HUMAN RIGHTS – EUMANS, PANEUROPEAN CITIZENS MOVEMENT WILL HOLD ITS CONGRESS AND A DEMONSTRATION IN WARSAW, A FEW MILESTONES FROM THE WAR: HOW EUROPEAN CITIZENS CAN ACT TOGETHER FOR A SUSTAINABLE PEACE THROUGH RULE OF LAW AND DEMOCRACY
- Among the objectives, the support to the request of EU Membership submitted by Ukraine, the intervention of International Courts and a EU defense, energetic and peace keeping policy, the opening of actions for end of life decisions and cannabis legalization
The Congress will be held on the 11th and 12th of March at the Copernicus Science Center in Warsaw.
HERE the full program and all the information to take part in person and online. Streaming will be availabe in Italian (Associazione Luca Coscioni), English (EUMANS), Polish (MISO)
The ongoing conflict calls for immediate action, but also for a rethink of European democratic institutions. These two topics will be at the core of the foundational Congress of the paneuropean movement EUMANS. Participants will discuss which direct actions and participatory democracy instruments can be activated by European citizens to defend themselves and the democratic rule of law from internal and external enemies, towards the goal of a “sustainable peace”. EUMANS, the movement of European citizens for freedom, democracy and sustainability, founded by Marco Cappato, former MEP and civil rights activist (recently promoter of the collection of 2 million signatures in Italy for the referendums on the legalisation of cannabis and euthanasia, stopped by the Italian Constitutional Court). The event will be held at the Copernicus Science Center in Warsaw on 11 and 12 March 2022 and the full title is “The Open Congress of Citizens for Sustainable Peace, Freedom, and Democracy”.
Among the objectives of the event: support for Ukraine’s request to become a member of the European Union, invoking the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court to identify those responsible (starting with Putin), the portability of civil rights in the European Union starting with abortion and the right to self-determination. In particular, the Congress will discuss an initiative for a “European living will”, the launch of the European Citizens’ Initiative for the legalization of cannabis, and the need to develop a sustainable European energy plan.
“Months ago we chose Poland for the founding congress of EUMANS because of its role as the frontline of the European confrontation on fundamental freedoms. Today this place has become the frontier of a war. A war launched by those who have fear and contempt for democracy itself and for the rights of the indivudals”, said Marco Cappato, President of EUMANS, “From Warsaw we will kick off the construction of EUMANS as a pan-European movement of popular initiative, with a series of actions based on European civic participation on issues such as end of life, abortion, cannabis, right to science, fight against climate change, common European democratic defence policy, the creation of a permanent European Citizens Assembly by Sortition”.
The event is organised in collaboration with MISO – The International Institute for Civil Society, Associazione Luca Coscioni, Science for Democracy, EDUXO, Citizens Take Over Europe
The full program and the key notes speakers already involved and confirmed speakers: among which – Renata Mieńkowska – Norkiene – Chairwoman of the Program Council at MISO – The International Institute of Civil Society and Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Warsaw, Małgorzata Szuleka – Board Member Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights, Maia Mazurkiewicz – Co-founder and head of intelligence Alliance for Europe, Monika Frackowiak – Iustitia’s (Association of Polish Judges ) representative in MEDEL, Hanna Machińska – Deputy Ombundsnman, Flavia Pansieri, Former UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights
The political objectives and notes why we decided to organize the Congress in Warsaw
The specific proposals addressing the EU to support Ukraine and for strengthening the European Union