[hr-education] Conference: HRE in Arab World (Cairo, 13-16 October 2000)

CAIRO INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS STUDIES (CIHRS)

HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION AND DISSEMINATION 21st CENTURY AGENDA

THE SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS MOVEMENT IN THE ARAB WORLD
CAIRO, 13 - 16 October 2000*
(* The conference will be conducted in Arabic and English only. )

In collaboration with

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
&
Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network (EMHRN)


Second Draft Agenda (August 17th)

1st Day

I-Opening Session:
-  Opening speeches
- An opening lecture on "The Role of the Egyptian Cinema in the Promotion 
of Human Rights."

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II- Second Panel Session: Voices from South
The Southern experience in dealing with the challenges facing human rights 
education and dissemination.
Presentations from
-       Africa
-       Asia
-       Latin America
-       Eastern Europe
-       The Mediterranean  Basin (Irish speaker)

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III- Third Panel Session: Evaluation of the Mid-term of UN Decade for Human 
Rights Education
Globally: Representative of the Office of Higher Commissioner of Human Rights
The Arab Region: Syrian speaker

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IV- Two Parallel Workshops:

1st)    To  Evaluate Contributions by the Arab NGOs

-       Centers and institutes of human rights education (Palestinian speaker)
-       Watchdog and protection NGOs (Egyptian speaker)
-       Women rights NGOs (Palestinian speaker)
-       Child rights' NGOs (Yemeni speaker)

2nd)    To  Evaluate the Arab Governments Contributions:

-       Positions of Arab States towards instruments and declarations on 
human rights education (Sudanese speaker)
-       The Tunisian practice (Tunisian speaker)
-       The Algerian practice (Algerian speaker)
-       The Egyptian practice (Egyptian speaker)
-       The culture of discrimination against Arabs in the Israeli 
curricula (Arab Israeli speaker)

2nd Day

V- Fourth Panel Session: The Moroccan Experience: Is it a model?
        A presentation by a representative of the Moroccan Ministry in 
Charge of Human Rights followed by comments by Moroccan NGOs

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VI- Two Parallel Workshops

1st)    Impacts of the Dominant Political Culture
-       Arab political parties & human rights  (Egyptian speaker)
-       Problematic of the prevalent political culture (Moroccan speaker)
-       The political Islamic position. (An Egyptian and Moroccan
speakers)

2nd)    Impacts of the Dominant Religious Culture
-       Role of religious institutions (Syrian speaker)
-       The dominant Islamic culture (Sudanese speaker)
-       The dominant Eastern Christian culture (A Lebanese speaker)

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VII- Two Parallels Workshops

A) Role of the Media in Dissemination of the Human Rights Culture
-       Legal framework of media and its impacts (Egyptian speaker)
-       Arab media as a violator of  human and women rights  (Egyptian
speaker)
-       Possibilities of benefiting from the Arab satellite 
channels  (British speaker)

B) Role of Arts and Literature in Dissemination of the Human Rights Culture 
(A Jordanian and Yemeni speaker)

  3rd Day

VIII- Fifth Panel Session: Towards an Independent Arab Regional Media for 
Human Rights
-       The viability of issuing an Arabic newspaper for human rights 
(Egyptian speaker)
-       The viability of establishing a radio station for human rights 
(Palestinian speaker).
-       The viability of establishing a specialized TV channel for human 
rights (Lebanese speaker)
*****

IX- Sixth Panel Session:
Draft of the Cairo Declaration on Human Rights Education and Dissemination.

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X- Closing Session

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XI- Parallel Activities:
1-      The second Arab book fair of human rights publications.
2-      The human rights documentary films' Festival.
3-      An exhibition for human rights photography.
4-      Meeting of the 3rd generation of human rights movement in the Arab 
region
5-      Meeting of Arab human rights NGOs/donors.
6-      Consultative meeting on the UN World Conference against Racism.
7-      Meeting of the Arab human rights education centers and institutes.



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fax +202 795 4 200
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Cairo- Egypt
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11516 Cairo -Egypt



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