Aug 22, 2004

The Rights of Peoples: Ideals and Reality. International Conference in Tallinn, Estonia.


Organized by UNPO in partnership with the the Estonian Ministry of Justice and the Institute of the Rights of Peoples.
International Conference
THE RIGHTS OF PEOPLES:
IDEALS AND REALITY
Tallinn (Estonia) 21-22 August 2004
National Library of Estonia
Conference organised by
- Institute of the Rights of Peoples -
- Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organisation -
- Estonian Ministry of Justice -


Opening
Ken - Marti Vaher,
Minister of Justice of Estonia
“Prospects of Accepting the Universal Declaration of the Rights of Peoples in the Context of International Law”

Tunne Kelam,
Member of the European Parliament

Andres Herkel,
Member of Parliament, Estonia

Tiit Matsulevits,
Member of Parliament, Estonia

Enn Tarto,
Former Member of Parlament, Estonia

Marino Busdachin,
General Secretary Unrepresented Nations and People Organization (UNPO)

Opening Presentation
Linnart Mäll,
(Estonia) Rights of Peoples: What has been done and what has to be done?

The State and Indigenous peoples
Chen Hsi-Chung,
(Taiwan) On the condition of Indigenous peoples of Taiwan.

1st Panel: Theoretical Dimensions of People’s Rights
Konstantin Zamyatin (Udmurtia) The Rights of Peoples and the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
Heno Sarv (Estonia) The terms “Sovereignty” and “Diaspora” in Eastern Europe.

Insight into Estonia’s Past
Peeter Järvelaid (Estonia) The situation of Ethnic Minorities in Estonia between the Two World Wars: the Example of Werner Hasselblat.

Future Prospects
Ken-Marti Vaher (Estonia) Prospects of Accepting the Universal Declaration of the Rights of Peoples in the Context of International Law.

2nd Panel: The Dimensions of the Rights of Peoples in time and space
Wladimir Gagai-ool (Tyva) The Development Stages of the Tyva People’s State.
Bata Bayartuev (Buryatia) The problems of the Buryat Ethnos in time and space.
Alexander Okhtov (Circassia) The rights of Peoples living in Russia: the example of the Circassian People.

3rd Panel: The actual dimensions of the Rights of Peoples
Akhyad Idigov (Chechnya) The situation of the Chechens now and in the near future.
Nikolay Lukianov (Chuvashia) The Chuvash Nation in the Early 21st Century.
Aleksanteri Kirjanen (Ingria) Russia’s Ethnic Policy on Historical Ingrian Land.