Sitzung der »General Assembly« am 5. NovemberPhoto: Daniel Seiffert, 2017
Sitzung der »General Assembly« am 5. November, Photo: Daniel Seiffert, 2017 
Sitzung der »General Assembly« am 5. NovemberPhoto: Daniel Seiffert, 2017
Sitzung der »General Assembly« am 5. November, Photo: Daniel Seiffert, 2017 
Eröffnungssitzung der »General Assembly« am 3. NovemberPhoto: Daniel Seiffert, 2017
Eröffnungssitzung der »General Assembly« am 3. November, Photo: Daniel Seiffert, 2017 
Eröffnungssitzung der »General Assembly« am 3. NovemberPhoto: Daniel Seiffert, 2017
Eröffnungssitzung der »General Assembly« am 3. November, Photo: Daniel Seiffert, 2017 
Eröffnungssitzung der »General Assembly« am 3. NovemberPhoto: Daniel Seiffert, 2017
Eröffnungssitzung der »General Assembly« am 3. November, Photo: Daniel Seiffert, 2017 
Eröffnungssitzung der »General Assembly« am 3. NovemberPhoto: Daniel Seiffert, 2017
Eröffnungssitzung der »General Assembly« am 3. November, Photo: Daniel Seiffert, 2017 
Sitzung der »General Assembly« am 5. NovemberPhoto: Daniel Seiffert, 2017
Sitzung der »General Assembly« am 5. November, Photo: Daniel Seiffert, 2017 
Eröffnungssitzung der General Assembly am 3. November 2017Photo: Daniel Seiffert, 2017
Eröffnungssitzung der General Assembly am 3. November 2017, Photo: Daniel Seiffert, 2017 
 

General Assembly: 3rd Plenary Session – Migration and Border Regime

by Milo Rau / IIPM

11/04/2017, 17.00–20.00

Recently, borders are becoming increasingly open for European corporations. The barriers for international trade in goods and government debts are being reduced and the free movement of persons is meant to facilitate the perfect allocation of labor force. At the same time, safety concerns are causing the formation of new borders. But which institutions are responsible for the safety of mobile people? Can the protection by the national state still be ensured? How can the principle of rights for every human being and the interrelated concept of a »world citizen« be specifically outlined and enshrined? In the »General Assembly«, labor migrants and so-called economic refugees, the disenfranchised border crossers and overextended guards will debate and decide on these issues.

Representatives: Hamze Bytyci (Roma activist), Christos Giovanopoulos (co-organizer of the protests at Syntagma Square in Athens), Cezary Gmyz (Polish journalist), Nathan Luc Gwehaye (journalist from Cameroon), Joana Reiterer (activist against human trafficking), Abou Bakar Sidibé (filmmaker, refugee from Mali) et al.

LIVESTREAM

 

General Assembly

There are no democratic structures on a global level, which can regulate the world market, prosecute violations of international law, or direct ecological developments into the right channels. The »General Assembly«, which will be convening 60 representatives from all over the world in Berlin, is filling this gap with its concept of an actual world parliament. In five plenary sessions, the representatives of the »General Assembly« will debate on where we stand as a global community and what needs to be done − socially, ecologically, technologically, politically. What does political sovereignty mean in the age of globalization? How do the interests of the world’s population relate to the democratic principles of the national states? Whose demands for independence, dignity, and happiness can become the demands of all mankind? A local parliament will be replaced by a global parliament, which will urge the members of the newly elected German government to join them. The first world parliament in the history of mankind, which will be accompanied by a group of international political observers, will conclude with the passing of the »Charter for the 21st Century«. 

Programme

Friday, 3 November, 19–21h: Constitutive Session
Saturday, 4 November, 10–13h: 1st Plenary Session – Diplomatic Relations, Sanctions and Wars
Saturday, 4 November, 13.30–16.30h: 2nd Plenary Session – The Regulation of Global Economy
Saturday, 4 November, 17–20h: 3rd Plenary Session – Migration and Border Regime
Sunday, 5 November, 10–13h: 4th Plenary Session – Cultural Global Commons
Sunday, 5 November, 13.30–16.30h: 5th Plenary Session – Natural Global Commons
Sunday, 5 November, 17–19h: Closing Session

Admission: every session 5 Euro (reduced 2,50), combined ticket for all 7 sessions: 25 Euro

The General Assembly will be broadcasted live to Brussels (Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles), Gent (NTGent), Hamburg (Thalia Theater), Munich (SPIELART Festival) and Paris (Théâtre Nanterre-Amandiers).

Further information and live streaming of all plenary sessions at www.general-assembly.net

Concept and direction: Milo Rau
Set Design: Anton Lukas
Dramaturgic collaboration: Stefan Bläske

On 3, 4, 5 November 2017

The »General Assembly« is a production of the IIPM – International Institute of Political Murder in collaboration with the Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz, sponsored by the Federal Cultural Foundation, the multi-sector funding Berlin of the Senate Department of Culture and Europe and the Federal Agency for Civic Education and supported by ECCHR – European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights, medico international, Rosa Luxemburg Foundation and Rainforest Rescue.

In collaboration with Agit Polska, Bahrain Watch, Berlin Postkolonial, Club der polnischen Versager, German Network and Coordination Office Against Trafficking In Human Beings (KOK), Diem25, European Alternatives, FUTURZWEI, Germanwatch, Society for Threatened Peoples, Heinrich Böll Foundation, ADEFRA (Initiative of black women in Germany), ISD – Initiative of Black People in Germany, int.ie, Campaign for a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly / Democracy Without Borders, Kinder- und Jugendparlament Tempelhof-Schöneberg, Kurdish Community Germany, Oficina Precaria Berlin / 15 M, Open Knowledge Foundation Deutschland, Plough Back The Fruits - basflonmin.com, PowerShift, Reporter ohne Grenzen, RomaTrial, Tierfabriken Widerstand, Urgewald, Voix des Migrants, Welthungerhilfe u. v. a.