Schedule

Sunday, October 19th

Time Event Location
15.00 – 19.00 Convention Registration Hotel Belvoir, Graadt van Roggenstraat 101
15.30 Nijmegen City Tour Stadscafé TouT, Grotestraat 6
20.00 – 22.00 IAPSS Reception for Member Associations (exclusively for member associations) Stadscafé TouT, Grotestraat 6
22.00 International Evening Stadscafé TouT, Grotestraat 6

 

Monday, October 20th

Time Event Location
08.00 Buses leave for the Radboud University Hotel Belvoir
08.30 – 11.00 Late Convention Registration IAPSS Information Desk, TvA 3.-1.57
For those who could not make it on Sunday, there is the opportunity to register at the IAPSS office, located on the Radboud University campus.
09.00 – 10.15 Opening Session, with Aula, Anton van Duinkerkenzaal
– Philipp Aepler, IAPSS President- Steffen Westerburger, Chair of the IAPSS Autumn Convention 2014 Organizing Committee- Prof. Bertjan Verbeek, Department of Political Science, RU. His speech can be read here: IAPSS Opening Speech– How human rights can save the planet, Movie Screening- Mark Vlek de Coningh, Program Chair
10.15 – 10.45 Coffee Break Hallway Lecture Halls
10.45 – 12.15 Transitional Justice in Conflict Affected Regionsby Prof. Anja Mihr (The Hague Institute of Global Justice) Lecture Hall 2
12.15 – 13.45 Lunch Break University Restaurant ´Refter´
13.45 – 15.15 Student Panels
The Broadest Concept: Human Rights from Outside Perspectives TvA 8.k.14
Human Rights and International Law TvA 8.k.15
Middle-Eastern Perspectives on the Idea of Human Rights TvA 1.00.02
15.15 – 15.45 Coffee Break Hallway Lecture Halls
15.45 – 17.15 IAPSS. For Political Science Students.A talk with Mark Vlek de Coningh, Program Chair & Philipp Aepler, IAPSS President. Lecture Hall 2
Keynote Speech: On Human Rights: Criticisms and Perspectives
by Prof. Marie-Bénedicte Dembour (University of Sussex)		 Lecture Hall 2
17.15 – 20.00 Free Time
20.00 Festive Opening Reception City Hall Nijmegen

 

Tuesday, October 21st

Time Event Location
08.00 Buses leave for the Radboud University Hotel Belvoir
08.30 – 11.00 Late Convention Registration IAPSS Information Desk, TvA 3.-1.57
09.00 – 10.15 Expert Panels
The Palestine – Israel Case. The Human Rights Perspective TvA 4.00.05
Conditional Aid and Development TvA 8.00.13
Guest Panel of the Atlantic Youth: Women’s Right’s in Conflict Situations TvA 8.k.15
10.15 – 10.45 Coffee Break Hallway Lecture Halls
10.45 – 12.15 Economic Rightsby Prof. Michael Pugh (University of Bradford) Lecture Hall 2
12.15 – 13.45 Lunch Break University Restaurant ´Refter´
13.45 – 15.15 Student Panels
The Practice of Human Rights: Case Studies TvA 8.k.16
Human Rights and the Responsibility to Protect TvA 1.00.02
Universalism and Relativism in the Conceptualization of Human Rights TvA 8.00.13
15.15 – 15.45 Coffee Break Hallway Lecture Halls
15.45 – 17.15 Political Science Master’s Programme at Radboud University – an Introduction Lecture Hall 2
Justification of Human Rights and its Scope
by Prof. Marcel Wissenburg (Radboud University Nijmegen)		 Lecture Hall 2
17.15 – 19.15 Free Time
19.15 Human Rights Documentary Screening: “5000 Roebel” De Lindenberg, Ridderstraat 23

 

Wednesday, October 22nd

Time Event Location
07.15 Buses leave for The Hague Hotel Belvoir
09.15 Arrival in The Hague The Hague
09.45 – 12.00 Excursion Round 1
09.45 – 12.00 The Work and Objectives of the ICC International Criminal Court, Maanweg 174
10.00 – 12.00 Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bezuidenhoutseweg 67
10.30 – 12.00 The Work and Objectives of the ICJ International Court of Justice, Carnegieplein 2
12.00 – 13.30 Lunch Break
13.30 – 16.30 Excursion Round 2
13.30 – 16.30 Masterclass Lectures: Human Development and Human Rights &  International Peace and Conflict International Institute of Social Studies, Kortenaerkade 12
13.45 – 16.00 The Work and Objectives of the ICC International Criminal Court, Maanweg 174
16.30 – 17.50 Dinner Break
18.00 Departure to Nijmegen by Bus
19.45 Arrival in Nijmegen Radboud University Nijmegen
20.00 – 22.00 Human Rights Documentary Screening: ‘No Fire Zone’ Radboud University, Lecture Hall 2
22.00 – 22.30 Reception Lecture Hall 2

 

Thursday, October 23rd

Time Event Location
08.00 Buses leave for the Radboud University Hotel Belvoir
08.30 – 11.00 Late Convention Registration IAPSS Information Desk, TvA 3.-1.57
09.00 – 10.15 Expert Panels
International LGBT Rights TvA 4.00.05
Migration Rights TvA 8.k.16
Shelter Cities: Local Initiatives for the Promotion of Human Rights TvA 8.00.13
10.15 – 10.45 Coffee Break Hallway Lecture Halls
10.45 – 12.15 The European Court of Human Rights and the Stateby Prof. Janneke Gerards (Radboud University Nijmegen) Lecture Hall 2
12.15 – 13.45 Lunch Break University Restaurant ´Refter´
13.45 – 15.15 Student Panels
On the Concept of Human Rights: Perspectives from Political Philosophy TvA 1.00.35
Widening the Scope of Human Rights: The Socio-Economic Dimension TvA 1.00.02
15.15 – 15.45 Coffee Break Hallway Lecture Halls
15.45 – 17.15 Oxford Style Show Debate: “Human Rights: Universal or not?” Lecture Hall 2
Closing Ceremony, with: Lecture Hall 2
– Philipp Aepler, IAPSS President- Steffen Westerburger, Chair of the IAPSS Autumn Convention 2014 Organizing Committee- Prof. Bertjan Verbeek, Department of Political Science, RU
18.30 – 19.00 Buses leave for the Farewell Dinner Radboud University
19.00 Farewell Dinner De Vasim, Winselingseweg 41

 

Friday, October 24th

Time Event Location
07.45 Buses leave for the 19th IAPSS General Assembly Hotel Belvoir
08.30 – 09.00 General Assembly Registration IAPSS Information Desk, Assembly Hall of the Province of Gelderland, Markt 11
09.00 – 17.00 General Assemblyfor details, see the GA Agenda Assembly Hall of the Province of Gelderland, Markt 11
17.00 – 20.30 Dudok Brasserie, Koningsstraat 40, Arnhem
20.30 Joint Dinner & Get Together at Dudok Brasserie Dudok Brasserie, Koningsstraat 40, Arnhem