On Tuesday 13 March Minister Giulio Terzi will inaugurate the second cycle of meetings on the theme “Human Rights: from Theory to Practice” for the Education students of Rome’s main universities (Sapienza, Tor Vergata, Roma Tre, Luiss, S.Pio V, and LUMSA). The ministry initiative began with a cycle of meetings held between October and December 2011, and proceeds on the strength of the success it had with young people and University partners.
Participants in the inaugural session include Minister Elsa Fornero, the Hon. Jean Leonard Touadi of the Lower House Foreign Affairs Committee and various representatives of academia, institutions, the civil society and sector NGOs. The event has been organised by the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Human Rights that operates out of the foreign ministry, in collaboration with the Committee for the Promotion and Protection of Human rights (one of the main networks of sector Italian NGOs), the Office for Italy in the European Parliament and the Euro Med Film Festival, which this year will address the theme of civil commitment and human rights promotion in the Mediterranean.
According to an innovative formula, each cycle’s speakers will include, in addition to the usual professors and academic researchers, also politicians, government officials and representatives of international organisations, NGOs, civil society and cultural spheres. Ample space will be built in for debate between speakers and students. The programme also provides for periodical meetings to treat themes such as non-discrimination, immigration, violence, trade in and exploitation of women and children, Italy’s strategies for the integration of Roma and Sinti communities and freedom of worship in a multicultural society.
Journalists and camera operators interested in covering the event are asked to apply for specific accreditation no later than 13:00 on 13 March, using the online accreditation system now available at the “Journalists Area” on the home page of the foreign ministry’s website www.esteri.it. Please complete the interactive form provided in the Press section of our web site, to which all required documentation can be attached in digital format.
If in exceptional cases it is not possible to complete the online accreditation procedure, applications in writing on company letterhead and signed by the director of the organisation concerned—indicating name, surname, date and place of birth, number of a valid ID document and qualification—should be sent by fax to the Press Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (tel. 063691.3432 fax 06.3691.2122).
Accredited journalists/photographers will be admitted at the main entrance to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (left-hand door) from 14:30 onwards.
