EU-Iran relations: crossed perspectives
Opening addresses
Lucie DELABIE, Director of the Faculty of Law and Political Science, University of Picardy Jules Verne
Davina BADIER (PhD candidate in Public Law, CURAPP-ESS, University of Picardy Jules Verne)
1st round table: Institutional and geopolitical approach to EU-Iran relations
Moderator: Lucie DELABIE,
Director of the Faculty of Law and Political Science, University of Picardy Jules Verne. Presentation of Iran (state-level aspects)
François COLCOMBET (Chairman of the Foundation for Middle East Studies and co-founder of the Syndicat de la magistrature)
The European Union’s strategy towards Iran
Laurence JOURDAIN (Senior Lecturer in Political Science, University of Picardy Jules Verne)
A Persian perspective on Iranian policy towards the European Union
Nader NOURI (Former Iranian diplomat based in Paris and Secretary General of the Foundation for Middle East Studies)
2nd round table: Study of economic and trade relations between the European Union and Iran
Moderator: Mikaël BENILLOUCHE,
Senior Lecturer in Private Law, University of Picardy Jules Verne
Élise DANIEL (Lecturer, University of Picardy Jules Verne)
The consolidation of EU-Iran relations: towards resuming negotiations for a trade and cooperation agreement?
Paulo CASACA (Former Portuguese MEP, founder of the European Parliament intergroup “Friends of a Free Iran”) The effects of restoring EU-Iran relations on the Iranian economy
The issue of US economic sanctions on the European Union’s trade activities in Iran
Mohammad AMIN (Analyst, Associate Researcher at the Foundation for Middle East Studies) The effects of restoring EU-Iran relations on the Iranian economy
3rd round table
Human rights in the EU-Iran dialogue
Moderator: Alejo VIDAL-QUADRAS,
Former Vice-President of the European Parliament from 2009 to 2014, founder of the International Committee for Research and Justice
Behzad NAZIRI (Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran)
Respect for human rights as an essential element of the new EU-Iran dialogue
Hélène FATHPOUR (Member of the Women’s Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran)
State of human rights in Iran: the case of women’s rights
Victoria DOMINICI (PhD candidate in Public Law, CURAPP-ESS, University of Picardy Jules Verne)
Economic ethics and EU-Iran trade, the “human rights clause” in partnership and cooperation agreements: prospective aspects
Athanasia PETROPOULOU (Doctor of Law, former lawyer at the European Court of Human Rights)
Respect for human rights as the foundation of European counter-terrorism policy
4th round table
EU-Iran relations and the Middle East
Moderator: Athanasia PETROPOULOU,
Doctor of Law, former lawyer at the European Court of Human Rights
Alejo VIDAL-QUADRAS (Former Vice-President of the European Parliament from 2009 to 2014, founder of the International Committee for Research and Justice)
State of terrorism in Iran and its influence on instability in the Middle East
Mikaël BENILLOUCHE (Senior Lecturer in Private Law, University of Picardy Jules Verne)
The European Union’s role in measures taken against Iranian interests in the fight against terrorism
Anthony ALEXANDRE (PhD candidate in Private Law, CEPRISCA, University of Picardy Jules Verne)
The EU-Iran dialogue: support for cooperation in the fight against terrorism
Yves BONNET (Honorary prefect, Chairman of the International Center for Research and Studies on Terrorism and Aid to Victims of Terrorism (CIRET-AVT))
The EU-Iran pairing, an actor in the stabilization of the Near and Middle East?
Closing report
Victoria DOMINICI (PhD candidate in Public Law, CURAPP-ESS, University of Picardy Jules Verne)