PROGRAMME: DIALOGUE ON HUMAN RIGHTS, EMERGING NEEDS AND NEW COMMITMENTS

 

UNIVERSAL FORUM OF CULTURES - BARCELONA 2004

 

HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTE OF CATALONIA

 

September 18th-21st, 2004

 

 

 

Contact at : www.idhc.org

 

SATURDAY 18-09-04

 

10.00 10.30 Plenary Session

 

Human Rights in the present and the future: the update and development of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in the new millennium

 

       Member of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

       Eduardo CIFUENTES, Director Division of Human Rights and Struggle Against Discrimination, UNESCO

       Jos Manuel BANDRS, Honorary President of the Human Rights Institute of Catalonia

       Member of UNPD

 

10.30-11.00                Coffee break

 

11.00 -13.00              Plenary Session

 

The fight for Human Rights: a permanent fight for a better world

 

Rowan GILLIES, President of Mdecins Sans Frontires International Council

       Joanna WESCHLER, Human Rights Watch Representative at the UN

       Ignasi CARRERAS, director Intermon-OXFAM

       Member of International Amnesty Spain

Chairman: Iaki GABILONDO, journalist

 

13.00 -15.00             Lunch

15.00 -18.00             Plenary Session

 

The future of Human Rights and the progress of human civilization

 

       J.M. COLOMBANI, Editor-in-chief of Le Monde

       Jean DANIEL, journalist and writer

       Jos RAMOS HORTA, Nobel Prize for Peace, 1996

Chairman: Xavier VIDAL FOLCH, Editor of El Pas

 

20.00 Reception

 

SUNDAY 19-09-04

 

09.30-11.00 Plenary Session

 

Equality, fraternity and freedom: new frameworks, new challenges

       Sonia PICADO, President of the Inter-American Institute of Human Rights

       N.S. REMBE, UNESCO Oliver Tambo Chair for Human Rights Studies (South Africa)

       Bruno-Marie DUFF, Director of the Human Rights Institute of Lyon

       Rahul RAI, Director of the Indian Institute of Human Rights, New Delhi

Chairman: Boaventura DE SOUSA, Professor of Sociology, School of Economics, University of Coimbra

 

11.00-11.30                                Coffee break

 

Seminar I: The Right to a Basic Income: Egalitarian Democracy

 

Chairman: Philippe VAN PARIJS, Secretary of the Basic Income European Network (BIEN) and Director of the Hoover Chair of Economic and Social Ethics at the Catholic University of Louvain

Director: Daniel RAVENTS, President of the association Red Renta Bsica (RRB) and Professor of Social Theory at the University of Barcelona

Scientific Coordinator: Jos A. NOGUERA, Vice-president of the association Red Renta Bsica (RRB) and Professor of Social Theory at the Autonomous University of Barcelona

 

SUNDAY 19-09-04

 

11:30-12:00 Institutional Presentation of the Congress of the Basic Income European Network (BIEN)

       Daniel RAVENTS, President of the association Red Renta Bsica (RRB) and Professor of Social Theory at the University of Barcelona

       Philippe VAN PARIJS, Secretary of the Basic Income European Network (BIEN) and Director of the Hoover Chair of Economic and Social Ethics at the Catholic University of Louvain

       Anna SIM, Welfare Council of the Government of Catalonia

 

 

Plenary Session The main challenges in the justification of Basic Income

 

12:00-13:00 Exchange 1: The right to a Basic Income and the duty of reciprocity

          Stuart WHITE, Jesus College, Oxford University

          Nancy FRASER, New School, New York

          Desmond KING, professor of Political Sciences, Oxford University

Chairman: Philippe VAN PARIJS, Secretary of the Basic Income European Network (BIEN) and Director of the Hoover Chair of Economic and Social Ethics at the Catholic University of Louvain

 

 

13:00-14:00 Exchange 2: Basic Income and care-work

          Angelika KREBS, Seminar of Philosophy, University of Basel

          Gosta ESPING-ANDERSEN, Professor of Social Policy at the Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona

Chairman: Guy STANDING, Co-Chair of the Basic Income Euroepan Network (BIEN) and Director of the Program of Socio-Economic Security at the ILO

 

14.00-15.30                                Lunch

14.00-15.31                                 

15.3017.00 Parallel Sessions (panels)

17.00-17.30                Coffee break

17.3019.00 Parallel Sessions (panels)

 

 

MONDAY 20-09-04

 

09.3011.00 Parallel Sessions (panels)

11.00-11.30                Coffee break

11.3013.00 Parallel Sessions (panels)

 

Plenary Session: Basic Income in response to systemic crisis

 

14:30-16:00 Exchange 3: Facing the new crisis in social security and the welfare state

Chairman: Claus OFFE, Scientific Coordinator of the Basic Income European Network (BIEN) and Professor of Social Policy at Humboldt University, Berlin

 

16:00-17:30 Exchange 4: The prospects for Basic Income in developing countries

 

17:30-17:45 Closing of the Congess of the Basic Income European Network (BIEN)

          Jos Antonio NOGUERA, Vice-president of the association Red Renta Bsica (RRB) and Professor of Social Theory at the Autonomous University of Barcelona

          Guy STANDING, Co-Chair of the Basic Income Euroepan Network (BIEN) and Director of the Program of Socio-Economic Security at the ILO

          Antoni Castells, economy Council of the Government of Catalonia

 

 

18.0020.00  Basic Income European Network (BIEN) General Assembly

 

 

Seminar II:    Advancement of the Political and Social Rights of Women: Parity Democracy

Chairman: Ndioro NDIAYE, Deputy Director-General of the International Organization for Migrations

Director: Montserrat MINOBIS, Director of Radio Stations of the Government of Catalonia

Gloria RAMREZ, General Coordinator of the UNESCO Chair for Human Rights at the National Autonomous University of Mexico

 

SUNDAY 19-09-04

 

11.30 .-13.00 Main Conference: Women against violence Gloria Amparo SUREZ, Spokesperson of Womens Popular Organization, Barrancabermeja, Colombia

 

13.00-15.00                Lunch

15.00 -16.30             Round Table: Parity democracy, a tool for equality

       Nicole SCHWARTZ-MORGAN, Department of Philosophy, Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

       R. SAMPATKUMAR, Secretary General, International Society for Human Values

       Fouzia RHISSASSI, UNESCO Chair Woman and her Rights

Chairman: Gemma NIERGA, journalist

 

16.30-17.00                Coffee break

 

17.00 -18.30              Round Table: Work, parity and education

       Martha SCARPATO, International Union for Education , Brussels.

       Gloria RAMREZ, General Coordinator of the UNESCO Chair for Human Rights at the National Autonomous University of Mexico

       Alya CHRIF-CHAMMARI, Collective 95 Maghreb-Egalit

Chairman: Elisenda ROCA, journalist

 

MONDAY 20-09-04

 

10.00 .-11.30 . Round Table: Gender and globalisation: the fulfilment of the Conferences of Beijing and New York

 

       Ndioro NDIAYE, Deputy Director-General of the International Organization for Migrations

       Estela-Maris MARTINEZ, Oficial Ombudsman in the Supreme Court of the Nation, Argentina

       Nandita SHAH, World Social Forum

       Jane CONNORS, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Chairman: Neus BONET, journalist

 

Seminar III: The Right to Individual and Collective Identity: Plural Democracy

Chairman: Eduardo CIFUENTES, Director Division of Human Rights and Struggle Against Discrimination, UNESCO

Director: Victoria CAMPS, Chair of Ethics of the Autonomous University of Barcelona, UAB

 

SUNDAY 19-09-04

11.30 .-13.00            Main Conference: Multiethnic societies, multicultural societies, societies in coexistence: plural democracy Rodolfo STAVENHAGEN, UN Special Rapporteur for Indigenous Peoples

 

13.00-15.00                Lunch

 

15.00 -16.30 Round Table: Individual rights, collective rights and respect for the political rights of minorities

          Dimitrina PETROVA, Executive Director, European Roma Rights Centre, Budapest

          Dzenana HADZIOMEROVIC, Legal Adviser to the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities

          Oji UMOZURIKE, lawer and professor of Abia State University

Chairman: Xavier GIR, journalist

 

16.30-17.00                Coffee break

 

17.00 -18.30             Round Table: Individual identities, collective identities

          Nathan GLAZER, PhD in Sociology, Professor of Education, Emeritus, Harvard Graduate School of Education

          Gurutz JAUREGUI, Professor of Constitutional Law, Basque Country University

       Juan de Dios RAMREZ-HEREDIA, Unin Roman

Chairman: Carmen UMBN, journalist

 

 

MONDAY 20-09-04

 

10.00 .-11.30 .          Round Table: Protection of the cultural rights of minority groups and indigenous peoples

       Asbjorn EIDE, UN Working Group on Minorities, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

       Victoria TAULI-CORPUZ, Executive Director of TEBTEBBA

       Edilberto JIMENEZ, member of the Commission for the Truth and Reconciliation of Peru

Chairman: Rosa MASSAGU, journalist

 

 

Seminar IV:   The Right to the City: Public Participation in Democracy

 

Chairman: Boaventura DE SOUSA, Professor of Sociology, School of Economics, University of Coimbra

Directors: Jordi BORJA, Urbanist and Sociologist

Joan SUBIRATS, Chair of Political Science, Autonomous University of Barcelona

 

SUNDAY 19-09-04

 

11.30     -13.00            Main Conference: The right to the city as a fundamental Human Right Boaventura DE SOUSA, Professor of Sociology, University of Coimbra

 

13.00-15.00                Lunch

 

15.00 -16.30              Round Table: The claim to citizenship and Participative Democracy

       Giovanni M.FLICK, Magistrate of the Constitutional Court of Italy

       Jrme BIND, Director of the Analysis and Forecasting Office, UNESCO

       Patrick VIVERET, philosopher

Chairman: Joan SUBIRATS

 

16.30-17.00                Coffee break

 

17.00 -18.30             Round Table: Urban policies in the fight against segregation

       Odn ELORZA, Mayor of San Sebastin, Basque Country

       Mahadeo BHAGOJI DEOLE, Mayor of the City of Bombay, India

       Abdel Reheem SHEHATA, Mayor of Cairo, Egypt

       Patrick BRAOUEZEC, Mayor of Saint Denis, France

Chairman: Manuel CAMPO VIDAL

 

MONDAY 20-09-04

 

10.00 .-11.30 .          Round Table: Cities, globalisation and Human Rights

       Olivio DUTRA, Minister for Education, Brazil

       Manuel Saravia, School of Architecture of Valladolid

       Jaume SAURA, president of the Human Rights Institute of Catalonia

Chairman: Joan BARRIL, journalist

 

 

Seminar V:     The Right to Development: Solidarity in Democracy

 

Chairman: Cndido GRZYBOWSKI, Director-General of the Brazilian Institute of Social and Economic Analyses

Directors: Ignasi CARRERAS, Director of Intermn-OXFAM

Victoria ABELLAN, Chair of Public International Law at the University of Barcelona

 

SUNDAY19-09-04

 

11.30     .m.-13.00      Main Conference: The effectiveness of the Right to Development Cndido GRZYBOWSKI, Director-General of the Brazilian Institute of Socioeconomic Analyses

13.00-15.00                Lunch

 

15.00 -16.30              Round Table: Globalisation of the economy, the right to development and the obligations of states to cooperate

       Emir SADER, World Social Forum representative

       Veena JHA, Coordinator of UNCTAD

       Richard FALK, Chair of International Law Albert G. Milbank, University of Princeton

Chairman: Juan TUGORES, Rector of the University of Barcelona

 

16.30-17.00                Coffee break

 

17.00 -18.30              Round Table: The right to development: legal and political perspectives

       Gita WELCH, Group Leader, Institutional Development Group, UNDP

       Jos Manuel PUREZA, World Social Forum, Centre for Social Studies, University of Coimbra

       Tarso GENRO, Minister of Social Development and Cooperation of the Republic of Brazil

Chairman: Jaime ORA, Rector of the University of Deusto, Basque Country

 

 

MONDAY 20-09-04

 

10.00 .-11.30 .          Round Table: The challenges of the millennium and the right to development

       Jos Antonio ALONSO, Chair of Applied Economics, University Complutense of Madrid

       Deepak NAYYAR, Vice-Chancellor of University of Delhi, India

       Philip ALSTON, professor of the New York University

       Marta ARIAS, representative campaign Challenges of the Millenium, Intermon-OXFAM

Chairman: Felipe GOMEZ, Human Rights Institute Pedro Arrupe, University of Deusto, Bilbao

 

 

Seminar VI:   The Right to International Legal Protection: Guaranteeing Democracy

 

SUNDAY 19-09-04

 

Chairman: Juan Antonio CARRILLO SALCEDO, Former Judge of the European Court of Human Rights, Public International Law, University of Seville

Directors: Monique CHEMILLIER-GENDREAU, Chair of Public International Law at the University of Paris VII

Victoria ABELLAN, Chair of Public International Law at the University of Barcelona

 

11.30     .m.-13.00 p.m Main Conference: The reestablishment of the United Nations in its role of safeguarding International Law Monique CHEMILLIER-GENDREAU, Chair of Public International Law at the University of Paris VII

 

13.00-15.00                Lunch

 

15.00 -16.30             Round Table: The right to international legal protection of Human Rights

       Jos Manuel PUREZA, World Social Forum, University of Coimbra

       Joanna WESCHLER, Human Rights Watch Representative at the United Nations

       Miguel Angel MORATINOS, Foreign Affairs Minister

Chairman: Antonio FRANCO

 

16.30-17.00                Coffee break

 

17.00 -18.30              Round Table: The development of the international system for the protection of Human Rights

       Juan Antonio CARRILLO SALCEDO, Former Judge of the European Court of Human Rights, University of Seville

       Jane CONNORS, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

       Khmais CHAMMARI, International Federation for Human Rights

Chairman: Francesc TRIOLA, journalist

 

MONDAY 20-09-04

 

10.00 .-11.30 .           Round Table: Human Rights violations and the fight against impunity

       Jean Luc BLONDEL, Advisor to the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross

       Mona RISHMAWI, Legal Council of the OHCHR

       Sylvia STEINER, judge of the International Criminal Court

Chairman: Margarita RIVIRE

 

11.30-12.0                                     Coffee break

 

11.30 .-13.30             Final Reports on Seminars and Conclusions

 

13.30-15.30                                Lunch

13.30-15.31                                 

15.30 -17.30              Presentation of The Charter of Emerging Human Rights to the Plenary Assembly

by the authors of the draft charters:

 

Chairman: Jos Manuel BANDRS, Honorary President of the Human Rights Institute of Catalonia

Victoria ABELLAN, Chair of Public International Law at the University of Barcelona

Jordi BORJA, Urbanist and Sociologist

Juan Antonio CARRILLO SALCEDO, Chair of International Law, University of Seville

Monique CHEMILLIER-GENDREAU, Chair of Public International Law, University of Paris VII

Khmais CHAMMARI, International Federation for Human Rights

Cndido GRZYBOWSKI, Director of IBASE (Brazil)

Gloria RAMREZ, General Coordinator of the UNESCO Chair for Human Rights at the National Autonomous University of Mexico

Boaventura de SOUSA, Professor of Sociology, School of Economics, University of Coimbra

Guy STANDING, Co-Chairman of the Basic Income European Network

Michael WALZER, Professor at the School of Social Sciences, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton

Gita WELCH, Coordinator of the Institutional Development Group, UNDP

Joanna WESCHLER, Human Rights Watch Representative at United Nations

Observer: Eduardo CIFUENTES, Director Division of Human Rights and Struggle Against Discrimination, UNESCO

 

 

17.30-18.00  Coffee break

 

18.00 -18.30              Public presentation of Towards a Better World for Children by the Childrens Advisory Commission to the Talks

 

 

TUESDAY 21-09-04

 

10.00 -11.00              Closing conference: The Right to Utopia by Luiz Incio LULA DA SILVA, President of Brazil

 

11.00 .-11.30 .          Public presentation of the conclusions of the talks by Jaume SAURA ESTAP, President of the Human Rights Institute of Catalonia

 

11.30 .-12.30             Public presentation of the Charter of Emerging Human Rights by Jos Manuel BANDRS, Honorary President of the Human Rights Institute of Catalonia

 

12.30-13.00  Coffee break

 

13.00-13.30               Reading of the Manifesto: The Right to a Global Democracy and a Just International Order by Susan SARANDON