[Prefatory Note: Program of London Conference of Conscience and Concern to Stop Genocide held on January 27, and live streamed and recorded for later distribution; it comes the day after the historic ruling by the ICJ on South Africa's request for Provisional Measures to stop genocide.]
EMERGENCY LONDON CONFERENCE OF GLOBAL INTELLECTUALS OF CON-SCIENCE ON JANUARY 27, 2024
Opening Session
09.30-10.30
Ahmet Davutoğlu, Former Foreign Minister and Prime Minister, Türkiye; Author of Strategic Depth
Richard Falk, UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the Palestinian Territories Occupied since 1967 (2008-2014), Professor of International Law Emeritus, Princeton University, Chair of Global Law, at Queen Mary University of London, UK, Department of Law
Coffee Break: 10.30-11.00
Session One: Realities and Prospects. 11.00 -12.30
Depicting the Ordeal: Including Clear and Present Dangers of Present Stalemate—from forced dis-placement across borders—ethnic cleansing, prolonging genocide
Moderator: Hilal Elver, Professor of International Law, UN Special Rapporteur on Right to Food (2014-2020), Türkiye
1.Izzeldin Abuelaish, Doctor, Author, Palestine/Canada;
2. Avi Shlaim, Historian; Author of The Iron Wall: Israel and the Arab World, Oxford,UK / Israel
3. Mustafa Barghouti, Physician, Human Rights Activist, Political Leader, West Bank, Palestine,
Coffee Break: 12.30-13.00
Session Two: Towards Action 13.00-14.30
Realistic commitments to action beyond words, what civil society can do to uphold international law and findings within UN, and on its own to mount pressures to push Israel to end its Gaza onsla-ught by immediate ceasefire, emergency relief and reconstruction campaign, and political admi-nistration of Gaza and restraint of settler violence
Moderator: Mustafa Ceric, Grand Mufti Emeritus of Bosnia, President of the World Bosniak Congress Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Ramzy Baroud, Author, Academic, Editor of The Palestine Chronicle, Palestine/ USA
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Phyllis Bennis, Journalist, Author and Social Activist, Institute of Policy Studies, Australia;
3. Walden Bello, Philippines, Professor, Activist, and Politician
4. Usman Bugaje, Professor, Former Chair, House Committee on Foreign Affairs' Nigeria's House of Representatives, Nigeria
5. John Whitbeck, International Lawyer and Author, Paris
( Maybe Zoom: Tu Weiming, Member of UN Group of Eminent Persons for the Dialogue Among Civilizations, Professor Emeritus, Harvard University, USA; Founding Director of the Institute for Advanced Humanistic Studies, Peking University, China)
Lunch: 14.30-15.30
Session Three: Empowering of the UN; Peoples Tribunal of Conscience 15.30-17.00
An exploration of more ambitious action projects that seek to create a greater awareness of full sco-pe of Gaza Criminality, and UN reforms that could do more to prevent any future recurrence of ge-nocide or other severe international crimes.
Moderator: Avery F. Gordon, Professor Emerita University of California Santa Barbara, USA;
1. Richard Falk
2. Penny Green, Professor of Law and Globalization, Director, International State Crime Initiative Queen Mary University of London.
3. Maung Zarni, Human Rights Activist, Non-resident Fellow, (Genocide) Documentation Center - Cambodia
4. Jan Oberg, Chairman of the Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future Research, Lund, Sweden.
5. Asli Bali (Video message) Professor of Law, Yale University, School of Law.
Coffee Break: 17.00-17.30
Closing Session / Press Conference : 17.30
Moderator: Victoria Brittain, Former Associate Foreign Editor of the Guardian, Part of Founding Committee of Palestine Festival of Literature, for first 11 years organiser of the Palestine Book Awards, UK
- Ahmet Davutoğlu