10: Human rights and populism: how to protect, promote and communicate fundamental rights in times of change?
In cooperation with FRA - European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights
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in englischer SpracheEurope’s human rights framework of laws and values is in trouble. The general population increasingly sees human rights as benefiting others rather than themselves. Many policy-makers are unconvinced of the “added value” of accepting “human rights-based approaches”. Where does this increasingly “toxic” human rights discourse originate from and what are the possible ways forward?
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Ph.D. Adam BODNAR
Commissioner for Human Rights, Republic of Poland, Warsaw
| He graduated from the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Warsaw and from LL.M. programme in the field of comparative constitutional law at Central European University in Budapest. | |
| 2006 | PhD in constitutional law, University of |
| 2004-2015 | Member, Helsinki Foundation of Human Rights. Functions: co-founder, co-ordinator, Precedent Cases programme; Head of legal department and vice-president, Management Board of prof. Zbigniew Holda Association |
| 2013-2014 | Member of the Board of Directors, United Nations Fund for Victims of Torture |
| 2001-2004 | Lawyer, Weil, Gotshal & Managers |
| since 2006 | Lecturer, Law and Administration Faculty, University of Warsaw |
| Active collaborator with many non-governmental organizations since the beginning of academic career and legal professional duties. |
Mag.a Ulrike LUNACEK
Former Member, Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance; Former Vice President, European Parliament, Brussels
| 1975-1983 | Dolmetschstudium für Englisch und Spanisch an der Universität Innsbruck |
| 1981-1982 | Aufbau des und Mitarbeit im Frauenhaus Innsbruck |
| 1983-1986 | Referentin für die Organisation Frauensolidarität |
| 1986-1988 | Deutschlehrerin für politische Flüchtlinge aus Lateinamerika, Irak und Iran |
| 1989-1995 | Redakteurin des entwicklungspolitischen Magazins Südwind und Pressereferentin des ÖIE - Österreichisches Informationsdienst für Entwicklungspolitik |
| seit 1994 | Obfrau des Vereins Frauensolidarität Entwicklungspolitische Initiativen für Frauen |
| 1994 | Teilnahme an der UN-Konferenz für Bevölkerung und Entwicklung: NGO-Delegierte für den Österreichischen Informationsdienst für Entwicklungspolitik ÖIE in der Regierungsdelegation |
| 1995 | Koordination der Pressearbeit für die nichtstaatlichen Organisationen bei der Weltfrauenkonferenz in Peking |
| Erstmals Kandidatur für die Grünen | |
| 1996-1998 | Bundesgeschäftsführerin der Grünen |
| 1996-2006 | Delegierte der Österreichischen Grünen bei der Europäischen Föderation Grüner Parteien (EFGP), heute EGP Europäische Grüne Partei |
| 1999 | Lektorin am Institut für Translationswissenschaften der Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz |
| 1999-2009 | NRAbg. und im Grünen Klub zuständig für Außen- und Entwicklungspolitik sowie für die Gleichstellung von Lesben, Schwulen und TransGenderPersonen |
| Stv. Vorsitzende des Außenpolitischen Ausschusses | |
| 2004-2009 | Fraktionsvorsitzende im Hauptausschuss |
| 2006-2009 | Ko-Vorsitzende der Europäischen Grünen Partei (EGP) |
| 2008-2014 | Stellvertretende Klubobfrau der Grünen |
| seit 2009 | Delegierte der Grünen Fraktion im Europäischen Parlament |
| Abgeordnete, Europäisches Parlament, Brüssel | |
| Außenpolitische Sprecherin der Grünen/EFA-Fraktion | |
| Kosovo-Berichterstatterin des Europäischen Parlaments | |
| Ko-Präsidentin der LGBT-Intergroup | |
| 2009-2013 | Europasprecherin der Grünen |
| seit 2013 | Vizepräsidentin der Grünen/EFA-Fraktion |
| seit 2014 | Vizepräsidentin des Europäischen Parlaments |
Iverna MCGOWAN
Head and Advocacy Director, European Institutions Office, Amnesty International, Brussels
MA Dunja MIJATOVIC
International Media and Human Rights Expert; Former OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Vienna
| MA in European Studies, University of Sarajevo; University of Sussex; University of Bologna; the London School of Economics | |
| 1998-2001 | Head of Programme Standards and Complaints, Independent Media Commission |
| 2001-2010 | Director of Broadcasting, CRA - Communications Regulatory Agency of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| 2005-2007 | Chairperson, MC-S-IC - Council of Europe Group of Specialists on freedom of expression and information in times of crisis |
| 2007-2010 | Chairperson, EPRA - European Platform of Regulatory Agencies, Strasbourg |
| 2010-2017 | Representative on Freedom of the Media, OSCE - Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, Vienna |
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 |
