OLD CRISIS NEW SOLUTIONS
Brussels, European Parliament, 2627 January 2016
Interpretation available in English, French, German, Dutch, Farsi, Turkish, Spanish
(Kurmancî interpretation still to be checked)
PATRONS
Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, South Africa
Dr. Shirin Ebadi
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Iran
Bianca Jagger
Council of Europe Goodwill Ambassador
Chair of the Bianca Jagger Human Rights Foundation, UK
Professor Noam Chomsky
Writer, USA
Vedat Turkali
Writer, Turkey
Leyla Zana
European Parliament’s Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, Rafto Prize Laureate, Turkey
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An official “European Parliament personal badge / pass” will be provided to all participants to the Conference.
All participants MUST communicate by email to the following information:
brusselsconferenceep@gmail.com
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Name and surname
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Date of birth
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Place and country of residence (if possible, the full address of residence)
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Number of a valid document (ex: passport, national ID, etc…)
This information must be sent to the abovementioned mail before 17th January 2016 Please note that NO ACCREDITATION will be accepted after this deadline, according to the rules established by the Security Department of the European Parliament.
Your “personal badge / pass” will be available at the main entrance of the European Parliament (Place de Luxembourg main European Parliament’s building “Altiero Spinelli” just after the sliding doors you’ll find a conference desk), during AND ONLY the following date 26 January 2016/ hours 0808.30.
Please note that all participants must take care of their own “EP badge / pass” during both days; if someone lose the “pass / badge” it will be impossible for the conference’s organizers to replace it, according to the E.P. internal rules.
For any additional information, please contact the EUTCC conference’s secretariat:
brusselsconferenceep@gmail.com
OPENING REMARKS AND GREETINGS
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Prof. Kariane WESTRHEIM, Chair of EUTCC, Professor, University of Bergen, Norway
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MEP Gabi ZIMMER, Chair of the European United Left Nordic Green Left Group (GUE/NGL)
OPENING SPEECHES AND SPECIAL REMARKS BY
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Mr. Martin SCHULZ, President of the European Parliament (TBC)
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Mr. Jose RamosHORTA, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, EastTimor
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Dr. Shirin EBADI, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Iran
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Ms. Leyla ZANA, European Parliament’s Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, Rafto Prize Laureate, Turkey
The role of western powers – engaging constructively
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Mr. Peter GALBRAITH, Former Ambassador to the Republic of Croatia, US
Turkey’s elections results and the impact for the region and the EU
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Mr. Cengiz CANDAR, Journalist, Turkey
Contestation of strategies
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Mr. Tarhan ERDEM, KONDA Research and Consultancy and Journalist. Turkey
The EU accession process: still a political lever?
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Ms. Bodil VALERO, MEP, Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance, Sweden (TBC)
For an effective and sustainable Kurdish peace process (Qualification of the ongoing War in TurkeyKurdistan)
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Prof. Susan BREAU, University of Reading, Expert on Legal Skills, Criminal Law, Constitutional Law, International Humanitarian Law
The search for a new political settlement
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Mr. Selahattin DEMIRTAS, CoPresident of HDP
Questions and discussion with moderators & discussants
Beyond resistance – building the future
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Prof. Joost Jongerden, Wageningen University, the Netherlands (TBD)
What’s new in the crisis?
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Mr. Patrick COCKBURN, Journalist, UK (TBC) OR J. Fischer, former Minister, Germany (TBC)
Pre and Post Kobane and the way for stability
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Mr. Salih MUSLIM, CoPresident of PYD, KurdistanSyria
What role for the US, EU and Russia?
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Mr. Michael WERZ, Center for American Progress, US
The Kurdish Diaspora as a political force
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Dr. Bahar BASER, Research Fellow, Coventry University, UK
SelfGovernance and Decentralisation
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Ms. Selma IRMAK, CoPresident of DTK, Turkey
The EU Role for a possible Peace Process (removing an obstacle to the peace process)
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MEP, Josef WEIDENHOLZER, VicePresident of the S/D Group in EP, MEP,
Questions and discussion with moderators & discussants
Shifting ground – the new strategies and tactics
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Lord Hylton, House of Lords, UK (TBD)
What’s new in the crisis?
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Mr. Reimer Herman, Journalist, Germany, (TBC)
The prosecution of legitimate freedom of expression
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Prof. David ROMANO, Middle East Politics, Missouri State University, Department of Political Science, US
Turkish Media and Kurdish Problem
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Mr. Ragip DURAN, Journalist, Turkey
The leading role of women in civil society and politics
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Ms. Yüksel GENC, Turkey
Agenda for change: expectations and alternatives
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Mr./Ms…..KNK representative
Questions and discussion with moderators & discussants
BY EUTCC BOARD MEMBERS
Dr. Dersim DAGDEVIRAN, KURDAKAD, Germany
Prof. Joost JONGERDEN, Wageningen University, the Netherlands Prof. Michael GUNTER, Tennessee Technological University, US Prof. Kariane WESTRHEIM, University of Bergen, Norway