The third out of four symposia initiating the research project Challenging the Human Rights Tradition will be hosted on Thursday 1 December.
Venue: Centre for Languages and Litterature (SOL-centrum), Faculty Club.
10.15 Lena Halldenius, Lund University
Welcome and introduction
10.30- 11.30 Hakan Erdem, Sabanci University, Istanbul
Great Documents of Liberty in the Ottoman Contexts: A Critical Approach
Coffee
11.45- 12.45 Per Nilsén, Lund University
‘A salient feature of our Swedish constitution is its elasticity’. On the formal protection of the right of citizens according to the 1809 Instrument of Government
12.45- 14.00 Lunch
14.00- 15.00 Simone Zurbuchen, University of Fribourg
Human Rights Protection as Object of the Law of Nations: The Case of Emer de Vattel
15.00- 16.00 Olof Beckman, Lund University
Revisiting the Teachings of Alberico Gentili and the Case of Persistant Objector Doctrine
Coffe
16.15- 17.15 Christopher Collstedt, Lund University
‘Potestas’ and ‘Violentia’. Legitimate and illegitimate Military Violence Against Civilians in Swedish Legal Discourse circa 1500-1700
Enquiries to: Lena.Halldenius(a)mrs.lu.se
