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