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Program

"HUMAN RIGHTS - SEARCH FOR GLOBAL RESPONSIBILITY"

Prague Castle, October 14 - 17, 2001

Sunday, October 14, 2001
19.00
Opening ceremony at the Vladislav Hall of the Prague Castle
/by special invitations only/
  Speech by Václav Havel, President of the Czech Republic
Speech by Yohei Sasakawa, President of the Nippon Foundation
Moderated by Jiří Pehe, Chairman of the Forum 2000 Programme Committee
20:00  Reception

 

Monday, October 15, 2001
from 7.30 Registrations of the guests of the Forum 2000 Foundation
Opening
9.00
Opening addresses Václav Havel and Elie Wiesel
HUMAN RIGHTS FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF DIFFERENT CULTURES
Morning session
9.30 Opening remarks: Francis Fukuyama

Moderator: Jacques Rupnik

Panel discussion: Joachim Gauck, Elizardo S nchez Santa Cruz, Teofisto Guingona, Kelly Cristine Ribeiro
10:40 - 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 - 12:30 Panel discussion
12.30 - 13.30  Lunch
Afternoon session
13:30 Moderator: Elie Wiesel

Panel discussion: Bill Clinton, Mohammed Mohammed Ali, Dani Karavan, Jelena Panza
14:40 - 15:00 Coffee break
Special session: The Human Right to Health
15:00
Opening remarks: Yohei Sasakawa
Moderator: Martin Jan Stránský
Panel discussion: Anwei Law, Kenzo Kiikuni, Waris Dirie, Noerine Kaleeba
17:00 End of the panel discussion

 

Tuesday, October 16, 2001
  INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND HUMAN RIGHTS
from 7:30 Registrations of the guests of the Forum 2000 Foundation
Morning session
9.00 Opening Remarks: Anne Summers

Moderator: Frederik Willem de Klerk

Panel discussion: Vandana Shiva, Jostein Gaarder, Martin Kryl
11.00 - 11.20 Coffee break
11.20 - 12.30 Panel discussion
12.30 - 13.30 Lunch
Afternoon session
13.30 Moderator: H.R.H. El Hassan bin Talal

Panel discussion: Shimon Peres, Jeffrey Sachs (video contribution), Grigory Yavlinsky, Richard von Weizscker, Fernando Savater, Tom Pojar, Edith Awino
14.40 - 15.00 Coffee break
15.00 - 16.30 Panel discussion
18.30 - 20.00 Multireligious Assembly at the St.Vitus Cathedral

 

Wednesday, October 17, 2001
  HUMAN RIGTHS AND STATE SOVEREIGNTY
from 7:30 Registrations of the guests of the Forum 2000 Foundation
Morning session
9.00 Opening remarks: Jos Ramos-Horta

Moderator: John Shattuck

Panel discussion: Veton Surroi, Peng Ming-min, Akin Birdal, Min Zin, Vincuk Viacorka, Meena Krishnamoorthy
11.00 - 11.20 Coffee break
11.20 - 12.30 Panel discussion
12.30 - 13.30  Lunch
Afternoon session
13.30 Moderator: Timothy Garton Ash

Panel discussion: Sergei Kovalyov, Adam Michnik, Arpad G ncz, Antje Vollmer, Shunling Chen
14.40 - 15.00 Coffee break
15.00 - 16.45  Panel discussion
16.45 Adoption of the Prague Declaration and closing remarks
by Václav Havel
17.30 Cocktail in Míčovna at the Prague Castle /by special invitations only/

2001

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Nippon Foundation

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