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Human Rights on the Run II

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Erwin-Schrödinger-Saal
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in englischer Sprache

The questions of the former panel will be debated by representatives of two important European instituions.

Deputy Executive Director, Frontex, Warsaw
Director, FRA - European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, Vienna
Journalist and Presenter, Ö1 Journals and ORF Weltjournal, ORF - Austrian Broadcasting Corporation, Vienna Chair

Berndt KÖRNER

Deputy Executive Director, Frontex, Warsaw

1991-1994 Contract Officer, Federal Government Burgenland
1994-1995 Legal Expert, Federal Chancellery of the Republic of Austria
2005-1995 Head of Section, Federal Ministry of the Interior, Austria
2006-2005 Head of Department, Federal Ministry of the Interior, Austria
2010-2006 Head of Department, Federal Ministry of the Interior, Austria
2010-2013 Seconded National Expert to the General Secretariat of the Council
2013-2015 Long-term expert on Integrated Border Management, PAMECA IV, Albania
since 2016 Deputy Executive Director of FRONTEX, Warsaw

Michael O'FLAHERTY

Director, FRA - European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, Vienna

1995-1996 Secretary, Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, UN Centre for Human Rights, Geneva
1996-1997 Expert Advisor, Human Rights under the Dayton Peace Accords, UN, Sarajevo
1997-1998 Independent Consultant, Human Rights
1998-2000 Chief, UN human rights programme in Sierra Leone, Freetown
2000-2002 Coordinator, Programmes in the Asia-Pacific region, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Geneva
2002-2003 Senior Research Officer (Child Rights), UNICEF Innocent Research Centre, Florence
2003-2013 Professor of Applied Human Rights and Co-director,Human Rights Law Centre, University of Nottingham
2004-2012 Member (latterly Vice-chair), United Nations Human Rights Committee, Geneva
2011-2013 Chief Commissioner, Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission, Belfast
2013-2015 Established Professor of Human Rights Law and Director, Irish Centre for Human Rights, National University of Ireland, Galway
since 2015 Director, EU Agency for Fundamental Rights, Vienna

Mag. Cornelia VOSPERNIK

Journalist and Presenter, Ö1 Journals and ORF Weltjournal, ORF - Austrian Broadcasting Corporation, Vienna

1985 Erstes Praktikum beim ORF, Slowenische Abteilung, Landesstudio Kärnten; danach Aktueller Dienst Kärnten
1986-1988 United World College of the Adriatic, Abschluss: International Baccalaureate
1989-1994 Studium Dolmetsch für Slowenisch und Italienisch, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, Abschluss Mag. phil
1996 Wechsel in die Zeit im Bild 1 Redaktion mit Schwerpunkten Innenpolitik und Außenpolitik
1999-2001 Leiterin Korrespondentenbüro London, danach Außenpolitik ZiB und Moderatorin diverser Sendungen (ZiB1, Weltjournal)
2007-2010 Leiterin des ORF-Büros in Peking
2011-2012 Leiterin der Nachrichten ORFeins
seit 2012 Leiterin des neu gegründeten Büros Nordosteuropa
seit 2013 Moderatorin Ö1 Journale
seit 2014 Moderatorin ORF Weltjournal

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