Oct 10 - Symposium On Self Determination In Small States And Micro Territories Starts This Thursday
A two-day symposium on small states and the right to self-determination will open at the Garrison Library on Thursday 13th October. The event has been organised by Dr Jennifer Ballantine Perera together with the Office of the Deputy Chief Minister.
Currently in their fourth year, the Symposiums at the Garrison Library focus on issues that impact on Gibraltar and other territories within a European and global framework. The themes under discussion are broad although pertinent, and include areas such as self-determination, cultural and national identity, borders, colonialism and post-colonialism as indeed, the constitutional and geopolitical contexts for small states such as Gibraltar.
These will be discussed through a series of sessions over the two day symposium. The first will be concerned with theoretical questions on self-determination and on constitutional and international law, with the second on small states in Europe. “Brexit” will certainly come into focus in this session and in the third, in which borders and migrations will be discussed both within a European and wider context. The fourth will look at Overseas Territories and the history of the Empire
A panel of thirteen high-profile international and local speakers will put their views forward during the two-day symposium, which will include academics from Cambridge, University College London, Dublin, the London School of Economics, Sydney, Brussels, Magdeburg, the Netherlands, University of London, the University of San Marino and the University of Gibraltar.
There will also be an address from The Hon Ian Hansen, a Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Falkland Islands. On Thursday morning, the event will be formally opened by the Minister for Economic Development Hon Joe Bossano and it will be closed by the Deputy Chief Minister Dr Joseph Garcia on Friday afternoon.
The symposium will start on Thursday 13th October at 9.30am at the Garrison Library. This event is open to the public and the entrance is free of charge.
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