Rebecca will be discussing with other panelists the humanitarian and security dimension of the outcomes of the occupation, the mechanisms for strengthening the international platform for de-occupying the peninsula and strengthening sanctions – new ways of a more effective pressure on the aggressor state.
V International Forum
Occupied Crimea. Five Years of Resistance
February 27, Mystetskyi Arsenal
draft programme
09:00-09:30 Registration & Morning Coffee
І Panel Discussion (internal)
- The state policy towards Crimean de-occupation; state efforts to maintain ties with its citizens on the peninsula;
- Regional security challenges in the Black Sea region;
- The reality of Crimea—a lawless territory;
- The price of occupation in terms of international law;
- Identity at stake: deliberate destruction of authentic cultural heritage
09:30-11:30 Moderator: Emine DZHAPAROVA, First Deputy Minister of Information Policy
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Ministry of Temporarily Occupied Territories and Internally Displaced Persons
Ministry of Justice of Ukraine
National Institute for Strategic Studies confirmed
Parliamentary Commissioner for Human Rights of Ukraine confirmed
Ministry of Culture of Ukraine
Ministry of Defence of Ukraine
Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine
Prosecutor’s Office of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea
Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People confirmed
11:30-12:00
12:00-14:00
Coffee Break
ІІ Panel Discussion (international)
- The humanitarian and security dimension of the outcomes of the occupation;
- Mechanisms for strengthening the international platform for de-occupying the peninsula;
- Strengthening sanctions – new ways of a more effective pressure on the aggressor state;
Moderator: Yevhen HLIBOVYTSKYI, long-term strategies expert, lecturer of programs on communications for media, business and non-profit organizations etc
Special Representative of Ukraine, US Department of State TBC
Rebecca HARMS, Member of the European Parliament confirmed
Anna FOTYGA, Member of the European Parliament (videorecording)
NATO
Mr Rihards Kols, Chairman of Foreign Affairs Committee of Saeima of Republic of Latvia confirmed
Turkey
Lithuania
Estonia
14:00-15:00
15:00-16:30
16:30-17:00 Lunch
ІІІ Panel Discussion (human rights)
- Ensuring safety of human rights activists;
- Protecting the rights of the indigenous peoples of Crimea, key target audience for the occupant;
- Illegal transfer of Crimeans to the mainland Russia and ways of resistance (cases of political prisoners);
Moderator: Andrii KULYKOV, journalist
UN Human Rights Mission to Ukraine
Ahtem CHIYGOZ, Deputy Head of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people confirmed
Daria SVYRYDOVA, Human rights activist, Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union
Emil KURBEDINOV, Crimean lawyer, human rights activist confirmed
Tamila TASHEVA, Crimea SOS confirmed
Mykola POLOZOV, Russian lawyer, human rights activist confirmed
Q&A, Final Discussion
