LAC - EU International Meeting
Social Cohesion and Social Well-Being: Inclusion and Dialogue from a Human Rights Perspective
The International Meeting will take place at the Swissôtel (Av. 12 De Octubre 1820 y Luis Cordero - Room: Mont Blanc) in Quito, Ecuador on April 28-29, 2008.
Click here to see the Meeting’s concept paper (PDF File 25 Kb).
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Contribute to the academic/political dialogue on social cohesion and social well-being, from a multidisciplinary and comparative perspective and a of a universal and effective realization of internationally recognized human rights.
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Evaluate the indicators and the quality of public opinion measurement on social cohesion and social well-being, from a cross-national and cross-cultural perspective.
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Present the conclusions of the International Meeting to policy-makers participating in the social and political dialogues between Latin America and the Caribbean –LAC– and the European Union –EU–, including their representatives to the UN Human Rights Council.
Along four consecutive workshops, the speakers will offer their presentations, which in turn will lead a multidisciplinary and comparative debate, in which the active participation of all attendants is expected.
During the plenary session those ideas which elicited the highest consensus and debate through the workshops will be presented.
A consensus document on social cohesion and social well-being, from a multidisciplinary and comparative perspective and a of a universal and effective realization of human rights, reached through an academic debate, to be handed in to policy makers participating in the forums where LAC and the EU meet, including their representatives to the UN Human Rights Council.
Scholars, members of global civil society, international officials and policy-makers from the Americas and the EU will be the speakers at the International Meeting. You may read their CV’s here.
Participants
Professionals and graduate students are invited to participate. Those interested will need to fill the following registration form (Click here).
There is limited space for participation and registration will close once the quota is complete. Participation will be open only to those who fill out this form on time.
There is no fee for the academic participation; however, the organizers will not cover for any other additional cost.
Program
Cick here to see the program of the International Meeting.
Cees Flinterman is presently an honorary professor of human rights law at
Utrecht University, the Netherlands. From 1998-2007 he was the director of
the Netherlands Institute of Human Rights (SIM) and the Netherlands School
of Human Rights Research. Earlier he worked at Leiden University, the University of Ghana, the Ghana Law Reform Commission, the Netherlands
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and from 1982-1998 at Maastricht University,
where he was professor of international law. His present functions are,
inter alia, Editor in Chief of the Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights and
member of the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination
against Women (CEDAW).
Francisco López-Bermúdez, jurist and political scientist. He is co-founder of ADA – Andean Democratic Audit and Executive Secretary of the United Nations Association of Ecuador -AENU-. He was (1998) the principal proponent and first consultant for Ecuador’s National Human Rights Plan. He founded and directed (1999-2001) the first national and university Program of Human Rights and Democracy at the Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador. In 2007, in recognition of his life long work as a scholar, member of the global south civil society and activist in behalf of democracy and human rights, he was awarded the UNESCO Chair on education for peace, human rights and democracy at Utrecht University, being the first Latin American to receive such a Chair in Europe.
AECI – Spanish Agency for International Cooperation
ADA – Andean Democratic Audit
UNESCO Chair in Education for Peace, Human Rights and Democracy, Utrecht University
United Nations Association of Ecuador -AENU-
The Royal Netherlands Embassy in Ecuador
UNDP - United Nations Development Program |
