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DEMOCRATIC ALTERNATIVE TO TYRANNY AND CHAOS IN THE MIDDLE EAST
– KURDISH VISION AND STRATEGIES-
Brussels, European Parliament
Wednesday 6th & Thursday 7th of December 2017
IMPORTANT TECHNICAL INFORMATION
“HOW TO PARTICIPATE AND ENTER THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT”
An official “European Parliament personal badge/pass” will be available for all ALREADY REGISTERED participants to the Conference.
Your “personal badge / pass” will be available at the main entrance of the European Parliament (Place de Luxembourg – main European Parliament's building “Altiero Spinelli” – just after the sliding doors you'll find a conference desk), during and only the following date / hours:
– Wednesday 6th of December, 14:00 – 14:30
– Thursday 7th December, 08.00 – 09:00
– Thursday 7th December, 14:00 – 14:30
All participants must take care of their own “EP badge / pass” during both days; if someone lose the “pass / badge” it will be impossible for the conference's organizers to replace it, according to the E.P. internal rules.
For any additional information, please contact the conference's secretariat:
DAY 1
Wednesday, 6th of December 2017, 15.00-16.00
OPENING SESSION, Room – Altiero Spinelli A5E-2
Interpretation in Turkish, Kurdish, English, French, German
OPENING SPEECHES AND SPECIAL REMARKS BY
Ms. Kariane WESTRHEIM, Chair EUTCC, University of Bergen, Norway
MEP Gabi ZIMMER, MEP, Chairwoman of the European United Left – Nordic Green Left Group (GUE/NGL) in the European Parliament, Germany
MEP Josef WEIDENHOLZER, MEP, Vice-President of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) in the European Parliament, Austria
MEP Bodil VALERO, Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance, Sweden
Mr. Doug NICHOLLS, General Secretary of General Federation of Trade Unions (GFTU)
DAY 1
Wednesday, 6th of December 2017, 16.00-18.00
Panel I, Room – Altiero Spinelli A5E-2
(Interpretation in Turkish, Kurdish, English, French, German)
THE EU, TURKEY AND THE KURDS: NEW CIRCUMSTANCES, PROBLEMS AND CHALLENGES FOR DEMOCRATIZATION
Moderator
Ms. Gökay AKBULUT, MP-Germany
Ms. Dersim DAGDEVIREN, KURD-AKAD, Germany
THE BREAKDOWN OF THE PEACE PROCESS AND THE CRISIS OF DEMOCRACY
Ms, Dilan Dirayet TASDEMIR, MP, Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP)
POLITICS AND THE DEMOCRACY IN POST-COUP TURKEY
Mr. Cengiz CANDAR, Journalist, Turkey (TBC)
TURKEY AND ITS ALLIES’ ROLE IN THE MIDDLE EAST CRISIS
Ms. Frederike GEERDINK, Journalist, Netherland
TURKEY’S RELATIONS AND TIES WITH RADICAL GROUPS
Mr David PHILLIPS, Director of Peace-building and Human Rights Program, Columbia University, US
THE FUTURE OF EU-TURKEY RELATION
MEP Ana GOMES, Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the EP
DEMOCRATIC AUTONOMY AS A SOLUTION MODEL OF THE KURDISH QUESTION IN TURKEY
Mr. Cetin GURER, Guest Researcher, University of Bremen, Centre for Work and Politics, Germany
QUESTIONS & DISCUSSION WITH MODERATORS & DISCUSSANTS
DAY 2
Thursday, 7th of December 2017, 09.30-10.30
Panel III, Room 1G2
(Interpretation in Turkish, Kurdish, English, French, German, Dutch, Spanish, Italian, Greek)
THE STRUGGLE FOR GENDER EMANCIPATION IN/AND THE KURDISH FREEDOM MOVEMENT
OPENING REMARKS by
MEP Julie WARD, Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament
PANEL DISCUSSION chaired by
Mr. Gunay YILDIZ, Visiting Fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), UK
In conversation with
Ms. Foza YUSUF, Co-Chair of the Executive Council of the Democratic Federation of Northern Syria
and Rahila GUPTA, Journalist and Writer, UK
Thursday, 7th of December 2017, 10.30-13.00
Panel IV, Room 1G2
(Interpretation in Turkish, Kurdish, English, French, German, Dutch, Spanish, Italian, Greek)
CONSOLIDATING PEACE, DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS AFTER RAQQA:
PROSPECTS FOR THE REGION AND THE KURDS
Moderators
MEP Takis HADJIGEORGIOU, Confederal Group of the European United Left – Nordic Green Left
Ms. Berivan ASLAN, Austrian political scientist, lawyer and politician of the Greens
REGIONAL AND GLOBAL POWER POLITICS IN THE SYRIAN CONFLICT
Mr. Jonathan STEELE, Veteran Foreign Correspondent and Author, UK
REGIONAL AND GLOBAL POWER POLITICS IN THE IRAQ CONFLICT
Mr. Evaggelos ARETAIOS, Journalist, Greece
REGIONAL AND GLOBAL POWER POLITICS IN THE IRAQ-KURDISTAN CONFLICT
Mr.Yousif Mohammed Sadiq . President of the Kurdistan Parliament-Iraq
WAR ON TERROR, REFUGEE CRISIS, AND THE CRISIS OF EUROPE
Mr Thomas Jeffrey MILEY, Lecturer of Political Sociology in the Department of Sociology at Cambridge, UK
THE ANTI-WAR STRUGGLE AND THE DEMOCRATIC CONFEDERAL MODEL
Mr. Darnell Stephen SUMMERS, Vietnam Veteran, Peace Activist, US
THE ROLE AND POLICIES OF THE EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONS – POLITICAL AND LEGAL CHALLENGES
Mr. Michael GUNTER, Professor in the Political Science department at Tennessee Tech University, Cookeville, US
Thursday, 7th of December 2017, 15.00-17.30
Panel V, Room 1G2
(Interpretation in Turkish, Kurdish, English, French, German, Dutch, Spanish, Italian)
THE NEW HOPE FOR HUMANITY AND THE DEMOCRATIC CONFEDERAL MODEL FOR CHANGE
Moderators:
MEP Marie-Christine VERGIAT, GUE/NGL Group, France
Ms. Berivan ASLAN, Austrian political scientist, lawyer and politician of the Greens, Austria
SOUTH-AFRICA EXPERIENCE: PEACELFUL SOULUTION, SELF-DETERMINATION AND CO-EXISTENCE
Mr. Mahmoud PATEL, Lecturer and Head of Academic Development at University of the Western Cape and Secretary General of Kurdish Human Rights Action Group South Africa (KHRAG), SA
THE ROLE OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY FOR A PEACEFUL RESOLUTION AND THE BELGIAN COURT OF APPEAL DECISION ON THE KURDISH MOVEMENT
Mr. Jan FERMON, Lawyer and Secretary General of the International Association of Democratic Lawyers, Belgium
THE DEMOCRATIC CONFEDERAL MODEL IN THEORY AND PRACTICE: ECONOMY, ECOLOGY, PATRIARCHY
Ms. Sukran SINCAR, Kurdish Women’s Movement Europa
THE EQUALITY AND UNITY OF RELIGIOUS AND ETHNIC MINORITIES
Mr. Metin RHAWI, Representative of European Syriac Union (ESU), North-Syria
CONSOLIDATING STABILITY AND DEMOCRACY IN TURKEY AND MIDDLE EAST
Mr. Rezan SARICA, Lawyer of Abdullah Ocalan, Asrin Hukuk Burosu (AHB), Turkey
THE STRUGGLE OF THE LABOUR MOVEMENT AND THE DEMOCRATIC CONFEDERAL MODEL
Mr. Simon DUBBINS, UNITE International Director, UK
QUESTIONS & DISCUSSION WITH MODERATORS & DISCUSSANTS
Closing Session
Thursday, 7th of December 2017, 17.30-18.00
Panel VI, Room 1G2
(Interpretation in Turkish, Kurdish (passive), English, French, German, Dutch, Spanish, Italian, Greek, Portuguese)
CONCLUSIONS, RECOMMENDATIONS AND FINAL RESOLUTION
EUTCC Board Members
Ms. Kariane WESTRHEIM, University of Bergen, Norway
Mr. Michael GUNTER, Tennessee Technological University, USA
Ms. Dersim DAGDEVIREN, KURD-AKAD, Germany
Mr. Joost JONGERDAN, University of Wageningen, The Netherlands
Ms. Estella SCHMID, Peace in Kurdistan (PIK), UK
Mr. Thomas MILEY, Lecturer of Political Sociology in the Department of Sociology at Cambridge, UK
PATRONS
ARCHBISHOP EMERITUS DESMOND TUTU
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, South Africa
SHIRIN EBADI
Human Rights Lawyer, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Iran
BIANCA JAGGER
Council of Europe Goodwill Ambassador, Chair of the Bianca Jagger Human Rights Foundation, UK
NOAM CHOMSKY
Institute Professor in the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
LEYLA ZANA
European Parliament's Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, Rafto Prize Laureate, Turkey
BARONESS HELENA KENNEDY QC
House of Lords, UK
CHRISTINE BLOWER
National Union of Journalist (NUT), International Secretary, UK
PROF MARY DAVIS
Visiting Professor of Labour History, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK
DR DEREK WALL
Joint International Co-ordinator of the Green Party of England and Wales and author
SIMON DUBBINS
UNITE International Director, UK
LEN MCCLUSKEY
UNITE General Secretary, UK
MR JONATHAN STEELE
Veteran foreign correspondent and author, UK
DOUG NICHOLLS
General Secretary, General Federation of Trade Unions, UK
BERT SCHOUWENBURG
International Officer, GMB, UK
In cooperation with the Kurdish Institute of Brussels
For more information please contact: [email protected]