ICD Highlights

May 2013

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    Group photo with participants and speakers to conclude the Symposium of Cultural Diplomacy and Human Rights 2013: “"Towards a Global Human Rights Culture: The Need for a Collective Alliance in the Protection & Promotion of Human Rights"

    (Berlin, 31st May 2013)

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    Mark Donfried with President Katalin Bogyay, ICD Advisory Board Member and President of the General Conference of UNESCO, after her lecture on “EU Capacities to prevent Mass Atrocities” at the Symposium on Cultural Diplomacy and Human Rights.

    (Berlin, 31st May 2013)

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    President Emil Constantinescu, President of the ICD Academy and Former President of Romania, speaks with John Feffer, Co-Director of Foreign Policy in Focus, Institute for Policy Studies, at the Symposium on Cultural Diplomacy and Human Rights.

    (Berlin, 31st May 2013)

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    Dr. Zvonomir Paul Separovic, ICD Advisory Board Member and Former Minister of Justice of Croatia, thanks Blanche Foster for her lecture on “Collaboration of Civil Society in Preventing Genocide and Mass Atrocities”, at the Symposium on Cultural Diplomacy & Human Rights.

    (Berlin, 31st May 2013)

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    Zvonomir Paul Separovic, ICD Advisory Board Member and Former Minister of Justice of Croatia, greets Dr. György Tatár, Director of the Budapest Centre for the International Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities, at the Symposium on Cultural Diplomacy & Human Rights.

    (Berlin, 31st May 2013)

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    Dr. Gregory Stanton, Research Professor in Genocide Studies and Prevention, George Mason University, Virginia, USA with Amb. Dr. Edouard Bizimana, Ambassador of Burundi to Germany during the lecture and discussion session on “The Potential for Cultural and Sports Diplomacy in Supporting National Building, Good Governance and the Prevention of Intercommunal Violence” by Minister Dr. Cirino Hiteng Ofuho, Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports in the Republic of South Sudan during the Symposium of Cultural Diplomacy and Human Rights.

    (Berlin, May 30th 2013)

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    Mark Donfried and President Emil Constantinescu, President of the ICD Academy and Former President of Romania, meet with The Hon. Dr. Cirino Hiteng Ofuho, Minister of Culture, Youth & Sports of South Sudan and the Delegation from the Embassy of South Sudan at the Symposium on Cultural Diplomacy & Human Rights.

    (Berlin, 30st May 2013)

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    Mark Donfried with The Hon. Adolphe Rukenkanya, Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture of Burundi, and the Hon. Minister Dr. Cirino Hiteng Ofuho, Minister of Culture, Youth & Sports of South Sudan, at the Symposium on Cultural Diplomacy & Human Rights.

    (Berlin, 30th May 2013)

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    Mark Donfried and The Hon. Ögmundur Jónasson, ICD Advisory Board Member and Former Minister of the Interior of Iceland moderate the Symposium on Cultural Diplomacy and Human Rights.

    (Berlin, 30st May 2013)

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    The Hon. Ögmundur Jónasson, ICD Advisory Board Member and Former Minister of the Interior of Iceland greets Dr. James Smith, Chief Executive of the Aegis Trust, after his lecture on "Education for Prevention: Case Study from Rwanda", at the Symposium on Cultural Diplomacy & Human Rights.

    (Berlin, 30th May 2013)

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    Mark Donfried with Dr. Mark Barwick, Manager of Human Rights Without Frontiers, after his lecture on "Collaboration in Preventing Genocide and Mass Atrocities", at the Symposium on Cultural Diplomacy & Human Rights.

    (Berlin, 30st May 2013)

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    The Hon. Ögmundur Jónasson, ICD Advisory Board Member and Former Minister of the Interior of Iceland, with Dr. Deborah Davenport, Senior Visiting Research Associate, Environmental Change Institute, Oxford University Centre for the Environment at the Symposium on Cultural Diplomacy & Human Rights.

    (Berlin, 29th May 2013)

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    Mark Donfried with H.E. Amb. Emmanuel Nahshon, Deputy Ambassador of Israel to Germany, after his lecture on "Sport Diplomacy: The German-Israeli Example" at the Symposium on Cultural Diplomacy & Human Rights.

    (Berlin, 29th May 2013)

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    The Hon. Dr. Zvonomir Paul Separovic, ICD Advisory Board Member and Former Minister of Justice of Croatia, greets Ljuljjeta Goranci Brkic, General Manager of the Nansen Dialogue Center Sarajevo, at the Symposium on Cultural Diplomacy & Human Rights.

    (Berlin, 29th May 2013)

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    Dr. Zvonimir Paul Separovic, ICD Advisory Board Member and Former Minister of Justice of Croatia, greets Dr. Inge Götzmann, from the Bund Heimat und Umwelt in Deutschland (BHU) during the Symposium of Cultural Diplomacy and Human Rights.

    (Berlin, May 29th 2013)

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    The Hon. Dr. Zvonomir Paul Separovic, ICD Advisory Board Member and Former Minister of Justice of Croatia, with Twana Hassan, participant at the Symposium on Cultural Diplomacy & Human Rights, after presenting a paper on "Jurisprudential Analysis of the Concept of Right".

    (Berlin, 29th May 2013)

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    Dr. Zvonimir Paul Separovic, ICD Advisory Board Member and Former Minister of Justice of Croatia, with Prof. Martin Jänicke, professor of political science and founding director of the Research Centre for Environmental Policy at Freie Universität Berlin, during the Symposium of Cultural Diplomacy and Human Rights.

    (Berlin, May 29th 2013)

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    Dr. Zvonomir Paul Separovic, Former Minister of Justice of Croatia, greets Meskerem Geset Techane, Deputy Executive Director of the Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa (IHRDA) at the Symposium on Cultural Diplomacy & Human Rights.

    (Berlin, 28th May 2013)

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    The Hon. Dr. Zvonimir Paul Separovic, ICD Advisory Board Member and Former Minister of Justice of Croatia, welcomes the Hon. Michail Kasyanov, Former Prime Minister of Russia, to the Symposium on Cultural Diplomacy and Human Rights "Towards a Global Human Rights Culture: The Need for a Collective Alliance in the Protection & Promotion of Human Rights".

    (Berlin, 27th May 2013)

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    Kristina Ojuland, ICD Advisory Board Member and former Foreign Minister of Estonia with Mikhail Kasyanov, former Prime Minister of Russia at the Symposium of Cultural Diplomacy and Human Rights.

    (Berlin, May 27th 2013)

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    Mark Donfried and Dr. Zvonimir Paul Separovic, ICD Advisory Board Member and Former Minister of Justice of Croatia, with Prof. Dr. Marilou McPhedran, Dean, University of Winnipeg Global College; Jana Smiggels Kavková, director of Fórum 50%; Marie Brown, director of Foyle Women's Aid; Mary Devery, Historian and Human Rights Campaigner and Board Member of Terre des Femmes.

    (Berlin, May 27th 2013)

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    Farewell lunch for the Speakers of the Symposium on Cultural Diplomacy in the Levant: “Levant, Cradle of Cultural Diplomacy: Rediscovering the Mediterranean.

    (Bucharest, May 25th, 2013)

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    Mark Donfried with President Katalin Bogyay, ICD Advisory Board Member and President of the General Conference of UNESCO, at the Ministry of Culture in Romania, during the Symposium on Cultural Diplomacy in the Levant.

    (Bucharest, 24th May 2013)

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    President Emil Constantinescu, President of the ICD Academy and Former President of Romania, meets with Prof. Martin Hauser, Director of UNESCO Department in Inter-Cultural and Inter-Religious Exchanges at the University of Bucharest, and two MA Students of Inter-Cultural Management, at the Ministry of Culture in Romania.

    (Bucharest, 24th May 2013)

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    President Emil Constantinescu, President of the ICD Academy and Former President of Romania, with Andrei Marga, Director of the Romanian Cultural Institute, in the Palace of the Romanian Parliament at the Symposium on Cultural Diplomacy in the Levant.

    (Bucharest 24th May 2013)

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    Mark Donfried meets with President Crin Antonescu, President of the Senate of Romania, and Prof. Dr. Ivo Slaus, President of the World Academy of Arts and Science, at the Senate Aula of the Palace of the Romanian Parliament during the Symposium on Cultural Diplomacy in the Levant.

    (Bucharest, 24th May 2013)

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    President Emil Constantinescu, President of the ICD Academy and Former President of Romania, with President Crin Antonescu, President of the Senate of Romania, and Minister Remus Pricopie, Minister of Education of Romania, at the Senate Aula of the Palace of the Romanian Parliament during the Symposium on Cultural Diplomacy in the Levant.

    (Bucharest, 24th May 2013)

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    Mark Donfried greets HRH Crown Princess Margareta of Romania and her husband HRH Radu Duda, Prince of Romania, at Elisabeta Palace during the Gala Event of the Symposium on Cultural Diplomacy in the Levant. "Levant, Cradle of Cultural Diplomacy: Rediscovering the Mediterranean".

    (Bucharest, 23rd May 2013)

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    President Emil Constantinescu, President of the ICD Academy and Former President of Romania, chairs a board meeting and welcomes the Speakers to the Symposium on Cultural Diplomacy in the Levant: “The Application of Cultural Diplomacy in Fostering Relations within the Asia Pacific”.

    (Bucharest, 23rd May 2013)

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    Mark Donfried with Senator Alan Ferguson, 22nd President of the Australian Senate, and participants after Senator Ferguson’s lecture on “International Relations and Cultural Diplomacy in the Asia-Pacific Region”, at the “Cultural Diplomacy in the Asia-Pacific Region” event.

    (Berlin, 17th May 2013)

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    H.E. Yasar Yakis, President of the ICD Young Leaders Forum with Prof. Dr. Ulrich Bruckner, Academic Director at the Center for Cultural Diplomacy Studies, and Emre Kocaoğlu, Former Member of the Parliament from Motherland Party, Former Chairman of Turkish Democracy Foundation, Former Parliament Member of the European Convention, at the Symposium on Cultural Diplomacy in the Mediterranean.

    (Istanbul, May 9th, 2013)

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    Parliamentarians, academics, and religious leaders come together to discuss the role that Cultural Diplomacy can play in facilitating the peace process in the Middle East, at the Symposium on Cultural Diplomacy in the Mediterranean.

    (Istanbul, May 8th - 9th, 2013)

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    An historic meeting in Ankara between parliament members from Israel and Turkey, hosted at the Turkish Parliament. Religious leaders were also present to mediate and support proceedings, demonstrating an important step forward in peaceful relations between the two nations.

    (Ankara, 8th May 2013)