The Berlin International Human Rights Congress

The Berlin International Human Rights Congress

Human Rights and Democracy in a Globalised World: Moving Towards an International Consensus?
(Berlin, 1st – 4th October 2010)

Taking place on the 20th anniversary of German Reunification, the conference will provide a forum for an interdisciplinary analysis of salient issues with the fields of human rights and democracy. It will explore developments in these areas over the past two decades and consider the key issues shaping discussions at the international level today. The congress will consist of lectures, debates, and panel discussions featuring expert speakers from international politics, international development, diplomacy, academia, civil society, and the private sector. The audience will include students and scholars, diplomatic and political representatives, journalists and civil society practitioners, from across the world.

Confirmed speakers for the conference include

• Dr. Solomon Isaac Passy (Former Foreign Minister of Bulgaria)
• H.E. Yasar Yakis (Turkish MP, Former Foreign Minister of Turkey)
• H.E. Lt. Jerry John Rawlings (Former President of Ghana)
• Dr. Emil Constantinescu (Former President of Romania)
• Dr. Miomir Zuzul (Former Foreign Minister of Croatia)
• Cem Özdemir (Co-Leader of Alliance 90/ German Greent Party).

Further information: www.icd-humanrights.org