On Tuesday, October 25th, IPI together with the Permanent Missions of the Netherlands and Italy cohosted a screening of the documentary film The Destruction of Memory.
The Destruction of Memory is based on a book of the same name by Robert Bevan. Over the past century, cultural destruction has wrought catastrophic results across the globe. This war against culture is not over—it has been steadily increasing. In Syria and Iraq, the ‘cradle of civilization,’ millennia of culture are being destroyed. The push to protect, salvage, and rebuild has moved in step with the destruction. Legislation and policy have played a role, but heroic individuals have fought back, risking and losing their lives to protect not just other human beings, but our cultural identity—to save the record of who we are.
The screening will be followed by an interactive discussion. Interviewees in the film include the Director-General of UNESCO, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, along with diverse and distinguished international experts whose voices combine to address this urgent issue.
Opening Remarks:
H.E. Ms. Lise Gregoire, Deputy Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the United Nations
H.E. Mr. Inigo Lambertini, Deputy Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Italy to the United Nations
Speakers:
Ms. Karima Bennoune, UN Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights
Mr. Tim Slade, Documentary Director and Producer
Ms. Bonnie Burnham, Senior Advisor of World Monuments Fund
Moderator:
Mr. Warren Hoge, Senior Adviser for External Relations
ELIAMEP’s South-East Europe Programme has published its newest report focused on Greek Public Opinion of the ‘Name Dispute’ and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. The report was authored by Dr Ioannis Armakolas and George Siakas of the University of Macedonia, and was generously funded by the Institute for the Study of Human Rights, Columbia University.
The study focused around a survey which aimed to measure Greek public attitudes about international life in general and about the “Macedonia” dispute, its parameters and potential solutions, and is the first survey of its kind. The results indicate highly pessimistic, introverted and distrustful attitudes toward international affairs, and public opinion emotional in its attitudes towards the name dispute and FYROM, resulting in a highly rejectionist outlook. The survey shows that, twenty-five years after the emergence of the new “Macedonian question”, the issue has not been forgotten by Greek public opinion and still remains very relevant.
Associate Professor at the University of Athens and Senior Research Fellow at ELIAMEP, Dimitri A. Sotiropoulos, gave an interview on the website of SciencesPo discussing the Greek crisis. He, inter alia, analyses issues such as populism and corruption. The interview is available here.
On 21 October the ELIAMEP South-East Europe Programme hosted a roundtable discussion focused on the relationship between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Professor David Philips, Director of the Program on Peace-building and Rights at Columbia University’s Institute for the Study of Human Rights, presented “The work and accomplishments of the Balkan Dialogue project between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.’ In addition, Dr Ioannis Armakolas of the South-East Europe Programme presented the Programme’s most recent report, entitled ’Greek public opinion and attitudes towards the ‘name dispute’ and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.’ The report is based on an opinion poll conducted by the University of Macedonia in collaboration with ELIAMEP’s South-East Europe Programme.
Following the two presentations, a lively round-table discussion between attendees from academia, media and diplomacy touched on the project’s findings and on how the relationship between Greece and FYROM might be improved. The report is available here.
In his article published in Kathimerini newspaper on 22 October 2016 journalist Vassilis Nedos refers to ELIAMEP’s research finding in relation to a survey on the name issue with FYROM. The article is available here (in Greek).
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Am 21. Oktober 2016 hat der Deutsche Bundestag erstmals ein Gesetz zur sogenannten Ausland-Ausland-Fernmeldeaufklärung verabschiedet. Dabei geht es um die Überwachung elektronischer Kommunikation von Ausländern im Ausland durch den Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND). Diesbezüglich konnte sich der BND bislang nicht auf eine ausdrückliche gesetzliche Grundlage stützen. Das Gesetz schafft insofern ein gewisses Maß an Rechtssicherheit, wirft aber auch Fragen zur Reichweite des deutschen Grundrechtsschutzes auf. Außerdem zeichnet sich ab, dass es unter den Bedingungen moderner Datenübertragung zu praktischen Problemen bei der Umsetzung kommen wird.
Marion Carrel est maitre de conférence en sociologie à l’université Lille 3 / Centre de recherche “Individus, Epreuves, Sociétés”. Elle répond à nos questions à l’occasion de sa participation aux Géopolitiques de Nantes organisées les 30 septembre et 1er octobre 2016 par l’IRIS et le lieu unique avec le soutien de Nantes métropole.
– En quoi consiste la démocratie participative ?
– Le Brexit et les référendums d’initiative populaire en Suisse sont-ils des bons exemples de démocratie participative ?
– Quelle peut-être la réaction d’une population exclue de la vie démocratique d’un pays ?