On Tuesday, October 11, 2022, in partnership with the Organization of Islamic Cooperation Youth Forum (ICYF) and our university and hosted by our university, law students studying in Turkey and young participants interested in human rights will come together in a one-day conference program to be held within the scope of the International Human Rights Youth Forum. The program will be held at the Aşık Paşa Conference Hall in South Campus with the participation of approximately 250 local and international university students and young people studying law and related departments in Türkiye.
Within the scope of the one-day program, in order to provide the participants with a vision in the context of human rights, there will be three sessions in Turkish as follows: High-Level Panel on Human Rights Institutions and Their Operations in Our Country, Human Rights in a Regional and Global Context, Human Rights from Different Perspectives. There will also be a session in English titled as Contemporary Human Rights Problems. In each panel, 3 academics will present their papers under the headings detailed below.
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The program schedule is available here.
PROGRAM
11 Ekim 2022 Tuesday
09.00-10.00
Opening Ceremony
Prof. Nur Zeliha KAMAN – Dean, Istanbul Medeniyet University
Taha Ayhan – President, ICYF
Prof. Gülfettin ÇELİK – Rector, Istanbul Medeniyet University
10.30-12.00
Panel 1: High-Level Panel on Human Rights Institutions and Their Operations in Our Country
Moderator: Prof. Nur Zeliha KAMAN (Dean, Istanbul Medeniyet University)
PhD. Hacı Ali AÇIKGÜL – OIC-IPHRC (Chairman, The Independent Permanent Human Rights Commission)
Prof. Muharrem KILIÇ - President, Human Rights and Equality Institution of Türkiye
13.00-14.30
Panel 2: Human Rights in a Regional and Global Context
Prof. Berdal ARAL –Member of Faculty of Political Sciences – Human Rights and Islamic World
PhD. Ahmet ULUTAŞ Ministry of Justice - UN Human Rights Mechanisms and Cooperation with Others
Nuri UZUN – Human Rights Department of Ministry of Justice – ECtHR as a Regional Human Rights Mechanism and its Interpretation of ECHR
Assist Prof. Özlem Reşat YÜCEL – Member of Faculty of Political Sciences - Minority Rights in 1923 Lousanne Peace Agreement
14.45-16.00
Panel 3: Contemporary Human Rights Problems
PhD. Hülya KAYA – Pendik District Governor - The EU-Turkey Statement and Its Impact on Fundamental Rights of Refugees
Assoc Prof. Gonca OĞUZ GÖK – Marmara SBF Öğretim Üyesi - Crises of Human Rights Norms and the United Nations
Lect. PhD. Zeynep ARDIÇ – Member of the Faculty of Law – The Neglect of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
This panel will be held in English
(Bu panel İngilizce olacaktır)
16.15-17.45
Panel 4: Human Rights from Different Perspectives
Assist Prof. Yakup Levent KORKUT – Member of the Medipol University Faculty of Law – Aspects of Discrimination in Today's World 'Islamophobia'
PhD. Hicran TÜLÜCE – Psychologist - Psychological Aspects of Human Rights
PhD. Miray AZAKLI KÖSE – Member of the Faculty of Law – Evaluation of the Policy to Push Back the Asylum Seekers in the Context of Human Rights
Res. Assist. Merve İSPİRLİ ARMAĞAN – Member of the Faculty of Law – Human Rights Obligations of Multinational Corporations in International Law
Closing Speech
Assist. Prof. Şerafettin Ekici
