Opening Cerimony European Master’s Degree in Human Rights and Democratisation, Venice, 6 October 1997

Welcome Address
Roberto Cecchi, Soprintendente to the Monuments of Venice
Giuseppe Zaccaria, Pro Rettore of the University of Padua, Dean of the Faculty of Political Sciences
Giancarlo Galan, President of the Region of Veneto
Massimo Cacciari, Mayor of Venice
Patrizia Toia, Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Rome
Angel Viñas, Director, DGIA, Brussels
Antonio Papisca, University of Padua, European Master’s Programme Director

National Directors of the European Master’s Programme representing the partner Universities
Paul Lemmens, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
Markku Suksi, Åbo Akademi University, Finland
Jean François Flauss, Université Robert Schuman Strasbourg, France
Horst Fischer, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany
Attracta Ingram, University College Dublin, Reland
Fred Grünfeld, Maastricht Universiteit, the Netherlands
Francisco Lucas Pires, University of Coimbra, Portugal
Jaime Oraá, University of Deusto, Bilbao, Spain
Aisling Reidy, University of Essex, United Kingdom

Opening Lecture
Jaime Oraá, Professor of International Law and Human Rights, Director of the Human Rights Centre Pedro Arrupe, University of Deusto, Bilbao