Conceptualising vulnerability in a time of human rights regression
13th -14th November 2023
University of Padova
Programme of the Conference
Monday 13 November 2023
Archivio Antico, Palazzo Bo, University of Padova
9:30 – 10:00
Salutation and Short Introduction
– Monica Fedeli, Vice-Rector for Third Mission and Relations with the local area, University of Padova
– Marco Mascia, President of the Human Rights Centre „Antonio Papisca”, University of Padova
– Pietro de Perini, Coordinator of the Conference’s Scientific Committee, University of Padova
10:00-12:30
Opening Plenary Session
Zoom link: https://unipd.zoom.us/j/89794831108
Conceptualising Vulnerability in a Time of Human Rights Regression
Chair: Elena Pariotti, University of Padova
Speakers
– Baldassare Pastore, University of Ferrara
– Mariagrazia Giammarinaro, former UN Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children
– Jeremy Sarkin, NOVA University of Lisbon
– Roberto De Vogli, University of Padova
Lunch break
Human Rights Centre „Antonio Papisca”, Via Beato Pellegrino 28, University of Padova
14:15 – 16:00
Research Panels – Session 1
Panel 1
Zoom link: https://unipd.zoom.us/j/88587280152
Exploring the Intersections of Human Rights, Marginalisation, and Vulnerability
Chair: Peter Johansson, University of Gothenburg
– Ludovica Aricò, University of Padova: The Fight against Child Labour: the challenges posed by Northern Ethnocentrism
– Vincenzo Pasquantonio, University of London: Sociolegal constraints on local human rights institutions: Why local human rights institutions fail to protect residents in the Deep South Region of the United States
– Phuc Van Nguyen, University of Macerata: Legal Silence and the Concept of Law Regarding Gay People in Vietnam
– Carlotta Rossato, University of Padova: Vulnerability and International justice: access to justice for survivors of international crimes in the context of universal jurisdiction prosecutions
– John Duncan, University of London: Contesting Commodification: Can human rights challenge Neoliberal conditions of human vulnerability
Panel 2
Zoom link: https://unipd.zoom.us/j/82620084061
Vulnerability and the Ecosystem
Chairs: Damien Short, University of London and Kate Mackintosh, UCLA Law Promise Institute Europe
– Sarah Capes, University of London: A cautionary word on words: Imagining Indigeneity in globalised environmental discourse
– Kate Mackintosh, UCLA Law Promise Institute Europe: Ecocide in armed conflict – addressing extreme vulnerability through law
– Emma Pearce, University of London: Settler colonialism and the environment in Al-Walaja, Palestine
– Malayna Raftopoulos, Aalborg University: In the Defence of Place: The Anti-Fracking Movement in the Provinces of Mendoza and Neuquén, Argentina
– Doug Specht, University of Westminster: The self(ie) in the Anthropocene
Panel 3
Zoom link: https://unipd.zoom.us/j/89794831108
Vulnerability and Armed Conflicts
Chair: Gerd Oberleitner, University of Graz
– Anna Adamska-Gallant, Wroclaw University: Shielding the Vulnerable: Justice System Reforms for Conflict and Human Rights Challenges
– Dide Ertuğrul, Save the Children and Hande Büyüknisan, International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD): Vulnerability to Gender-Based Violence in the Aftermath of Earthquakes: Lessons from Turkey
– Carlos Arturo Gutiérrez-Rodríguez, University of Padova: The Peace that could have been? Power and limits of transformative justice to tackle vulnerability in the Colombian transition
– Erika Miyamoto, University of Barcelona: Towards Sustainable Peace: Protecting Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights of Victims of Gender-Based Violence in Post-Conflict
– Abdulaziz Osman, UNAMID and UNFPA in Darfur, Sudan and Maria Nilsson, Linköping University: Fragile Rights and Humanitarian Needs in and around Sudan and Darfur – Could Responsibilities Become Clearer?
– Sara Yildiz, UNED: Urban Warfare’s Costs: Vulnerabilities of Civilian Populations and the Shortcomings of International Humanitarian Law
16:15 -18:00
Human Rights Centre „Antonio Papisca”, Via Beato Pellegrino 28, University of Padova
Research Panels – Session 2
Panel 4
Zoom link: https://unipd.zoom.us/j/89794831108
Vulnerability and Migration
Chair: Magdalena Ratajczack, University of Wroclav
– Abiy Alemu Ashenafi, Centre for Human Rights, Pretoria: Reconsidering the legal protection of refugee women’s right to housing under the CEDAW
– Elizabeth Salley, Saint Louis University: Reaching Actualization After Resettlement: A Grounded Theory Method and Geospatial Analysis of Afghan Integration in the Midwest United States
– Jessica Moss, Leipzig University, Wroclaw University: Sexual and Gendered Necropolitics at the U.S.-Mexico Border: ‘Penetrative Threats’ and (Re)production of Nationhood
– Marielys Padua Soto, Former Academic Programs Officer for the UN Special Rapporteur on Indigenous Peoples’ Rights: Forced Climate Migration of Indigenous Peoples
– Maria Dimou and Erika Oliva, Independent experts: Human trafficking and vulnerability in mixed migrations flows: a case-studies reflection
Panel 5
Zoom link: https://unipd.zoom.us/j/82620084061
Vulnerability in a Legal Context
Chair: Claudia Pividori, University of Padova
– Indira Boutier, AMU & University of London: Challenges in Addressing Intersectionality and Vulnerability in the European Court of Human Rights’ Jurisprudence
– Carolina Braglia Aloise Bertazolli, Central European University: Vulnerability in the Age of Proportionality: restriction of Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights
– Mikaela Heikkilä and Maija Mustaniemi-Laakso, Åbo Akademi University: Approaches to Vulnerability in Times of Crisis
– Inessa Sakhno, Utrecht University: One step beyond: How recognition of systemic discrimination by the European Court of Human Rights could tackle vulnerability?
Panel 6
Zoom link: https://unipd.zoom.us/j/88587280152
Vulnerability Human Rights and the Cyberspace
Chair: Pietro de Perini, University of Padova
– Malou Beck and Anne Spijkstra, Tilburg University: Vulnerability in the Digital Administrative State
– Agatha dos Santos Correia, University of Padova: Vulnerability as a Reflection of Criminogenic Asymmetries in Cyberspace
– Kiran Hassan, University of London: Online harassment of women in politics
– T. N. Anh Nguyen, University of Padova: Human Rights in Platform Governance: Normative Framework for Gendered Vulnerability
– Aleksei Andronov, University of Padova: Algorithmic vulnerability: challenges to human rights in the era of artificial intelligence
– Daniel Mihail Șandru and Alexandru Georgescu, Romanian Academy: Safeguarding vulnerable data subjects – the crucial role of GDPR data protection principles
Tuesday 14 November 2023
Archivio Antico, Palazzo Bo, University of Padova
10:00 -12:00
Plenary Round-Table
Zoom link: https://unipd.zoom.us/j/89794831108
Vulnerability in a Time of Human Rights Regression: a Practice-oriented Perspective
Chair: Paolo De Stefani, University of Padova
Speakers:
– Anna Brambilla, Association for Juridical Studies on Immigration (ASGI)
– Piergiuseppe Parisi, Centre for Applied Human Rights, University of York
– Aleksandr Osinskyy, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, South Sudan
– Kiran Hassan, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London
– Corrado Mandreoli, ResQ – people saving people
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