The "Broken Mirrors" Conference

Broken Mirrors:
Human Rights Organizations, the Media and Israel

October 31, 2012

8:00 Reception & Refreshments

8:30 Greetings

Moderator: Dr. Michael Ehrlich, Department of Middle Eastern Studies, Bar-Ilan University

Prof. Haim Taitelbaum, Rector, Bar-Ilan University

Prof. Eytan Gilboa, Director, Center for International Communication, Bar-Ilan University

8:45 First Panel – Human rights: Does it really interest the press?

Chair: Dr. Aliza Lavie, Director, Center for Media & Religion, Bar-Ilan University

Dr. Einat Lachover, School of Communications, Sapir Academic College

Lt. Col. Avital Leibovitz, Spokesperson to Foreign Media, IDF Spokesperson's Unit

Mr. Yisrael Medad, Israel's Media Watch

Mr. Yizhar Be'er, Director, Keshev – The Center for the Protection of Democracy in Israel

10:15 Guest Lecture - Dr. Pierre Sané, President, Imagine Africa Institute, Paris. Former Assistant Director UNESCO, Secretary General, Amnesty International

11:40 Second Panel – The relationship between human rights organizations and the media

Chair: Prof. Ariel Bendor, Director, Center for Media & Law, Law Faculty, Bar-Ilan University

Dr. Raphael Ben-Ari, Law Faculty, Bar-Ilan University

Mr. Hanoch Marmari, The Israel Democracy institute

Adv. Anne Herzberg, Legal Advisor, NGO Monitor

Mr. Boaz Bismuth, Foreign News Editor, Israel Hayom

Mr. Daniel Maron, Director, Human Rights Division, Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs

13:30 Lunch

14:30 Third Panel – Human rights: Ethical or political discourse? Chair: Dr. Yehudit Auerbach, School of Communication, Bar-Ilan University

Dr. Yishai Menuchin, Chair, Amnesty International, Israel; Department of Sociology, Ben-Gurion University

Prof. Gerald Steinberg, President, NGO Monitor; Department of Political Science, Bar-Ilan University

Adv. Danny Seidemann, East Jerusalem Expert

Prof. Richard Landes, Department of History, Boston University

16:15 Fourth Panel – Can human rights organizations and the media create a productive public dialogue on human rights?

Chair: Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig, Academic Deputy Director, School of Communication, Bar-Ilan University

Prof. Haim Sandberg, School of Law, College of Management, Rishon Le-Zion

Mr. Danny Seaman, Deputy Director General, Israeli Ministry of Public Diplomacy and Diaspora Affairs

Mr. Hagai El-Ad, Executive Director, The Association for Civil Rights in Israel

Ms. Lilac Sigan, Ma'ariv; The Huffington Post

Mr. Qasem Khateeb, MBC

18:00 Closing Lecture – Supreme Court Justice (Emerita) Dalia Dorner; President, Israeli Press Council

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