Dear Ms GJERSKOV,
Programme
I have the pleasure to invite you to a ground-breaking human rights
gathering that will take place in Vienna from 20 to 23 June 2016. The
cutting-edge
Fundamental Rights Forum 2016
will bring together
policy makers, opinion leaders, and grassroots workers in an
innovative and interactive manner to debate new pathways to
address Europe’s fundamental rights challenges.
In 2016, the Forum will focus on the issues of refugee protection,
inclusion and the digital age.
The Forum offers a major platform to reaffirm the commitment to
fundamental rights as the foundational value of the European Union.
The Forum will be attended by over 420 leading decision-makers and
experts from EU institutions, EU member state governments and
parliaments, international organisations, business, academia and
civil society, the arts, media and professional groups; as well as, of
course, rights holders.
The Forum is organised in cooperation with the European
Parliament, the European Commission, the Netherlands Presidency
of the Council of the European Union, the Austrian Government, the
Council of Europe, the EEA & Norway Grants and the City of Vienna
under the patronage of the Austrian President, Heinz Fischer.
KEY SPEAKERS include:
Official letter of invitation:
EN - DE - FR
FRF website
Practical details
Due to limited space and
budget, registration will
be confirmed on a first
come, first served basis.
The conference will be
held in English. French
and German
interpretation will be
provided for all
plenary
sessions.
Frans Timmermans,
First Vice President of the European
Commission
Zeid Ra’ad Zeid al-Hussein,
UN High Commissioner for
Human Rights
Nils Muižnieks,
Council of Europe Commissioner for Human
Rights
Mary Robinson,
former President of Ireland and UN High
Commissioner for Human Rights
Vaira Vike-Freiberga,
former President of Latvia
Steve Howard,
IKEA corporate innovator and Chief
Sustainability Officer