Academy of Latinity to hold 15th annual conference next week
(12/04/2007 - www.mfa.gov.jo)
The Academy of Latinity will hold its 15th annual conference in Amman next week under the patronage of HRH Prince Hassan.
Dignitaries and scholars from across the Mediterranean and Latin worlds will examine the universal nature of human rights, explore the topic in a variety of ways and ask if a universal understanding of human rights is a precondition for a dialogue of cultures.
Senior members of the Academy, including Spanish scholar and former UNESCO director-general Federico Mayor, former president of Portugal Mário Soares, Spain’s Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Bernardino de Léon and Professor Candido Mendes from Brazil, are scheduled to speak at the event.
Among other contributors, Ebrahim Moosa from South Africa will examine the growing gulf between Islamic and secular perspectives on human rights.
Humanity in a global context is the theme chosen by Susan Buck-Morss from the US, who will set her discussion against the background of what she refers to as “the tragic consequences of militaristic unilateralism, refusal to engage in dialogue, and narrow, partisan consciousness.”
Encompassing the argument that all delegates must tackle, Walter Mignolo from the US will ask if the issue facing policy-makers is not to recast the debate on human rights and cultural diversity but rather to recast the very concept of human and humanity.