Minority Rights, Indigenous People and
Human Rights Law Summer School
JUne 14-18, 2010
Venue: IT building, theatre 125
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Monday 14 June: Introduction & Concepts
9.00 – 9.30: Registration (*registration table in foyer outside of lecture theatre)
9.30 – 10.45: Introduction to Minority Rights Law- Part I
Speaker: Prof. Joshua Castellino, Professor of Law & Head of Law Department, Middlesex University
10.45– 11.00: Coffee break
11.00-- 12.30: Introduction to Minority Rights Law- Part II
Speaker: Prof. Joshua Castellino, Professor of Law & Head of Law Department, Middlesex University
12.30– 14.00: Lunch
14.00 – 15.30: Multiculturalism and International Law and Indigenous Peoples
Speaker: Dr. Alexandra Xanthanki, University of Brunel, UK
15.30– 16.00: Coffee break
16.00 – 17.00: Multiculturalism and International Law and Indigenous Peoples
Speaker: Dr. Alexandra Xanthanki, University of Brunel, UK
1900-2000: Book Launch: Dr. Jeroen Temperman ‘State–Religion Relationships and Human Rights Law: Towards a Right to Religiously Neutral Governance’
** Seminar Room, Irish Centre for Human Rights (wine and small bites provided)
Tuesday 15 June: Part I: Regulating Diversity
9.30 – 11.30 Special Panel: *Moderator: Joshua Castellino
‘Race, Religion, Islam and Hate Speech: A European Perspective’
Speaker: Dr. David Keane, Lecturer, Middlesex University
‘Conceptualizing Religious Hate Speech as a Notion of International Human Rights Law’
Speaker: Dr. Jeroen Temperman, Associate Professor, University of Amsterdam
11.00 – 11.30 Coffee break
11.30 – 12.30 Roundtable Discussion/Q&A
12.30 – 14.00 Lunch
Part II: Minorities and International Institutions
14.00– 15.30 ‘The Treatment of Minorities and Other Groups by the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination’
Speaker: Prof. Patrick Thornberry, Professor of International Law, Keele University International Labour Organisation (ILO)
15.30– 16.00 Coffee break
16.00 – 17.00: ‘A Tale of Two Committes: CERD, CEDAW and the Protection of Migrant Worker’s Rights’
Speaker: Nick McGeehan, PhD Candidate European Institute and Founder & President of, Mafiwasta
Wednesday 16 June: Minorities and International Institutions (con’t)
9.30 – 11.00: ‘Minority Rights and Conflict Prevention: The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities’
Speaker: Mr. Vincent de Graaf, Office of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, The Hague, the Netherlands
11.00– 11.30: Coffee break
11.30– 13.00 ‘'International Forensic Exhumations: Balancing Criminal Justice Requirements with Human Rights Obligations’
Speaker: Ms. Eadaoin O’Brien, Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholar, PhD candidate, Irish Centre for Human Rights
13.00– 14.00: Lunch
14.00 – 15.30: ‘The Human Rights Council, UN Special Procedures and Minority Rights’
Speaker: Dr. Elvira Dominguez Redondo, Middlesex University, London UK
15.30 – 16.00: Coffee break
16.00 – 17.30: ‘Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Realization in the UN Human Rights Council’
Speaker Joshua Cooper, Lecturer, University of Hawaii and Director, Hawai’i Institute for Human Rights & Oceania HR
19.30: Live Irish music: Crane Bar, Galway (optional)
Thursday 17th June: Multiculturalism in Europe and its Discontents
10.30 – 11.45: ‘The Human Rights Committee & Minorities’
Speaker: Prof. Michael O’Flaherty, University of Nottingham, and 1st Irish Member of UN Human Rights Committee
11.45– 12.00: Coffee break
12.00—13.30: ‘Islam and Europe’
Speaker: Dr. Kathleen Cavanaugh, Lecturer, Irish Centre for Human Rights
13.30– 14.30: Lunch
14.30– 16.00: 'Nation-Making and Minority Politics: The Case of Turkey'
Speaker: Mr. Ziya Meral, PhD Candidate, University of Cambridge
16.00 – 16.15: Coffee break
16.15 – 18.15 Special Panel: ‘Roma and Travellers: Europe’s Mistreated Minorities’
Speakers: Dr. Jeremie Gilbert, Senior Lecturer, Middlesex University and Mr. David Joyce, Barrister
19.00 – 20.30: TBD: Special Session: Case Report from Chad
Speaker: Henning Moe, Hydrogeologist, CDM, Inc.
Friday 18th June: Customary Law, Traditional Knowledge and Human Rights
8.30 – 9.00: *Registration for those attending Friday sessions only
9.00– 13.00: Morning session I: Customary Law and Minority Rights
9.00 – 9.45 Customary International Law and the protection of minority rights Speaker: Professor Joshua Castellino, University of Middlesex
9.45 – 10.30 Customary Law and the protection of community rights in Africa Speaker: Professor Paul Kuruk, Samford University
10.30 – 10.45: Coffee break
10.45 – 13.00: Morning session II: Customary Law, Land and Resource Rights
10.45 – 11.30: ‘Customary Law and the Protection of Indigenous People’s Land Rights’
Speaker: Jeremie Gilbert, Senior Lecturer, University of Middlesex
11.30 – 12.15: ‘Customary Law and Community Governance of Natural Resource Rights in the Philippines’
Speaker: Cathal Doyle, University of Middlesex
12.15 – 13.00: ‘Constitutional Recognition of Customary Law and the Protection of Indigenous Rights in Papua New Guinea’
Speaker: Dr. David Keane, University of Middlesex
13.00 – 14.00: Lunch
14.00 – 15 .30: Afternoon Session I: Customary Law and Minority Rights in Europe
14.00 – 14.45: ‘Traveler’s rights in Ireland: Customary Law, Cultural Rights and Self-Determination’,
Speaker: Martin Collins, Director, Pavee Point
14.45 – 15.30: ‘Customary Law and the Protection of Saami rights’
Speaker: Mattias Ahren, President Saami Council
15.30 – 15.45: Coffee break
15.45 – 16.30: ‘Intellectual Property, Customary Law and Minority Rights’
Speaker: Anthony Taubman, Director Intellectual property issues, World Trade Organization
16.30 – 17.15: ‘Customary law, traditional knowledge and human rights: the case for a holistic approach to protection of traditional knowledge’
Speaker: Brendan Tobin, Irish Centre for Human Rights
17.15 – 17.30: Rapporteurs Summary
17.30 – 18.15: Summary & Conclusions roundtable, Q & A discussion
18.15 – 18.30: Distribute Course Completion Certificates
19.30 Closing dinner Cooke’s Restaurant, Galway City Centre
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