CLM Conference 2016 Mechelen

Kazerne Dossin, International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, the Belgian Federal Police, KZ Gedankstätte Flossenbürg and the Council of Europe organised the ‘Connecting Law & Memory’ conference in Mechelen between 20-22 September 2016. This conference focused on training courses in human rights for law enforcement and civil servants – based on Holocaust and genocide studies – with an emphasis on bringing together civil servants (especially law enforcement) and museums and memorials from all over Europe.

  • DAY 1
    20/09/2016
  • DAY 2
    21/09/2016
  • DAY 3
    22/09/2016
Opening words
Mr. Christophe Busch

Mr. Christophe Busch, General Director of Kazerne Dossin, opens the Conference.

Watch his opening words here.

Opening words
Mr. Herman Van Goethem

Mr. Herman Van Goethem is fromer general director of Kazerne Dossin. He is now Rector of the University of Antwerp.

Watch his opening words here.

Opening Keynote 1
Mr. Geert Bourgeois

Mr. Geert Bourgeois is Flemish Minister for Foreign Policy and Immovable Heritage. Due to unforeseen circumstances he was not able to attend. He was represented by his cabinet Secretary Mark Andries.

Read and watch the full speech here.

Opening Keynote 2
Ms Snežana Samardžić-Marković

Ms Snežana Samardžić-Marković is Director General
of Democracy at the Council of Europe.

Read and watch her full speech here.

Opening Keynote 3
Ambassador Mihnea Constantinescu

Ambassador Mihnea Constantinescu Chair of International
Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, ‘The Holocaust: a history of contemporary political relevance’

Read and watch his keynote speech here.

Plenary Session 1
Mr. Thomas Lutz

Mr. Thomas Lutz is the head of the Memorial Museums Department of the Topography of Terror Foundation in Berlin.

Read and watch his plenary speech here.

Plenary Session 2
Mrs. Chris Van Den Wyngaert

Mrs. Chris Van Den Wyngaert is an international and comparative criminal law expert. Since 2009 she is a judge on the International Criminal Court.

Watch and read her plenary speech here.

Plenary Session 3
Mr. Morten Kjaerum

Mr. Morten Kjaerum is a Danish lawyer and since 2015 he is the new head of the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law in Sweden.

Watch and read his plenary speech here.

Panel Debate

Panel debate moderated by Mr. Jan Deboutte.
Participants in the debate are: Mr. Thomas Lutz, Mrs. Chris Van Den Wyngaert and Mr. Morten Kjaerum.

Watch the full panel debate here.

Good practices - Workshop 1
The Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation

Building a worldwide community of civil servants dedicated to Mass Atrocity Prevention.

The Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (New York, US)

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Good practices - Workshop 2
Federal Police Belgium and Kazerne Dossin

Holocaust, Police and Human Rights

Federal Police Belgium and Kazerne Dossin (Mechelen, Belgium)

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Good practices - Workshop 3
Museo de la Paz

Memorialab. Social Construction of memory for promoting dialogue and co-existence in Basque Country

Museo de la Paz (Gernika, Spain)

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Good practices - Workshop 4
Reykjavik Metropolitan Police

Sameness instead of difference

Reykjavik Metropolitan Police (Reykjavik, Iceland)

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Good practices - Workshop 5
Auschwitz Jewish Center

Understanding evil, bridging Auschwitz and modern hatecrimes

Auschwitz Jewish Center (Auschwitz, Poland)

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Good practices - Workshop 6
Anne Frank House

Society, that’s (for) you! Discussion programme for the Dutch Police

Anne Frank House (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

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Good practices - Workshop 7
Mémorial de la Shoah

When French police looks at its past. An experiment in adult education

Mémorial de la Shoah (Paris, France)

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Good practices - Workshop 8
Bitterveld

Bookapp Bitterveld

De Nieuwe Onrust (Nijmegen, The Netherlands)

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Plenary Session 1
Mr. Julius Scharnetzky

Mr. Julius Scharnetzky is a German historian connected to the Educational department of KZ Gedenkstätte Flossenbürg.

Watch his plenary speech here.

Plenary Session 2
Mr. Hans-Christian Jasch

Mr. Hans-Christian Jasch is Director at  Gedenkstätte Haus der Wannsee Conference and a German expert in legal history.

Watch his plenary speech here.

Plenary Session 3
Mr. Piotr Cywiński

Mr. Piotr Cywiński is a professional historian and Director of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum.

Watch his full plenary speech here.

Plenary Session 4
Mrs. Katharina Von Schnurbein

Mrs. Katharina Von Schnurbein was appointed by EU Commission as Coordinator on combating antisemitism in 2015.

Watch her full plenary speech here.

Panel debate

Panel debate moderated by Mr. Jan Deboutte.
Participants in the debate are: Mr. Julius Scharnetzky, Mr. Hans-Christian Jasch, Mr. Piotr Cywiński and Mrs. Katharina Von Schnurbein.

Watch the full panel debate here.

Good practices - Workshop 9
US Holocaust Memorial Museum

Leadership programs at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (Washington DC, US)

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Good practices - Workshop 10
Mr. Bart Brandsma

Policing and Polarization

Bart Brandsma (The Netherlands)

Bart Brandsma is a social and political philosopher, trainer and consultant from the Netherlands.

As a consultant Bart Brandsma trains professionals. His trainings focus on dialogue, conflict and polarization.

There is no video material for this workshop. You can visit Bart Brandsma’s Dutch website here.

 

Good practices - Workshop 11
Yad Vashem

Israeli Police training at Yad Vashem

Yad Vashem (Israel)

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Good practices - Workshop 12
Auschwitz State Museum

Remembrance as a source of axiology

Auschwitz State Museum (Auschwitz, Poland)

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Good practices - Workshop 13
Flossenbürg Memorial

Our responsibility today: historical approaches for police trainees as part of their education program

Flossenbürg Memorial (Flossenbürg, Germany)

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Good practices - Workshop 14
RCN Justice et démocratie

Resisting the spiral of mass violence, when perpetrators tell their story

RCN Justice et Démocratie (Brussels – Belgium)

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Good practices - Workshop 15
Villa Ten Hompel

The aspect of “human autonomy” in historical learning

Villa Ten Hompel (Münster, Germany)

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Good practices - Workshop 16
POLIN

Jewish history as a tool for antidiscrimination workshop for professionals: program for Police and Teachers in POLIN

POLIN – Museum of the History of Polish Jews (Warsaw, Poland)

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Concluding speech 1
Mr. Koen Geens

Mr. Koen Geens is the Minister of Justice in the Belgian federal cabinet.

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Concluding speech 2
Mr. Claude Marinower

Mr. Claude Marinower is Alderman for Education and Law in the city of Antwerp.

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Concluding speech 3
Mrs. Catherine De Bolle

Mrs. Catherine De Bolle is the General Commissioner of the Belgian Federal Police.

Due to unforeseen circumstances she was not able to attend. Mrs. Dominique Vanryckeghem from the federal police delivered her speech.

Watch the full speech here.