Studiofoyer:
17:00: Nghia Nuyen, Berlin DE
On cloud of unknowing, 2016
17:30: Forensic Architecture / Christina Varvia, London ENG
On Saydnaya: Inside a Syrian Torture Prison, 2016
17:00: Nghia Nuyen, Berlin DE
On cloud of unknowing, 2016
17:30: Forensic Architecture / Christina Varvia, London ENG
On Saydnaya: Inside a Syrian Torture Prison, 2016
Welcome DE/ES/ENG
Thomas Krüger, president, Bundeszentrale für Politische Bildung, Berlin
Wolfgang Kaleck, General Secretary ECCHR (Moderation)
DESEMBARCOS – When Memory Speaks
Jeanine Meerapfel, documentary, ARG/GER, 1986–1989, 74 min, OV Spanish / german subtitled
The film DESEMBARCOS – Es gibt kein Vergessen (There Is No Forgetting) originated in a film workshop run by Jeanine Meerapfel in Buenos Aires in 1986. The film looks at the memories of people involved in the then-recent events that unfolded under the dictatorship as well as the societal debate on impunity.
Talk: ES/DE/ENG
Jeanine Meerapfel, President of the Akademie der Künste, Berlin
Estela de Carlotto, President of the Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo, Buenos Aires
Moderation: Wolfgang Kaleck
Director Jeanine Meerapfel and Estela de Carlotto from the association of the Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo give their accounts of the Argentinian experience. Following a long period of impunity, the Argentinian human rights movement managed to secure the trials and convictions of over 500 of those involved in the repression. Argentinian society made use of a variety of methods to come to terms with the crimes of the military dictatorship (1976 - 1983) – an example of a society’s comprehensive approach to addressing mass crimes.
Discussion DE/ENG/ES
Thomas Walther, lawyer and joint plaintiff representative in Nazi trials, Kempten
Gerhard Werle, legal academic, Humboldt University, Berlin
Moderation: Ronen Steinke, writer, journalist, Munic
In some respects the legal proceedings initiated in response to the Holocaust and mass murder during National Socialism set historical standards. What is often forgotten, though, is that after the Nuremberg trials, held following World War II by the Allied victors, the West Germans did little to pursue prosecutions for crimes of the Nazi regime, particularly those committed by those among the elites of Nazi society.
Thomas Walther, lawyer and joint plaintiff representative in Nazi trials, Kempten
Gerhard Werle, legal academic, Humboldt University, Berlin
Moderation: Ronen Steinke, writer, journalist, Munic
In some respects the legal proceedings initiated in response to the Holocaust and mass murder during National Socialism set historical standards. What is often forgotten, though, is that after the Nuremberg trials, held following World War II by the Allied victors, the West Germans did little to pursue prosecutions for crimes of the Nazi regime, particularly those committed by those among the elites of Nazi society.
Discussion DE/ENG/ES
Gila Lustiger, writer, Paris
Ilija Trojanow, writer, Berlin
Erich Hackl, writer, Wien
Moderation: Peter Seibert, literary scholar, Kassel
This panel discussion is dedicated to the link between legal proceedings and societal remembering processes as a literary theme. In conversation with Gila Lustiger, Erich Hackl and Ilija Trojanow, Peter Seibert explores the question of collective memory. In their work these authors have addressed the long-term effects of regime violence and persecution on the lives of individuals and on society as a whole.
Gila Lustiger, writer, Paris
Ilija Trojanow, writer, Berlin
Erich Hackl, writer, Wien
Moderation: Peter Seibert, literary scholar, Kassel
This panel discussion is dedicated to the link between legal proceedings and societal remembering processes as a literary theme. In conversation with Gila Lustiger, Erich Hackl and Ilija Trojanow, Peter Seibert explores the question of collective memory. In their work these authors have addressed the long-term effects of regime violence and persecution on the lives of individuals and on society as a whole.
Talk: ENG/DE/ES
Peter Weiss, lawyer, vice-president Center for Constitutional Rights, New York
Moderation: Claire Tixeire, jurist, ECCHR, Berlin
Peter Weiss, lawyer, vice-president Center for Constitutional Rights, New York
Moderation: Claire Tixeire, jurist, ECCHR, Berlin
Paneldiscussion ENG/DE/ES
Reed Brody, human rights lawyer, New York
Juan Garcés, jurist, lawyer in the Spanish Pinochet-case, Madrid
Moderation: Beate Rudolf, jurist, director of the German Institute for Human Rights, Berlin
The Nuremberg trials, the creation of ad hoc tribunals such as the tribunals for the Former Yugoslavia and for Rwanda and the establishment of the International Criminal Court in The Hague all mark steps forward in the success story that is the expansion of international criminal justice. However, this development is also rife with contradictions, as discussed by guests who have been actively involved in this system in various ways.
Reed Brody, human rights lawyer, New York
Juan Garcés, jurist, lawyer in the Spanish Pinochet-case, Madrid
Moderation: Beate Rudolf, jurist, director of the German Institute for Human Rights, Berlin
The Nuremberg trials, the creation of ad hoc tribunals such as the tribunals for the Former Yugoslavia and for Rwanda and the establishment of the International Criminal Court in The Hague all mark steps forward in the success story that is the expansion of international criminal justice. However, this development is also rife with contradictions, as discussed by guests who have been actively involved in this system in various ways.
The Battle of Algier, Gillo Pontecorvo, I / DZ, 1966, 123 min, OV/German subtitles
Intro: Mark Sealy
EN
The Battle of Algiers tells the story of the bloody conflicts between the Algerian liberation movement FLN and the French military in 1957.The film shows the terror tactics of the rebels and how the French army responded with torture and extrajudicial killings.
Intro: Mark Sealy
EN
The Battle of Algiers tells the story of the bloody conflicts between the Algerian liberation movement FLN and the French military in 1957.The film shows the terror tactics of the rebels and how the French army responded with torture and extrajudicial killings.
Discussion ENG/DE/ES
Omar D., photographer, Paris/Algier
Scott Horton, human rights lawyer and editor Harper Magazine, New York
Moderation: Mark Sealy, photographer, curator Autograph ABP, London
The colonial crimes that have yet to be properly addressed represent a gap in the ongoing success story of international criminal justice since 1945. This panel looks at the widespread use of torture by the French Army during the Algerian war and the knock-on effects in contemporary Algerian history. The discussion will also examine the transfer of certain torture techniques and methods of repression beased on examples from Algeria, Argentina, Iraq and Guantánamo.
Omar D., photographer, Paris/Algier
Scott Horton, human rights lawyer and editor Harper Magazine, New York
Moderation: Mark Sealy, photographer, curator Autograph ABP, London
The colonial crimes that have yet to be properly addressed represent a gap in the ongoing success story of international criminal justice since 1945. This panel looks at the widespread use of torture by the French Army during the Algerian war and the knock-on effects in contemporary Algerian history. The discussion will also examine the transfer of certain torture techniques and methods of repression beased on examples from Algeria, Argentina, Iraq and Guantánamo.
Long Night's Journey Into Day, Deborah Hoffmann, Frances Reid, AUS / USA 2000, 94 min, English subtitles
The film tells four stories of the Apartheid from the perspective of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission. It shows perpetrators and survivors seeking to address the racist violence of the Apartheid era.
The film tells four stories of the Apartheid from the perspective of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission. It shows perpetrators and survivors seeking to address the racist violence of the Apartheid era.
Artist talks in the Sesselclub (in front of Clubraum):
Silvina Der-Meguerditchian in conversation with Banu Karaca DE
Eduardo Molinari in conversation with Naomi Hennig ENG
Silvina Der-Meguerditchian in conversation with Banu Karaca DE
Eduardo Molinari in conversation with Naomi Hennig ENG
Video excerpts form the theatre play Common Ground, (dir. Yael Ronen) DE
Discussion with actors from Gorki Theater: Orit Nahmias and Jasmina Musić
Moderation: Rüdiger Rossig, Journalist, taz, Berlin DE
The play Common Ground performed at Berlin’s Maxim Gorki Theater was created in collaboration with actors from the former Yugoslavia. It shows how the bitter fighting about the acknowledgment of war crimes committed in the Yugoslavian conflict persists into the next generation. The play also shows that it is possible to find some paths towards rapprochement.
Discussion with actors from Gorki Theater: Orit Nahmias and Jasmina Musić
Moderation: Rüdiger Rossig, Journalist, taz, Berlin DE
The play Common Ground performed at Berlin’s Maxim Gorki Theater was created in collaboration with actors from the former Yugoslavia. It shows how the bitter fighting about the acknowledgment of war crimes committed in the Yugoslavian conflict persists into the next generation. The play also shows that it is possible to find some paths towards rapprochement.
Sturm, Hans-Christian Schmid, D / DK / NL a.o. 2009, 110 min, OV, German subtitles
Intro: Rüdiger Rossig, Journalist, taz, Berlin DE
Sturm tells the story of the prosecutor Hannah Maynard who brought war crimes charges against the former Bosnian-Serbian General Goran Đurić at at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague. The political negotiations carried out in the background of the proceedings appear irreconcilable with the calls for justice made by witness Mira.
Intro: Rüdiger Rossig, Journalist, taz, Berlin DE
Sturm tells the story of the prosecutor Hannah Maynard who brought war crimes charges against the former Bosnian-Serbian General Goran Đurić at at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague. The political negotiations carried out in the background of the proceedings appear irreconcilable with the calls for justice made by witness Mira.
Reading DE/(ES)
Erich Hackl (Writer, Vienna) reads from his novel Sara und Simón
Guest: Sara Méndez, activist, survivor of the Operation Condor, Montevideo
Moderation: Karina Theurer, jurist and editor, Berlin ES/DE/ENG
Guest: Sara Méndez, activist, survivor of the Operation Condor, Montevideo
Moderation: Karina Theurer, jurist and editor, Berlin ES/DE/ENG
Paneldiscussion: ES/DE/ENG
Beatriz Brinkmann, activist, Santiago de Chile
Fabiana Rousseaux, psychologist, Buenos Aires
Sara Méndez, activist, survivor of the Operation Condor, Montevideo
Moderation: Knut Rauchfuss, doctor und journalist, Medizinische Flüchtlingshilfe Bochum
The consequences of torture and other acts of violence have a societal as well as an individual dimension and can leave a societal and political legacy over generations. Beatriz Brinkmann and Sara Méndez, two activists from Chile and Uruguay, have firsthand experience of this. The fate of Méndez and her son is portrayed by the Austrian author Erich Hackl in his novel Sara und Simón. Together with medical doctors Fabiana Rousseaux and Knut Rauchfuss they discuss whether legal proceedings and societal efforts to address past wrongs can help to heal individual and collective trauma.
Beatriz Brinkmann, activist, Santiago de Chile
Fabiana Rousseaux, psychologist, Buenos Aires
Sara Méndez, activist, survivor of the Operation Condor, Montevideo
Moderation: Knut Rauchfuss, doctor und journalist, Medizinische Flüchtlingshilfe Bochum
The consequences of torture and other acts of violence have a societal as well as an individual dimension and can leave a societal and political legacy over generations. Beatriz Brinkmann and Sara Méndez, two activists from Chile and Uruguay, have firsthand experience of this. The fate of Méndez and her son is portrayed by the Austrian author Erich Hackl in his novel Sara und Simón. Together with medical doctors Fabiana Rousseaux and Knut Rauchfuss they discuss whether legal proceedings and societal efforts to address past wrongs can help to heal individual and collective trauma.
Paneldiscussion: ENG/DE/ES
Mark Sealy, photographer, curator Autograph ABP, London
Eyal Weizman, architect, Forensic Architecture London, vie skype
Moderation: Kathrin Röggla, writer, vice-president of Akademie der Künste, Berlin
How can or should we observe the suffering of others, how can we best bear witness? And to what extent do we ourselves become part of the war of images, as described by art history and visual image scholar W.J.T. Mitchell? This discussion focuses on the portrayal and representation of violence and human suffering. In her essay Regarding the Pain of Others, Susan Sontag asks “what to do with the feelings that have been aroused, the knowledge that has been communicated,” and wonders if the visual representation of atrocities may also serve suppressed desires for spectacular images.
Mark Sealy, photographer, curator Autograph ABP, London
Eyal Weizman, architect, Forensic Architecture London, vie skype
Moderation: Kathrin Röggla, writer, vice-president of Akademie der Künste, Berlin
How can or should we observe the suffering of others, how can we best bear witness? And to what extent do we ourselves become part of the war of images, as described by art history and visual image scholar W.J.T. Mitchell? This discussion focuses on the portrayal and representation of violence and human suffering. In her essay Regarding the Pain of Others, Susan Sontag asks “what to do with the feelings that have been aroused, the knowledge that has been communicated,” and wonders if the visual representation of atrocities may also serve suppressed desires for spectacular images.
Excerpts from: „Das Kongo-Tribunal“ Film, Dt. 2016 OV/DE/ENG
Followed by talk: DE/FR/ENG/ES
Sylvestre Bisimwa , lawyer, Bukavu/ Democratic Republik of Congo
Milo Rau, theatre director, Cologne
Wolfgang Kaleck, lawyer, ECCHR, Berlin
Moderation: Kathrin Röggla, writer, vice-president of Akademie der Künste, Berlin
The establishment of the Russel Tribunal on the Vietnam War in the 1960s marked the emergence of the “tribunals of public opinion”. Such tribunals attracted a lot of attention, both as a means of public education as well as theatrical reenactments – not least thanks to the work of theater director Milo Rau and his tribunal on crimes in Congo. Kathrin Röggla, Wolfgang Kaleck, Milo Rau and Congolese lawyer Sylvestre Bisimwa discuss the content and impact of this tribunal and present scenes from the film made about the Congo tribunal.
Followed by talk: DE/FR/ENG/ES
Sylvestre Bisimwa , lawyer, Bukavu/ Democratic Republik of Congo
Milo Rau, theatre director, Cologne
Wolfgang Kaleck, lawyer, ECCHR, Berlin
Moderation: Kathrin Röggla, writer, vice-president of Akademie der Künste, Berlin
The establishment of the Russel Tribunal on the Vietnam War in the 1960s marked the emergence of the “tribunals of public opinion”. Such tribunals attracted a lot of attention, both as a means of public education as well as theatrical reenactments – not least thanks to the work of theater director Milo Rau and his tribunal on crimes in Congo. Kathrin Röggla, Wolfgang Kaleck, Milo Rau and Congolese lawyer Sylvestre Bisimwa discuss the content and impact of this tribunal and present scenes from the film made about the Congo tribunal.
18.30 - 19.15 Reading by Najem Wali (writer, Berlin) DE/(ENG)
19.15 - 21.15 Paneldiscussion DE/ARAB/ENG/ES
Anwar al-Bunni, Syrian Human Rights Lawyer, Berlin
Martin Glasenapp, formerly officer for Syria at the NGO medico international
Rosa Yassin Hassan, writer and activist, Hamburg
Moderation: Andreas Fanizadeh, journalist, taz, Berlin
The focus of this panel is on the current human rights violations in Syria and Iraq, issues that have been brought closer to us through the arrival of people fleeing these conflicts. The Berlin-based Iraqi writer Najem Wali will read from his works which describe the contemporary history of Iraq. Syrian human rights activists will discuss possible ways of addressing a situation of ongoing conflict. The conversation will also touch on the potential and risks of foreign policy and military reactions from the international community and from Germany.
21.15-21.30 Closing remarks: Wolfgang Kaleck
19.15 - 21.15 Paneldiscussion DE/ARAB/ENG/ES
Anwar al-Bunni, Syrian Human Rights Lawyer, Berlin
Martin Glasenapp, formerly officer for Syria at the NGO medico international
Rosa Yassin Hassan, writer and activist, Hamburg
Moderation: Andreas Fanizadeh, journalist, taz, Berlin
The focus of this panel is on the current human rights violations in Syria and Iraq, issues that have been brought closer to us through the arrival of people fleeing these conflicts. The Berlin-based Iraqi writer Najem Wali will read from his works which describe the contemporary history of Iraq. Syrian human rights activists will discuss possible ways of addressing a situation of ongoing conflict. The conversation will also touch on the potential and risks of foreign policy and military reactions from the international community and from Germany.
21.15-21.30 Closing remarks: Wolfgang Kaleck
Standard Operating Procedure, Errol Morris, USA 2008, 118 min, English, German subtitles
Intro: Scott Horton ENG
The documentary Standard Operating Procedure centers on the photos of detainee abuse taken at the US prison in Abu Ghraib in 2003. Questions are raised about the value of these images as pieces of evidence, since the real perpetrators, those who truly bear the blame, remain unnamed.
Intro: Scott Horton ENG
The documentary Standard Operating Procedure centers on the photos of detainee abuse taken at the US prison in Abu Ghraib in 2003. Questions are raised about the value of these images as pieces of evidence, since the real perpetrators, those who truly bear the blame, remain unnamed.
The Look of Silence, Joshua Oppenheimer, DK 2014, 103 min, OV/english subtitled
Intro: N.N.
In The Look of Silence,Joshua Oppenheimer returns to the topic of the mass murder of communists from 1965 to 1966 in Indonesia. In a departure from his first film The Act of Killing (2012), here he examines events from the perspective of the victims. The film accompanies protagonist Adi in his conversations with perpetrators.
Intro: N.N.
In The Look of Silence,Joshua Oppenheimer returns to the topic of the mass murder of communists from 1965 to 1966 in Indonesia. In a departure from his first film The Act of Killing (2012), here he examines events from the perspective of the victims. The film accompanies protagonist Adi in his conversations with perpetrators.
The Missing Picture, Rithy Panh, F 2013, 92 min, OV/english subtitled
Intro: Patrick Kroker ENG/DE
Using clay figures and archival recordings and drawing on his own story, Rithy Panh reconstructs the atrocities of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia. The director has firsthand experience of these crimes, having lost most of his family in the 1970s. Panh masters the difficult task of portraying a brutal history, one largely undocumented through images and other visual evidence.
Intro: Patrick Kroker ENG/DE
Using clay figures and archival recordings and drawing on his own story, Rithy Panh reconstructs the atrocities of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia. The director has firsthand experience of these crimes, having lost most of his family in the 1970s. Panh masters the difficult task of portraying a brutal history, one largely undocumented through images and other visual evidence.