EIUC/E.MA Diplomatic Conference
The EIUC/E.MA Diplomatic Conference titled "Human Rights and Counterterrorism Strategies" took place on 17th July 2004 in Venice -The Lido.
EIUC/E.MA DIPLOMATIC CONFERENCE
Human Rights and Counterterrorism Strategies
Venice, Monastery of San Nicolò
17 July 2004
PROGRAMME
9.00 - Opening addresses
Horst Fischer, EIUC President
Municipality of Venice
Timans, Head of the Human Rights and Democratisation Unit - European Commission
9.45 - Introductory briefings
Chair: Manfred Nowak, E.MA Chairperson
ian Kubis, Secretary General, OSCE
Overview of OSCE activities in the field of combating terrorism
Mikael Poutiers, Human Rights Intergovernmental Cooperation Division, Directorate General of Human Rights, Council of Europe
Overview of CoE guidelines and actions to combat terrorism
Jim Cloos, Director DG E IV General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union
Overview of EU action plans to combat terrorism
Horst Fischer, EIUC President
Theme 1 "State Responsibility: Can states avoid or limit the applicability of international law in their anti-terrorism strategies?"
10.45 - Coffee break
11.00 - Wolfgang Benedek, University of Graz
Theme 2 "Limitations to human rights: To what extent can States legitimately derogate from their international human rights obligation for the purpose of combating terrorism?"
Andrew Puddephatt, Director, Article 19, London
Theme 3 "Democratic process: Do restrictions on access to information impede or limit the possibility of conducting informed public and parliamentary debates on issues related to public security and human rights?"
11.30 - Working Groups
13.30 - Lunch at the Monastery of San Nicolò
14.30 - Working Groups
16.00 - Coffee break
16.15 - Plenary Session
Chair: Florence Benoit-Rohmer, EIUC Vice-President
A: Report from working groups and final discussion
Chair: George Ulrich, EIUC Secretary-General
B: General discussion on EIUC/E.MA prospects
20.00 - Dinner - Redentore Festival, Fireworks Night
LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
- TERESA ALVARENGA (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Portugal)
- CRISTOPH BEIER (GTZ - German Agency for Technical Cooperation)
- WOLFGANG BENEDEK (University of Graz)
- FLORENCE BENOIT-ROHMER (EIUC Vice-President; Université Robert Schuman Strasbourg)
- ALEXANDRA Y. BENZ (Bordeaux Business School) (Observer)
- TAGE BILD (University of Copenhagen)
- JOHN BUTTIGIEG (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Malta)
- GIUSEPPE CALVETTA (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Italy)
- CARMEN MARQUEZ CARRASCO (University of Seville)
- JIM CLOOS (General Secretariat of the EU Council)
- BRIGITTE COLLET (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, France)
- ARISTOTLE CONSTANTINIDES (Observer)
- JEAN-CLAUDE COUVREUR (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Belgium)
- EVANGELOS DENAXAS (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Greece)
- PAOLO DE STEFANI (University of Padua)
- HORST FISCHER (EIUC President; Ruhr-University Bochum)
- INGE GENEFKE (International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims) (Observer)
- ANNE GOEDERT (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Luxembourg)
- MARIJANA GRANDITS (EIUC Staff)
- CORINNA GRECO (EIUC Staff)
- JOOST HERMAN (State University of Groningen)
- BERND HOFFMANN (GTZ - German Agency for Technical Cooperation)
- ATTRACTA INGRAM (National University of Ireland)
- JURGA KASPUTIENE (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Lithuania)
- IAN KUBIS (OSCE)
- EVA MARIA LASSEN (University of Southern Denmark)
- LOTTE LEICHT (Human Rights Watch)
- JEAN-PAUL LEHNERS (Université du Luxembourg)
- MARTINE LEMMENS (Observer)
- PAUL LEMMENS (Catholic University Leuven)
- GIANNI MAGAZZENI (UNOHCHR)
- JAN MELANDER (University of Uppsala)
- KLAUS METSCHER (German Permanent Mission in Geneva)
- INGRID NIFOSI (Observer)
- ELISABETTA NOLI (EIUC Staff)
- MANFRED NOWAK (E.MA Chairperson; University of Vienna)
- MICHAEL O'FLAHERTY (University of Nottingham)
- CLEMENTINE OLIVIER (University of Galway)
- INGRID PECH (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Austria)
- STELIOS PERRAKIS (Panteion University)
- CAROLINE PHELAN (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ireland)
- MIKAEL POUTIERS (Council of Europe)
- FRANCESCO PRIVITERA (University of Bologna)
- ANDREW PUDDEPHATT (Article 19)
- ALBERTA ROCCA (EIUC Staff)
- VALERIJS ROMANOVSKIS (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Latvia)
- MILENA SMIT (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Slovenia)
- RICCARDO SOMMARIVA (Questura of Venice)
- BENT SORENSEN (International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims)
- ULLA STROM (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sweden)
- GUILLAUME TEERLING (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Netherlands)
- ROLF TIMANS (European Commission)
- ORSOLYA TOTH (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Hungaria)
- GEORGE ULRICH (EIUC Secretary General)
- STEFANO VALENTI (Council of Europe)
- VLADIMIR VOLODINE (UNESCO)
- PETER VRSANSKY (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Slovakia)
- ANNE WEBER (Université Robert Schuman Strasbourg) (Observer)
- PETER WITTIG (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Germany)
- JAKUB WOLASIEWICZ (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Poland
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