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International Progress Organization
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Organisation
internationale pour le progrès
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«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.