Programme -Symposium on the Occasion of Launching the Joint Research Project “Emancipatory Human Rights”

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13:00

Registration and Coffee

13:30

Welcoming Remarks and Project Overview

Address by Birzeit University Vice President for Community Affairs Alaa Alazzeh

Address by Project Co-director (Antwerp University) Koen De Feyter

Address by Project Co-director (Birzeit University) Mudar Kassis

14:00

Session I:

Positioning Palestine within the Growing Challenges of Human RightsThe Economy of Colonisation

Chair: George Giacaman

 

International Law and Gaza

Koen De Feyter

 

The Palestinian Question in the current Global Context

Mudar Kassis

 

Discussion

 

14:55

Break

15:15

Session II:

Snapshots of Research Project Rubrics

Chair: Jamil Salem

 

The Fusion of Violence and Racism in Palestine: Gender Manifestations during the War on Gaza

Maha Abdallah

 

Popular Emancipatory Education in the Colonial Condition

Dana Farraj

 

The Human Rights Based Approach in the Colonial Context

Sahar Francis

 

Discussion

 

16:15

Round Table:

Discussion about Youth Initiatives

Facilitator: Ahmad Abu Zayyad

 

 

Asil Hussein

AlAziz Atef

Salam AlBotmeh

Yasmine Jubeh