00 | Theory and General Introduction: Europe Conference Room, Bajza utca 44
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11:00-13:00 | East-West Divide in European Minority Rights Regime Conference Room, Bajza utca 44
Balazs Vizi, University of Public Service and Noémi Nagy, University of Public Service
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13:00-14:00 | Lunch Conference Room, Bajza utca 44
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14:00-16:00 | Case Study: Roma in Europe Conference Room, Bajza utca 44
Cayetano Fernandez, Center for Social Studies, University of Coimbra
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16:00-16:15 | Presentation of Roma Representation in Public Spaces Project Conference Room, Bajza utca 44
Ildikó Török, Tom Lantos Institute
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16:15-17:15 | Participant Presentations Conference Room, Bajza utca 44
Kelsea McCready, Gender and Ethnic Identity Preservation in Post-Soviet Armenia: The Case of Lesbian and Bisexual Women
Anastasiia Tarasova, National Minorities under the so called ‘special military operation’: Case study Ukraine/Russia
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17:15-17:30 | Presentation of Certificates Conference Room, Bajza utca 44
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Time TBD | Gala Dinner
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Saturday, July 15
| Excursion
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Time TBD | Visit to Hungarian Parliament Hungarian Parliament, Kossuth Lajos tér
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