EUROPEAN ARMENIAN FEDERATION For Justice & Democracy
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THURSDAY 24 SEPTEMBER 2009

CONTACT: VARTéNIE ECHO
TEL. / FAX. : +32 (0) 2 732 70 27

A CONFERENCE AGAINST DENIALS IN THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
The European Armenian Federation for Justice and Democracy (EAFJD),
in association with the Centre Communautaire Laïc Juif (Jewish Laic
Community Centre) and IBUKA Mémoire & Justice (Ibuka Memory and
Justice Association), will hold a conference entitled Denial and
Democracy in Europe on October 6, 2009 in the European Parliament,
Brussels.

The conference will be held under the aegis of Mr Elmar Brok
(Christian Democrat, Germany), in light of the adoption of the
Framework Decision against Racism and Xenophobia by the European
Council in December 2008. Article 1 of the Framework Decision
prohibits genocide denial in the EU. It is now a requirement that EU
Member States incorporate the provisions of this Framework Decision
into their national legislations by 2010.

The conference will be an occasion for political leaders,
historians, experts, human rights workers, philosophers and others to
exchange their views and their concerns regarding the state of
genocide denial in Europe. Specifically, the speakers will explore
critical questions for Europe arising from increased genocide denial
within the EU as well as the potential benefits or drawbacks of the
Framework Decision.

The increase in genocide denial is evidenced by comments such as
those of the president of Iran regarding the Holocaust. More recently,
the Republic of Turkey has incorporated provisions into a recent
agreement with the Republic of Armenia that call for the
establishment of a committee of experts to revisit and review the
actuality of the Armenian Genocide.

Among others, the experts to take the floor on October 6 include Mr
Ralph Giordano, a Jewish journalist and essayist who survived to the
Nazi regime, Professor Yves Ternon, one of the main French historian
specialized on the 20th century genocides, Professor Mihran Dabag,
founder and director of Institute for Diaspora and Genocide Studies in
Bochum (Germany) or Mr Marcel Kabanda, the chairperson of Ibuka France

The detailed program of the conference is available hereafter. This
event will take from 2pm place room ASP 5G-2 IN THE EUROPEAN
PARLIAMENT, BRUSSELS.

THE EUROPEAN ARMENIAN FEDERATION RECALLS THAT REGISTRATION IS
MANDATORY AND IS TO BE COMPLETED ON ITS WEBSITE [4].
PROGRAM
DENIAL & DEMOCRACY IN EUROPE

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, BRUSSELS, ROOM ASP 5G2

TUESDAY 6 OCTOBER 2009, 3:00PM` 6:30PM

UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF ELMAR BROK, MEMBER OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

2:30 ` 3:00 Registration of attendees

M. ELMAR BROK ` Welcome address

MRS HILDA TCHOBOIAN ` Introduction note of EAFJD

MR MARCEL KABANDA – Introduction note of IBUKA

MRS MICH̬LE SZWARCBURT РIntroduction note of CCLJ

KEYNOTE SPEECH

Mr Ralph Giordano
_Writer, Publicist, __Germany_

SPEAKERS

PROF. YVES TERNON
_Professor of History, __Paris_ IV- Sorbonne, France;
Expert in Genocides and Denials

PROF. MIHRAN DABAG,
_Founder and Director of Center for Studies of Diasporas &
Genocides, __Bochum__, __Germany_

MR GILLES KARMASYN
_Expert in Information Systems; Founder of __ [5]
(Pratique de l’histoire et dévoiements négationnistes), France_

MR MARCEL KABANDA
_President de IBUKA-France_

MR LAURENT LEYLEKIAN
Director of the _European Armenian Federation_

MR MANUEL ABRAMOWICZ
_Coordinator of __RésistanceS.be__, __Belgium_

_NOTE__: this program is provisional. The exact list of speakers and
their order may change. 15mn are assigned to each speaker to deliver
his/her speech, but the keynote speaker who has 20mn. _
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