Teatro di Nascosto - Hidden Theatre
in cooperation with the Foundation INLIA (Holland) and The Committee for Protection and Promotion of Human Rights (Rome) have the pleasure to invite you to attend a three days convention.
Members
About 150 national MP’s and European MEPs in addition to the organizations and specialists active in the refugee and human rights area.
Date
9th, 10th and 11th of November 2007
Venue
Volterra, Tuscany, Italy
Purpose
This meeting aims to study, discuss and vote the Charta of Volterra, containing European directives for refugees, prepared by a specialist group of parliamentarians and organizations from all over Europe with a long experience on the subject, high lightening the issue of the refugees in Europe and the world. The Charta will be based on studies, research and existing laws in different countries including the United Nations.
Summary
We will send you the detailed program of the meeting and the proposal for the Charta with European directives for refugees together with a package of research and studies about refugees in advance (at least 30 days prior to the event) on which you can respond with your ultimate proposals.
The convention will be divided into
> Official opening by authorities and introduction to the program
> Study and information, through photo expositions, documentaries, testimony stories,
> Theatre reportage performance “City in war”
> Discussion groups, divided on the different directives
> Voting of the directives and signing the Charta
> Closure with a concert of ethnic music
The uniqueness of this meeting is the continuous direct information given to the parliamentarians by journalists, solicitors, human right workers, artists and refugees testifying the experiences of life in the countries of origin. An example of this is the theatre reportage performance ‘City in War’ in which some of the performers will be people who came directly from war regions. Other information will be supplied via documentaries, photo expositions and conferences from, for example, a United Nation commissioner.
After signing the Charta, the parliamentarians involved in the meeting will introduce the document to their respective governments in Europe and then a follow up meeting will be organized to monitor the developments around the Charta in each country and the European Parliament.
The details of the convention and the program will be sent out nearer to the meeting date.
Meanwhile hotel reservations and other requirements can be organised through the following agency:
Consorzio Turistico Volterra
Piazza dei Priori, 20
56048 Volterra (Pisa)
Tel/ fax: +39 0588 87257
info@volterratur.it
www.volterratur.it
