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| 15:00 – 17:00 | Lithuanian National Union of Students Discussion “Is higher education open to diversity?” Crowne Plaza hotel conference hall, M.K.Čiurlionio str. 84, Vilnius |
| 19:00 – 20:00 | Opening of the Baltic Pride Vilnius 2010 Film festival Composer and cellist Andre Mergenthaler and his musical composition. Admissions only with special invitations! Cinema Skalvija, Gostauto str. 2/15, Vilnius |
| 20:00 – 22:30 | “House of Boys” Director: Jean-Claude Schlim The film will be introduced by the director. Admissions only with special invitations! Cinema Skalvija, Gostauto str. 2/15, Vilnius |
| 23:00 | Warm up party at Soho club Soho club, Svitrigailos str. 7/16, Vilnius |
| International conference “Human Rights Combating Fear and Prejudice” (in English and Lithuanian with simultaneous interpretation) Time: 09:30 – 17:45 |
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Welcoming speeches |
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| 09:30 – 10:00 | Baltic Pride 2010: human rights for all – a norm or still a challenge in new EU member states? Video greeting from the Vice-President of the European Commission Viviane Reding. Welcome speeches by member of the Lithuanian Parliament Marija Aušrinė Pavilionienė, Swedish EU-minister Birgitta Ohlsson, and Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Lithuania Joep Wijnands. |
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Panel discussions |
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| 10:00 – 11:15 | Putting fundamental rights protection for LGBT on the EU and national agendas Moderator: Member of the German Bundestag Volker Beck. Participants: Member of the Danish Parliament Kamal Qureshi, representative of the Human Rights Watch Boris Dietrich, Executive Director of ILGA-Europe Evelyne Paradis, Dutch Human Rights Ambassador Arjan Hamburger, and member of the Estonian Parliament Evelyn Sepp. |
| 11:15 – 11:45 |
Coffee break |
| 11:45 – 12:55 | Equal rights for LGBT people – going beyond legislation Participants: representative of the Baltic Pride Vytautas Valentinavičius, representative of Amnesty International Nicolas Berger, a representative of the HALDE (France), Secretary General on Family and Social Policy of the Ministry of Social Affairs Riho Rahuoja (Estonia), Chairperson of the Latvian organisation Mozaika Linda Freimane and Ilke Jaspers of the youth organisation EGN (Estonia). |
| 13:00 – 14:30 |
Lunch |
| 13:15 – 13:45 |
Press Conference |
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Presentations |
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| 14:30 – 15:50 | Building sustainable partnerships for equality in society Examples of good cooperation practice are presented by the following participants: representatives of the Swedish RFSL organisation Lars Jonsson, Linda Elstad, and Karol Vieker, representatives of the Lithuanian Gay League Vladimiras Simonko and Vilma Gabrieliūtė, and the representative of the German organisation LSVD Klaus Jetz. |
| 15:50 – 16:20 |
Coffee break |
| 16:20 – 17:45 | Access to Justice (Are measures of legal defence easily accessible and applied?) Participants: Co-President of the European Parliament’s Intergroup on LGBT Rights Michael Cashman, Director of the Directorate General for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities of the European Commission Belinda Pyke, Research Director of the Human Rights Monitoring Institute Jolanta Samuolytė (Lithuania), and lecturer at Mykolas Romeris University, lawyer Diana Gumbrevičiūtė-Kuzminskienė (Lithuania). The publication of “The Yogyakarta Principles” is presented by the representative of the Lithuanian Gay League Eduardas Platovas. |
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End of the conference |
| 22:00 | Party at Soho club Soho club, Svitrigailos str. 7/16, Vilnius |
| 12:00 – 14:30 | Baltic Pride March for Equality Registration is compulsory! Concluding speeches by politicians and Baltic Pride organizers (tbc): MEP Ulrike Lunacek (confirmed) Place: Central Vilnius, Upes str. from “Forum Palace” (Konstitucijos str. 26) to parking lot at “Olympic Casino” (Upes str. 5) |
| 16.00 | The presentation of the photo exhibition “Pride and prejudice” by Swedish MP Christofer Fjellner Place: Conti hotel, Raugyklos Street 7/2, LT-01140 Vilnius |
| 16.30 – 18.00 | Post Equality March Moderated Discussion You marched with us for equality or you stood in the crowd watching the march. Do you feel you have something on your mind that just has to be spoken out? Do you want to know what others have seen and felt? We welcome you in this discussion group where we talk about Prides and pride, visibility of LGBTQ community, LGBTQ rights and much more. The discussion will be carried out in English. Event organized by NGO Estonian Gay Youth and Wel Joung Niet Hetero (Belgium). |
| 22:00 | Final party at Soho club Soho club, Svitrigailos str. 7/16, Vilnius |
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