Celebrating the 25th anniversary of the founding of the Helsinki committee for human rights, November 28th – 30th 2019

Venue: Museum of Contemporary Art / Committee

November 28th 2019 (THURSDAY)

11.00-11.45
WELCOMING CEREMONY
Opening speeches by:

• Stevo Pendarovski, President of the Republic of North Macedonia
• Gordan Kalajdziev, President of the Management Board of the Helsinki Committee- a retrospection of the establishment and the development of the Helsinki Committee
• Moderator: Uranija Pirovska

11.45- 13.15
Panel Discussion:
MONITORING AND PROTECTION OF THE FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS – judiciary, discrimination, hate speech and hate crimes.
Speakers: Voislav Stojanovski, Slavica Anastasovska, Natali Petrovska
Moderator: Uranija Pirovska

13.15- 13.30
Break

13.30-15.00
Panel Discussion:
THE CITIZEN IN THE ERA OF GLOBAL POPULSIM – illiberal tendencies and civil society’s response
Honorary guest: Krasimir Kanev (Bulgarian Helsinki Committee), speakers: Katerina Kolozova, Mirjana Najcevska, Slavco Dimitrov

20:00-23:00
Event organized to celebrate the first anniversary of Meduza and promotion of the publication ”Dialogues” at the Committee (Beko multi-storey garage, st.Dame Gruev lok. 21)
(promotion)
Speakers: Bojana Jovanovska, Jovana Jovanovska and Rumena Buzarovska
Moderators: Kalia Dimitrova and Ena Bendevska

NOVEMBER 29th 2019 (FRIDAY)

11:00-12:30
Panel Discussion:
STITCHED LIFE- On the daily struggles of textile workers

Speakers: Kristina Ampeva, Simona Maneva Živkova, Rozeta Arsova
Moderator: Vildan Drpljanin

12:30-12:45
Break

12:45-14:15
Panel Discussion:
BEHIND BARS AND AFTER- closed institutions
Participants: Sibel Amet, Goce Kocevski, Hajdi Šterjova Simonovic
Moderator: Uranija Pirovska

14:15-14:30
Break

14:30-16:00
Panel Discussion:
ON WOMEN’S MATTERS – intersectional discrimination, gender inequality, social gaps and violence
Speakers: Nataša Boškova, Elena Dimuševska, Ljuljeta Ademi, Salija Bekir
Moderator: Tatjana Stoimenovska

20:00-21:30
Event organized by the LGBT Support Centre at the Committee (Beko multi-storey garage, st.Dame Gruev lok. 21)
Speakers: Ljubomir Faizov, Irena Cvetkovic, Zorica Nikolova, Maja Moraćanin
Moderator: Koco Andonovski