The Role of Constitutional Design in The Resolution of Ethno-National Conflicts: Comparative Perspectives (December 17-18)
The Fried-Gal Transitional Justice Program and the Minerva Center for Human Rights held an international workshop examining three principal case studies of ethno-national conflicts and attempts at resolution - Northern Ireland, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Cyprus – in which a principal part of the peace agreement (signed or suggested) includes complex power-sharing arrangements. The workshop, bringing together leading international academics in the field, sought to advance new understandings of the role of constitutional design as a tool of transitional justice and to trigger a critical discussion about old and new suggested solutions to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Participants included Christopher McCrudden, Ruti Teitel, Brendan O'Leary, Ahmet Sozen, Joseph Marko, Sumantra Bose, Jennifer Todd, Costas Constantinou and many local scholars.
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Prof. Martti Koskenniemi on the Role of Property and Sovereignty in Early International Law (November 22)
The Minerva Center hosted Prof. Martti Koskenniemi. Director of the Erik Castren Institute of International Law and Human Rights at the University of Helsinki, for lecture on the role of the concepts of property and sovereignty in the colonial roots of early International law, which constitute the main themes of a major book manuscript he is working on.
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Prof. Miranda Fricker on Forgiveness: Its Powers and Corruptions (November 8)
Prof. Miranda Fricker, Presidential Professor of Philosophy at City University of New York presented a lecture arguing forgiveness may help to generate joint moral understandings. Prof. David Enoch chaired the session, which was attended by more than 100 students, faculty and guests.
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Mr. Baskut Tuncak on Making the Invisible Visible: Toxic Pollution’s Impacts on Human Rights (November 1)
Mr. Baskut Tuncak, UN Special Rapporteur on the implications for human rights of the environmentally sound management and disposal of hazardous substances and wastes, presented a lecture about "Making the Invisible Visible - Toxic Pollution's Impacts on Human Rights". The lecture before students, faculty and members of the public illustrated a range of dramatic examples of the impacts of toxic pollution on populations around the world, and ways in which some these have been or can be mitigated. Mr. Tuncak was in Israel on an academic visit at the invitation of the Center.
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European and Regional Legal Responses to the Refugee "Crisis" in Global Context (June 19)
The international conference – held in cooperation with the Center's longstanding partner the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung - took place in Jerusalem one day before World Refugee Day. Its purpose was to take a step back from the sui generis perception of the recent events in Europe and examine these events in a broader global context. Specifically, the conference aimed at looking at the responses to these events, with an emphasis on legal and policy responses, noting legal and political developments in other areas of the world, and particularly in Israel. The conference opening address was given by Prof. Rainer Bauböck of European University Institute.
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Changes in the Status of Women in Traditional Societies in Israel (June 6)
The Minerva Center hosted a symposium discussing women’s progressive strategies within Israel’s traditional societies. The individual and joint analyses of participants provided a unique view of how gender relations are constructed, challenged, and transformed within diverse ethnic, national and religious communities in Israel. The panel focused on women from different communities in Israeli society, providing a basis for comparison while remaining attuned to nuance, and respectful of difference and relative privilege.
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Prof. Catharine MacKinnon: Butterfly Politics (May 25)
The Minerva Center hosted an event with Prof. Catharine Mackinnon, University of Michigan Law School and James Barr Ames Visiting Professor at Harvard Law School, in honor of her newly published book. The book launch included a presentation by Prof. Mackinnon followed by a commentary by Prof. Frances Raday.
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50 Years after 1967: Evaluating the Past, Present and Future of the Law of Belligerent Occupation (May 22-23)
The 12th Annual Minerva / ICRC Conference on International Humanitarian Law (IHL) was held in the spring of 2017 on the 50-year anniversary of the 1967 Arab-Israeli War. The conference addressed current dilemmas in the law of occupation worldwide, using the Israeli occupation as a case study. Judge Theodor Meron presented the conference keynote lecture, and more than 30 speakers presented papers.
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Prof. Samantha Besson on Comparative Law and Human Rights (May 9)
Prof. Samantha Besson, Professor of Public International Law and European Law at the University of Fribourg, presented a lecture entitled "Comparative Law and Human Rights: Why Compare Human Rights?"
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Prof. Phillippe Sands on the Origins of "Genocide" and " Crimes against Humanity" (April 23)
On the eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day in Israel, the Minerva Center co-hosted with Mishkenot Sha’ananim a special evening at with leading human rights scholar and advocate Prof. Philippe Sands of University College London, discussing his recent book East West Street, winner of the 2016 Baillie Gifford Prize.
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Prof. James Anaya, Dean on the Power of Ideas and the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (March 28)
Prof. James Anaya, dean at the University of Colorado Law School and formerly the UN Special Rapporteur the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, presented a lecture on the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
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Prof. Steffen Hindelang and Prof. Moshe Hirsch on International Investment Law and International Human Rights (March 14)
The Minerva Center hosted an open discussion with Prof. Steffen Hindelang, Freie Universität Berlin, and Prof. Moshe Hirsch, Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
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Barak Medina: Human Rights Law in Israel (March 6)
The Minerva Center, in cooperation with The Sacher Institute for Legislative Research and Comparative Law, hosted a symposium to discuss the role of law in protecting human rights in Israel today, in honor of the publication of Prof. Barak Medina’s seminal new book, Human Rights Law in Israel. Participants included Supreme Court Judge Meni Mazuz, former Supreme Court President Aharon Barak, the Attorney General Avihai Mandelblit, former Minister of Justice MK Tzipi Livni, the Director General of the Association for Civil Rights in Israel Sharon Abraham-Weiss, the Director General of “Adalah” (the legal center for Arab minority rights in Israel) Hassan Jabareen, Hebrew University of Jerusalem Professors Mordechai Kremnitzer, Ruth Gavison and Barak Medina, and the President of Hebrew University, Menachem Ben Sasson.
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(All photos by Bruno Charbit).
Prof. Leif Wenar on Blood Oil in the Middle East (January 9)
The Minerva Center hosted a lecture and discussion with Prof. Leif Wenar, Chair of Philosophy and Law at King’s College London’s School of Law.
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Prof. Mark Goodale on Living Well Through Law: Legal Pluralism in a Pluri-national State (January 2)
The Minerva Center hosted a lecture and discussion with Prof. Mark Goodale, Professor of Cultural and Social Anthropology at the University of Lausanne.
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(All photos by Bruno Charbit).