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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 – 9h45Welcome and introduction

Elizabeth Sidiropoulos, SAIIA National Director

9h45 – 11h00Session 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

11h00-11h15Tea

11h15-12h45Session 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)

12h45-13h30Lunch

13h30-15h00Session 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

15h00-15h30Summary and conclusion