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2009 Conference - (disponible en anglais seulement)

Peace, Human Rights, and the Rule of
Law: Canada's Role in the Middle East

Group of 78 Annual Foreign Policy Conference

September 25– 27, 2009
Cartier Place Suites Hotel, Ottawa

Keynote Speakers:
Richard Falk United Nations Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories and Professor Emeritus of International Law at Princeton University
Stephen P. Cohen President of the Institute for Middle East Peace and Development


Conference links

2009 Conference Report - Peace, Human Rights and the Rule of Law: Canada's Role in the Middle East (English only)Final Report (PDF) - Peace, Human Rights and the Rule of Law: Canada's Role in the Middle East (English only)

Program

Speakers

Background Reading Materials

Recording, (MP3) Richard Falk keynote address "The Israel / Palestine Conflict: Why International Law Matters"

Speaking notes, Stephen P. Cohen - "A Tragedy for both the Middle East and Western Society (Can Canada help to resolve this conflict?) "

Follow-up - Letter to Prime Minister Harper regarding funding of UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency)

October 26, 2010 - Final report of Richard Falk, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territories occupied since 1967, to the United Nations General Assembly. (Additional material related to the 2009 annual conference.)

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