The international conference “Human Rights Combating Fear and Prejudice” will only be available to registered participants. The conference will be held at the Conti hotel on the 7th of May. ATTENTION! Registration has now closed due to a very large number of participants, we are sorry if you missed your chance.
Program (there may be changes)
08:45 – 09:30 Registration of participants; Opening of the Conference; Welcoming speeches
09:30 – 09:40 Vice-minister, Ministry of Social Security and Labour of the Republic of Lithuania
09:40 – 09:45 Video greeting from the Vice President of the European Commission Viviane Reding
09:45 – 09:55 Member of the Lithuanian Parliament M.A.Pavilionienė
09:55 – 10:05 Swedish EU-minister Birgitta Ohlsson
10:05 – 10:15 Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands Joep Wijnands
Panel discussion
Moderator: Member of the German Bundestag Volker Beck
10:15 – 10:25 Member of Bundestag Volker Beck
10:25 – 10:35 Member of the Danish Parliament Kamal Qureshi
10:35 – 10:45 Advocacy Director of Human Rights Watch Boris Dittrich (Netherlands/USA)
10:45 – 10:55 Executive Director of ILGA-Europe Evelyne Paradis
10:55 – 11:05 Dutch Human rights Ambassador Arjan Hamburger
11:05 – 11:15 Member of the Estonian Parliament Evelyn Sepp
11:05 – 11:40 Coffee break
11:45 – 11:55 Representative of the Baltic Pride Vytautas Valentinavičius
11:55 – 12:05 Director of AI’s European Union office Nicolas Berger
12:05 – 12:15 Deputy Secretary General on Family and Social Policy, Ministry of Social Affairs, Riho Rahuoja (Estonia)
12:15 – 12:25 Representative of HALDE, Ombudsman office for Equality (France)
12:25 – 12:35 Deputy mayor of Stockholm Yvonne Ruwaida
12:35 – 12:45 Board chair of Mozaika Linda Freimane (Latvia)
12:45 – 13:00 Representative of EGN Ilke Jaspers (Estonia)
13:00 – 14:30 Lunch
13:15 – 13:45 Press Conference
Presentations
14:30 – 14:45 Benchmarking study: presentation and overview, Lars Jonsson, RFSL
14:45 – 15:00 “Partnership for equal rights”: overview of best examples of collaboration,
Vilma Gabrieliūtė, LGL
15:00 – 15:15 Principles of partnership, Linda Elstad, RFSL
15:15 – 15:30 Education as a tool for a strong partnership, Karol Vieker, RFSL
15:30 – 15:40 Sharing good practice with Baltic States, Klaus Jetz, LSVD
15:40 – 15:50 Discussion LGBT strategic directions in Lithuania for next decade, Vladimir Simonko, LGL
15:50 – 16:20 Coffee break
16:20 – 16:35 Co-President of The European Parliament’s Intergroup on LGBT Rights Michael Cashman (UK)
16:35 – 16:50 EU law and policy: non-discrimination and social inclusion of LGBT people; Director of the European Commission’s Directorate General Employment, Social Affairs and equal Opportunities, Belinda Pyke
16:50 – 17:00 MEP Jens Rohde (Denmark)
17:00 – 17:15 LGBT rights: international and national approach, Jolanta Samuolytė, Human Rights Monitoring Institute
17:15 – 17:30 Proof in discrimination cases, Diana Gumbrevičiūtė-Kuzminskienė, lecturer at Mykolas Romeris University
17:30 – 17:45 Discussion The Yogyakarta Principles – a new tool for Human Rights. Presentation of the book. Eduardas Platovas, LGL
17:45 End of the conference
Address
Conti hotel, Raugyklos Street 7/2, LT-01140 Vilnius
Tel. 00 370 5 2514111
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