Wednesday, October 24, 2012

The "Broken Mirrors" Conference





Broken Mirrors:
Human Rights Organizations, the Media and Israel
October 31, 2012
8:00 Reception & Refreshments
8:30 Greetings
Moderator: Dr. Michael Ehrlich, Department of Middle Eastern Studies, Bar-Ilan University
Prof. Haim Taitelbaum, Rector, Bar-Ilan University
Prof. Eytan Gilboa, Director, Center for International Communication, Bar-Ilan University

8:45 First Panel – Human rights: Does it really interest the press?
Chair: Dr. Aliza Lavie, Director, Center for Media & Religion, Bar-Ilan University
Dr. Einat Lachover, School of Communications, Sapir Academic College
Lt. Col. Avital Leibovitz, Spokesperson to Foreign Media, IDF Spokesperson's Unit
Mr. Yisrael Medad, Israel's Media Watch
Mr. Yizhar Be'er, Director, Keshev – The Center for the Protection of Democracy in Israel

10:15 Guest Lecture - Dr. Pierre Sané, President, Imagine Africa Institute, Paris. Former Assistant Director UNESCO, Secretary General, Amnesty International

11:40 Second Panel – The relationship between human rights organizations and the media
Chair: Prof. Ariel Bendor, Director, Center for Media & Law, Law Faculty, Bar-Ilan University
Dr. Raphael Ben-Ari, Law Faculty, Bar-Ilan University
Mr. Hanoch Marmari, The Israel Democracy institute
Adv. Anne Herzberg, Legal Advisor, NGO Monitor
Mr. Boaz Bismuth, Foreign News Editor, Israel Hayom
Mr. Daniel Maron, Director, Human Rights Division, Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs

13:30 Lunch

14:30 Third Panel – Human rights: Ethical or political discourse? Chair: Dr. Yehudit Auerbach, School of Communication, Bar-Ilan University
Dr. Yishai Menuchin, Chair, Amnesty International, Israel; Department of Sociology, Ben-Gurion University
Prof. Gerald Steinberg, President, NGO Monitor; Department of Political Science, Bar-Ilan University
Adv. Danny Seidemann, East Jerusalem Expert
Prof. Richard Landes, Department of History, Boston University

16:15 Fourth Panel – Can human rights organizations and the media create a productive public dialogue on human rights?
Chair: Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig, Academic Deputy Director, School of Communication, Bar-Ilan University
Prof. Haim Sandberg, School of Law, College of Management, Rishon Le-Zion
Mr. Danny Seaman, Deputy Director General, Israeli Ministry of Public Diplomacy and Diaspora Affairs
Mr. Hagai El-Ad, Executive Director, The Association for Civil Rights in Israel
Ms. Lilac Sigan, Ma'ariv; The Huffington Post
Mr. Qasem Khateeb, MBC

18:00 Closing Lecture – Supreme Court Justice (Emerita) Dalia Dorner; President, Israeli Press Council

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