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- Mr. Manuel Gracia Navarro, President, Parliament of Andalusia
- Mr. Diego Valderas Sosa, Vice-president, Junta of Andalusia
- Mr. Ignacio Caraballo, President, Andalusian Fund of Municipalities for International Solidarity
- Mr. Zahir Tanin, Vice-Chair, Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights
of the Palestinian People () - Mr. Claude Nicolet, Regional councillor, Nord Pas de Calais, President, Network for Decentralized Cooperation for Palestine, Representative of United Cities and Local Governments
- Mr. Musa Amer Odeh, Representative of the State of Palestine, Ambassador to Spain
Key note presentation by:
- Mr. Majed Bamya, First Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, State of Palestine
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SESSION I –?“Decentralized cooperation: local cooperation for development, humanitarian assistance and political actions”
Moderator:
- Mr. Antonio Zurita, Director General, Andalusian Fund of Municipalities for International Solidarity (FAMSI)
Feedback from the International Conference of local authorities in solidarity with the Palestinian People:
- Mr. Claude Nicolet, Regional councillor, Nord Pas de Calais, President, Network for Decentralized Cooperation for Palestine, Dunkerque
Initiatives of local authorities in solidarity with Palestine:
- Mr. Othman Dawoud, Mayor of Qalqilya, State of Palestine
- Mr. Francisco Jos¨¦ Toajas Mellado, Working group of Local Development, United Cities and Local Governments
Boycott and divestment initiatives by local governments:
- Mr. Joseph Schechla, Coordinator, Housing and Land Rights Network, Habitat International Coalition
Giza () - Discussant:?
Mr. Flavio Lotti, Director, Enti Locale per la pace
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SESSION II –?“Breaking the cycle of impunity”
Moderator:
- Mr. Frank Barat, President, Palestine Legal Action Network, Brussels
International law, human rights and the effects of prolonged occupation, including the situation in the Gaza Strip:
- Mr. John Reynolds, Lecturer in international law, National University of Ireland, Maynooth
Follow up to the Russell Tribunal on Palestine:
- Mr. Pierre Galand, General Coordinator, Russell Tribunal on Palestine and President, European Coordination of Committees and Associations for Palestine, Brussels
European Union mechanisms to establish accountability and end impunity:
- Ms. Katarzyna Lemanska, Researcher on EU-Israel relations, Brussels?(?|?)
Corporate responsibility: the case of businesses and companies profiting from the Israeli occupation
- Ms. Lou Pingeot, Policy Advisor, Global Policy Forum, Doctoral candidate, McGill University, Montr¨¦al ()
- Discussant:
Ms. Zulaiha Ismail, Executive Director, Perdana Global Peace Foundation, Kuala Lumpur
SESSION III –?Campaigning for peace and justice for the Palestinian people
Moderator:
- Ms. Felicia Eaves, Steering Committee Chair, US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation, Washington, D.C.
The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement (BDS Movement) and its economic impact:
- Ms. Anna Baltzer, National Organizer, US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation, St. Louis, Missouri (?|?)
- Mr. Mahmoud Nawajaa, General Coordinator, Palestinian BDS National Committee, Ramallah
- Mr. Shir Hever, Economic researcher, Alternative Information Centre, G?ttingen ()
Advancing the question of Palestine on campuses:
- Mr. Rahim Kurwa, Member, Students for Justice in Palestine, Doctoral Candidate, Department of Sociology, University of California, Los Angeles ()
- Ms. Magali Thill, Coordinator, Red Solidaria contra la Ocupaci¨®n de Palestina, Madrid
- Mr. Suleiman Rashid, Coordinator, Asociacion Europea de Cooperacion con Palestina, Malaga
- Mr. Gavan Kelly, Coordinator of Advocacy Unit, Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association, Ramallah ()
Discussant:
- Mr. Pedro Ferraracio Charbel, Member, Front in Defense of the Palestinian People, S?o Paulo
SESSION IV –?The plight of Palestinian political prisoners and detainees including women and children
Moderator:
- Mr. Simone Giovetti, Project Officer, Cit¨¦s Unies France, Paris
Mr. Majed Bamya, Free Marwan Barghouti and all Palestinian Political Prisoners Campaign, First Secretary, in-charge of the Palestinian prisoners’ portfolio, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, State of Palestine, Ramallah
SESSION V –?Palestine and the media
Moderator:
- Mr. Simone Giovetti, Project Officer, Cit¨¦s Unies France, Paris
Dealing with traditional media: challenges and opportunities:
- Ms. Carmen Rengel, Freelance journalist, Cadena Ser
The social media battle in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: the use of infographics and creative visuals
- Mr. Ramzi Jaber, Co-founder, Visualizing Impact, Montr¨¦al
Influencing Israeli and Palestinian public opinion:
- Mr. Mohammad Barakeh, Member of the Knesset
- Mr. Daoud Talhami, Author, Nazareth
- Discussant:
Ms. Aneta Jerska, Coordinator, European Coordination of Committees and Associations for Palestine, Brussels

