Conference on Kurds and Turkey opens in Brussels
Conference on Kurds and Turkey opens in Brussels
The 9th international conference on "The European Union, Turkey and Kurds" opens today at the European Parliament in Brussels. This year the conference will focus on the Kurdish question in Turkey: Time to renew the dialogue and resume direct negotiations.
Here is the programme of the first day:
The opening remarks and greetings
• Ms. Kariane Westrheim, PhD,
Chair of EUTCC, Associate Professor, University of Bergen, Norway
• MEP Ms. Gabi Zimmer
President of the European United Left - Nordic Green Left Group (GUE/NGL) in the European Parliament, Germany
Opening Speech:
• MP Ms. Leyla Zana
Member of the Turkish Parliament, European Parliament's Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, Rafto Prize Laureate, Turkey
• MEP Ms. Hélène Flautre
Co-president of the Joint Parliamentary Committee EU-Turkey,
Greens-EFA Group, France
Video messages of Conference's Patrons
• Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, South Africa
Panel I, Room ASP 1 G2
16.30-18.30
The Turkish-Kurdish Conflict – where is it going?
Moderators:
MEP Mr. Jürgen Klute, Coordinator of the EP-Kurds Friendship Group,
GUE/NGL Group, Germany
Ms. Margaret Owen OBE, International human rights lawyer,
Member of the Bar Human Rights Committee, UK
Speakers
The EU and Turkish Accession: The Rule of Law and the Limits of Judicial Reform
• Mr. Walter Schwimmer, Former Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Austria
• MEP Mr. Claude Moraes, Socialists & Democrats Group, UK
• MEP Ms. Ana Miranda, Greens-EFA Group, Galicia
Press Freedom, Media Censorship and the Kurdish question
• Mr. Ahmet Sik, Journalist, Turkey
The New Constitution – what Democratic Legitimacy? What’s missing?
The impact of the Turkish/US/EU legislation on the Kurdish conflict
Democracy Deferred – the Continuing Challenges: Political Trials, Identity and Human Rights
• Mr. Raci Bilici, Chair of the Human Rights Association Diyarbakir Office, Turkey
The Roboski Massacre – Unanswered Questions
• Mr. Ferhat Encü, Victim, Turkey
The Importance of Women & Gender Issues in Turkey
• Ms. Özgür Sevgi Göral, Academic, Turkey
Questions and discussion with moderators & discussants
Here is the programme of the first day:
The opening remarks and greetings
• Ms. Kariane Westrheim, PhD,
Chair of EUTCC, Associate Professor, University of Bergen, Norway
• MEP Ms. Gabi Zimmer
President of the European United Left - Nordic Green Left Group (GUE/NGL) in the European Parliament, Germany
Opening Speech:
• MP Ms. Leyla Zana
Member of the Turkish Parliament, European Parliament's Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, Rafto Prize Laureate, Turkey
• MEP Ms. Hélène Flautre
Co-president of the Joint Parliamentary Committee EU-Turkey,
Greens-EFA Group, France
Video messages of Conference's Patrons
• Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, South Africa
Panel I, Room ASP 1 G2
16.30-18.30
The Turkish-Kurdish Conflict – where is it going?
Moderators:
MEP Mr. Jürgen Klute, Coordinator of the EP-Kurds Friendship Group,
GUE/NGL Group, Germany
Ms. Margaret Owen OBE, International human rights lawyer,
Member of the Bar Human Rights Committee, UK
Speakers
The EU and Turkish Accession: The Rule of Law and the Limits of Judicial Reform
• Mr. Walter Schwimmer, Former Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Austria
• MEP Mr. Claude Moraes, Socialists & Democrats Group, UK
• MEP Ms. Ana Miranda, Greens-EFA Group, Galicia
Press Freedom, Media Censorship and the Kurdish question
• Mr. Ahmet Sik, Journalist, Turkey
The New Constitution – what Democratic Legitimacy? What’s missing?
The impact of the Turkish/US/EU legislation on the Kurdish conflict
Democracy Deferred – the Continuing Challenges: Political Trials, Identity and Human Rights
• Mr. Raci Bilici, Chair of the Human Rights Association Diyarbakir Office, Turkey
The Roboski Massacre – Unanswered Questions
• Mr. Ferhat Encü, Victim, Turkey
The Importance of Women & Gender Issues in Turkey
• Ms. Özgür Sevgi Göral, Academic, Turkey
Questions and discussion with moderators & discussants
