Pozvánka na konferenci k 70. výročí Všeobecné deklarace lidských práv a Úmluvy proti genocidě 29. - 30. 11. 2018

Conference Program

Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Convention on the Prevention

and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide: 70th Anniversary

Faculty of Law, Charles University

November 29-30, 2018

Thursday 13:00 – 17:00 (room no. 38)

Panel 1: UDHR – theoretical issues (13:00 – 14:45)
• Prof. Pavel Šturma: Invitation and Introduction to the topic
• Nona Kubanychbek: Role and legal effect of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
• Enis Omerovic: Universal Declaration of Human Rights – Statement of Customary International Law
• Nelly Areqelyan: Waiver of human rights. Right or a Challenge?

Pause (14:45 – 15:00)

Panel 2: UDHR and particular rights (15:00 – 16:00)
• Lukáš Machoň: Universal Declaration of Human Rights and prohibition of torture and other ill-treatment
• Katarína Šmigová: Right to a fair trial and rights of the accused

18:00 – evening reception with refreshment (in front of the room no. 117)

Friday 9:30 – 17:00 (room no. 117)

Panel 3: UDHR – universal rights and/or effects? (9:30 – 10:45)
• Ivana Machoňová Schelongová: Are human rights universal? The legacy of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
• Harald Ch. Scheu: The Universal Declaration and the Common Understanding of Human Rights
• Céline Braumann: Recent Recommendations Regarding Extraterritorial Effects - Quasi-Judicial Activism by Human Rights Treaty Bodies?

Pause (10:45 – 11:00)

Panel 4: Human rights – origins and new challenges (11:00 – 12:30)
• Prof. Olivier de Frouville - La postérité normative et institutionnelle de la Déclaration universelle des droits l’Homme, 70 ans après: 
défis actuels et futurs
• Lauren Baum - La répression pénale de la corruption et les droits de l'Homme
• Victoria Bellami - L’ectogénèse et le droit international des droits de l’Homme – De la fiction à la révolution

Lunch (12:30 – 14:30)

Panel 5: Business and Human Rights (14:30 – 15:30)
• Alla Tymofeyeva: Business entities from the perspective of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 
and the European Convention on Human Rights
• Monika Feigerlová: Towards an International Convention on Business and Human Rights

Pause (15:30 – 15:45)

Panel 7: Protection of group rights and new rights (15:45 – 16:30)
• Kateřina Uhlířová: Arendt, Lemkin and the "Crime of Crimes": Some Thoughts on Protected Groups
• Martin Šolc: Health as Opportunity? Right to Health as a Special Case of the Right to Equality of Opportunities
• Sarah Jamal – La DUDH : fondement suffisant du droit à un environnement sain?

Conclusions (16:30 – 17:00)