“Human Rights Protection & International Law: The Multifaceted Dilemma of Restraining and Promoting International Interventions”

The Reykjavík Congress on Human Rights

“Human Rights Protection & International Law: The Multifaceted Dilemma of Restraining and Promoting International Interventions”

Co-hosted by the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy & Ministry of Interior of Iceland

(Reykjavik, Iceland; April 10^th – 13^th, 2013)

If you would like to reserve a position and participate in the conference, please click HERE

The international community acknowledges the increasing and persistent cases of mass atrocities and crimes against humanity occurring on a vast scale. Understanding the complexity in bringing these crimes to an end, the Reykjavík Congress on Human Rights aims to argue and debate the notion of the responsibility to protect from a human rights perspective, taking into account the divergent dimensions in restraining or promoting international intervention.

Through the discussions and exchange of this conference we aim to consider the current most vehement cases of human rights violations, and further comprehend the varied issues and approaches to these mass atrocities and crimes against humanity from a theoretical perspective, analyzing the complex layers and structures, and taking into account the ethical dilemma surrounding the responsibility to protect and international intervention.

The 2013 Congress will create and publish a discussion document that will be presented to the international community on how to overcome the dilemma of restraining and promoting all forms of International Interventions based on coordinated global coalition efforts between governments, NGOs and International Institutions.

Conference Speakers >>

Speakers during the Conference will include head of state and ministers, leading figures and experts from international politics, economics, academia, diplomacy, civil society, and the private sector. The speakers will also include a number of individuals from the ICD Advisory Board. For further information on the ICD Advisory Board, please click here.

Speakers for the Conference include:

• ·         Dragiša Slijepčević - President of the Constitutional Court of Serbia
• ·         President Emil Constantinescu - Former President of Romania; Former Rector of Bucharest University
• ·         The Hon. Franco Frattini - Former Foreign Minister of Italy
• ·         The Hon. John Leslie Prescott, Lord Prescott - Former Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
• ·         The Hon. Massimo D'Alema - Former Primeminister of Italy
• ·         Minister Ögmundur Jónasson - Minister of the Interior of Iceland
• ·         President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson - President of Iceland Minister
• ·         Dr. Urmas Paet - Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia
• ·         Prof. Dr. Valur Ingimundarson - Professor of History and Chairman of the History Department at the University of Iceland
• ·         The Hon Vesna Medenica - President of the Supreme court of Montenegro