Time

Activity

Responsible Person

8:30-9:00

Registration

9:00-9:20

Welcome Remarks

Dr Solomon Negussie, Dean, CLGS

9:20-9:50

The Role of International and National Human Rights Systems in the Protection of Regional Minorities in Ethiopia

Dr. Christophe Van der Beken (Addis Ababa University) and Dr. Beza Dessalegn (Hawassa University)

Moderator: Dr Sisay Alemahu

9:50-10:20

From Multiculturalism to Interculturalism: Approaches to Religious Diversity Management in Education in England

Dr. Kyriaki Topidi (European Centre for Minority Issues)

10:20-11:00

Q&A and Discussion

11:00-11:15

Coffee/Tea Break

Jupiter Int’l Hotel

11:15-11:45

Non-Territorial Autonomy as a Form of Minority Self-Government in Central Europe

Dr. Balázs Vizi (Institute for Minority Studies, Centre for Social Sciences - Hungarian Academy of Sciences Centre of Excellence).

Moderator: Dr Sisay Alemahu

11:45-12:15

Autonomies in their Name? National-Cultural Autonomies in Croatia and Estonia

Dr. Balázs Dobos (Institute for Minority Studies, Centre for Social Sciences - Hungarian Academy of Sciences Centre of Excellence)

12:15-1:00

Q&A and Discussion

1:00-2:00

Lunch

Jupiter Int’l Hotel

2:00-2:30

Equal Treatment of Citizens in the Constitutions of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

Dr Beza Dessalegn (Hawassa University) and Endaweke Tsegaw (Dire Dawa University

Moderator: Dr Zemelak Ayele

2:30-3:00

Political Representation of Small Minorities and the International Normative Framework: Lessons from India and other Districted Electoral Systems

Dr. Richard Carver (Oxford Brookes University), Dr. Lisa Handley (Oxford Brookes University), and Dr. Prem Sam Ponniah Victor (Arba Minch University)

3:00-3:45

Q&A and General Discussion

3:45-4:00

Closing Remarks

Dr Abdi Jibril, Head SoL

4:00

Coffee and Tea

Jupiter Int’l Hotel