Ruhi Demiray (Siegen), Mehmet Rauf Kesici (Essen)
We witness frequent restrictions and violations of basic rights and civil liberties allegedly in the name of maintaining public order in various parts of the globe. In this public conference, we discuss moral, legal-constitutional, and pragmatic aspects of this increasingly common phenomena. More precisely, ask the following questions: "Are public order, and peace pragmatically sustainable when basic rights and civil liberties are neglected?"; "is it morally justifiable to restrict or even violate basic rights and civil liberties for the purpose of public order or peace?"; "can a legal-constitutional order justifiably include norms or regulations which effectively violate basic rights and civil liberties for the sake of public order?"; and "to what extent can one talk of public order or the rule of law, when basic rights and civil liberties (such as freedom of expression, freedom of the press, freedom·of movement, the ,right not to be discriminated against on account of birth place , ethnic-cultural identity, religious. affiliation, and political opinion) are disrespected and their restriction is even endorsed by legal norms and political regulations? Our conference will include scholars, journalists and politicians. As will be evident from the list of invited speakers, we will put a particular emphasis on the current situation in Turkey as a case illustrating the problem under consideration.
Ort: AE-A 101/103 (Artur-Woll-Haus) | Am Eichenhang 50, 57076 Siegen
Veranstalter: Universität Siegen; British Academy; Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung; Kocaeli Solidarity and Research Association