The Reykjavík Congress on Human Rights 2013
“Human Rights Protection & International Law: The Multifaceted Dilemma of Restraining and Promoting International Interventions”
(Iceland, Reykjavík; April 10th - 13th, 2013)
Congress Agenda
Thursday, 11th April, 2013
9:00 - 9:30: Conference OpeningVenue: Norđurljós, Harpa Concert Hall and Conference Center
Confronting Mass Atrocities: International Responsibility and Human Rights Protection
Opening Address: Ögmundur Jónasson, Icelandic Minister of the Interior
Cultural Diplomacy, Transnational Justice, and Conflict Resolution
Mark C. Donfried, Director of the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy in Berlin
9:30 - 9:45: Coffee and Tea
9:45 - 11:30
Venue: Norđurljós, Harpa Concert Hall and Conference Center
Panel 1: Humanitarian Crises and the “Responsibility to Protect” Doctrine
Chair: Valur Ingimundarson, Professor of History at the University of Iceland
The Complex Relationship between the Responsibility to Protect and the International Criminal Court. Can it Succeed?
Urmas Paet, Foreign Minister of Estonia
The Responsibility to Protect and the Role of the UN Security Council: The Need for Legitimacy and Consistency
Dr. Erato Kozakou - Marcoullis, Cyprian Politician and former Minister of Foreign Affairs
Humanitarian Crisis: Perspectives and Problems
Vesna Medenica, President of the Supreme Court of Montenegro
A Politician's Perspective on the Enforcement of Human Rights both Nationally and Internationally
John Leslie Prescott, Politician and former Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
12:00 - 14:00:
Venue: Bessastađir, the Presidential Residence
Dialogue with the President of Iceland, Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, on International Responses to Human Rights Abuses
14:30 - 16:00
Venue: Norđurljós, Harpa Concert Hall and Conference Center
Panel 2: The Politics of Human Rights Protection: Gender, Militarism, and Development
Chair: Ţórdís Ingadóttir, Associate Professor of Law, Reykjavik University
When Do the Politics of Masculinized Militarism Undermine Humanitarian Interventions?
Cynthia Enloe, Research Professor from the Department of International Development, Community and Environment and Women’s Studies, Clark University
Women’s Human Rights, Armed Conflict, and International Responsibility: Rhetoric and Practice
Sarah Taylor, Executive Director of the NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and
Security (NGOWG)
Human Rights and the Development Dilemma: The Tribal Conundrum in India
Mani Shankar Aiyar, Indian Politician and former Indian Minister for Petroleum
16:00 - 16:15: Coffee and Tea
16:15 - 18:00
Venue: Norđurljós, Harpa Concert Hall and Conference Center
Panel 3: Mass Atrocities, International Policies, and Post - Conflict Dilemmas
Chair: Cynthia Enloe, Research Professor from the Department of International Development, Community and Environment and Women’s Studies, Clark University
The Origins of Genocide and Responsibility to Protect in the 21st Century
Janez Jan?a, Slovenian Politician and former Prime Minister
International Intervention, UN Protectorate, and “Regime Change” : The Kosovo Case
Valur Ingimundarson, Professor of Contemporary History, University of Iceland
The Joint Role and Responsibility of International and National Courts in Prosecuting Serious Crimes
Ţórdís Ingadóttir, Associate Professor of Law, Reykjavik University
Friday, 12th April, 2013
9:30 - 11:00Venue: Norđurljós, Harpa Concert Hall and Conference Center
Panel 4: Conveying and Enforcing Human Rights Protection Cultural and Political Perspectives
Chair: Ögmundur Jónasson, Minister of the Interior
Cultural Diplomacy, a Tool for Promoting and Protecting Human Rights
Emil Constantinescu, Professor at the University of Bucharest and former President of Romania
Responsibility to Protect or Duty to Protect? New Perspectives on UN Humanitarian Interventions
Franco Frattini, Italian Politician and former Foreign Minister of Italy
From the Wars on the Balkans to the Nobel Peace Prize: The Soft power of the EU
Kinga Göncz, Hungarian member of the European Parliament (EP)
11:00 - 11:15 Coffee and Tea
11:15 - 12:30
Venue: Norđurljós, Harpa Concert Hall and Conference Center
Roundtable Discussion: How to Resolve the Tension between Individual Human Rights and Sovereign State Rights: The Role of Global, State, and Individual Actors
Chair: Mark C. Donfried, Director of the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy in Berlin
Franco Frattini, Italian Politician and former Foreign Minister of Italy
Sarah Taylor, Executive Director of the NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and
Security (NGOWG)
Dr. Erato Kozakou - Marcoullis, Cypriot Politician and former Minister of Foreign Affairs
Mani Shankar Aiyar, Indian Politician and former Indian Minister for Petroleum
