Berlin

Mo. 02.06.2014, 16:00 bis 18:30

Podiumsdiskussion

Towards a Europe without political prisoners

Palais in der Kulturbrauerei
Schönhauser Allee 36
10435 Berlin
Berlin Brandenburg

Beschreibung:

The European Stability Initiative and Christoph Strässer, Federal Commissioner for Human Rights of the German government, have the pleasure to invite you to a conference that will take place in Berlin in the first week of June.

Senior European policy makers, parliamentarians, and human rights activists are invited to discuss what different institutions – the Council of Europe, the European Union and international human rights organisations – must do to realise the vision of a Europe without political prisoners in the near future.

This is a very important issue for the Office of the Federal Commissioner for Human Rights of the German government and for the European Stability Initiative, which has also published a number of reports on this issue.

The conference will open on Monday June 2, 16:00 in the afternoon with a panel on "A Europe with-out political prisoners – how to get there?"

On Tuesday June 3, the conference will continue in the morning with three closed sessions (by invitation only): "Member states of the Council of Europe and the European Union and political prisoners – what can they do?," "The institutions of the Council of Europe and the European Union and political prisoners – what can they do?," and "The public and the role of civil society – how to be less reactive and more effective?" at the Swedish embassy in Berlin.

Some of the participants:

• Christoph Strässer, Federal Commissioner for Human Rights Policy and Humanitarian Aid of the German Government
• Khadija Ismayilova, Azerbaijan's best-known investigative journalist
• Bjørn Engesland, Secretary General of the Norwegian Helsinki Committee
• Markus Löning, former Federal Government Commissioner for Human Rights Policy and Humanitarian Aid (2010-2013)
• Michael McNamara, Irish Labour politician and a member of Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish legislature
• Emin Milli, writer and former political prisoner from Azerbaijan
• Piotr Switalski, Director for Policy Planning at the Council of Europe
• Jamison Firestone, American lawyer with over twenty years experience working with Russian law and business issues
• Yana Zabanova, analyst at the European Stability Initiative (ESI)
• Bill Browder, CEO and co-founder of the Hermitage Capital Management investment fund
• Ben Judah, UK writer and journalist. He is the author of Fragile Empire: How Russia Fell In And Out Of Love with Vladimir Putin
• Gerald Knaus, founding chairman of the European Stability Initiative (ESI)

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