SOVEREIGNTY IN THE 21ST CENTURY

Protecting States or Citizens?

November5Montag

Datum/Uhrzeit

5. November 2012, 09.30-15.30

Ort

Johannesburg, Jan Smuts House, Wits University – East campus

mit

Prof. Ramesh Thakur, Australian National University Prof. Paula Wojcikiewicz Almeida, Getulio Vargas Foundation Timofei V. Bordachev, Moscow Prof. Aylin Seker Gorener, Instanbul Judy Smith-Höhn, SAIIA

Typ

Workshop

Die Veranstaltung findet mit dem KAS-Partner South African Institute for International Affairs statt. Die Themen sind u. a. das Spannungsfeld von Souveränität und Menschenrechten, das "Responsibilty to Protect"-Prinzip und die Situation in Syrien.

bereitgestellt von

Logo: Konrad-Adenauer-StiftungAuslandsbüro Südafrika

DRAFT

SOVEREIGNTY IN THE 21ST CENTURY: PROTECTING STATES OR CITIZENS?

A workshop organised by the

South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA)

Johannesburg, 5 November 2012 Jan Smuts House, Wits University – East campus

Programme

9h30 – 9h45 Welcome and introduction Elizabeth Sidiropoulos, SAIIA National Director

9h45 – 11h00 Session one: Sovereignty and human rights Ramesh Thakur, Professor of International Relations, Australian National University Discussant: Chris Alden, LSE/SAIIA Global Powers and Africa Programme Head Q&A

11h00-11h15 Tea

11h15-12h45 Session Two: Emerging Powers and the evolution of international norms Emerging Powers’ perspectives on sovereignty & global responsibility: the case of R2P Judy Smith-Höhn, SAIIA Global Powers and Africa Programme Manager Brazil and R2P: From ‘Non-Indifference’ to ‘Responsibility while Protecting’ Paula Wojcikiewicz Almeida, Professor and Researcher in Public International Law, Getulio Vargas Foundation

Discussant: Natalie Zäringer, Department of International Relations, Wits University (tbc)

12h45-13h30 Lunch

13h30-15h00 Session three: The case of Syria Timofei V. Bordachev, School of World Economy and International Affairs, Moscow Aylin Seker Gorener, Assistant Professor, Kadir Has University, Instanbul Discussant: Anton du Plessis, Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria (tbc) Q&A’s

15h00-15h30 Summary and conclusion

Ansprechpartner

Dr. Holger Dix

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