Introduction par Bertrand Badie

Focus 1 : Refusal of powerlessness and springs of resistance

• Niagalé Bagayoko, president of the African Security Sector Network
• Michel Wieviorka, French sociologist

Keynote

• Pramila Patten, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict

Focus 2 : Figures of resistance

• Izzeldin Abuelaish, Doctor, Author of "I shall not hate"
• Oxana Melnychuk, Ukrainian political scientist
• Shole Pakravan, mother of Reyhaneh Jabbari, sentenced to death in Iran for the murder of her alleged rapist and executed on October 25, 2014 at age 26. Her fight in memory of her daughter is the central theme of the documentary Seven Winters in Tehran (Peace Prize at the 73rd Berlin Film Festival)