MESOP EVENTS : Centre for Policy & Research on Turkey (Research Turkey)’s symposium – LONDON SYMPOSION

 Organised in association with Faculty of Law at University of Oxford entitled “The Manifestation of Religion or Belief in the Public Sphere”. This event will take place on Saturday, 14 June 2014 between 10:30 a.m. and 3:15 p.m. at The Cube Lecture Theatre, University of Oxford, Faculty of Law, St Cross Building, St Cross Rd, Oxford OX1 3UL.

The event consists of two panels in which four panellists will take part. Please find below the symposium programme:

The Symposium Programme – 10.30 Registration –  10.45 Welcome and introduction

Özgür Heval Çınar, Academic Visitor, Faculty of Law, University of Oxford

Ümit Sönmez, Centre for Policy and Research on Turkey

11.00-12.30 “Human Rights Committee v. European Court of Human Rights”

Chair: Nazila Ghanea, Faculty of Law and Department of Continuing  Education,            University of Oxford

Michael Wiener, Visiting Fellow, Kellogg College, Oxford –

Juris Rudevskis, European Court of Human Rights

12.30-13.30 Lunch

13.30-15.00 “A Comparative Analysis of Turkey and the United Kingdom”

Chair: Peter Petkoff, Brunel University and Regent’s Park College, Oxford

          Mine Yıldırım, Norwegian Helsinki Committee

          Erica Howard, Middlesex University

15.00-15.15 Closing remarks

The event is free but requires pre-registration and attendance must be confirmed in advance. For further information and pre-registration please either e-mail to events@researchturkey.org or ozgur.cinar@law.ox.ac.uk . Alternatively, you may register via the link below.

https://rt-oxford-symposium-2014.eventbrite.co.uk

You may find attached the symposium program, abstracts of the speeches and short bios of the panelists in PDF format.

Onur Toy

Corporate Services Officer Kurumsal Hizmetler Sorumlusu – www.researchturkey.org