Workshop
Details
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