The Human Rights Dimension of Foreign Policy Toward Belarus, Ukraine and Turkey
- Where: Václav Havel Library, Ostrovní 13, Prague 110 00
- When: December 16, 2021, 19:00 – 21:00
Support for democratisation and adherence to human rights are meant to be central planks of Czech foreign policy. This also takes in its stance toward events in Belarus, Turkey and Ukraine, which lie on the borders of the European Union, representing both a risk and an opportunity for the bloc. A panel featuring experts on the three states will discuss problems and stumbling blocks on the path to democratisation, offer insider information and explain why the Czech Republic has a unique position with regard to these countries.
Speakers: Michal Žantovský, director of the Václav Havel Library; Marek Ženíšek, chair of the Czech Chamber of Deputies’ Foreign Affairs Committee; and Petr Hlaváček, historian and coordinator of the Collegium Europaeum, a research group focused on the history of European philosophy at Charles University’s Faculty of Arts and the Institute of Philosophy at the Czech Academy of Sciences in Prague.
Chaired by political scientist and Turkey expert LucieTungul.
Event held in cooperation between the Václav Havel Librarye and the TOPAZ political institute and the European People’s Party think tank WMCES.