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Reflections on the Afghanistan’s Quagmire: Constitutional, Historical, Security and Human Rights Perspectives

Second “International and Diplomatic Studies Conference on Afghanistan” Hybrid Conference in English

from 24 November 2023 to 25 November 2023

In presence and online event

Friday, 24th of November 2023

Forlì Campus – Alma Mater University of Bologna, Aula 6, Teaching Hub, viale Filippo Corridoni

Saturday, 25th of November 2023

Embassy and Mission of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan in Rome

 

Friday, 24 November 2023

UNIBO, Forlì Campus

10:30 Institutional Opening

Filippo Andreatta, Director of the Department of Political and Social Sciences, University of Bologna Marco Balboni, UOS delegate, Forlì Campus

Francesco Raschi, SID coordinator

11:00-13:00 Session I

The 2004 Constitution and Political Collapse: How to reconstruct democratic legitimation for the future of Afghanistan

Chair: Silvia Bagni

Ciro Sbailò, University of International Studies in Rome, Islamic Constitutionalism From a Comparative Perspective;

H.E. Khaled A. Zekriya, Chthonic Tradition and Legal Borrowings in the 2004 Afghan Ratified Constitution;

and

Marcos Criado de Diego, University of Extremadura (Spain and online), Peace Process and Transitional Justice: the Colombian Case.

Lunch break

14:30-16:00 Session II

Whose "Quagmire"? Deconstructing the Intractability of the Conflict in Afghanistan

Chair: Francesca Biancani

Elisa Giunchi, University of Milan (online), From the Long War to the Second Taliban Regime: Regional Context and Geostrategic Constraints;

and

Mir Ahmad Joyenda, Former Afghan Diplomat and MP and the current Chairman of Foundation for Culture and Civil Society (online), Phases & Factors of Stability & Instability in Afghanistan Since its National Independence.

Coffee break

16:30-18:30 Session III

Critical Risks for the Future of Afghanistan: the Role of Local and International Actors

Chair: Michela Ceccorulli

Tomas Niklasson, EU Special Envoy for Afghanistan, The European External Action Service (EEAS), EU’s Role in, and Relations with, Afghanistan;

Huma Saeed, Senior Researcher, KU Leuven, Gender Justice and the Struggle of Afghan Women;

and

Alice Tusarelli, IOM, The Role of the IOM to Support Afghans in Afghanistan and in Neighboring Countries.

Saturday, 25 November 2023

Embassy and Mission of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan in Rome, Italy

10:30-12:30 Session IV

Women Rights Violations and How to Alleviate it

Chair: Silvia Bagni

Dr. Sahraa Karimi, Film Director, University Lecturer and Former Director General of Afghan Film (online),

Conditions of Afghan Girls & Women Under the Taliban;

Giovanna Spanò, University of Pisa, Special rights? Gender, ğihād, iğtihād; and

Deborah Scolart, University of Naples L’Orientale, Violence Against Women in Afghanistan Between Law and Praxis.

13.00-13.30 Conclusions

by H.E. Khaled A. Zekriya

Lunch Served by the Embassy