International Progress Organization

  Organisation internationale pour le progrès

 

 

 

«THE Bosphorus ROUNDTABLE»

 Sovereignty and Coercion

Çırağan Palace, Istanbul

12 September 2024

Çırağan Palace, garden staircase
Speakers and academic team members of the Roundtable

Roundtable Consultation at Bosphorus Room
12 September 2024

Prof. Hans Köchler, President of the International Progress Organization, delivers introductory remarks.

(Bosphorus Strait at the backdrop)

Prof. Hans Köchler, moderator of the roundtable, center, flanked by academic team members Davide Sirna (Istituto Analisi Relazioni Internazionali, Rome), left, and Joël Christoph (European University Institute, Florence)

Backdrop: Beylerbeyi Palace on the Asian shore of the Bosphorus

Session I: Mogens Lykketoft, President of the United Nations General Assembly (70th session), former Foreign Minister and Minister of Finance of Denmark, shares his observations on the workings of the UN system.

Prof. Hassan Diab, former Prime Minister of Lebanon, addresses challenges to democracy in a multipolar world.

Prof. Rauf Versan, University of Istanbul, Türkiye, talks on the international rule of law and the dilemma of enforcement; right: Mogens Lyyketoft.

From left: Prof. Rauf Versan (Türkiye), em. Professor of International Law, Istanbul University, ad hoc Judge (2008) at the European Court of Human Rights; Mr. Mogens Lykketoft (Denmark), President of the 70th session of the UN General Assembly, former Foreign Minister of Denmark; Prof. Chin Leng Lim (China), Choh-Ming Li Professor of Law at the Chinese University of Hong Kong; Prof. Said Saddiki (Morocco), Professor of International Relations and International Law, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Fès; Prof. Berdal Aral (Türkiye), Faculty of Political Science, International Relations, International Politics at Medeniyet University, Istanbul; Dr. Deepak Mawar (Netherlands), Lecturer, Department of Public Law and Governance, Tilburg University.

From right: Prof. Hassan Diab (Lebanon), former Prime Minister and Minister of Education of Lebanon; Dr. Karin Kneissl, former Foreign Minister of Austria, Head of G.O.R.K.I. Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia; Prof. Bardo Fassbender (Germany), Chair, International Law, European Law and Public Law, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland; Dr. Gabriel M. Lentner (Austria), Associate Professor, Deputy Director, Department of Law and International Relations, Danube University Krems; Prof. Beatriz Bissio (Brazil), Deputy Director, Institute of Philosophy and Social Sciences, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro; Prof. Daniele Archibugi (Italy), Birkbeck Business School, University of London (UK), Research Director, Italian National Research Council, Rome.

Dr. Karin Kneissl, Head of the G.O.R.K.I. Institute, Saint Petersburg, Russia, talks about the tension between normative and factual levels of state sovereignty. Right: Prof. Hassan Diab (former Prime Minister of Lebanon).

Prof. Beatriz Bissio of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, speaks of sovereignty in the experience of the Global South.

Prof. Bardo Fassbender, Chair of International Law at University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, delivers statement on original intent and future prospects of the veto rule.

Prof. Daniele Archibugi of the Italian National Research Council presents data on the use of the veto power in the Security Council.

Prof. Said Saddiki of University Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah in Fès, Morocco, weighs the balance between sovereign equality and effective functioning of the Security Council.

Prof. Berdal Aral (Türkiye), second from right, addresses panel on exceptions to sovereign equality in the UN Charter. From left: Prof. Chin Leng Lim, Prof. Said Saddiki, Dr. Deepak Mawar.

Prof. Chin Leng Lim of the Chinese University of Hong Kong compares the rules-based order to the UN legal order.

Prof. Gabriel M. Lentner of Danube University Krems, Austria, analyzes the role of the Security Council in international criminal justice.

Dr. Deepak Mawar of Tilburg University, Netherlands, concludes deliberations of the roundtable with remarks on power politics in the populist era.

Final Session: Mogens Lykketoft (Denmark), right, elaborates on options for Security Council reform. From left: Davide Sirna, Hans Köchler, Joël Christoph.

Joël Christoph, Ph.D. Researcher at European University Institute, Florence, member of the I.P.O. academic team, prepares notes for the Executive Summary and the publication of the proceedings.

Davide Sirna, Geopolitical Analyst at IARI (Italian Institute of International Relations), member of the I.P.O. academic team, prepares notes for the Executive Summary of the meeting.

During session break: group photograph, grand staircase of Çırağan Palace
Hans Köchler, center, with speakers and team members

From left: Prof. Said Saddiki (Morocco), Joël Christoph (France), Prof. Hassan Diab, former Prime Minister (Lebanon), Prof. Rauf Versan (Türkiye), Prof. Beatriz Bissio (Brazil), Prof. Bardo Fassbender (Switzerland), Hans Köchler, Prof. Berdal Aral (Türkiye), Dr. Karin Kneissl, former Foreign Minister (Austria), President of G.O.R.K.I. Institute, Russia, Prof. Daniele Archibugi (Italy), Mogens Lykketoft, President of the 70th General Assembly of the United Nations, former Foreign Minister (Denmark), Dr. Deepak Mawar (Netherlands), Davide Sirna (Italy), Prof. Gabriel Lentner (Austria), Prof. Chin Leng Lim (China).

Welcome Reception at Çırağan Palace
11 September 2024

Hans Köchler, President of the International Progress Organization, hosts welcome reception at Kaftan room of Çırağan Palace.

Hans Köchler in conversation with Professor Rauf Versan of Istanbul University.

From left: Dr. Karin Kneissl (Austria), Hans Köchler, Prof. Beatriz Bissio (Brazil).

Gala Dinner at Çırağan Palace

12 September 2024 

The President of the International Progress Organization hosts banquet at Ottoman Room for participants and special guests.

Front of table: Hans Köchler, center, in conversation with Mogens Lykketoft, President of the 70th session of the UN General Assembly (right); left: Prof. Hassan Diab, former Prime Minister of Lebanon; far right: Dr. Karin Kneissl, former Foreign Minister of Austria, and Prof. Rauf Versan, Istanbul University; in the foreground, left: Prof. Daniele Archibugi, Research Director at the Italian National Research Council.

Mogens Lykketoft (Denmark), former President of UN General Assembly, left, and Dr. Karin Kneissl (Austria), Head of G.O.R.K.I. Institute, St. Petersburg

Prof. Bardo Fassbender (University of St. Gallen, Switzerland) in conversation with Prof. Şafak Ural (Dept. of Philosophy of Istanbul University)

Turkish music ensemble accompanies the dinner performing a fasιl, a suite in classical Ottoman music.

Tour on the Bosphorus

12 September 2024 

On board Çırağan Yacht 9

Hans Köchler welcomes guests for exploratory tour on the Bosphorus Strait.

Itinerary

From left: Ms. Lyn Ng and Prof. Chin Leng Lim, seated (Hong Kong University), Prof. Hans Köchler, Prof. Beatriz Bissio (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro), Prof. Hassan Diab (American University of Beirut, former Prime Minister of Lebanon).

Along the Asian shore of the Bosphorus. From left: Dr. Mette Holm, Hans Köchler, Beatriz Bissio, Marcelo Melo de Lima.

Mogens Lykketoft, President of the 70th  session of the UN General Assembly, in conversation with academic team members Joël Christoph and Davide Sirna

Hans Köchler in conversation with Dr. Mette Holm (Denmark)

Prof. Bardo Fassbender (left) and Prof. Köchler

Hans Köchler in conversation with Prof. Gabriel M. Lentner (Danube University Krems) and Dr. Bora Kim

 Academic team members Joël Christoph, left, and Davide Sirna

News Release 

Executive Summary of roundtable consultation

Photo at top of page: MV Savarona, former Presidential Yacht of Türkiye, anchored at the Bosphorus opposite Çırağan Palace.