Minority Rights, Indigenous People and

Human Rights Law Summer School

Venue: IT building, theatre 125

Monday 15th June:  Concepts and Institutions

9.00 – 9.30        Registration (*registration table in foyer outside of classroom)

9.30 – 10.45      Introduction to Minority Rights Law- Part I

Speaker: Prof. Joshua Castellino, Professor of Law & Head of Law Department, Middlesex, London, UK

10.45– 11.00     Coffee break

11.00-- 12.30     Introduction to Minority Rights Law- Part II

Speaker: Prof. Joshua Castellino, Professor of Law & Head of Law Department, Middlesex, London, UK

12.30– 14.00     Lunch

14.00 – 15.30    The Human Rights Committee and Minorities, Part I

Speaker: Prof. Michael O’Flaherty, University of Nottingham, and 1st Irish Member of UN Human Rights Committee.

15.30– 16.00     Coffee break

16.00 – 17.00    The Human Rights Committee and Minorities, Part II

Speaker: Prof. Michael O’Flaherty, University of Nottingham, and 1st Irish Member of UN Human Rights Committee.

Tuesday 16th June:  Indigenous Peoples

9.30 – 10.45      Indigenous Rights and UN Standards, Part I

Speaker: Dr. Alexandra Xanthanki, University of Brunel, UK

10.45 – 11.00    Coffee break

11.00 -12.30      Indigenous Rights and UN Standards, Part II

Speaker: Dr. Alexandra Xanthanki, University of Brunel, UK

12.30 – 14.00    Lunch

14.00– 15.30     Indigenous Peoples and Land Rights: Challenges and Dilemmas, Part I

Speaker: Dr. Jeremie Gilbert, Senior Lecturer, University of Middlesex, UK

15.30– 16.00     Coffee break

16.00 – 17.00    Indigenous Peoples and Land Rights: Challenges and Dilemmas, Part II

Speaker: Dr. Jeremie Gilbert, Senior Lecturer, University of Middlesex, UK

18.00 – 19.00    Book Launch & Wine Reception, Seminar Room, Irish Centre for Human Rights

Joshua Castellino ‘The End of The Liberal State and the First Terrorist’

Wednesday 17th June: Minority Rights and the United Nations

9.30 – 10.45      The Human Rights Council, UN Special Procedures and Minority Rights, Part I

Speaker: Dr. Elvira Dominguez Redondo, Middlesex University, London UK

10.45– 11.00     Coffee break

11.00—12.30    The Human Rights Council, UN Special Procedures and Minority Rights, Part II

Speaker: Dr. Elvira Dominguez Redondo, Middlesex University, London UK

12.30– 14.00     Lunch

14.00 – 15.30    Genocide and Minority Rights, Part I

Speaker: Prof. William Schabas, OC MIRA Director of Irish Centre for Human Rights

15.30-16.00       Coffee break

16.00 – 17.00    Genocide and Minority Rights, Part II

Speaker: Prof. William Schabas, OC MIRA Director of Irish Centre for Human Rights

19.30                Dinner &  Photo Exhibition, Huston Film School  ‘Multiculturalism in Galway’ in honour of World Refugee Day (co-hosted by the Irish Centre for Human Rights, Huston Film School and the Galway Refugee Support Group).

Thursday 18th June: Minority Rights in the Middle East

9.30 – 11.00      Understanding the Emergence of ‘Minorities’ The End of Empire and the Arrival of the Nation-State in the Middle East

Speaker: Dr. Benjamin White, Postdoctoral Fellow at the Centre for the Advanced Study of the Arab World, University of Edinburgh, UK

11.00– 11.15     Coffee break

11.15-12.45       An Overview of Minorities in the Middle East

Speaker: Dr. Kathleen Cavanaugh, Lecturer, Irish Centre for Human Rights

12.45 – 14.00    Lunch

14.00 – 15.30    Occupation, Colonialism, and Apartheid

Speaker: Dr. Michael Kearney, University of York

15.30 – 16.30    Water Security in the Middle East: The Case of Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories and Jordan
Speaker: Henning Moe, Hydrogeologist, CDM, Inc

16.30 – 16.45    Coffee break

16.45 – 18.15    The Concept of Minorities in Iran

Speaker: Dr. Kamran Hashemi, Lecturer, School of International Relations (SIR) Tehran, Iran

Friday 19th June: Minority Rights in the Middle East

9.30 – 10.45      Minority Rights and Conflict Prevention: the OSCE High Commissioner on National   Minorities, Part I

Speaker: Mr. Vincent de Graaf, Office of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, The Hague, the Netherlands 

10.45– 11.00     Coffee break

11.00-12.00       Minority Rights and Conflict Prevention: the OSCE High Commissioner on National   Minorities, Part II

Speaker: Mr. Vincent de Graaf, Office of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, The Hague, the Netherlands 

12.00 – 13.00    Lunch

13.00 – 15.00    International Convention on Migrant Workers and its Relevance for the Middle East

Speaker: Ms. Mariette Grange, co-founder of the Amnesty International Office to the United Nations in Geneva and current human rights practitioner and consultant

15.00 – 15.30    Coffee Break

15.30 – 17.00 - From Construction Workers to Camel Jockeys: The Exploitation of Migrant Workers in the

Gulf and the Need for Normative and Institutional Reform

Speaker: Mr. Nicholas McGeehan, PhD Candidate, European University Institute, Florence, Italy and Founder and Director of Mafiwasta, an organisation for migrant workers' rights in the United Arab Emirates.

17.30 – 18.15    Roundtable Conclusions: Questions & Answers

18.15 – 18.30    Distribute Course Completion Certificates

19.00                Taxi transport to Barna (pick up @ Irish Centre for Human Rights)

19.30                Closing dinner, Donnelly’s Restaurant (Barna)