This afternoon at 6 p.m. in the Ambassadors’ Hall of Casa America, an International Human Rights Dialogue in front of a crisis international order: roadmap for democratic coexistence will take place.
This dialogue is driven by the OEI, through its Ibero-American Program of Education in Human Rights, Democracy, and Equality, and together with the Ministry of Territorial Policy and Democratic Memory within the framework of the anniversary of the 50 years of Spain in Freedom.
Some of the questions that will guide this dialogue will be: Are we facing an inevitable process towards international disorder and democratic decline? How will it impact the system of protection of human rights? Should we acknowledge that the institutional and regulatory architecture of the last 80 years is unfeasible and was merely an illusion? Is it still possible to articulate a reaction that reorients this process? What role do alliances between international organizations, civil society organizations, academia, governments, and the private sector play? What role does education in democratic values and in the culture of peace, active listening, and critical thinking have to mitigate and reorient this process?
These are some of the questions that will guide this dialogue, driven by the OEI, through its Ibero-American Program of Education in Human Rights, Democracy, and Equality, and together with the Ministry of Territorial Policy and Democratic Memory within the framework of the anniversary of the 50 years of Spain in Freedom.
The international dialogue will be structured around two interconnected strategic axes:
– International disorder, crisis of multilateralism, and democratic decline: Impact on the human rights system and democratic coexistence.
– Democratic resilience: historical learnings and culture of peace. Responses from education and citizenship.
After a closed-door working day in the city of Ávila with an international, multidisciplinary, and gender-balanced group of approximately 25 experts and human rights defenders, the public event at Casa de América will aim to generate a constructive discussion that contributes to the joint development of a diagnosis and a roadmap to strengthen the human rights system and promote democratic coexistence on both continents.
The program of the event is as follows:
6:00 PM to 6:15 PM. Inaugural session:
– León de la Torre, general director of Casa de América.
– Mariano Jabonero, secretary general of the OEI.
– Abelardo de la Rosa, secretary of state for education
– Fernando Martínez López, minister of Territorial Policy and Democratic Memory of the Government of Spain.
6:15 PM to 6:45 PM. Ibero-American Award for Education in Human Rights:
Announcement of the winning project in Spain and a brief discussion about the project
Moderated by: Andrés Delich, deputy secretary general of the OEI
6:45 PM to 7:45 PM. High-level dialogue: Roadmap for democratic coexistence in Ibero-America:
– Scott Campbell, representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Colombia.
– Cristina Mansilla, director of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Uruguay.
– Clara Ramírez Barat, director of the Warren Program for Educational Policies of the Auschwitz Institute for the Prevention of Genocide.
– Fabian Salvioli, former president of the United Nations Human Rights Committee.
Moderated by: Irune Aguirrezabal, director of the Program of Education in Human Rights, Democracy, and Equality of the OEI.
7:45 PM to 8:00 PM. Closing:
– Mariano Jabonero, secretary general of the OEI.
