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SUMMARY:International Conference of Local Governments and Civil Society Organizations in Support of Palestinian Rights
DESCRIPTION:Documents & Links –\n[checklist icon=”fa-file-text-o” iconcolor=”” circle=”” circlecolor=”” size=”13px” class=”” id=””]\n[li_item icon=”fa-file-text-o”]Programme [/li_item]\n[li_item icon=”fa-file-text-o”]Olive Declaration[/li_item]\n[li_item icon=”fa-file-text-o”]Report[/li_item]\n[/checklist] \nOPENING SESSIONSESSION ISESSION IISESSION IIISESSION IVSESSION VOPENING SESSION \n\nMr. Manuel Gracia Navarro\, President\, Parliament of Andalusia\nMr. Diego Valderas Sosa\, Vice-president\, Junta of Andalusia\nMr. Ignacio Caraballo\, President\, Andalusian Fund of Municipalities for International Solidarity\nMr. Zahir Tanin\, Vice-Chair\, Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights\nof the Palestinian People (English)\nMr. Claude Nicolet\, Regional councillor\, Nord Pas de Calais\, President\, Network for Decentralized Cooperation for Palestine\, Representative of United Cities and Local Governments\nMr. Musa Amer Odeh\, Representative of the State of Palestine\, Ambassador to Spain\n\nKey note presentation by: \n\nMr. Majed Bamya\, First Secretary\, Ministry of Foreign Affairs\, State of Palestine\n\n[tagline_box backgroundcolor=”” shadow=”yes” shadowopacity=”0.1″ border=”1px” bordercolor=”#f6f6f6″ highlightposition=”top” content_alignment=”left” link=”” linktarget=”_self” modal=”” button_size=”” button_shape=”” button_type=”” buttoncolor=”” button=”” title=”” description=”” margin_top=”” margin_bottom=”” animation_type=”0″ animation_direction=”down” animation_speed=”0.1″ animation_offset=”” class=”” id=””] \n[images picture_size=”fixed” hover_type=”none” autoplay=”no” columns=”3″ column_spacing=”13″ scroll_items=”” show_nav=”yes” mouse_scroll=”no” border=”no” lightbox=”yes” class=”” id=””]\n[image link=”” linktarget=”_self” image=”/unispal/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/2014-12-international-conference-of-local-governmants-and-civil-society-organizations-in-support-of-palestinian-rights-pic01.jpg” alt=”OPENING SESSION”]\n[image link=”” linktarget=”_self” image=”/unispal/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/2014-12-international-conference-of-local-governmants-and-civil-society-organizations-in-support-of-palestinian-rights-pic02.jpg” alt=”OPENING SESSION”]\n[image link=”” linktarget=”_self” image=”/unispal/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/2014-12-international-conference-of-local-governmants-and-civil-society-organizations-in-support-of-palestinian-rights-pic03.jpg” alt=”OPENING SESSION”]\n[image link=”” linktarget=”_self” image=”/unispal/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/2014-12-international-conference-of-local-governmants-and-civil-society-organizations-in-support-of-palestinian-rights-letterhead.gif” alt=””]\n[/images] \n[/tagline_box] \nSESSION I \nSESSION I – “Decentralized cooperation: local cooperation for development\, humanitarian assistance and political actions”\nModerator: \n\nMr. Antonio Zurita\, Director General\, Andalusian Fund of Municipalities for International Solidarity (FAMSI)\n\nFeedback from the International Conference of local authorities in solidarity with the Palestinian People: \n\nMr. Claude Nicolet\, Regional councillor\, Nord Pas de Calais\, President\, Network for Decentralized Cooperation for Palestine\, Dunkerque\n\nInitiatives of local authorities in solidarity with Palestine: \n\nMr. Othman Dawoud\, Mayor of Qalqilya\, State of Palestine\nMr. Francisco José Toajas Mellado\, Working group of Local Development\, United Cities and Local Governments\n\nBoycott and divestment initiatives by local governments: \n\nMr. Joseph Schechla\, Coordinator\, Housing and Land Rights Network\, Habitat International Coalition\nGiza (PowerPoint)\nDiscussant: \nMr. Flavio Lotti\, Director\, Enti Locale per la pace\n\n[tagline_box backgroundcolor=”” shadow=”yes” shadowopacity=”0.1″ border=”1px” bordercolor=”#f6f6f6″ highlightposition=”top” content_alignment=”left” link=”” linktarget=”_self” modal=”” button_size=”” button_shape=”” button_type=”” buttoncolor=”” button=”” title=”” description=”” margin_top=”” margin_bottom=”” animation_type=”0″ animation_direction=”down” animation_speed=”0.1″ animation_offset=”” class=”” id=””] \n[imageframe lightbox=”no” gallery_id=”” lightbox_image=”” style_type=”none” hover_type=”none” bordercolor=”” bordersize=”0px” borderradius=”0″ stylecolor=”” align=”none” link=”” linktarget=”_self” animation_type=”0″ animation_direction=”down” animation_speed=”0.1″ animation_offset=”” class=”” id=””][/imageframe] \n[/tagline_box] \nSESSION II \nSESSION II – “Breaking the cycle of impunity”\nModerator: \n\nMr. Frank Barat\, President\, Palestine Legal Action Network\, Brussels\n\nInternational law\, human rights and the effects of prolonged occupation\, including the situation in the Gaza Strip: \n\nMr. John Reynolds\, Lecturer in international law\, National University of Ireland\, Maynooth\n\nFollow up to the Russell Tribunal on Palestine: \n\nMr. Pierre Galand\, General Coordinator\, Russell Tribunal on Palestine and President\, European Coordination of Committees and Associations for Palestine\, Brussels\n\nEuropean Union mechanisms to establish accountability and end impunity: \n\nMs. Katarzyna Lemanska\, Researcher on EU-Israel relations\, Brussels (English | PowerPoint)\n\nCorporate responsibility: the case of businesses and companies profiting from the Israeli occupation \n\nMs. Lou Pingeot\, Policy Advisor\, Global Policy Forum\, Doctoral candidate\, McGill University\, Montréal (PowerPoint)\nDiscussant:\nMs. Zulaiha Ismail\, Executive Director\, Perdana Global Peace Foundation\, Kuala Lumpur\n\nSESSION III \nSESSION III – Campaigning for peace and justice for the Palestinian people\nModerator: \n\nMs. Felicia Eaves\, Steering Committee Chair\, US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation\, Washington\, D.C.\n\nThe Boycott\, Divestment and Sanctions Movement (BDS Movement) and its economic impact: \n\nMs. Anna Baltzer\, National Organizer\, US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation\, St. Louis\, Missouri (English | Spanish)\nMr. Mahmoud Nawajaa\, General Coordinator\, Palestinian BDS National Committee\, Ramallah\nMr. Shir Hever\, Economic researcher\, Alternative Information Centre\, Göttingen (English)\n\nAdvancing the question of Palestine on campuses: \n\nMr. Rahim Kurwa\, Member\, Students for Justice in Palestine\, Doctoral Candidate\, Department of Sociology\, University of California\, Los Angeles (English)\nMs. Magali Thill\, Coordinator\, Red Solidaria contra la Ocupación de Palestina\, Madrid\nMr. Suleiman Rashid\, Coordinator\, Asociacion Europea de Cooperacion con Palestina\, Malaga\nMr. Gavan Kelly\, Coordinator of Advocacy Unit\, Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association\, Ramallah (English)\n\nDiscussant: \n\nMr. Pedro Ferraracio Charbel\, Member\, Front in Defense of the Palestinian People\, São Paulo\n\nSESSION IV \nSESSION IV – The plight of Palestinian political prisoners and detainees including women and children\nModerator: \n\nMr. Simone Giovetti\, Project Officer\, Cités Unies France\, Paris\n\nMr. 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 \nSESSION V \nSESSION V – Palestine and the media\nModerator: \n\nMr. Simone Giovetti\, Project Officer\, Cités Unies France\, Paris\n\nDealing with traditional media: challenges and opportunities: \n\nMs. Carmen Rengel\, Freelance journalist\, Cadena Ser\n\nThe social media battle in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: the use of infographics and creative visuals \n\nMr. Ramzi Jaber\, Co-founder\, Visualizing Impact\, Montréal\n\nInfluencing Israeli and Palestinian public opinion: \n\nMr. Mohammad Barakeh\, Member of the Knesset\nMr. Daoud Talhami\, Author\, Nazareth\nDiscussant:\nMs. Aneta Jerska\, Coordinator\, European Coordination of Committees and Associations for Palestine\, Brussels
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LOCATION:Parliament of Andalusia\, Seville\, Spain
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