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The event is opened by remarks of her excellency Mrs. Helena Merks, deputy ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in Israel as well as Dr. Gil Yaron, Director of the Office of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia for Economy, Science, Education, Youth and Culture in Israel. 

Professor Ron Margolin from the Department of Jewish Philosophy of Tel Aviv University will examine “The Imperative of Responsibility: In Search of Ethics for the Technological Age”, the seminal work of the Jewish philosopher Hans Jonas, né of North Rhine-Westphalia, which laid the ethical foundation for environmental movements. 

Gidon Bromberg is the founder of Ecopeace, the only international environmental organisation in the Middle East, which was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. He will lay out how his organisation is securing the foundations for human existence in this region despite the challenges posed by enmity and climate change, and how this can help secure peace in the Middle East. 

Read more about the Human Rights Week Initiative of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia.