Title: University of Malta Human Rights Platform Webinar on Racism & Human Rights in Contemporary Malta
Date: Thursday 10 December
Time: 10:00
Venue: Remote; Register online.
The University of Malta Human Rights Platform are organising a webinar to discuss racism and human rights, featuring a number of speakers who excel in the subject.
The programme for the webinar is as follows:
10:00 – Introduction by Dr Ivan Mifsud, Dean of the Faculty of Laws
10:05 – Keynote Speech by Dr David Zammit on Racism and Human Rights in Maltese Migrant Management
10:25 – Panel One On Contextualising Racism and Human Rights in Malta
10:30 – Dr Jean Pierre Gauci On Racist Violence in Malta: What, Who, Where and Why?
10:50 – Ahmed Bugre on Why there are no judgements finding that racial discrimination exists in Malta
11:10 – Dr Maria Pisani on Racing to the Bottom – Borders, Nation and Belonging (Critical Reflections on the past 20 years)
11:30 – Ibtisam Sadegh’s Reflections on Maltese Identity after fieldwork in Ceuta.
11:50 – Audience Questions and Discussion
12:05 – 13:00 – Panel Two on Activists’ experiences and proposals chaired by Andrew Sciberras, with speeches by Dr Neil Falzon (Aditus), Adam Gismalla (Sudanese Community of Malta) and Xandru Cassar (Student Activist).