From: Andreas Umland <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2001 01:45:38 -0800 (PST)
The Friedrich Naumann Foundation,The Department of
International
Relations of Ural State University, and The Sverdlovsk Regional Fond for the
Advancement of International Relations Studies, invite papers for the
scientific-practical conference:
"The Implementation of the European Convention on Human Rights in
Russia: Legal Norms, Judicial Actions, and Political Practice" to be held at
the Ural State University of Yekaterinburg in early April 2001.
This two-day meeting will bring together representatives of Russian and
Western
non-governmental organizations, lawyers, researchers, academics, and others
interested or involved in the realization, study, and monitoring, of the
implementation of the standards of the European Convention on Human Rights
(ECHR) in post-Soviet Russia. Apart from establishing the current extent of
the
legal and practical implementation of the ECHR, the domestic norms, and
behavior of authorities and social actors in Russia will be also analyzed
from
a comparative and historical perspective. Although the main focus will be on
scholarly and participant observations about the current status of the ECHR
in
Russia, paper-subjects may also include reports about experiences with the
implementation of the ECHR in other countries, or the development of
monistic
approaches to the relationship between domestic and international law in
Russia
before her entry into the Council of Europe in 1996. Prospective
participants
are, in particular, asked to consider what practical conclusions, and what
recommendations to Russian authorities, and civil society activists, your
analysis may lead to. Western and Russian representatives of
non-governmental
organizations are encouraged to describe - and, if appropriate, to
document -
in detail (a) your experiences with particular violations or applications of
the norms of the ECHR, and (b) any examples, you may know of, for the
successful (or, for that matter, unsuccessful) defense of human rights with
explicit reference to the ECHR.
Abstracts should be submitted to the below address until 15 February
2001 (late submissions will only in exceptional circumstances be
considered).
The conference languages are Russian and English. Travel by train inside
Russia
(2nd class, coupe), and accommodation in a student hostel (for three nights)
will be covered by a grant from the Russia bureau of the Friedrich Naumann
Foundation. Any other or further expenditures will have to be covered by the
participant her- or himself, or other sponsors. The organizers will support
prospective non-Russian participants in obtaining funding and visas, making
local hotel reservations, and orienting themselves in Yekaterinburg.
Presentations should be no more than 15 minutes long. Substantive papers
submitted in appropriate form will be published in a conference
volume/policy
handbook under the imprint of Ural University Press Yekaterinburg. Further
information and application forms may be obtained from: RUSSIA, 620083
Ekaterinburg, pr. Lenina, 51, Uralskii gosudarstvennyi universitet Otdelenie
mezhdunarodnykh otnoshenii, k. 464, tel. +7-3432-557543 Andreas Umland,
e-mail:
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