The Forum's Programme

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Programme of the Second Budapest Human Rights Forum
25–26 June, 2009
Venue: Budapest, MFA, Conference Hall

25 June, 2009
09.00 – 09.10	Opening statement by H.E. Vilmos Szabó Senior State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Hungary (text version )
09.10 – 09.20	DVideo message of H.E. Javier Solana (European Union High Representative for CFSP (text version )
09.20 – 09.25	Introductory speech delivered by Mme Marcia Kran (Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights), on behalf of the High Commissioner for her video message
09.25 – 09.35	Video message of H.E. Navanethem Pillay UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (text version )
09.30 – 11.20	Első panel – A népirtás nemzetközi megelőzése Moderátor: dr. Bárd Károly Dr. István Lakatos (Human Rights Ambassador, MFA, Hungary) Enzo Le Fevre Cervini (Special Adviser of the Hungarian MFA) David Hamburg (Chair of the UN Advisory Committee for the Prevention of Genocide) Valerie Rocher (Office of the Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide) Dr. Gregory Stanton (President of Genocide Watch, Director of the Cambodian Genocide Project) Heinz Krummenacher (Director of Swiss Peace Foundation)
11.20 – 11.50	Coffee break
11.50 – 13.00	Debate
13.00 – 14.00	Lunch (served in the hall of the Ministry)
14.00 – 16.00	Second Panel - Neighbourhood Policy of the European Union towards Eastern Europe Moderator: Gábor Halmai Vladimir Shkolnikov (Freedom House Europe - director) Gabriela Dlouha (Czech EU-presidency, COHOM presidency) Darja Bavdaz Kuret (Slovenia – Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe) Frank Orton (Team Leader, EU Support Project, Georgia) Andriy Kristenko (Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union) Olga Stuzhinskaya (Belarus – Director of the Office for a Democratic Belarus) Nicolas Tavitian (Armenia – Inside Europe)
16.00 – 16.30	Coffee break
16.30 – 17.00	Speech by Foreign Minister Péter Balázs
17.00 – 17.30	Debate
17.30 – 18.20	Preventing genocide - projection of a documentary film based on the book "Preventing Genocide: Practical Steps Toward Early Detection and Effective Action” by Dr. David Hamburg
19.30 – 21.30	Dinner on the Danube (boat trip)

26 June, 2009
08.30 – 10.30	Third Panel – Freedom of movement, migration Moderator: Boldizsár Nagy Gottfried Köfner (Regional Representative, UNHCR – Regional Representation, Budapest) Argentína Szabados (Director, IOM Regional Representation, Budapest) Günter Nooke (MFA – Germany, Human Rights Representative) Krisztina Berta (MFA – Hungary, Head of Consular Department)
10.30 – 11.30	Debate
11.30 – 11.50	Coffee break
11.50 – 12.40	Fourth Panel – Democratisation, election observation Moderator: Tamás Lattmann Janez Lenarcic (Director of OSCE/ODIHR) Zsolt Bártfai (DG RELEX, European Commission) J. Ray Kennedy (United Nations) Éva Császár (MFA, Hungary) Anna Sólyom (Association of European Election Officials)
12.40 – 13.40	Debate
13.40 – 13.50	Concluding remarks by rapporteur of the conference Dr Erzsébet Kardos Kaponyi