Under the auspices of the Secretary General of the Council of Europe,
Mr Thorbjørn Jagland
Under the patronage of
18 - 19 January 2018
Auditorium Sant'Apollonia
Firenze - Via San Gallo, 25/a
Partecipation is free till the reaching of the maximum capacity of the hall.
Please, confirm your attendance by writing at: conference@freedomofbelief.com
For info: info@fredomofbelief.net
How to reach the auditorium
PRESENTATION
Within globalization, within pluralism, in a multi-ethnic society, with the many exoduses and with the diversities bursting into our society, protection of civil rights and especially the right to believe and the right for freedom, have become a crucial need for the European Community and the national governments that comprise it. In an uncertain and volatile reality, that protection is our duty and the duty of each country, and the only way to make it valid and effective all over Europe and in each and every country of the Union, is to have European laws as well as European justice enforcement bodies.
With the differences of laws and rulings of each national government, with the pressures of anti-liberal forces and sometimes of nonsense politics, it is not an easy task, the one we are entitled to. Within the protection (with no shyness) of freedom to believe and freedom of religion, dwells a hope for peace, for pacific cohabitation and reciprocal acknowledgment which alone turns the different, the ‘other’, the unknown, into a comrade, a friend and a fellow citizen.
In such often puzzling protection stands the creation, as well, of the most truthful identity for Europe and its role amongst the nations and continents.
PROGRAM
Thursday, 18 January, 8:30am
Registration of partecipants
Welcome address
Professor Silvio Calzolari, Secretary of FOB
Dr. Eugenio Giani, President of the Regional Council of Tuscany
Hon. Riccardo Migliori, Past-president OSCE
Hon. Marietta Tidei, Vice-president OSCE-PA
Hon. Luciano Ciocchetti, Former vice-president of the Lazio Region
Dr. Alessandro Amicarelli, President of FOB
I session (moderator Pietro Nocita)
Philosophy and Theory of Law
Professor Pietro Nocita, Lawyer, he taught Criminal Procedure at La Sapienza University in Rome, which awarded him the Diploma of Benevolence
Dr. Fabrizio D’Agostini, Lawyer in Turin
Professor Roberto Celada Ballanti, Universiy of Genoa
Professor Marco Vannini, Philosopher, Florence
Professor Marco Ventura, Universy of Siena
Thursday, 18 January, 2:30pm
Music with Vincenzo Zitello
(Bardic harp and Celtic harp)
II session - Part 1 (moderator Paolo Naso)
Sociology of Religions
Professor Luigi Berzano, University of Turin
Professor Massimo Introvigne, Sociologist of Religions, Turin
Professor Enzo Pace, University of Padua
Professor Stefano Allievi, University of Padua
Professor Aldo Natale Terrin, University of Padua
II session - Part 2 (moderator Alessandro Amicarelli)
Ideological and Legal Obstacles
to the Right of Freedom of Belief in Europe
Professor Susan J. Palmer, University of Concordia, Montreal
Dr. Patricia Duval, Lawyer in Paris, France
Mr Willy Fautre, Director of Human Rights Without Frontiers Int., Austria
Mr Thierry Valle, Director of NGO CAP Liberté de Conscience, France
Friday, 19 January, 8:00am
III session (moderator Fabrizio d’Agostini)
Ecclesiastical Law
Professor Germana Carobene, University of Naples
Professor Nicola Colaianni, University of Bari, former Magistrate of the Supreme Court of Cassation
Dr. Alessandro Amicarelli, Lawyer in London, Human Rights specialist
Professor Muamar Salameh, University Prince Mohammed bin Fahd, Dhahran
IV session (moderator Silvio Calzolari)
History of Religions and Legal Aspects
of Religious Confessions
Professor Silvio Calzolari, High Institute of Religious Studies, Florence
Professor Paolo Naso, University La Sapienza, Rome
Professor David Monti, Magistrate at the Milan Court
Dr. Nelly Ippolito Macrina, Deputy Prefect, former director of the Division for the Affairs of Religious Groups other than the Roman Catholic of the Ministry of the Interior
Friday, 19 January, 2:30pm
Music with Flavio Cucchi
(classic guitar)
Round Table (moderator Luigi Berzano)
Law and Freedom of Belief in Europe
Ms Camelia Marin, project coordinator SOTERIA International, Denmark
Mr Eric Roux, director of EIFRF, France
Imam Izzeddin Elzir, Minister of Islam in Florence, president UCOII
Professor Mohamed Bamoshmoosh, Islamic Community of Florence and Tuscany
Dr. Fabio Fanfani, Consul - Vice Dean of the Consular Body of Florence
Professor dr. Stefano Grossi, Teacher of ethics and anthropology at the Theological Faculty of Central Italy
Mr Martin Weightman, director of All Faiths Network, England
Dr. Faisal Yousif Al Anezi, Director Prince Naif Bin Abdulaziz center for peace and tolerance, Saudi Arabia
Professor Thierry Vissol, Director of LIBREXPRESSION Center, Rome
Dr. Andrea Bottai, Soka Gakkai Regional In-charge for Tuscany
Ms Rosita Šorytė, President ORLIR, International Observatory of Religious Liberty of Refugees
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