| Programme of the First Budapest Human Rights Forum
August 28-29, 2008 Location: MFA, Conference Hall
First day: 28th, August 09.00 - 09.15 Opening statement of H.E. Dr. Kinga Göncz, Minister for Foreign Affairs 09.20 - 11.30 First Panel – International organizations Moderator: dr. Gáspár Bíró - Margaret Sekaggya, Special Rapporteur of the UN on Human Rights defenders
- Lauri Sivonen, special advisor to the Human Rights Commissioner of the Council of Europe
- Alessio Cappellani, International Relations Officer for Human Rights and Democratisation, European Commission
- Pavel Chacuk, OSCE-ODIHR
11.00 - 11.30 Coffee break
11.30 - 12.30 Discussion 12.30 -14.00 Lunch (served in the hall of the Ministry) 14.00 - 15.40 Second Panel – Local NGOs from the Balkans and Central Asia Moderator: Kardosné dr. Erzsébet Kaponyi - Zsolt Süge, Human Rights Centre - Serbia
- Albert Musliu, Association for Democratic Initiatives – Macedonia (FYROM)
- Nedjelska Sindik, Libertask – Montenegro
- Yvgeniy Zhovtis, International Human Rights Bureau - Kazahstan
- Sardar Baghisbekov, Voice of Freedom – Kyrgyzstan
- Galina Derevenchenko, Bureau for Human Rights - Tajikistan
15.40 - 16.10 Coffee break
16.10 - 17.30 Discussion
18.30. - 20.30. Dinner on the Danube (boat trip) Second day: 29th, August 09.00 - 11.30 Third Panel – Governments Moderator: dr. Gábor Halmai - Jacques Pellet - France - MFA
- Mrs. Maryem van den Heuvel - The Netherlands - MFA
- Anja-Marija Ciraj - Slovenia - MFA
- Orla Keane - Ireland - MFA
- István Lakatos - Hungary - MFA
10.30 - 11.00 Coffee break
11.00 - 12.00 Discussion 12.00 - 14.00. Lunch (served in the hall of the Ministry)14.00 - 15.00 Fourth Panel – International NGOs Moderator: dr. Gábor Kardos - Paula Schriefer, Freedom House
- Susi Dennison, Amnesty International
- Vincent Forest, Front Line
- Snjezana Bokulic, Minority Rights Group
15.00 - 16.00 Discussion
16.00 - 16.15 Concluding remarks by Mr. Ferenc Kőszeg – Honorary President of the Hungarian Helsinki Committee
16.15 - 16.30 Coffee break
Rapporteur of the Forum: dr. Károly Bárd |