Organized by the Legal and Judicial Training Centre the Seminar on “Cultural Diversity and Human Rights: A Good Match?”, Monday, 27 September, at 17:00, starts tomorrow, in the Auditorium of the Economic Services in the Luso-International Bank Building. Integrated in 2nd EU-Macao Co-operation Program in the Legal Field, the seminar will have as a speaker Doctor Yvonne Donders, Associate Professor of International Law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Amsterdam and Executive Director of the of Amsterdam Center for International Law. This seminar will be conducted in English, with simultaneous translation to Cantonese and Portuguese, and has 32 participants enrolled. During the four daily sessions, taking place between 17:00 and 19:30, until the 30th September, the following subjects will be discussed: the International Human Rights Law Framework; Cultural Diversity and Human Rights; Cultural Human Rights; Minorities and Indigenous Peoples. Highlight is thus given to the relationship between cultural diversity and human rights. The 2nd EU-Macao Co-operation Programme in the Legal Field, in which this seminar is integrated, has as its main objective the “Strengthening the Future of the Macao Legal System” and will be undertaken until December 2012. With a global budget of 1.500.000 Euros (approximately 16.500.000 Patacas), this programme is co-financed by the European Union and the Macao Foundation, with the remaining costs being supported by the MSAR’s budget. The implementation of the Co-operation Programme is coordinated by the International Law Office (GADI), with the participation of several other MSAR’s entities, namely the Legal and Judicial Training Centre (CFJJ), the Legal Affairs Bureau (DSAJ), the Economic Services (DSE), the Financial Services Bureau (DSF) and the Institute of European Studies of Macau (IEEM).
