European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI)

Round Table on “Dialogue against violence organised by ECRI on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination - Thursday 21 March 2002
(Strasbourg, Council of Europe, Room 5)

PROGRAMME

9.30 am

Opening by Mr Hans Christian KRÜGER,

Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe

Address by Ms Lydie POLFER, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Luxembourg

Contributions from the panel

Moderator: Ms Yasmin ALIBHAI-BROWN, Author, United Kingdom

10.00 am

Mr Michael HEAD, Chair of ECRI: “Intercultural dialogue: a means for combating racism and racial discrimination”

10.15 am

Professor Theo VAN BOVEN, University of Maastricht: “Universality of Human Rights and cultural diversity: what are the challenges for the future?”

10.30 am

Professor Karmela LIEBKIND,

Department of Social Psychology of the University of Helsinki: “Extremism versus intercultural dialogue: how and why people turn to extremist movements”

10.45 am

Ms Bechaďa KADI-OUARAZ, local councillor of Evry

“Integration without assimilation: intercultural dialogue in European societies”

11.00 am

Ms Pascale CHARHON, Vice-Chair, European Network Against Racism (ENAR): “The contribution of NGOs to intercultural dialogue”

11.15-

11.30 am

Coffee break

11.30-

12.45 am

Discussion: Open to the floor

12.45 am

Summing up and main conclusions: Ms Yasmin ALIBHAI-BROWN

13.00 pm

Close of the Round Table