Speakers

Introduction

Dražen Bošnjaković, Minister of Justice of the Republic of Croatia

Judith Sargentini, former MEP and LIBE committee member, The Greens/European Free Alliance 

Marta Pardavi, Co-chair of the Hungarian Helsinki Committee

Iris Goldner Lang, Jean Monnet professor, holder of the UNESCO Chair on Free Movement of People, Migration and Inter-Cultural Dialogue at the University of Zagreb – Faculty of Law 

Moderator: Gordan Bosanac, Crosol, Advocacy advisor and human rights activist

New rule of law protection mechanisms in EU

Emmanuel Crabit, Director for Fundamental rights and the Rule of law, European Commission’s Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers

Israel Butler, Head of Advocacy, Civil Liberties Union for Europe

Moderator: Tatjana Vlašić, Croatian Ombudsperson’s Advisor

Rights and Values Program – Protecting civic space

Željka Markulin, Government of the Republic of Croatia’ – Office for Cooperation with NGOs

Szymon Ananicz, Stefan Batory Foundation Poland

Moderator: Željka Gracin, Green Action/Friends of the Earth Croatia

New European Commission’s annual report on rule of law in member states – workshop on designing the questionnaire/methodology!

Vanja Škorić, Program Director, ECNL- European Center for Not-for-Profit Law Stichting

Małgorzata Szuleka, Head of Advocacy, Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights (HFHR) in Warsaw, Poland

Maja Sever, journalist, Trade Union of Croatian Journalists President

Moderator: Ivan Novosel, Human rights house Zagreb

Independent institutions as rule of law guarantees

Graham Smith, Senior Advisor in the Cabinet of European Ombudsperson

Andreas Accardo, European Union’s Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA), Head of the Institutional Cooperation and Networks Unit

Tena Šimonović Einwalter, Croatian Deputy Ombudswoman, Chair of the Executive board of Equinet, member of European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI)

Nataša Novaković, President of Croatian Conflicts of Interest Prevention Commission

Moderator: Jelena Berković, Gong

The Future of Europe

Michael O’Flaherty, Director of European Union’s Agency for Fundamental Rights

Lora Vidović, Croatian Ombudswoman

Moderator: Ivana Dragičević, N1 television