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REGIONAL CONFERENCE BUILDING BRIDGES: COLLABORATIVE NETWORKS AND INTERNATIONAL MECHANISMS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS PROTECTION AGENDA ORGANIZER: SUPPORTED BY: HUMAN RIGHTS PARTNER: INFO-PARTNER: MEDIA PARTNER: 21-22 MARCH 2013 KYIV, UKRAINE

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REGIONAL CONFERENCE

BUILDING BRIDGES: COLLABORATIVE NETWORKS AND INTERNATIONAL MECHANISMSFOR HUMAN RIGHTS PROTECTION

AGENDA

ORGANIZER:

SUPPORTED BY:

HUMAN RIGHTS PARTNER:

INFO-PARTNER: MEDIA PARTNER:

21-22 MARCH 2013KYIV, UKRAINE

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УКРЕПЛЕНИЕ МЕЖДУНАРОДНОГО СОТРУДНИЧЕСТВА И МЕЖДУНАРОДНЫЕ МЕХАНИЗМЫ ЗАЩИТЫ ПРАВ ЧЕЛОВЕКА РЕГИОНАЛЬНАЯ КОНФЕРЕНЦИЯ

In all countries, there are institutions and groups that stand by as human rights guardians. State agencies have a key role and primary responsibility for upholding and protecting human rights. They have the legiti-mate right to limit freedoms and use force, but are also accountable for human rights observance, and for that reason, they need to be open to other human rights actors for cooperation.

No less essential are non-state entities that drive the human rights agenda forward: the civil society organi-sations and the journalist community. While the role of CSOs in the promotion and protection of human rights has long been recognised, the significance of the journalist community as a system of “checks and balances” for human rights observance has been less underscored. It is a fact, however, that free, indepen-dent and pluralistic media are a core element of any functioning democracy. In addition to disseminating information, the media educate and shape opinions, and in order to fulfill these roles effectively, networks are necessary both within the human rights oriented journalist community and between the civil society and the media. Such interactions can amplify not only the human rights message but also its impact.

In recent years, a new UN mechanism – the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) – has been created to allow for a review of human rights issues between states. This instrument enables to receive critical feedback on human rights issues from other states, and to review and adopt some of the good practices that other countries have tried for themselves. While being primarily a peer review instrument involving states, the opportunities the UPR offers to advance human rights protection can only be realized to their full extent through the involvement and mobilization of national human rights institutions, local grass-root organiza-tions and the media community.

All these topics will be covered extensively as part of a one-and-a-half day conference BUILDING BRIDGES: COLLABORATIVE NETWORKS AND INTERNATIONAL MECHANISMS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS PROTECTION.

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CONNECTING JOURNALISTS AND HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERSDAY 1 | 21 MARCH

9:30-10:00 REGISTRATION

10:00-10:30 Opening remarksricarda rieger – Country Director, United Nations Development Programme in Ukraine

simon smith – Ambassador of Great Britain to Ukraine

Christophe peschoux – Chief of UPR Section, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

10:30-11:00 keynOte addressMedia and the Democratic Transformations – Opportunities and Threats

ewa Letowska – Law Professor; Ex-Judge: Supreme Administrative Court /1999-2002/; Constitutional Court /2002-2011/; 1st Ombudsperson of the Republic of Poland /1987-1992/

11:00-13:00 sessiOn 1. regiOnaL tendenCies in tHe area OF HUman rigHts prOmOtiOn and prOteCtiOn: tHe rOLe OF media and HUman rigHts deFenders Moderator: andriy kulykov – Journalist / TV Host /Ukraine/

• arkadiy Bushchenko – Executive Director, Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Group /Ukraine/

• Florian irminger – Advocacy Programme Director, Human Rights House Foundation /Switzerland/

• Valeria Lutkovska – Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights /Ukraine/

• yuriy makarov – Journalist, TV host, documentalist, writer /Ukraine/

• grigory shvedov – Human Rights Defender, Moscow School of Political Studies, Editor-in-Chief, Caucasian Knot /Russia/

Discussion topics:

• What are the critical human rights challenges in the region?

• Role of media in human rights promotion in the region.

• One man – no man? Individual journalist activism – how can CSOs contribute?

• Human rights CSOs: a voice in the desert?

13:00-14:00 LUNCH

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14:00-15:30 sessiOn 2а.

Human rights advocates: taming the Leviathan. Joining efforts for Change

Moderator: roman romanov – Programme Director “Rule of Law”, International Renaissance Foundation /Ukraine/

• What are the instruments that help keep the Government accountable. Overview of the main UN instruments, particularly focusing on the UPR process anna innocenti – Advocacy Expert, Human Rights House Foundation /Switzerland/

• Ups and Downs: public control over the activities of Government institutions in Russia in the area of human rights – from monitoring to systematic changes Valentin gefter – Director, Human Rights Institute /Russian Federation/

• Lobbying for the new Law on Civic Associations. A recipe for a successful national human rights campaign maksym Latsyba – Programme Officer, Ukrainian Center for Independent Political Research /Ukraine/

• Instruments to keep the Government accountable. Access to city Master Plans Campaign Volodymyr shcherbachenko – Head, East Ukrainian Center for Civic Initiatives /Ukraine/

sessiOn 2b.

Journalists for Human rights: Between passion and impartiality

Moderator: yegor sobolev – “Svidomo” Bureau of Journalist Investigations /Ukraine/

• said abdurakhimov – Journalist, “Uznews.net” /Uzbekistan/

• maksym Butkevych – Coordinator, “No Borders” Initiative /Ukraine/

• tatiana katiuzhynskaya – Head, Association of Media Lawyers /Ukraine/

• Vladimir mostovoi – Co-Founder, “Mirror Weekly”; Head, Journalist Ethics Commission /Ukraine/

• alexandra prymachenko – Editor-in-Chief, website “Rakurs” /Ukraine/

• maria semenchenko – Editor, Society Column Editor, “Den” daily newspaper /Ukraine/

Discussion topics:

• Human rights standards for journalists

• Genre palette: what are the “best-fit” genres for human rights publications?

• Information sources and personal risks of human rights journalists

15:30-16:00 COFFEE BREAK

CONNECTING JOURNALISTS AND HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS DAY 1 | 21 MARCH

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16:00-17:30 sessiOn 3.

HUman rigHts deFenders and JOUrnaLists: WHy We need tO taLk tO eaCH OtHer?

Moderator: natalia sokolenko – Journalist /Ukraine/

• shukhrat ganiyev – Director, Humanitarian Human Rights Center /Uzbekistan/

• pavel gutiontov – Head, Freedom of Press Committee, Union of Journalists of Russia /Russian Federation/

• natalia Ligachova – Editor-in-Chief, “Telekrytyka” Magazine, “Mediasapiens” Project Director /Ukraine/

• tetiana pechonchyk – Director, Human Rights Information Center /Ukraine/

• kostiantyn reutski – Human Rights Defender, Co-Founder of Understanding Human Rights Programme /Ukraine/

Discussion topics:

• Restrictions on press freedom, censorship and access to information

• New media for human rights: activism in the Internet age. The role of citizen journalism.

• Human rights education: everybody’s business, nobody’s responsibility?

17:30-18:10 presentatiOn OF tHe internatiOnaL FestiVaL OF dOCUmentary FiLms aBOUt HUman rigHts “dOCUdays Ua” Presentation of the Festival Headliner Film

18:30 NETWORKING DINNER

CONNECTING JOURNALISTS AND HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERSDAY 1 | 21 MARCH

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THE ROLE OF THE GOVERNMENT, CIVIL SOCIETY, NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTIONS AND THE MEDIA IN ADVANCING HUMAN RIGHTS:THE NEED FOR MULTI-FACETED COOPERATION DAY 2 | 22 MARCH

9:00-9:10 BRIEF SUMMARy OF DAy 1

9:10-9:30 Presentation of the analytical report

UniVersaL periOdiC reVieW tHe Cis states: regiOnaL trends

takhmina karimova, Researcher / Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights

9:30-11:00 sessiOn 4.

UniVersaL periOdiC reVieW: triangULatiOn OF COOperatiOn

Moderator: marc Bojanic – Human Rights Advisor, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights /Ukraine/

• Universal Periodic Review: Opportunities and Challenges Christophe peschoux – Chief of UPR Section, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights /Switzerland/

• NHRI role in the UPR: Experience of the Russian Federation georgiy kunadze – Deputy Head, Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation /Russian Federation/

• Second cycle of the UPR: the experience of Ukraine nazar kulchytskyi – Government Commissioner for European Court of Human Rights Matters, Ministry of Justice of Ukraine svitlana kolyshko – Director, Department of International Law and Cooperation, Ministry of Justice of Ukraine

• The UPR process in Turkmenistan: results and follow up semshat atajanova – Head of Department, National Institute of Democracy and Human Rights /Turkmenistan/

• CSOs participation in the UPR: lessons learnt from the Ukrainian experience iryna Fedorovych – Human Rights Defender, Co-Manager “No Borders” Project, Social Action Center NGO /Ukraine/

11:00-11:30 COFFEE BREAK

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THE ROLE OF THE GOVERNMENT, CIVIL SOCIETY, NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTIONS AND THE MEDIA

IN ADVANCING HUMAN RIGHTS:THE NEED FOR MULTI-FACETED COOPERATIONDAY 2 | 22 MARCH

11:30-13:00 sessiOn 5.

FrOm internatiOnaL HUman rigHts meCHanisms tO natiOnaL transFOrmatiOns – tHe need FOr a HOListiC apprOaCH tO internatiOnaL reCOmmendatiOns

Moderator: monjurul kabir – Policy Adviser, Rule of Law, Human Rights & Justice, UNDP Europe and the CIS

• Examples of UPR implementation mechanisms at country level annete Faye Jakobsen – DanishInstitute for Human Rights /Denmark/

• The Role of the Ombudsperson’s Office in implementing the UPR recommendations mykhailo Chaplyha – Representative of the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights /Ukraine/

• Monitoring implementation – the role of state and non-state actors surat ikramov – Head, Initiative Group of Independent Human Rights Defenders /Uzbekistan/ Vasila inoyatova – Head, Human Rights Union “Ezgulik” /Uzbekistan/

• Measuring implementation: OHCHR approach to human right sindicators nicolas Fasel – Human Rights Officer, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

13:00-13:15 COnCLUding remarks

elena panova – Deputy Country Director, United Nations Development Programme in Ukraine

marc Bojanic – Human Rights Advisor, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

13:30-14:30 LUNCH

14:30-16:00 side eVent FOr Upr-COaLitiOn memBers

Meeting with Christophe peschoux – Chief of UPR Section, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

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ewa Letowska is a law professor at the Institute for Legal Studies. She lectured in Paris at Pantheon-Sorbonne University and other European Universities. She is Member of the Helsinki Committee, and sits as Expert on the Committee on the Application of Standards with the International Labour Organization, is Board Member of the European Human Rights Foundation, International Human Rights Commission, and Academie de Droit Compare in Paris. First Commissioner for civil rights in Poland (1987-1992). In this capacity with the Polish Parliament, she played an important role during the transition into a pluralistic democracy due to her commitment to a constitutional state and individual human rights. Mrs. Letowska is the ex-judge of the Polish Administrative Court (1999-2002) and ex-judge of the Polish Constitutional Court (2002-2011).

andriy kulykov is mass media expert and journalist.From 2005 to 2007 – media expert of ZHORNA - Journalist Education: Developing Skills: ТАСІS -BBC World Service Trust projectFrom 2000 to 2007 – producer of Ukrainian ВВC Service.2000 – author and presenter of the Night Dramaturgy Program (STB).From 1998 to 1999 – editor-in-chief of Novyi Channel.From 1979 to 1992 – reporter, department manager, deputy editor-in-chief of News from Ukraine (Kyiv).From 1996 to 1998 – production editor, deputy director of News TV Service of 1+1 Studio TV Channel.In 1996, he was the acting editor-in-chief, deputy editor-in-chief of MMC – Internews.From 1992 to 1995 – producer, senior producer of Ukrainian ВВC Service (London).He is professionally engaged in translation (including literary) and interpreting (simultaneous and consecutive).

arkadyi Bushchenko is Executive Director of the Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union. He graduated from the National Law Academy specializing in legal studies and has been practicing in human rights defence realm since 2003. Arkadyi Bushchenko is an attorney-at-law. He has long worked for the Kharkiv Human Rights Group both serving as a legal expert, and running the Centre for Strategic Litigation. The Centre has helped applicants win 60 cases at the European Court of Human Rights. Arkadyi has also authored 9 books and 15 publications on human rights subjects. Since 2008 he chairs the Institute of Legal Studies and Strategies NGO. In 2008 and 2010 Mr. Bushchenko was elected chairman of the Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union.

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Florian irminger – head of Advocacy and the Geneva Office of the Human Rights House Foundation (HRHF) since 2008. Former Co-Founder and leader of STOP SUICIDE, a youth movement aiming at preventing suicide among youth in Geneva. He is also a former member of the Constituent Assembly of the Republic and Canton of Geneva and President of the Drafting Committee of the Assembly. He was named one of the 100 leading personalities in French-speaking Switzerland, L’Hebdo (2011). He is also a member of the World Economic Forum young Global Shapers.

Valeriya Lutkovska is the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights since April 2012.From 2011 to 2012 - Government Agent before the European Court of Human Rights.From 2006 to 2011 – Deputy Minister of Justice of Ukraine, Commissioner for the Observance of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, Ministry of Justice of Ukraine.From 2005 to 2006 – Deputy Director on issues of judicial defence of the law firm “Lavrynovych & Partners”.From 2003 to 2005 – Deputy Minister of Justice of Ukraine, Commissioner for the Observance of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, Ministry of Justice of Ukraine.From 1995 to 2003 she held various positions with the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine.Rewards and honorary titles: Certificate of Merit of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine, Order of Princess Olga, 3rd Step, Honoured Lawyer of Ukraine.

yuriy makarov is journalist, TV host, documentalist.Since 2011 he is employed with the TVi Channel and is the TV host of Civilization programme.From 2007 he runs The Ukrainian Week weekly magazine covering politics, economy and arts (joint project with Austrian ECEM Media GmbH).In 1999 he was elected a member of the Television Academy of Ukraine.From 1998 he was holding the position of editor-in-chief of 1+1 Studio TV and Radio Company, Producer and TV host of Empire of Cinema, manager of Promotion Department.Since 1996 is a permanent TV presenter of Telemania Program. As the author of this project in 1997, he received the Zolota Era award from the Television Academy of Ukraine in nomination Best Cultural and Historical Program.From 1995 he is employed with «1+1» Television Channel.He lectured French in Kyiv Music Conservatory. He was a reviewer and columnist of the Radio and Telegraph Agency of Ukraine (RATAU) and editor of Kyiv Motion-Picture Studio for Popular and Science Films. He acted as director of several documentaries.He was engaged in the area of advertising and was deputy editor-in-chief of Contract Newspaper.Host of the Document TV programme.

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grigory shvedov is editor-in-chief of Caucasian Knot, an Internet news agency that provides independent media coverage of events in each of the twenty regions of Russia’s North Caucasus, South Federal District, and the independent South Caucasus (short English version on www.caucasianknot.info). He also serves as director of Information Agency MEMO.RU, a social marketing organization founded in 2002 to motivate active citizen engagement in Russia. Gregory serves on Board of the International Memorial Society, where he was previously responsible for interregional cooperation between the organization’s eighty branches.

mr. romanov, roman – the Rule of Law Program Director at the International Renaissance Foundation (Kyiv) since 2006. He holds a Law Degree and successfully finished International Programs at the University of Birmingham (UK), Central European University (Hungary). His fields of interest include Human Rights Issues and the Rule of Law. Roman Romanov was appointed by Presidential Decree to the National Rule of Law Commission and the Criminal Justice Reform Working Group. In 2009-2010 Roman Romanov joined a group of expert for consultations to UN Secretary-General Office on the National Ownership of the Rule of Law Assistance.

Valentin gefter director-general of Human Rights Institute Autonomous Non-Commercial Organization since 1998, member of the board of Memorial International Society and Board of Sakharov Centre. From 1995 he has been cooperating with Memorial Human Rights Protection Centre.From 2009 to 2012 – member of the Council for the Civil Society and Human Rights with the office of the President.From 1998 to 2012, he was one of the editors of the Russian Bulletin for Human Rights, compiling editor of the Russian Bulletin for Amnesty International.In 2000 we participated in the development of the draft law on the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation and amendments to the laws on non-commercial organizations, and humanization of criminal laws and implementation of probation system in Russia.He was a member of working groups developing draft laws related to monitoring the implementation of criminal and procedural code and public control over the observance of human rights in places of forced custody.He coordinated the Expert Council with the office of Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation.

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anna innocenti holds a degree in International Law and a Master in European project management. She started her career in 2004 as lobbyist at the European Institutions in Brussels and then moved to the Netherlands in 2007. For 6 years she operates at Global Human Rights Defence (The Hague), where she was in charge of project management and international advocacy for South-Asia and Europe in the areas of protection of minority rights and fight against human trafficking. From 2007 to 2010 Anna was member of the Council of the European Network FLARE - Freedom, Legality and Rights in Europe. She moved to Geneva in 2010 to puts her know-how in project management and institutional development at the service of the organisation Euforia. Since January 2011 Anna Innocenti is International Advocacy Officer at the Human Rights House Foundation.

maksym Latsyba manager of social and economic development programs of the Ukrainian Centre for Independent Political Research.He is one of the leading pubic experts in the field of advocacy and the editor of the Civil Society Journal.

Volodymyr-shcherbachenko – Head of Board, the East-Ukrainian Centre for Civic Initiatives, leader of the civic initiative for providing the public with access to general urban plans of Ukrainian cities and towns. Studied spatial planning within the framework of spatial programmes in the U.S. and Sweden universities (Kansas State University, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola). Writing staff manager and co-author of several books concerned with the problem of the public access to town planning documents.

yegor sobolev – Ukrainian journalist and public activist.In 2011 he established SVIDOMO Service for the Public NGO helping people to resolve problems investigated by the bureau and was one of those who initiated the SAM networks.In 2008, he founded SVIDOMO Journalist Investigation Bureau. SVIDOMO investigated for local newspapers focusing on urgent issues facing each city which may be resolved by central government authorities, such as, inter alia, education and health.In 2004, he was elected the chairman of Kyiv Independent Media Trade Union. The trade union has managed to initiate protests against censorship on central TV channels which became known as ‘the journalist revolution’.In 2003, having resigned from Ukrainian News, acted as political journalist and reporter of Mirror Weekly Newspaper and Korrespondent Journal.

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said abdurakhimov international journalist, editor and reporter of Uznews.net internet publicationArea of expertise: human rights, politics, economy, society and culture.2012 – author, director and operator of Shoot Me Weekly Video Program.From 2005 to 2006 – reporter of Ferghana.Ru Information Agency.2005 – correspondent for the British Institute for War and Peace Reporting. Representative Office in Uzbekistan.From 2004, he is the reporter of Ferghana.Ru Information Agency.From 2003, he is the reporter of Gazeta.Ru Information Agency (Moscow).From 2000 to 2003 – reporter, director of public and political department of Zerkalo XXI Daily Newspaper (Tashkent).From 1999 to 2000 – reporter of the Business-Vestnik Vostoka Newspaper (Tashkent).From 1997 to 1998 – author and presenter of Hello, I am Listening to you (UzTV - 4).He won the First Journalism Prize from the U.S. Embassy to Uzbekistan (2009).

maksym Butkevych – in 1998 graduated from the Philosophy Faculty of Taras Shevchenko Kyiv National University. In 2005 graduated from University of Sussex, UK, MA in Anthropology Of Development and Social Transformation.Has been working in media since 1999, particularly – international news correspondent and editor at STB (1999-2001), “1+1” (2001-2002, 2006-2007), and “Inter” TV channels (2007-2009); Producer/ Journalist BBC World Service, Ukrainian Section (2003-2004). In 2007-2010 – a lecturer at Journalism School at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. In 2010-2011 – Regional Public Information Officer of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) for Belarus, Moldova, and Ukraine.Participates in civic and human rights organizations. Was a member to the Amnesty International Ukraine National Committee. Currently – a co-coordinator of “Without Borders” project of NGO “Social Action Centre”. The project provides aid to refugees and asylum-seekers in Ukraine.

tatiana katiuzhynskaya Head of the Association of Media Lawyers since 2005.From 2002 she is a member of Journalist Ethics Commission.From 1997 she has continuous experience of working to protect rights and freedoms of journalist. Tatiana Katiuzhynskaya acted as the General Counsel and a member of managing bodies of the National Journalists’ Union of Ukraine.She prepared five draft laws to reform state-owned media, ensure journalist protection, provide access to public information.Tatiana Katiuzhynskaya is a member of the Civil Council at the National Television and Radio Broadcasting Council and Ukrainian Parliamentary Committee for Freedom of Speech and Information.She was rewarded the Order of Princess Olga, 3rd Step.

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mariya semencheko – editor of the Society column in the Day (Den’) Ukrainian Daily Newspaper since 2012. From 2010 to 2011 – columnist of the Society section of the Glavred Magazine and Life section of Glavred website. Her articles appeared in such publications as Ukraina Moloda, Ukrainska Pravda, Zhyttia, Polityka i Kultura.Professional interests: human rights related to education and health, rights of children and people with special needs, labour market and human rights in Ukraine, etc.

Volodymyr mostovy is a co-founder of “Mirror Weekly”; Head of the Commission on Journalism Ethics of Ukraine. Graduated from the Journalism Faculty of T. Shevchenko Kyiv State University.From 1967 – head of the correspondence section at “Trybuna Khliboroba” newspaper, Talalaivka, Chernigiv Region. Thereafter worked one year in “Kharchovyk” newspaper, Kyiv. From 1970 to 1975 – head of the division at “Radianska Shkola” magazine, thereafter until 1978 held the senior correspondent office in “Vecherniy Kiev” newspaper. From 1978 to 1990 – head of the Soviet Construction section in “Prapor Komunizmu” newspaper, for 4 years held the assistant senior editor, senior editor office in “Khreshchatyk” newspaper.From 1994 – senior editor of “Mirrow Weekly” weekly newspaper. In 2002 awarded the title “Media Manager of the year” at the International Journalism Festival «Vera. Nadezhda. Liubov.». In 2003 awarded the second prize “For the Independence and Future of Media” of “Sparkasse Leipzig” media foundation.In 2012 became the first awardee of the national I. Lubchenko award for Protection of the Freedom of Speech as constituted by the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine.Since 2001 - Head of the Commission on Journalism Ethics of Ukraine

Oleksandra prymachenko editor in chief of Rakurs website since October 2012.From 1997 to 2012 – editor of the Law column of the Mirror Weekly Newspaper.She was awarded the Valerii Marchenko’s prize for the best article dedicated to human rights protection in 1997.

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natalia sokolenko – member of Stop Censorship! Movement.In 2013 she started cooperating with Center UA civic organization.In 2010, Natalia completed her study at the Ukrainian School of Political Studies and «We Understand Human Rights» special course for journalists of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group.In 2009 she was awarded the Teletriumph Prize in the Best Reporter nomination.In 2012, she resigned from the Vikna-Novyny Programme to protest against censorship and «jeans» (ordered materials in the media).From 2002 to 2012 Natalia Sokolenko worked in the Vikna-Novyny Program, the STB TV Channel.

tetiana pechonchyk – manager of the Human Rights Information Center. She studied at the Ukrainian Research Institute at Harvard University and attended the Ukrainian School of Political Studies and Digital Future Journalism program (Kyiv Mohyla Academy School of Journalism). Tetiana Pechonchyk defended her Ph.D. thesis entitled “The Concept of Freedom of Speech in the Modern Ukrainian Mass Media Discourse». She has 10 years’ experience of work in mass media. Her works were published in the Mirror Weekly Newspaper and in such Internet publications as the Ukrainska Pravda, UNIAN. Tetiana managed the UNIAN-Human Rights joint project. She is a member of the Independent Media Trade Union, National Journalists’ Union of Ukraine and youth Human Right Movement International Organization.

shukhrat ganiev director of the Regional Labour Migration Problem project. His expertise covers analytical researches for preventing conflicts and developing strategy for constructive dialog, developing guidelines for human rights education. He is Coordinator of the Central Asian Network for Protection of Human Rights Defenders.From 1998 to 2013 he worked for Humanitarian Law Centre and was involved in such programs as АВА Almaty – Laws for Humans, OSCE – labour migration, anti-corruption, U.S. Embassy– Domestic Violence trainings, SIDA – Human Rights volunteer centres.From 2007 to 2008 – member of GBR and participant of joint commission for abolishment of capital punishment.From 2004 to 2005 he was employed in the program of Open Dialog jointly with the Main Department for Enforcement of Sentences of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan, General Prosecutor’s Office and Parliament.

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pavel gutiontov secretary of the Journalists Union of Russia, chairman of the Committee for Freedom of Speech and Journalists’ Rights.He has been a practicing journalist since 1970s. He had been working in Moskovskyi Komsomolets for five years. Thereafter, another ten years he was employed in Moskovskaya Komsomolka Newspaper. He was the special correspondent for The Soviet Russia.From 1987 to 1991 – domestic political reporter of Izvestia newspaper.For the recent five years, he has been keeping a personal column in Delovoi Vtronik Newspaper. He is the author of several books and more than two thousands publications in domestic and international editions.He is the winner of prize from the Journalists’ Union of Moscow (1977) for Alyi Parus and the Golden Pen of Russia, highest professional prize, for The Drummer’s Fate, his book of political portraits and pamphlets and he was awarded the Golden Shelf of Russian Journalism prize (2011) for his book «Every Tuesday at the Same Place», and he was repeatedly nominated for and awarded «For the Journalism as Deed» prize named after D.A. Sakharov.He lectures at the High School of Journalism in the Moscow International University.He was reworded with the Defendant of Free Russia medal by the Order of the President B. E. yeltsin.

natalia Ligachova-Chernolutska – editor-in-chief of the Internet site and Telekrytyka Magazine since 2001.From 2011 – member of the Interagency Working Group for Analyzing the Compliance with Laws related to the Freedom of Speech and Journalists’ Rights.From 2006 – chairperson of Telekrytyka civic organization.From 2004 – director of Telekrytyka LLC.From З 1997 – editor of Mass Media and Public Opinion column.From 1996 – reviewer of the Culture column.From 1992 to 2001 – held position of reviewer, freelance reporter, editor, deputy editor with leading Ukrainian publications.She has been awarded title of the Honourable Journalist of Ukraine.She is the winner of such international prizes as InternewsNetork, Mass Media Leadership and Gerd Bucerius Free Press of Eastern Europe Award.She was rated among the TOP 100 Most Influential Women of Ukraine.Natalia received a lapel badge from the National Television and Radio Broadcasting Council «For Development of Television and Radio Information Space of Ukraine».She is a member of Kyiv Independent Media Union and Independent Media Trade Union of Ukraine.

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kostiantyn reutski – member of Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union since 2012.Since 2008 – trainer and coordinator of educational events under the Ukrainian Educational Program «We Understand Human Rights», he cooperates with the Belarus Law School (Vilnius, Lithuania).From 2007 – chairman of the board of the Postup Rights Protection Center, coordinator of children right protection offices in Luhansk oblast.From 2001 to 2004 he chaired the board of the organization and coordinated operations of Daily Rehabilitation Centre for street children.In 2000 he was one of the founders of Postup civic organization.He is the author of a number of articles dedicated to protection of rights and coordinated a number of investigations related to observance of human rights in the region, author and compiler of several methodological human rights guides.

dr. takhmina karimova – Researcher at the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights. She works on a research project concerning protection of the right to education in times of armed conflict and insecurity. She holds a PhD in International Law from Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies and an LL.M in international human rights law from the University of Essex. Prior to joining the Academy, she worked for the Small Arms Survey and before that for a number of UN specialised agencies and programmes on labour rights, worst forms of child labour, corruption and human rights-based approaches to development programming. Previously, she has also worked for the International Criminal Court and International Bar Association.

marc Bojanic – Representative of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Geneva and the Human Rights Adviser of the UN Country Team in Ukraine. He has 13 years of international experience in the areas of human rights, rule of law and political affairs. Earlier deployments include posts in the Balkans (Bosnia and Herzegovina), the Caucasus (Armenia) and Central Asia (Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan). In addition to the UN, Mr. Bojanic worked for the OSCE, the EU and the French Ministry of Defence. He holds a PhD in International Law and is fluent in English, French, Russian and Serbian.

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Christophe peschoux has been working for the past 30 years in the field of human rights. He is currently the Head of the Universal Periodic Review team in the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva. From 2007 to 2011 he was the High Commissioner’s Representative in Cambodia. Prior to this, he worked with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) for 4 years (Iraq, 2003; Central Asia, 2004-2006; Ethiopia (2006-2007). From 1993 to 2003 he served in the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (Cambodia, 1993-1999; Headquarters 1999-2003). During that period, he contributed to the office’s work in Afghanistan, Togo, Palestinian Occupied Territories, and East Timor. Prior to joining the United Nations, Mr. Peschoux worked with such non-governmental organisations as Ecoles sans Frontieres, Medecins du Monde and Amnesty International.

georgy kunadze – Assistant Commissioner, Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation, Moscow since 2004.Professor (practical diplomacy, international conflicts, ethnic and cultural features of Asian diplomacy), Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO), Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia since 2001.Senior fellow, Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Academy of Sciences of Russia, Moscow since 1999.March 1998 – February 1999 - Deputy Director, Institute for US and Canada Studies, Academy of Sciences of Russia, MoscowJune 1997 - March 1998 - Ambassador at large (for CIS problems), Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, MoscowJanuary 1994 - June 1997 - Ambassador of Russia to the Republic of Korea, SeoulMarch 1991 - January 1994 - Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia (for Asia), MoscowAugust 1987 - March 1991 - Director, Department for Japan and Korea Studies, the Institute of World Economy and International Relations, MoscowSeptember 1983 - August 1987 - First secretary, the Embassy of the USSR in Japan, TokyoJuly 1971 - September 1983 - Research fellow, senior research fellow, the Institute of Oriental Studies, USSRAcademy of Sciences, MoscowProfessional title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (1992).Full State Counselor (2004).

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iryna Fedorovych – sphere of professional interests include human rights, anti-discrimination (refugee rights, hate crime and hate speech monitoring and prevention) and human rights education.Completed Masters in 2004 and had been working in NGOs and IO since that, in particular Amnesty International in Ukraine from 2005 to 2008 and “No Borders” Project (Social Action Centre) since 2008 till now.Apart from several other programs coordinated within the NBP/SAC, currently concentrates on anti-discrimination – from legislative advocacy and development to legal assistance in individual cases within the framework of the Anti-discrimination Coalition of NGOs in Ukraine.Was one of the authors of the NGOs submission on discrimination in Ukraine within the second cycle of Universal Periodic Review of Ukraine in 2012.

Vasila inoyatova – Uzbek National. University major in chemistry. Has been active in human rights protection area since 1996. In 2001 established a civic association “Ezgulik” (Benefaction). The Organizations General Assembly elected her as a Chairman. She is currently heading the Organization.

abul Hasnat monjurul kabir – Policy Adviser and Regional Project Manager, Rule of Law, Human Rights and Justice, UNDP Regional Centre for Europe and the CIS.An international human rights lawyer, advocates for greater integration of rule of law issues and social inclusion of disadvantaged groups and marginalized communities.2006 - 2010 Policy Specialist for Democratic Governance and Knowledge Management, UNDP’s Bureau for Development Policy, New york.2005 - 2006 - Legislative Adviser, UNDP Afghanistan 2003–2005 - Team Leader/Head of Governance, UNDP Bangladesh2002 to 2003 - Programme Manager, UNDP Bangladesh2000 to 2002 Law Editor, The Daily Star (Bangladesh)Mr. Kabir, currently a PhD candidate and a former Chevening Scholar, received his LLM in International Human Rights Law with distinction from the University of Essex, UK.

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surat ikramov – expert of Civil Assistance Right protection Society of Uzbekistan since 2002.In 2002 he chaired the Initiative Group of Independent Human Rights Defenders of Uzbekistan.In September 2007 he participated in preparation of an alternative report for the UN Committee Against Torture.In 2001 he worked as the secretary of the Human Rights Society of Uzbekistan for upgrading qualifications and organization and coordination activities under projects of the Human Rights Society of Uzbekistan.In 2000 he started to practice human rights advocacy.In 1983 he won the prize from Journalists’ Union of the Uzbekistan SSR.

anette Faye Jacobsen holds a Ph.D. in legal history (University of Copenhagen). She has worked with human rights since 1988, particularly in the fields of education and children’s rights and has published extensively on these themes. Anette has been involved in international programmes in Asia, Africa as well as in South- Eastern Europe and in CIS-countries. In recent years she has followed the UPR mechanism, primarily from a national human rights institution perspective. She is employed as a senior advisor at the Danish Institute for Human Rights.

nicolas Fasel coordinates the programme of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on human rights indicators at the headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, which recently published Human Rights Indicators: A Guide to Measurement and Implementation. Before joining OHCHR, he worked almost ten years in the development and analysis of statistics and indicators at the Statistical Office of the European Union (Eurostat) in the Euro-Mediterranean Statistical Cooperation Programme (MedStat) and at the Swiss Federal Statistical Office, and as teaching assistant in political economics and econometrics at the university. He studied political economics in the Universities of Geneva, Sussex (UK) and Neuchatel (Switzerland).

mykhailo Chaplyha – is the adviser to the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights since April 2013.From 2012 to 2013 –representative of the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights.2004-2012 – head of the Stratagema Applied Politics Center.From 1999 to 2001 – assistant to the Member of Parliament of Ukraine.From 1989 to 1999 – employed with private telecommunication companies and engineering and managing positions.Public Servant of 3rd Rank.

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