Conferences & Activities 1994-2008
(Abril/2007 - www.riifs.org)
The Academy of Latinity, in collaboration with the Royal Institute for Inter-Faith Studies (RIIFS), will hold its XVth Conference entitled, The ‘Universal’ in Human Rights: A Precondition for a Dialogue of Cultures, in Amman on 14 – 17 April 2007.
The inaugural speeches at the Opening Ceremony will be presented by Mr Omar Maani, the Mayor of Amman; Mr Federico Mayor, President of the Academy of Latinity; HRH Prince El Hassan bin Talal, Founder and Chairman of the Royal Institute for Inter-Faith Studies; Mr Mário Soares, Vice-President of the Academy of Latinity; Mr Bernardino de León, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs of Spain; Mr Enrique Iglesias, Secretary-General of the Ibero-American Secretariat; and Prof Candido Mendes, Secretary-General of the Academy of Latinity. Over twenty scholars from Latin America, Europe and the Arab world will participate and present papers at the conference.