{"id":1275,"date":"2023-03-05T21:20:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-05T20:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/?p=1275"},"modified":"2023-06-29T23:19:44","modified_gmt":"2023-06-29T21:19:44","slug":"17th-int-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/?p=1275","title":{"rendered":"17th Int. Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>17th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON &#8220;THE EUROPEAN UNION, TURKEY, THE MIDDLE EAST AND THE KURDS&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Brussels, European Parliament<\/strong><br><strong>Wednesday 8th March \u2013 15.30 \u2013 18.30<br>Thursday 9th of March &#8211; 09.30 \u2013 18.30<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/theleft.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1271\" width=\"189\" height=\"137\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/green.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1268\" width=\"170\" height=\"123\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/sd.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1270\" width=\"208\" height=\"107\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/eutcc.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1267\" width=\"379\" height=\"92\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>PATRONS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>ARCHBISHOP EMERITUS DESMOND TUTU<\/strong><br>Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, South Africa<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SHIRIN EBADI<\/strong><br>Human Rights Lawyer<br>Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Iran<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>BIANCA JAGGER<\/strong><br>Council of Europe Goodwill Ambassador<br>Chair of the Bianca Jagger Human Rights Foundation, UK<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>NOAM CHOMSKY<\/strong><br>Institute Professor in the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy<br>at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>LEYLA ZANA<\/strong><br>European Parliament&#8217;s Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought,<br>Rafto Prize Laureate, Turkey<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In cooperation with<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/kib.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1269\" width=\"353\" height=\"84\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>IMPORTANT TECHNICAL INFORMATION<\/strong><br><strong>&#8220;HOW TO PARTICIPATE AND ENTER THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An official &#8220;European Parliament personal badge\/pass&#8221; will be available for all ALREADY REGISTERED participants to the Conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Your &#8220;personal badge \/ pass&#8221; will be available at the main entrance of the European Parliament (Place de Luxembourg &#8211; main European Parliament&#8217;s building &#8220;Altiero Spinelli&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Wednesday 8th of March, 13.30 &#8211; 15.00<\/li><li>Thursday 9th of March, 08.30 &#8211; 09.30<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All participants must take care of their own &#8220;EP badge \/ pass&#8221; during both days; if someone lose the &#8220;pass \/ badge&#8221;, it will be impossible for the conference&#8217;s organizers to replace it, according to the E.P. internal rules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>For any additional information, please contact the conference&#8217;s secretariat:<\/strong><br><strong>brusselsconferenceep@gmail.com<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong>Wednesday, 8 March 2023, 15.30-16.00<\/strong><br><strong>OPENING SESSION, Room SPAAK 05B01<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Interpretation in<br>Kurdish, Turkish, French, English, German<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Opening Speeches and Greetings<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022Ms. Kariane Westrheim, Chair of EUTCC, University of Bergen, Norway<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022Ms. Shirin Ebadi, Human Rights Lawyer, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Iran (video message)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022Mr. Fran\u00e7ois Alfonsi, MEP, Greens\/European Free Alliance (Greens\/EFA), France<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022Ms. Dersim Dagdeviren, Kurd-Akad, EUTCC Board Member, Germany<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong>Wednesday, 8 March 2023, 16.00-17.30<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Panel I \u2013 Room SPAAK 05B01<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>100 Years Republic of Turkey: Continuations, Contradictions and Change<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Moderator: Ms. Amberin Zaman, Senior Correspondent, UK<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Interpretation in<br>Kurdish, Turkish, French, English, German<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">100 Years of Turkish Republic and Treaty of Lausanne: Historical Continuations and Present Realities<br>\u2022Mr. Bask\u0131n Oran, Historian, Turkey<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Elections in Turkey: New Start versus Continuity<br>\u2022Ms. Meral Dan\u0131\u015f Be\u015fta\u015f, HDP Group Deputy Chair, Turkey<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Country in Ruins: Earthquake, human rights and racism<br>\u2022Ms. Rehsan Bataray, Human Rights Association Diyarbakir Branch, Turkey<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Questions and Discussion with Moderators and Speakers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-default is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong>Wednesday, 8 March 2023, 17.30-18.30<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Panel II \u2013 Room SPAAK 05B01<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Causa \u0130mral\u0131 and European Institutions: Law, Obligations and Deficits<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Moderator: Ms. Barbara Spinelli, ELDH Co-Chair, Italy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Interpretation in<br>Kurdish, Turkish, French, English, German<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Imprisonment Conditions of Abdullah \u00d6calan: From an Individual Case to Lawlessness of Whole Turkey<br>\u2022Ms. Raziye \u00d6zt\u00fcrk, Asr\u0131n Law Office, Turkey<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Preventing Torture: Limits and Obligations<br>\u2022Ms. Ann Jessica Therese Karlqvist, MP, Left Party, Sweden<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Questions and Discussion with Moderators and Speakers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong>Thursday, 9 March 2023, 09.30-10.30<\/strong> <\/p><p><strong>Panel III \u2013 Room SPAAK 05B01<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Autonomous Administration of Northern and Eastern Syria: In the Cr<strong>ossfire of Interests<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Moderator: Ms. Ezo \u00d6zer, Journalist, Germany<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Interpretation in<br>Kurdish, Turkish, French, English, German<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Interview with<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022Ms. Ilham Ahmad, Co-Chair of the Executive Committee of Syrian Democratic Council, Syria<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022Mr. Andreas Schieder, MEP, Socialists and Democrats (S&amp;D), Austria<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Questions and Discussion with Moderators and Speakers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong>Thursday, 9 March 2023, 10.30-13.00<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Panel IV \u2013 Room SPAAK 05B01<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Turkey, the Kurds and the Middle East: Continuations and Challenges<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Moderator: Mr. Michael Gunter, Tennessee Technological University, EUTCC Secretary General, US<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Interpretation in<br>Kurdish, Turkish, French, English, German<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">War crimes in Kurdistan: From Halabja to Today<br>\u2022Mr. Salar Mahmoud, Head of Kurdistan Genocide Writers Union, Iraq<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Alleged Use of Chemical Weapons by Turkey: Questions and Options<br>\u2022Mr. Jan van Aken, Biologist, Member of Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War`s (IPPNW) Scientific Advisory Board, Germany<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Turkey\u00b4s New War: Drones and Deals<br>\u2022Mr. Georges Henri Beauthier, Lawyer, Belgium<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Turkey\u00b4s Crimes Against Humanity: Eocide, Feminicide, Genocide<br>\u2022Ms. Bedia \u00d6zg\u00f6k\u00e7e, former HDP MP and Mayor of Van, Turkey<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Questions and Discussion with Moderators and Speakers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong>Thursday, 9 March 2023, 15.00-16:45<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Panel VI \u2013 Room SPAAK 05B01<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The EU and the Kurds: Expectations and Options<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Moderator: Mr. Joost Jongerden, EUTCC Board Member, University of Wageningen, Netherlands<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Interpretation in<br>Kurdish, Turkish, French, English, German<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kurdish Expectations of Europe<br>\u2022Ms. Nil\u00fcfer Koc, Kurdistan National Congress Foreign Affairs Spokesperson, Belgium<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">De-Listing: Lifting Political Barriers<br>\u2022Ms. Besra G\u00fcler, Association for Democracy and International Law (Maf-Dad), Germany<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The December 23 Attack in Paris: Many Questions \u2013 Less Answers<br>\u2022Ms. Berivan Firat, Democratic Council of Kurds in French Foreign Relations Committee, France<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Europe and the Kurdish Question: Contradictions and Options<br>\u2022Mr. Nikolaj Villumsen, MEP, Vice-Chair The Left, Denmark<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Questions and Discussion with Moderators and Speakers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong>Thursday, 9 March 2023, 16:45-17.45<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Panel VIII \u2013 Room SPAAK 05B01<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Women Waving Future: Obstacles and Opportunities<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Moderator: Ms. Nese \u00d6zgen, Antropologist, Germany<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Interpretation in<br>Kurdish, Turkish, French, English, German<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jin \u2013 Jiyan \u2013 Azad\u00ee: A paradigm for freedom<br>\u2022Ms. Maryam Fethi, East Kurdistan Free Women Society, Spain<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Living International Solidarity \u2013 Creating Women Alliances<br>\u2022Ms. Evin Incir, MEP, Socialists and Democrats (S&amp;D), Member of The EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee, Sweden<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p 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