THE RELIGIOUS DIMENSION OF INTERCULTURAL DIALOGUE                            [AS/Cult (2011) 09]                  

          Rapporteur: Mrs Brasseur (Luxembourg, ALDE)

Hearing with the participation of:

·         Mgr Aldo Giordano, Permanent Observer for the Holy See to Council of Europe

·         Mgr Nestor (Sirotenko), Bishop, Diocese of Chersonèse, responsible for the administration of the Moscow Patriarchate in France, Switzerland, Spain and Portugal (also representing the Assembly of Orthodox Bishops in France)

·         Pastor Claude Baty, President of the French Protestant Federation

·         Rabbi Alain Goldmann, Chief Rabbi of the Israelite Consistoire of Paris (Chief Rabbi of Paris from 1980 to 1994)

·         Mr Haydar Demiryurek, Vice-President of the French Council of the Muslim Faith

Also participating in the hearing:

·         Mrs Işıl Karakaş, Judge of the European Court of Human Rights (elected in respect of Turkey);

·         Ambassador Arif Mammadov, Permanent Representative of Azerbaijan, Chairman of the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers’ Rapporteur Group on Education, Culture, Sport, Youth and Environment  (GR-C) ;

·         Mrs Gabriella Battaini-Dragoni, Director General of Education, Culture and Heritage, Youth and Sport and Coordinator for Intercultural Dialogue, Council of Europe

·         Professor Francis Messner, Director, National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), Strasbourg.