Senate, 27 July: the program of the Conference "Universality of Human Rights for the transition towards the Rule of Law and the affirmation of the Right to Know"

1. With the endorsement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Italian Republic
Second International Conference
Universality of Human Rights
for the transition towards the Rule of Law
and the affirmation of the Right to Know
Rome, Senate of the Republic, 27 July 2015, Defence Commission Room
9.00
Registration and coffee
9.30 – 12.30 First session
Universality of Human Rights threatened
by anti-democracy, populism and nationalism
Welcome address
Marco Pannella, Leader Nonviolent Radical Party (NRPTT), Italy
Abdullah An-Na'im (video), Law Professor, Emory University, United States
Marou Amadou, Minister of Justice, Niger
Furio Colombo, Journalist, writer, former Member of Parliament, Italy
Bakhtiar Amin, former Minister for Human Rights, Iraq
Marco Beltrandi, Member of the Radicali Italiani Board, former Member of Parliament, Italy
Sir Graham Watson, President of Alde Party, United Kingdom
Debate moderated by Matteo Angioli
Project coordinator, Member of the General Council, Nonviolent Radical Part, Italy

2. 12.30 – 13.30
Lunch break
13.30 – 16.30 Second session
Promotion of a transition towards the democratic, federalist and secular Rule of Law
Welcome address
Benedetto Della Vedova, Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs, Italy
Introductory speech
Giulio Terzi di Sant'Agata, Ambassador, former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Italy
Boutheina Ben Yaghlane Ben Slimane, Segretary of State, Ministry of Finance, Tunisia
Sid Ahmed Ghozali, former Prime Minister, Algeria
Najima Thay Thay Rhozali, former Secretary of State, Ministry of Education, Morocco
Jianli Yang, President of “Initiatives for China”, Harvard Fellow, United States
Jamal Ali Jassim Buhassan, Member of the Council of Representatives, Bahrain
Ezechia Paolo Reale, Secretary General International Institute of Higher Studies in Criminal
Sciences, Italy
Debate moderated by Niccolò Figà-Talamanca
Secretary general of No Peace Without Justice, Italy
16.30 – 16.45
Coffee break
16.45 – 20.00 Third session
A global campaign for the universal affirmation of the Right to Know
Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni will take the floor in this session
Introductory speech
Matteo Angioli, Project coordinator
Marietje Schaake (video), Member of the European Parliament, The Netherlands
Birgitta Jónsdóttir, Member of Parliament, The Pirate Party, Iceland
Claudio Radaelli, Professor in Political Sciences at Exeter University, United Kingdom
André Gattolin, Senator Hauts-de-Seine, France
Rita Bernardini, Secretary of Radicali Italian, former Member of Parliament, Italy
Vo Van Ai, President “Que Me: Action for Democracy in Vietnam”, Vietnam
Gianluca Ansalone, Analyst of international politics and security, Italy
Aldo Masullo, Philosopher, former Member of Parliament, Italy
Debate moderated by Elisabetta Zamparutti
Treasurer of Hands Off Cain, former Member of Parliament, Italy
First conclusions coordinated by Laura Harth, Vice project coordinator, Belgium,
and Marco Perduca, NRPTT Representative at the UN, Italy
Final address by Marco Pannella
We thank Senator Lucio Barani for his support in holding this event

3. Access to the premises of the Senate will start at 9AM at Via degli Staderari 2. Foreign guests
will be accompanied from the hotel to the Senate.
The conference will be held with simultaneous interpretation in English, Italian and French.
During lunch break a light lunch will be served at the venue.
In the Senate, men are required to wear suit and tie.
The Conference will be broadcasted live by Radio Radicale and www.radioradicale.it
For information:
info@partitoradicale.org
+39 06 68979221
Matteo Angioli
Project coordinator
matt.angioli@gmail.com
+39 3381133837
Laura Harth
Vice Project coordinator
harthlaura@gmail.com
+39 3314381257
The Conference was made possible by the 207 donations collected through a crowdfunding campaign
during the months of February and March 2015.