CSO Conference “Vienna+20 – Human Rights in Crises”
Conference of Civil Society Organisations
June 25th– 26th 2013
House of the European Union, Wipplingerstraße 35, 1010 Vienna
Due to wide interest the pre-registration for the CSO Conference is closed already
PROGRAMME
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Tuesday, June 25th 2013
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8:30
Registration
9:00 – 10:15
Opening and Welcome
Richard Kühnel, Head of the Representation of the European Commission in Austria
MEP Karin Kadenbach
MEP Ulrike Lunacek
Welcome, Programme, Methodology
Speakers: Representatives of the International Coordinating Committee
Testimony – Activist Note
Speaker: Ana Maria R. Nemenzo, World March of Women
Opening Note
Manfred Nowak, Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Human Rights
Key Note: “The Vienna Declaration, old and new challenges for human rights”
Olivier de Schutter, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, Prof. Univ. Louvain
10:15 – 10:45
Coffee Break
10:45 – 11:45
Women’s Rights, Violence against Women
Speakers:
- Angelika Kartusch, Women Against Violence Europe
- Mayra Gomez, Global Initiative for ESC Rights on behalf of ESCR-Net
- Savi Bisnath, Center for Women’s Global Leadership
- Ana Maria R. Nemenzo, World March of Women
11:45 – 12:45
Human Rights in Times of Globalisation – Extraterritorial Obligations
Speakers:
- Sandra Ratjen, International Commission of Jurists
- Dom Renfrey, International Network for Economic Social and Cultural Rights
- Lilian Chenwi, University of Witwatersrand
- Rolf Künnemann, FIAN International
- Alessandra Masci, Amnesty International
12:45 – 14:00
Lunch Break
14:00 – 15:00
Human Rights Alternatives to Austerity Measures
Speakers:
- Michael Windfuhr, German Institute for Human Rights
- Nicholas Lusiani, Centre for Economic and Social Rights
- Savi Bisnath, Centre for Women’s Global Leadership
15:00 – 16:00
Human Rights Regulation of Transnational Corporations
Speakers:
- Carlos Lopez, International Commission of Jurists
- Juan Hernandez Zubizarreta, University of Hegoa
- Svetlana Boincean, International Union of Food Workers
- Monica Vargas, Observatory of Debt and Globalisation
- Thomas Braunschweig, Declaration of Berne
16:00 – 16:30
Coffee Break
16:30 – 17:30
Torture, Private Security, Human Rights Defenders
Speakers:
- Gerald Staberock, World Organisation Against Torture
- Ian Seiderman, International Commission of Jurists
- Henri Triphagne, Forum Asia
17:30 – 18:30
Global Networking on the Right to Food and Nutrition
Speakers:
- Flavio Luiz Schieck Valente, FIAN International
- Lida Lhotska, Geneva Infant Feeding Association/ International Baby Food Action Network
- Svetlana Boincean, International Union of Foodworkers/ or Javier Mujica, Plataforma Interamericana de Derechos Humanos Democracia y Desarrollo (tbc)
- Rehema Bavuma, World Forum of Fish Harvesters and Fishworkers (tbc)
- Biraj Patnaik, Right to Food Campaign India
- Angel Strapazzon, CLOC/ La Via Campesina (tbc)
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Wednesday, June 26th 2013
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09:00 – 10:00
Applying Human Rights to the Post-2015 Framework
Speakers:
- Nicholas Lusiani, Centre for Economic and Social Rights
- Daniel Bacher, Dreikönigsaktion – Hilfswerk der katholischen Jungschar
- Kati Bratrschovsky, Centre for International Enviromental Law
- Martin Wolpold-Bosien, FIAN International
- Mayra Gomez, Global Initiative of the International Network for Economic Social and Cultural Rights
10:00 – 11:00
Migration, Refugees, Minorities
Speakers:
- Nonoi Hacbang, Transnational Migrant Platform
- Joseph Schlecha, Habitat International Coalition’s Housing and Land Rights Network
- Deborah Carlos Valencia, Kasapi Hellas & RESPECT Network Europe
- Javier Mujica, Plataforma Interamericana de Derechos Humanos Democracia y Desarollo
11:00 – 11:30
Coffee Break
11:30 – 12:30
Primacy of Human Rights, Preamble and Conclusion
Speakers: tba
12:30 – 14:00
Lunch Break
14:00 – 15:00
Indigenous Peoples’ Rights, Peasants’ Rights, Fishers’ Rights
Speakers:
- Eddie Antonio Ramírez Osorio, Pro Comunidades Indígenas
- Mani Stanley, International Indian Treaty Council
- Angel Strapazzon, CLOC/ La Via Campesina (tbc)
- Rehema Bavuma, World Forum of Fish Harvesters and Fishworkers
15:00 – 16:00
The Right to Remedy – Human Rights Systems, World Court
Speakers:
- Ana María Suárez Franco, Food First Information and Action Network
- Javier Mujica, Plataforma Interamericana de Derechos Humanos Democracia y Desarollo
- Lilian Chenwi, University of Witwatersrand
- Ian Seiderman, International Commission of Jurists
- Manfred Nowak, Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Human Rights
16:00 – 16:30
Adoption of Declaration
Concluding Ceremony
16:30 – 17:00
Refreshments
