2011-05-31 

GENOA 2001-2011

TEN YEARS OF ATTACKS ON FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS – THE ROLE OF LAWYERS – international conference Friday, 22nd July 2011 – Palazzo Ducale, Genoa

Friday, 22nd July 2011 – Palazzo Ducale, Sala del Maggior Consiglio, Genoa

Simultaneous translation: English, French, Italian, Spanish

9h30 am

GREETINGS

· Stefano Savi, President of the Bar Association of Genoa

· Mr. August Gil Matamala – Honorary President of AED-EDL (European Democratic Lawyers)

· Prof. Bill Bowring – President ELDH (European Lawyers for Democracy and Human Rights)

· Haidi Giuliani (mother of Carlo Giuliani, killed 10 years ago by the police at the Anti-G8-demonstration in Genoa)

· Enrica Bartesaghi – President of “Comitato Verità e Giustizia per Genova”

Hours 10h00 -13h00

ATTACKS ON FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS UNDER THE PRETEXT OF THE FINANCIAL CRISIS

Thomas Schmidt – ELDH Secretary General

Session 1, Chair: Dario Rossi (Genoa Legal Forum)

CHANGES IN EUROPEAN LEGISLATION CONCERNING POLITICAL RIGHTS 2001-2011

Prof. Silvia Buzzelli, Milano (Milano Bicocca University)

TRANSNATIONAL EUROPEAN COOPERATION BETWEEN POLICE FORCES: TECHNIQUES FOR CONTROL OF POPULAR PROTEST DEMONSTRATIONS

Tony Bunyan – Director of Statewatch, London

THE STRATEGIC ROLE OF LAWYERS

Gilberto Pagani – President AED-EDL

Interventions by the public and debate

Hours 13h30 – 15h00 Lunch

Hours 15h00 -18h00

ROUND TABLE –

The status of rights in Europe

The evolution of repression against social movements and the response of lawyers in different countries

Coordinator: Dario Rossi, Genoa (Genoa Legal Forum)

Moderator: Marco Preve, Genoa (La Repubblica, Genoa)

• Sarah McSherry, London (Christian Khan Solicitors; Haldane Society of Socialist Lawyers)
• Ezio Menzione, Pisa (Legal Team Italia)
• Jean Jacques Gandini, Montpellier (Syndicat des Avocats de France, SAF)
• Sönke Hilbrans, Berlin (Republikanischer Anwältinnen- und Anwälteverein, RAV)
• Jaume Asens, Barcelona (Associació Catalana per a la Defensa dels Drets Humans)
• Yiannis Rachiotis, Athens (Alternative Intervention of Athens Lawyers, AIAL )
• Anne Maesschalk, Brussels (Syndicat des Avocats pour la Democratie)
• Viktor Györffy, Zurich (President of “grundrechte.ch” – fundamental rights Switzerland, Juristes Démocrates Suisses)
• Andoni Hernandez Murga, Bilbao (Asociación de abogados de Euskal Herria, Eskubideak)

Interventions by the public and debate

Organizers:

· European Democratic Lawyers (AED – EDL), www.aed-edl.net

· European Association of Lawyers for Democracy and World Human Rights (ELDH) www.eldh.eu

For further information and registration http://aed-eldhgenova2011.sytes.net