Programme
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Day 1: October 13, 2016
10:15 Welcome – Jason Ralph, Head of the School of Politics and International Studies (POLIS), University of Leeds.
10:30 Opening Plenary
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The global state of R2P
Chair: Jason Ralph, University of Leeds
- Simon Adams, Director of the Global Center for R2P, New York.
- Gillian Kitley, Senior Officer, United Nations Office for the Prevention of Genocide and the R2P
- Phil Orchard, University of Queensland and Research Director of The Asia Pacific Centre for R2P (via skype)
- Adrian Gallagher, School of Politics and International Studies, University of Leeds
12:30 - 13:30 Buffet lunch
13:30 - 15:00
Plenary Roundtable 1: European Perspectives of R2P
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Chair: Edward Newman, University of Leeds
- Jennifer Welsh, European University Institute, Former UN Special Adviser on the R2P (via skype)
- Cristina Stefan, School of Politics and International Studies, University of Leeds
- Chiara De Franco, University of Southern Denmark
- Enzo Maria Le Fevre Cervini, Director of Research and Cooperation of the Budapest Centre for the International Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities.
- Fabien Terpan, College of Europe, Sciences Po Grenoble
15:00 - 15:30 Coffee
15:30 - 16:30
Plenary Roundtable 2: European Perspectives of R2P
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Chair: Eamon Aloyo (Hague Institute)
- Christoph Meyer, King’s College London
- Vasilka Sancin, Department of International Law, University of Ljubljana
- Annemarie Peen Rodt, Institute for Strategy, Royal Danish Defense College
17:00 - 18:00 Closed Business meeting
19:00 Reception and Dinner (for first day speakers)
Day 2: October 14, 2016
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9:00 - 10:30 Session One
Panel 1. Theorising the Responsibility to Protect
Location: Great Woodhouse Room
Chair: Adrian Gallagher, University of Leeds
- Hannah Partis-Jennings (St Andrews University): Quantum R2P: A Normative Paradigm Simultaneously Alive and Dead
- James Pattison (University of Manchester): The R2P and the alternatives to military intervention: an ethical evaluation.
- Eamon Aloyo (Hague Institute): Nonviolent Resistance, Democratization and Mass Atrocity Prevention
- Sarka Kolmasova (Metropolitan University Prague), Katerina Krulisova (Nottingham Trent University): R2P and Sexualised Violence: A Critical Feminist Perspective
Panel 2. Regional Perspectives on the Responsibility to Protect
Location: St. George Room
Chair: Gyorgy Tatar, Director of the Budapest Centre for Mass Atrocity Prevention
- Gyorgy Tatar (The Budapest Centre): Partnerships on R2P between the European Union and other regional communities
- Linnéa Gelot (University of Gothenburg and Nordic Africa Institute): Waging Peace: a Practice-based Look at Africa's R2P
- Pinar Gozen Ercan (Hacettepe University): The Responsibility to Protect and Overlooked Responsibilities: the refugee crisis and the implementation of the global responsibility to protect
- Lucy Scott (University of Bradford): Sierra Leone: a story of successful R2P?
- Edward Newman, Cristina Stefan (University of Leeds): The European Union’s Weak Engagement with R2P.
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:30 Session Two
Panel 3: R2P and Humanity
Location: Great Woodhouse Room
Chair: James Pattison, University of Manchester
- Lars Waldorf (University of York): Inhumanity’s Law
- Samuel Jarvis (University of Sheffield): The Scope of Humanity’s Reach: Revaluating the R2P as a Moral Call to Action.
- Graeme Davies (University of Leeds), Robert Johns (University of Essex): R2P From Below
- Adrian Gallagher (University of Leeds): Investigating the Source of the R2P: R2P and Humanity
Panel 4: R2P and the crisis in Syria
Location: St. George Room
Chair: Linnea Gelot, University of Gothenburg
- Jason Ralph (University of Leeds), Xavier Mathieu (Centre for Global Cooperation Research, University of Duisburg-Essen): Meanings in use and useful meanings. ‘R2P’ and ‘political transition’ in the international response to the Syria crisis, 2011-13
- Jess Gifkins (Leeds Beckett University): The purpose of Security Council practice: R2P and the Syria crisis
- Tessa Allabas (Hague Institute): US atrocity prevention efforts and the Syria crisis
- Jessica Field (Save the Children): Humanitarian protection, partnerships and politicking in the Syrian Civil War
12:30 - 13:30 Buffet Lunch
13:30 - 15:00 Session Three
Panel 5: The R2P: Progress and Limits
Location: Great Woodhouse Room
Chair: Chiara De Franco, University of Southern Denmark
- Kirsten Ainley (LSE): The Nature of ‘Responsibility’ in the Responsibility to Protect doctrine
- Daniel Wand (University of Leeds): Implementing the Responsibility to Protect through International Criminal Law and the Problem of Head of State Immunity.
- Aidan Hehir (University of Westminster): Hollow Norms and the Responsibility to Protect
- Justin Morris (University of Hull): Responsibility and Reform: A forseeable dilemma?
Panel 6: R2P and Refugees
Location: St. George Room
Chair: Graeme Davies, University of Leeds
- James Souter (University of Leeds): Linking Refugee Protection and R2P
- Dan Bulley (Queen’s University Belfast): “Shame on EU”? Europe, RtoP and the Politics of Refugee Protection
- Chloe Gilgan (University of York): Exploring the Link between R2P and Refugee Protection: Arriving at Resettlement
- Richard Beardsworth (University of Aberystwyth): RtoP and the Contemporary Refugee Crisis: What Role for RtoP?
15:00 - 15:30 Coffee Break
16:00 - 17:00
Plenary Address
Rt.Honourable Hillary Benn MP (Great Woodhouse Room)
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17:00 - 17:15 Closing Remarks
Informal dinner and social in Leeds for speakers.