International Convention
Law and Freedom of Belief in Europe
An arduous journey
Medal of the President of the Italian Repubblic
Under the auspices of the Secretary General of the Council of Europe,
Mr Thorbjørn Jagland
Under the patronage of
Under the patronage of
18 - 19 January 2018
Auditorium Sant'Apollonia
Firenze - Via San Gallo, 25/a
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
8:30 - 9:00 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
10:30 Professor Pietro Nocita, Lawyer, he taught Criminal Procedure at La Sapienza University in Rome, which awarded him the Diploma of Benevolence
The Legal Status of Religious Denominations Other Than the Roman Catholic
10:55 Dr. Fabrizio D’Agostini, Lawyer in Turin
Europe, Europe, Europe
11:20 - 11:45 Coffee break
11:45 Professor Roberto Celada Ballanti, Universiy of Genoa
At The Origins of Freedom of Belief: Categorization of Religion and Secularization in the Modern Thought
12:10 Professor Marco Vannini, Philosopher, Florence
What does it mean “To Believe”?
12:35 Professor Marco Ventura, Universy of Siena
Getting more ambitious on freedom of religion or belief. Three opportunities for European institutions
13:00 - 14:30 Lunch-Buffet
14:30 - 15:00pm Music with Vincenzo Zitello
(Bardic harp and Celtic harp)
II session - Part 1 (moderator Paolo Naso)
Sociology of Religions
15:00 Professor Luigi Berzano, University of Turin
Islam and European Enlightenment
15:25 Professor Massimo Introvigne, Sociologist of Religions, Turin
Religious Freedom Problems in Russia and Hungary: A Case Study of the Church of Scientology
15:50 Professor Enzo Pace, University of Padua
The New Geography of Religious Minorities in Italy. Reasonable Discriminations and Threats to Freedom of Belief
16:15 Professor Stefano Allievi, University of Padua
The new geo-religion of Europe: Islam(s) and Muslims in the European Public Space
16:40 Professor Aldo Natale Terrin, University of Padua
The Religious Freedom according to a Religious Minority
17:05 – 17:30 Coffee break
II session - Part 2 (moderator Massimo Introvigne)
Ideological and Legal Obstacles
to the Right of Freedom of Belief in Europe
17:30 Professor Susan J. Palmer, University of Concordia, Montreal
The “Protective” State and application of France’s About-Picard law
17:55 Dr. Patricia Duval, Lawyer in Paris, France
State neutrality and anti-sect movements, the France case
18:20 Mr Willy Fautré, Director of Human Rights Without Frontiers Int., Austria
Anti-sect Movements and Laïcité: the French-Russian Orthodox Connection
18:45 Mr Thierry Valle, Director of NGO CAP Liberté de Conscience, France
FECRIS, an NGO financed by the French government
Friday, 19 January
III session (moderator Fabrizio d’Agostini)
Ecclesiastical Law
9:00 Professor Germana Carobene, University of Naples
Religious Affiliation and Legal Reaction. Limitations to Freedom of Belief in a Democratic, Pluralist and Tolerant Society
9:25 Professor Nicola Colaianni, University of Bari, former Magistrate of the Supreme Court of Cassation
Freedom of Belief in Europe to the test of immigration and terrorism
9:50 Dr. Alessandro Amicarelli, Lawyer in London, Human Rights specialist
The International Protection of Freedom of Belief: Recent Developments
10:15 Professor Muamar Salameh, University Prince Mohammed bin Fahd, Dhahran
Religious freedom in the Arab countries
10:40 – 11:05 Coffee break
IV session (moderator Silvio Calzolari)
History of Religions and Legal Aspects
of Religious Confessions
11:05 Professor Silvio Calzolari, High Institute of Religious Studies, Florence
Religious Freedom between Multiculturalism and Globalization: Some Reflections on the Shared Values
11:30 Professor Paolo Naso, University La Sapienza, Rome
Aiming at teaching about religious pluralism as a form of social heritage
11:55 Dr. David Monti, Magistrate at the Milan Court
Freedom Of Religion and Freedom From Religion
12:20 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
The role of the Ministry of Interior dealing with the affairs of religious groups
12:45 – 14:30 Lunch-Buffet
14:30 – 15:00pm Music with Flavio Cucchi
(classic guitar)
Round Table (moderator Luigi Berzano)
Law and Freedom of Belief in Europe
15:00 Ms Camelia Marin, project coordinator SOTERIA International, Denmark
15:20 Mr Eric Roux, director of EIFRF, France
15:40 Imam Izzeddin Elzir, Minister of Islam in Florence, president UCOII
16:00 Professor Mohamed Bamoshmoosh, Islamic Community of Florence and Tuscany
16:20 Dr. Fabio Fanfani, Consul - Vice Dean of the Consular Body of Florence
16:40 Professor dr. Stefano Grossi, Teacher of ethics and anthropology at the Theological Faculty of Central Italy
17:00 Mr Martin Weightman, director of All Faiths Network, England
17:20 Dr. Faisal Yousif Al Anezi, Director Prince Naif Bin Abdulaziz center for peace and tolerance, Saudi Arabia
17:40 Professor Thierry Vissol, Director of LIBREXPRESSION Center, Rome
18:00 Dr. Andrea Bottai, Soka Gakkai National Councillor
18:20 Ms Rosita Šorytė, President ORLIR, International Observatory of Religious Liberty of Refugees
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