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The
Reykjavík Congress on Human Rights
“Human
Rights Protection & International Law: The Multifaceted Dilemma of
Restraining and Promoting International Interventions”
Co-hosted
by the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy and the Ministry of Interior of Iceland
(Reykjavik,
Iceland; April 10th – 13th, 2013)
Dear Friends and Colleagues,
We
are writing to bring to your attention our upcoming International Conference,
co - hosted by the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy and the Ministry of
Interior of Iceland. We would be grateful if you could share
this announcement by forwarding the information below to those who you think
might be interested in attending.
Sincerely,
Mark C. Donfried & the ICD Team
*****
The Reykjavík Congress on Human Rights
“Human Rights Protection & International Law: The
Multifaceted Dilemma of Restraining and Promoting International Interventions”
Co-hosted
by the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy and the Ministry of Interior of Iceland
(Reykjavik,
Iceland, April 10th – 13th, 2013)
The international community acknowledges the
increasing and persistent cases of mass atrocities and crimes against humanity
occurring on a vast scale.
Understanding the complexity in bringing these crimes
to an end, the Reykjavík Congress on Human Rights aims to argue and debate the
notion of the responsibility to protect from a human rights perspective, taking
into account the divergent dimensions in restraining or promoting international
intervention.
Through the discussions and exchange of this conference,
we aim to consider the current most vehement cases of human rights violations,
and further comprehend the varied issues and approaches to these mass
atrocities and crimes against humanity from a theoretical perspective,
analyzing the complex layers and structures, and taking into account the
ethical dilemma surrounding the responsibility to protect and international
intervention.
The 2013 Congress will create and publish a discussion
document that will be presented to the international community on how to
overcome the dilemma of restraining and promoting all forms of International
Interventions based on coordinated global coalition efforts between
governments, NGOs, and International Institutions.
The Congress will focus in particular on
the following Issues:
Humanitarian Crisis - This section of the conference
will serve as an introduction to current and most pressing cases of crimes
against humanity, considering the role of race and ethnicity throughout. The
examples covered will include a focus on escalated mass atrocities during
wartime such as in contemporary Mali, the ongoing and systematic violence in
Darfur, an analysis of gender based violence as a form of genocide and finally
the international focal point for crimes against humanity such as in Syria.
The UN Genocide Convention & R2P - Following the
in-depth discourse on current cases of human rights crisis areas, this section
of the conference will focus on the ethical dilemma of foreign interventions.
The conference aims to achieve an outline of innovative solutions for how to
overcome the dilemma of foreign intervention based on coordinated global
coalition efforts between governments, NGOs and International Institutions.
Conference Speakers
Speakers during the Conference will include leading
figures and experts from international politics, economics, academia,
diplomacy, civil society, and the private sector. The speakers will also
include a number of individuals from the ICD Advisory Board. For further
information on the ICD Advisory Board, please click here.
Conference Participants
Participation in The Reykjavík Congress on Human
Rights is open to governmental & diplomatic officials, academics &
scholars, human rights activists, journalists, artists, civil society
practitioners, private sector representatives, young professionals, and
students, as well as other interested individuals from across the world
If you would like to be considered for a place in the
Weeklong Seminar please click here to complete the online application form.
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