MLSA - MLSA Co-Director Veysel Ok from Turkey will participate in the 27th edition of the Forum 2000 Conference, which is organized annually in Prague with the participation of heads of state and government, parliamentarians, and opinion leaders to continue dialogue on key issues of the world, especially democracy and human rights.
The 27th Forum 2000 Conference, which was initiated by former Czech President Václav Havel, Nobel Peace Prize recipient Elie Wiesel, and Japanese philanthropist Yohei Sasakawa in 1996, will take place in Prague from October 15-17. The conference theme for this year is "For a Democratic World Order," and the discussions will cover topics such as "Reclaiming Initiatives in Democracies," "Technology and Democracy," "Promoting Democracy in a Non-Free Environment," and "Thematic and Regional Focus."
The opening session of this year's conference will feature Czech President Petr Pavel, Moldovan Prime Minister Maia Sandu, and Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky.
Veysel Ok, the Co-Director of Media and Law Studies Association (MLSA), is scheduled to speak at the "Sharing the Struggle for Freedom" session. The session will be moderated by Šimon Pánek, the Executive Director of People in Need, a humanitarian aid organization. Other speakers include Chinese artist and activist Badiucao, Iranian Editor-in-Chief of Manoto TV Tina Ghazimorad, and Cecilia Requena Zárate, a member of the Bolivian Senate.
The Forum 2000 Conference will also host the second edition of the Ukrainian Forum in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic. The opening session of the first Ukrainian Forum last year was attended by Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, and American political scientist and author Francis Fukuyama.
The following names are expected to attend 27th Forum 2000 Conference:
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Almagro Luis, Secretary General, Organisation of American States, Uruguay
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Berti Benedetta, Head, Policy Planning, NATO, Italy
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Bütikofer Reinhard, Member, European Parliament, Germany
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Cravinho João Gomes, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Portugal
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Diamond Larry, Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University, Member, International Coalition
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for Democratic Renewal, USA
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Dvořák Martin, Minister for European Affairs, Czechia
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Gershman Carl, Member, Program Council, Forum 2000 Foundation, USA
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Gilmore Eamon, EUSR, Belgrade-Pristina Dialogue, Ireland
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Hoyer Werner, President of the European Investment Bank, Germany
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Chirwa Joan, Founder, Free Press Initiative Zambia
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Jemilev Mustafa, Leader, Crimean Tatar National Movement, Ukraine
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Jourová Věra, Vice-President for Values and Transparency, European Commission, Czechia / Belgium
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Klympush-Tsintsadze Ivanna, People´s Deputy, Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine
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Korčok Ivan, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Slovakia
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Kuleba Dmytro, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ukraine
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Landsbergis Gabrielius, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Lithuania
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Lindner Tobias, Minister of State, Federal Foreign Office, Germany
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Lipavský Jan, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Czechia
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Märtens Gesine, State Secretary, Saxon State Ministry of Justice and for Democracy, Europe and
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Equality, Germany
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Merezhko Oleksandr, People's Deputy, Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine
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Nyaletsossi Voule Clément, Special Rapporteur on the Rights to Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and of
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Association, United Nations, Togo
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Pavel Petr, President, Czechia
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Pekarová Adamová Markéta, Speaker, Chamber of Deputies, Czechia
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Rau Zbigniew, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Poland
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Sandu Maia, President, Member, International Coalition for Democratic Renewal
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Stefanishina Olha, Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration, Ukraine
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Tsahkna Margus, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Estonia
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Vondra Alexandr, Member, European Parliament, Member, Board of Directors and Program Council,
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Forum 2000 Foundation, Czechia
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Voule Clément Nyaletsossi, Special Rapporteur on the Rights to Freedom of Peaceful Assembly, United
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Nations, Togo
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Vystrčil Miloš, President, Senate, Czechia
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Wilson Damon, President and CEO, National Endowment for Democracy, Member, International
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Coalition for Democratic Renewal, USA
