The Ljubljana Human Rights Summit 2012
"The Syria Crisis and the Responsibility to Protect: An Interdisciplinary Analysis of the Challenges in Securing an International Consensus"
(Ljubljana; October 30th, 2012)
| Monday, October 29th 2012 | |
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| 13:00 | Press Conference Dr. Milan Zver (Member of the European Parliament) Mark C. Donfried (Founder & Director, Institute for Cultural Diplomacy) |
| Tuesday, October 30th 2012 | |
| 09:00 | Welcome Addresses Mark C. Donfried (Founder & Director, Institute for Cultural Diplomacy) Prime Minister Janez Jan?a (Prime Minister of Slovenia) Dr. Milan Zver (Member of the European Parliament) Location: The National Council of Slovenia |
| 9:30 | Responsibility to Protect - The Role of the Judiciary (Keynote Address) Judge. Wolfgang Schomburg Permanent Judge at the (UN) International Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (2001-2008); Federal Judge at the German Federal High Court, Karlsruhe (1995-2000) Location: The National Council of Slovenia |
| 10:30 | Between Geopolitics and Human Rights: On the ?Responsibility to Protect? Minister Ögmundur Jónasson (Minister of the Interior of Iceland; Former Minister of Justice & Human Rights ) Location: The National Council of Slovenia |
| 11:00 | Break |
| 11:30 | Slovenia as a Site of Mass Atrocities: National Legislative Measures Preventing Crime against Humanities and Genocide Dr. Lovro Šturm (Former Minister of Justice of Slovenia; Former Judge, the Constitutional Court of Slovenia) Location: The National Council of Slovenia |
| 12:00 | A Belated Response to War Crimes & Genocide Prof. Mark Vlasic (Senior Fellow & Adjunct Professor of Law, Institute for Law, Science & Global Security, Georgetown University; Former Prosecution Attorney, International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia; Former White House Fellow/Special Assistant to the U.S. Secretary of Defense ) Location: The National Council of Slovenia |
| 12:30 | Ending Impunity, Injustice & Inaction: Mass Atrocities, Genocide Prevention and the Responsibility to Protect Dr. Simon Adams (Executive Director, Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect) Location: The National Council of Slovenia |
| 13:00 | Lunch Break |
| 14:00 | Prevention of Genocide & Mass Atrocities: The Role and Responsibilities of Global Governance Institutions to Contribute to World Peace (Panel Discussion) Moderator: Mark C. Donfried Speakers: Minister Ögmundur Jónasson Dr. Lovro ?turm Dr. Zvonimir Paul Separovic Prof. Jernej Letnar Černič Prof. Mark Vlasic Dr. Simon Adams Location: The National Council of Slovenia |
| 15:30 | Break |
| 16:00 | Empowering Civil Society Organizations: Giving NGO?s a full Role by funding Organizations to keep the Peace (Panel Discussion) Moderator: Prof. Mark Vlasic Speakers: Minister Ögmundur Jónasson Dr. Zvonimir Paul Separovic Dr. Simon Adams Mark C. Donfried Norma Wright Location: The National Council of Slovenia |
| 17:00 | Concluding Statement by the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy Location: The National Council of Slovenia |
