Conference in Berlin
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Conference in Berlin
The Center for the Study of Human Rights at Columbia University
Announces A Call for Papers for a Conference on March 13, 14 and 15,
2000 in Berlin
Tolerance and Beyond:
Religions, Rights and Civil Society in the OSCE Countries
Day I: International and Domestic Legislation and Institutions
A) Recent Changes in International Law and Institutions
B) Religion and European Institutions (OSCE, European Court of Human
Rights, etc.)
C) The Treatment of New Religions (Comparative Studies)
D) Trends in Domestic Legislation (Case Studies)
Day II: Civil Society
A) Civil Society and National Patterns of Church-State Relations
B) The Role of Religious Organizations and Their Relationships to
Secular NGOs
C) The Role of Domestic NGOs in Promoting Religion-Related Rights
D) Civil Society, Religion and Identity - Ethnic, Religious, National
E) Civil Society, Ethical Systems and Problems of Transitional Justice
(ie, Lustration; Opening of Public Security Files, Trials of
Communist-Era Officials, Nonlegal Approaches to Social Dialogue and
Reconciliation, etc.)
Day III: Education for Tolerance and Beyond: Primary, Secondary and
Higher Education
Proposals for workshops as well as papers and reports are welcome. We
hope to have a screening of relevant documentary films: to propose a
film, please send a detailed synopsis of the content and include the
running time.
A) Education for Tolerance and Multicultural Societies in Transition
(political tolerance will also be included here, in the sense of
attitudes towards former communist leaders and elites and the problem
of scapegoating)
B) Education and Civil Society Initiatives
C) Education and Religion
D) Hate Speech, Hate Crimes, Xenophobia and the Challenge for
Educators
E) New Technology: Dangers and Opportunities (especially in regards to
the preceding topic)
F) Education, History and Ethnoreligious Conflict
G) International Collaborative Initiatives in Education in Tolerance
and Conflict-Resolution.
The language of the conference will be English.
Persons interested in presenting papers at the conference should
submit abstracts of about 500 words by November 31, 1999, to:
Dr. Elizabeth Cole, Research Director
Center for the Study of Human Rights
Columbia University
1108 IAB, 420 W. 118th Street
New York, NY 10027
TEL. 212-854-7189; FAX: 212-854-6785; e-mail: [email protected]
Results will be announced in mid-December.
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