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CATEGORIES:Centre of Governance and Human Rights Events
SUMMARY:The challenge of justice in transnational contexts
  of human rights violations: reflections on the ca
 se of Giulio Regeni - Dr Antonio Marchesi (Profess
 or of Law at Università di Teramo and President\, 
 Amnesty Italy) 
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URL:http://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/70358
DESCRIPTION:The disappearance\, torture and murder of Universi
 ty of Cambridge PhD student Giulio Regeni in Cairo
  has shed a spotlight on widespread human rights v
 iolations in Egypt\, including the enforced disapp
 earance of hundreds of Egyptian citizens over the 
 past two years. Research recently published by Amn
 esty International has exposed the central role pl
 ayed by the Egyptian Ministry of the Interior\, an
 d collusion by the judiciary\, in a large number o
 f these cases. \n\nThe fact that Giulio was a fore
 ign citizen\, a victim of human rights violations 
 in a country other than his own\, has a number of 
 implications which are worth exploring both in leg
 al and societal terms. From the point of view of i
 nternational law\, there is an overlap between hum
 an rights law and international norms on the treat
 ment of foreigners. Giulio's disappearance\, tortu
 re and extrajudicial killing are violations of hum
 an rights\, belonging as such to all human beings 
 independently of nationality. At the same time\, a
 s violations of the rights of a non national\, the
 y necessarily involved his state of origin. The tr
 ansnational element\, while not superseding the hu
 man rights approach\, brings a second government (
 Italy) into the picture. The fact that Giulio was 
 Italian has implications on a societal level as we
 ll\, as Italian society was strongly influenced by
  the fact that Giulio was Italian (and clearly dif
 ferent from the reaction by public opinion to huma
 n rights violations by the government of another c
 ountry which are not against its own citizens … ho
 wever successful NGO campaigns on human rights abr
 oad may be).\n \nIn this lecture\, Dr Antonio Marc
 hesi\, Professor of Law at Università di Teramo an
 d President of Amnesty International’s Italy secti
 on will reflect on the implications of Giulio Rege
 ni’s case for efforts to secure justice for victim
 s of human rights violations in a transnational co
 ntext and share his experience as a human rights p
 ractitioner from leading Amnesty International Ita
 ly's campaign (“Verità per Giulio”) which has comb
 ined a variety of methods including media work\, p
 ublic meetings\, collecting signatures\, hanging y
 ellow banners on public and private buildings\,  l
 obbying  while building a broad-based alliance of 
 key individuals including Giulio’s parents\, with 
 journalists\, MPs and civil society organisations 
 to draw attention not only to Giulio’s own case bu
 t also other human rights violations in Egypt. \n\
 nBackground: This event is organised in collaborat
 ion with Amnesty International. Dr Marchesi is vis
 iting the UK to take part in the launch of a natio
 nal campaign by Amnesty International and the Univ
 ersity and College Union (UCU) marking the first a
 nniversary of Giulio Regeni’s disappearance and mu
 rder. \n\nFor more information about the campaign 
 and details of the launch event on 13 February ple
 ase click here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/tru
 th-for-giulio-regeni-and-justice-for-egypts-disapp
 eared-tickets-30520576867\n
LOCATION:Keynes Hall Lecture Theatre\, King's College
CONTACT:Sharath Srinivasan
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