Venice Academy of Human Rights

Venice Academy of Human Rights The Limits of Human Rights 9-18 July 2012 Mon, 9 July Tue, 10 July Wed, 11 July Thu, 12 July Fri, 13 July L e c t u r e s 09:15-10:45 09:15 Registration 10:30 Group Photo 10:45 Practical Information Martti Koskenniemi Ten Things They Do Not Tell You about Human Rights Philip Alston Historical Perspectives on the Progress Narrative in International Human Rights Henry Steiner Population Flows, Cultural Clash, Human Rights: Muslims in Europe Friedrich Kratochwil The Limits and Burdens of Rights 11:15-12:45 11:00 Welcome Address Horst Fischer & Florence Benoît-Rohmer 11:30 Opening Lecture Martti Koskenniemi Histories of International Law: Dealing with Eurocentrism Philip Alston Historical Perspectives on the Progress Narrative in International Human Rights Henry Steiner Population Flows, Cultural Clash, Human Rights: Muslims in Europe Friedrich Kratochwil The Limits and Burdens of Rights Philip Allott Imagining High Values 13:00 Lunch E l e c t i v e S e m i n a r s / O p t i o n a l W o r k s h o p s / D i s c u s s i o n R o u n d 14:30-16:00 Optional Discussion Session Knut Traisbach The Construction of Virtue and its Limits: D. Kennedy and A. A. Cançado Trindade Martti Koskenniemi Ten Things They Do Not Tell You about Human Rights Philip Alston A World Court for Human Rights? Henry Steiner Human Rights and Political Democracy: Two Sides of the Same Coin? Friedrich Kratochwil Making Sense of Rights 16:30-18:00 Introduction: Research Agenda (until approx. 17:15) 17:30 Boat Excursion in the Venetian Lagoon Optional Workshop / Study and Research Time Discussion Round with P. Allott, P. Alston, M. Koskenniemi, F. Kratochwil and H. Steiner Optional Workshop / Study and Research Time Lecture Wiktor Osiatynski Democracy, Culture and Ethics as Limits to Human Rights

Venice Academy of Human Rights The Limits of Human Rights 9-18 July 2012 Mon, 16 July Tue, 17 July Wed, 18 July L e c t u r e s 09:15-10:45 Philip Allott Constituting High Values Socially Bruno Simma The Impact of Human Rights on International Law: Selected Aspects Laurens Jolles Human Rights Principles and Challenges in Operationalizing Refugee Protection 11:15-12:45 Bruno Simma The Impact of Human Rights on International Law: Selected Aspects Erika Feller Protecting Refugees: Striking a Balance between Rights and Needs Presentation Research Agenda 12:30 Attendance Certificates 13:00 Lunch E l e c t i v e S e m i n a r s / O p t i o n a l W o r k s h o p s 14:30-16:00 Philip Allott Re-imagining Human Rights Bruno Simma The International Court of Justice and Human Rights 16:30-18:00 Optional Discussion Session Jacques Hartmann Human Rights in Domestic Politics Erika Feller "National Interests and International Responsibilities: Refugee Protection in an Age of Transnational Crime and Terrorism"

Monday, 09 July 2012 09:15-10:25 Registration [Cloister] 10:30-10:40 Group Photo [Cloister] 10:45-11:00 Practical Information [Aula Magna] 11:00-11:30 Welcome Address [Aula Magna] Professor Horst Fischer, EIUC President Professor Florence Benoît-Rohmer, EIUC Secretary-General 11:30-12:45 Opening Lecture [Aula Magna] Professor Martti Koskenniemi Histories of International Law: Dealing with Eurocentrism 14:30-16:00 Optional Discussion Session [Aula Magna] Knut Traisbach The Construction of Virtue and its Limits: David Kennedy and Antônio Augusto Cançado Trindade 16:30-17:15 Introduction: Research Agenda [Aula Magna] 17:30-19:00 Boat Excursion in the Venetian Lagoon [meeting at 17:20 in the cloister] Tuesday, 10 July 2012 Professor Martti Koskenniemi Ten Things They Do Not Tell You about Human Rights Professor Philip Alston Historical Perspectives on the Progress Narrative in International Human Rights

14:30-16:00 [Aula Magna] Professor Martti Koskenniemi Ten Things They Do Not Tell You about Human Rights 16:30-18:00 Optional Workshop [Aula Magna] 16:30-16:40 Chen Yifeng Postdoctoral Researcher, Erik Castrén Institute of International Law and Human Rights, University of Helsinki Human Rights and the UN International Law Commission: Humanization of International Law as Interdisciplinary Politics 16:40-17:00 Discussion 17:00-17:10 Natasa Mavronicola PhD Candidate in Law, University of Cambridge What is an Absolute Right? Deciphering Absoluteness in the Context of Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights 17:10-17:30 Discussion 17:30-17:40 Annette Lansink Dean, School of Law, University of Venda The Spear and the Limits of Freedom of Expression in a Plural Society 17:40-18:00 Discussion Wednesday, 11 July 2012 Professor Philip Alston Historical Perspectives on the Progress Narrative in International Human Rights Professor Henry Steiner Population Flows, Cultural Clash, Human Rights: Muslims in Europe 14:30-16:00 [Aula Magna] Professor Philip Alston A World Court for Human Rights? 16:30-18:00 Discussion Round [Aula Magna] Professors Philip Allott, Philip Alston, Martti Koskenniemi, Friedrich Kratochwil and Henry Steiner

Thursday, 12 July 2012 Professor Henry Steiner Population Flows, Cultural Clash, Human Rights: Muslims in Europe Professor Friedrich Kratochwil The Limits and Burdens of Rights 14:30-16:00 [Aula Magna] Professor Henry Steiner Human Rights and Political Democracy: Two Sides of the Same Coin? 16:30-18:00 Optional Workshop [Aula Magna] 16:30-16:40 Filipe Robert Rodrigues Drenker dos Reis Junior Teaching and Research Fellow, University of Erfurt The Politics of Humanitarianism 16:40-17:00 Discussion 17:00-17:10 Annemarie Middelburg PhD Candidate, International Victimology Institute Tilburg, the Netherlands Compliance with International Human Rights Law? 17:10-17:30 Discussion 17:30-17:40 Sarah Imani Research Fellow, University of Hamburg, Faculty of Law The Concept of Public Reason and an Inter-cultural Jurisprudence of International Law - Methodological Questions and Analytical Challenges for Universalist Conceptions of International Law in the Face of the Other 17:40-18:00 Discussion

Friday, 13 July 2012 Professor Friedrich Kratochwil The Limits and Burdens of Rights Professor Philip Allott Imagining High Values 14:30-16:00 [Aula Magna] Professor Friedrich Kratochwil Making Sense of Rights 16:30-18:00 Lecture [Aula Magna] Professor Wiktor Osiatynski Democracy, Culture and Ethics as Limits to Human Rights Monday, 16 July 2012 Professor Philip Allott Constituting High Values Socially Professor Bruno Simma The Impact of Human Rights on International Law: Selected Aspects (Law of Treaties, State Responsibility) 14:30-16:00 [Aula Magna] Professor Philip Allott Re-imagining Human Rights 16:30-18:00 Optional Discussion Session [Aula Magna] Dr Jacques Hartmann Human Rights in Domestic Politics

Tuesday, 17 July 2012 Professor Bruno Simma The Impact of Human Rights on International Law: Selected Aspects (Law of Treaties, State Responsibility) UNHCR Assistant High Commissioner Erika Feller Protecting Refugees: Striking a Balance between Rights and Needs 14:30-16:00 [Aula Magna] Professor Bruno Simma The International Court of Justice and Human Rights 16:30-18:00 [Aula Magna] Ms Erika Feller, UNHCR Assistant High Commissioner for Protection "National Interests and International Responsibilities: Refugee Protection in an Age of Transnational Crime and Terrorism" Wednesday, 18 July 2012 Mr Laurens Jolles, UNHCR Representative for Southern Europe Human Rights Principles and Challenges in Operationalizing Refugee Protection 11:15-12:15 Presentation Research Agenda [Aula Magna] 12:30 Attendance Certificates [Aula Magna]