On October 26, SARE will organize a Conference in Donostia with international and Basque speakers such as Brian Currin, Martina Anderson, Jaime Tapia, Laura Pego and Jon Miren Landa.
Peace. Resolution. Coexistence.
SARE CONFERENCE
October 26, 2024
Sala 10 · COURSE ROOM
10:00 Welcome: BEGO ATXA (TOP)
10:15 An international vision of the Basque Country
Speakers;
BRIAN CURRIN South African lawyer who fought against apartheid. He has worked as a mediator to resolve some international conflicts. He has also been involved in the search for democratic solutions to conflicts in the Basque Country.
MARTINA ANDERSON Irish republican was arrested in 1985 and sentenced to life imprisonment. In 1998 he regained his freedom in the peace process. Between 2007 and 2012 he was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Northern Ireland and held government responsibilities.
From 2012 she was a European parliamentarian until 2020 and due to Brexit she had to leave the European Parliament.
As a European parliamentarian, she was part of the Basque Friendship Group and made, among others, a trip in 2016 to analyze the situation of Basque prisoners, making visits with other parliamentarians and publishing an important report.
Moderator: IÑAKI SOTO (Director of Gara)
11:15 REST
11:30-13:30 Time to move on
Speakers;
LAURA PEGO
Member of the Basque Institute of Criminology.
JON MIRENA LANDA
Director of the UNESCO Chair of Human Rights and Public Powers at the UPV and Professor of Criminal Law at the UPV.
JAIME TAPIA
Judge and former head of penitentiary surveillance for the Basque Government.
Moderator; THE SOURCE OF NAROA (journalist).
Final: JOSEBA AZKARRAGA (TOP)
