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

Invitation to the Launch of the Joint Research Project “Emancipatory Human Rights”

Muwatin Institute for Democracy and Human Rights in cooperation with the University of Antwerp (Belgium) launches the research project “Emancipatory Human Rights”. The project benefits from support provided by the Belgian government through the Belgian Development Agency- Enabel. The research project aims to investigate ways to ensure human rights are used exclusively for emancipation, and to examine the possibilities of protecting human rights from colonial utilization. In addition to the conceptual development, the research project includes developing policy briefs that discuss the impact of the colonial condition on human rights in Palestine.

The project is based on a vision of the organic nature of the emancipatory knowledge production. For this purpose, the project was designed to provide a central role for youth in the research process, as well as to accommodate for the broadest possible communal contribution.

We will begin the project with an inaugural event. In the event a number of interventions on the following topics will be presented: The current status of international law regarding Palestine; The status of Palestinian rights in a changing world; The right to education in Gaza in light of the destruction that the Israeli aggression has caused and continues to cause; The possibility of a rights based approach to defend Palestinian prisoners held by the occupying power; Youth tendencies to engage in change processes; and Manifestations of the fusion of violence and racism in the current genocide (particularly in Gaza).

The activity will be held on Prisoner's Day, Wednesday, April 17, 2024 between 13:00 and 17:00 at Birzeit University campus in Hall 234 in the annex building of the Institute of Law.