Agenda

Iniziativa realizzata in occasione del Giorno della Memoria 2021

International Conference
Memory, law and rights
On the occasion of the 70th Anniversary of the entry into force of the United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide

Welcome Addresses
Tiziana Lippiello, Rector Ca’ Foscari University of Venice
Luisella Pavan-Woolfe, Director of Council of Europe Office in Venice
Centre for Human Rights CESTUDIR
Ermelinda Damiano, President of Venice Town Council

Introduction and chair
Sara De Vido, Rector’s Delegate to the Holocaust Memorial and Remembrance Day, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice

Speakers

William Schabas, Professor of International Law, Middlesex University London
Genocide and international law: past, present and future

Paola Gaeta, Professor of International Law, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva
The Genocide Convention put to the test: the pending case in front of the International Court of Justice concerning the Rohingya in Myanmar

Leyla Ferman, Chair of Women for Justice
How genocide changes women‘s role in society. The case of Yazidis from Sinjar/Iraq

Fabrizio Marrella, Chair of International Law and Vice-Rector for International Relations and International Cooperation, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice
Genocide as a business & human rights issue

Matteo Rosati, UNESCO Regional Bureau for Science and Culture in Europe – Culture Unit
Protecting cultural pluralism and the diversity of cultural expressions as part of UNESCO’s mission

Poster in attachment.

Zoom event. Registration required here.
 

For more informations: www.unive.it/cfz
Info: memoria2021@unive.it