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The character of Dr. Temperance Brennan is loosely based on the character of Dr. Temperance Brennan in the book series by Kathy Reichs. Reichs is also one of the show's producers and a real life forensic anthropologist. Dr. Brennan is a very literal person and deals almost exclusively in facts. Because humans don't always behave according to the "facts," she has a hard time in social situations.
However, she takes social interaction as seriously as she does her work as a forensic anthropologist and her coworkers at The Jeffersonian Institute (a real, well-known bastion of scientific discovery that has been fictionalized in the series) work at trying to help her understand a regular person's humor and reactions to social situations. However, the bulk of the story revolves around Bones, who has been authorized to be Booth's partner, and Booth as they solve crimes.
Cases are assigned to them when they involve human remains that have bones present. Some are fresh, some are ancient and others are barely recognizable or are fragmented. Dr. Brennan's team, made up of Angela, a reconstruction artist and genius with computer algorithms whose father is ZZ Top's guitarist, Hodgins, an expert on bug larvae, plants and trace material, and a revolving cast of forensic anthropology interns. Some of the interns can't hack Brennan's lack of an interpersonal style and others are just as quirky as the rest of the regular crew.
One graduate student, Zack Addy, who later became Dr. Zack Addy was just as awkward as Brennan in social situations, but he wound up being an apprentice to a serial killer later on in the series. Bones, Booth and crew have had to deal with Zack and his master and several other killers. All that while Brennan helps solving crimes, trying to manage her relationship with Booth (they're now married and have a daughter despite a bumpy ride) and dealing with her father's criminal past and abandonment of her.
Other characters include the always analyzing psychologist, Dr. Lance Sweets, Dr. Camille Saroyan, the head of the Jeffersonian Forensics Division and grumpy, but lovable, prosecutor in the U.S Attorney's office, Caroline Julian. "Bones" has a great mix of dialogue, humor and drama which makes it a yearly favorite for many. With a new serial killer toying with the team, the eighth season, which starts in September 2012, is already looking good.
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Reminiscent of an Alfred Hitchcock film, this episode reimagines the teams in 1950s Hollywood.
The team investigates the death of a psychology professor.
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The remains of an undercover police officer are discovered with a bag of diamonds in his stomach.
The burned remains of a former Marine sergeant are discovered. The team discovers she was discharged after a fist fight with another Marine and was preoccupied with the apocalypse.
The remains of a young man from Sierra Leone are discovered in a barrel at a hazardous waste disposal facility.
New intern Oliver Wells unnerves Brennan with his unusual observations and impressive logic, which make her consider scientific theories she would have previously ruled out. Meanwhile, Booth balks at Brennan's embrace of time travel as a possible explanation during a murder investigation.
Booth and Bones investigate the complicated case of a teenaged boy whose remains shine a light on a horrific school party involving an alleged rape and drugs.
When Brennan is shot while working late at the Jeffersonian lab, she is rushed to the hospital in critical condition. All evidence suggests that Brennan's attacker may be linked to the Jeffersonian, but can they solve the case in time?
A derby girl is found dead. Who could have killed her and why? Also, why is Booth being so secretive about his visits to the hospital?
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S. Mark Taper Foundation Amphitheatre
Nestled among the oaks and walnut trees of Coldwater Canyon Park is the beautiful 99-seat S. Mark Taper Foundation Amphitheatre – the site of theatrical readings, musical events, environmental presentations, and educational classes.
The amphitheatre was completed and dedicated in 1997. Its construction was made possible by the generosity of the S. Mark Taper Foundation and many individuals including Johnny Carson, Candice Bergen, Danny DeVito and Rhea Pearlman, Steve Martin and Bonnie Raitt.
The amphitheatre is the summer home of the Actors Conservatory Ensemble (ACE). TreePeople collaborates with ACE to produce our Once Upon a Canyon Night summer performance series. This year, we're celebrating our 10th season of live entertainment and events in the amphitheatre. All proceeds benefit TreePeople's programs.
What types of performances take place here?
Past seasons were filled with great performances by people such as Paula Poundstone, Robert Culp, The Thomas Brothers, Cliff de Young, The Animal Guys, Julie Mondin, "Def Poetry Jam's" Poetri and Lemon, Keith Michael Morgan, Allan Vogel and Mark Copeland and his Big Band. We would like to thank the performers and crews for their generosity and amazing work!
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It is a project to map the world's mt bike trails (with difficulty and conditions color codes). Currently they've done trails in Arizona, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, and a little bit in Australia. Anyway, they like to get in touch with trail groups to help map trails in this project. I thought NEMBA should maybe get involved.
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10 Reasons Why Shailene Woodleys Twitter Feed Is the Best Twitter Feed
Magical-wood-nymph-slash-actress Shailene Woodley may not tweet often (who has time when youre gathering spring water from the mountains and making your own toothpaste from scratch?), but when she does, its always retweet-worthy.
Here are ten reasons why Shailenes Twitter is the BEST Twitter.
1. She eats chocolate for breakfast. (And is REALLY excited about it!)
mate, chocolate, and summer peaches for breakfast?!?! ALREADY PROVING TO BE THE BEST DAY EVER!!! WEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!! :))) @Sarahannlesslie
Shailene Woodley (@shailenewoodley) July 12, 2013
2. She never complains when the weather is gross.
the snow teaches us to surrender and dance; to float through life and gracefully play in the wind. to release expectations and let life flow
Shailene Woodley (@shailenewoodley) February 8, 2013
thank you rain :)
Shailene Woodley (@shailenewoodley) January 26, 2013
3. She can turn a paper cut into a positive message.
the way in which our epidermis heals itself leaves me humbled and amazed. cells working their magic and re-weaving the web of skin :))))))))
Shailene Woodley (@shailenewoodley) January 15, 2013
4. She loves smiley faces! :)
love yourself :). love your body. your voice. your soul. your spirit. LET THAT LIGHT SHINE!!! :)
Shailene Woodley (@shailenewoodley) January 8, 2013
5. She lives in the moment.
the time is now, my friends. it is now.
Shailene Woodley (@shailenewoodley) October 4, 2013
6. She alerts us to holidays we didnt know existed.
happy ancestral awareness day :) pic.twitter.com/SZ35gKzFBf
Shailene Woodley (@shailenewoodley) October 31, 2013
happy equinox :) ... a time for activating balance and harmonic polarities :) http://t.co/Yy81KUTm2n
Shailene Woodley (@shailenewoodley) September 22, 2013
7. She forages for mushrooms! (And then cooks delicious risotto with them.)
wild foraged sheeps ear & amethyst mushrooms sautéed w zucchini and green beans for risotto! #wildnutrition pic.twitter.com/imOzdAmbqw
Shailene Woodley (@shailenewoodley) September 2, 2013
8. Shes into astrology.
new moon in leo! take some time to sit with darkness. allow your heart's light to be the only illuminating factor in your space tonight :)
Shailene Woodley (@shailenewoodley) August 7, 2013
9. She makes hiking sound like THE BEST THING EVER.
spontaneous morning barefoot hike+ocean swim+plumeria abundance+papayas+friendly smiles+glorious sunshine+naked babies+singing birds=MAGIC.
Shailene Woodley (@shailenewoodley) August 3, 2013
10. And she really, really understands us.
best part of baking: licking the sticky, gooey goodness from the bowls and spoons afterwards. CAN'T. GET. ENOUGH.
Shailene Woodley (@shailenewoodley) October 3, 2013
Great tweets, Shailene. A+.
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Two University of Illinois students, Neal Doughty (keyboardist) and Alan Gratzer (drummer), paired up in 1968 to form REO Speedwagon and upon graduation signed with a relatively unknown manager, Irving Azoff. Azoff would later become famous for steering the careers of some high profile rockers including Steely Dan and the Eagles. Thanks to Azoff, REO was able to build a Midwest following through an extensive touring schedule. By 1971 the band had expanded to include guitarist Gary Richrath, bassist Gregg Philbin and singer Terry Luttrell and recorded their self-titled debut for Epic Records. While the debut wasn't a breakthrough success, their follow-up in '72 featuring new lead singer Kevin Cronin showed promise. Impatient with the slow progress of the band to break through, Cronin was replaced with Mike Murphy and finally enjoyed some commercial success with the 1974 release of Ridin' the Storm Out. By the third release with Murphy as frontman, the band decided it was time for another change. This time they agreed to bring Cronin back and found a formula for success by focusing on the melodic rock sound that Cronin was so at home with and the power ballads that resonated with adolescent girls. The result was another turning point for the band with their first gold and platinum certified albums in You Get What You Play For and You Can Tune a Piano, But You Can't Tuna Fish. If there was anyone left who hadn't heard of REO, by 1981 they couldn't avoid hearing the band thanks to their massive success with the late 1980 release of Hi Infidelity. Producing one of the biggest power ballads ever in "Keep on Loving You," and providing ample album tracks for rock radio with "Don't Let Him Go" and "Take It on the Run," Hi Infidelity eventually sold more than nine million copies and made REO an arena rocker. They continued to be mainstays on the charts throughout the first half of the next decade. 2007 finds the line-up consisting of Kevin Cronin (lead vocals, guitar), Bruce Hall (bass), Neal Doughty (keyboards), Dave Amato (lead guitar) and Bryan Hitt (drums) ready to roll full throttle into the new millennium with their first studio album in over a decade and an extensive US tour.
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My current profile pic for my at LeBuzz facebook
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I didn't know I was in this picture until it showed up online...
My current profile pic for my at LeBuzz facebook
This is me about a month ago, again at work
I didn't know I was in this picture until it showed up online...
Do what ye will, yet harm none.
^I see I really am going to have to catch you at LeBuzz...
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They are answered by an iron fist..."
^^ Glas, Jason - looking good both
Blah blah blah, something enigmatic sounding...
Jason, you are a very handsome man.
Jason, you look the same as you did 3 1/2 years ago (Jeez, has it been that long already?)... Like a stud muffin...
Thanks Jason!
Mmm, this year is off to a great start.
Looking good boys!
A few days ago I went to look at the puppy that we're getting in three weeks! We're calling him Wolfgang. Sorry he didn't want to look into the camera, but he is super-duper cute!
And then some cam whoring
My eyes
I like this one more then my 2am pic :P
I'm pretty shy and normall wouldn't do this... but what the hell!
Duck Lips ^__^ first pic of 2012
Ah, fuck it. I deleted it last time, but here it is again...
Happy 2012!!
Haven't posted yet this year...so here goes. Yes I was in the car wash so I got bored and started snapping pics...
Btw, everyone is looking really cute in this thread great to see you all posting.
AshyPhoenix you need some sun mate....I do like the goth look though
Oooh, a picture from New Years Eve I totally don't remember being taken at the club.
I'm doing my Blue Steel face, and I have NO idea who that lady is.
But I love this picture and my friends!
^You and the guy in front, cute!
"As anarchism rears its face,
They are answered by an iron fist..."
*wanders into thread*
I'll take one of each.
Except for the scary hooker, of course.
*wanders out*
Recently I heard a 'wise guy' story that I had a party at my home for twenty-five men. It's an interesting story, but I don't know twenty-five men I'd want to invite to a party. ~Joan Crawford
Happy New Year everyone....
Regrets are for people who stop on the ground.
I'm heading for the stars.
Kester i could nibble on those ears and other things all day long. beautiful.
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Sociology at Leicester
The Department of Sociology at Leicester is one of the most prominent and influential in the country. It was ranked 8th out of 88 institutions in The Guardian University Guide 2014 with 92% of students satisfied with their courses. Leicester itself has been ranked top 20 (out of well over 100 institutions) for the last five years.
Leicester was one of the first departments of sociology to be established in Britain, and has a long and well-respected tradition both in teaching and research. There are few branches of the discipline in which it has not had some influence.
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Key speakers
Europe's socio-economic crisis has proved fertile ground for prejudice and, in some cases, violence against the most vulnerable groups of our society, such as Roma, migrants, and ethnic and religious minorities. Evidence collected by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) and other organisations shows that hate crime is a daily reality throughout the EU. Motivated by racism, xenophobia, religious intolerance or by bias against a person's disability, sexual orientation or gender identity, such crimes harm not only those targeted but entire communities. They thus strike at the heart of EU's commitments to democracy and the fundamental rights of equality and non-discrimination.
The Fundamental Rights Conference will invite over 300 decision makers and practitioners from across the EU to explore effective strategies to combat hate crime through legal and policy measures at the national as well as EU level.
Interviews conducted with victims of hate crime during the conference
The Fundamental Rights Conference (FRC) is a high level annual event, organised by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA). This year's conference will focus on the issue of 'Combating hate crime in the EU' and will be hosted in cooperation with the Lithuanian Presidency of the Council of the EU.
The conference will aim to:
- To develop concrete proposals for follow-up on FRA's opinions pertaining to hate crime, as formulated in its reports on the subject;
- To explore practical solutions for victim support services tailored to specific situation and needs of the victims of hate crime;
- To stimulate debate on hate crime and exchange ideas and practices on how to combat it on an EU as well as Member State levels;
- To pool evidence and expertise of a variety of stakeholders in view of the foreseen review of Council Framework Decision 2008/913/JHA of 28 November 2008 on combating certain forms and expressions of racism and xenophobia by means of criminal law;
- To enhance cooperation between stakeholders at different levels to counter hate crime more effectively.
About FRC 2013
Violence and crimes motivated by racism, xenophobia, religious intolerance or by a person's disability, sexual orientation, gender identity and other biases – often referred to as 'hate crime' – are a daily reality throughout the EU, as data collected by FRA and other actors consistently show.
Hate crime harms not only those targeted. It also sends a signal to other persons who feel that they are at risk of being labelled and treated like the victim. Moreover, the bias motivated offence, when understood as a statement about persons who (are thought to) bear a certain characteristic, has the potential to incite followers. The impact of hate crime thus reaches far beyond the immediate interaction between offender and victim.
As such hate crimes call into question the basic concept and self-understanding of modern pluralist societies, which is based on the notion of individual human dignity. Hence, it strikes at the heart of EU commitments to democracy and the fundamental rights of equality and non-discrimination.
However, victims of crimes motivated by bias and prejudice are often unable or unwilling to seek redress against perpetrators. Many of these crimes remain unreported, unprosecuted and, therefore, invisible. In such cases, the rights of victims of crime may not be fully respected or protected and Member States may not be upholding obligations they have towards victims of crime.
The Fundamental Rights Conference will therefore invite decision makers and practitioners to explore effective strategies to combat crimes motivated by hatred and prejudice at the national as well as EU level. Discussions will address the most pertinent issues relevant for policy making in the field, among them:
- Existing evidence on the extent of hate crime;
- Underreporting of crimes motivated by hatred and prejudice;
- Gaps in hate crime monitoring and recording;
- Legal instruments pertaining to hate crime in the EU;
- Victim support services;
- Effective practices of investigation and prosecution;
- Discriminatory aspects of hate crime;
- Human rights education and remembrance;
- Capacity building for law enforcement and criminal justice systems;
- Challenges of cyberhate;
… and other issues.
Existing legal and policy measures
Conference discussions will take place in the context of current legal and policy framework to combat crimes motivated by hatred and prejudice in the EU. Discussions will place particular focus on the implementation of the Council Framework Decision 2008/913/JHA on combating certain forms and expressions of racism and xenophobia by means of criminal law aiming to inform the revision of this decision foreseen for the end of 2013; as well as recently adopted EU Victims' Directive (2012/29/EU), establishing minimum standards on the rights, support and protecting of victims of crime.
Programme FRC 2013
Monday 11 November
Time | Description |
14.00 – 19:30 |
Arrival and registration |
19:30 |
Welcome reception Hosted by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) (Hotel Crowne Plaza Vilnius, M.k. Čiurlionio str. 84) |
Tuesday 12 November
Time | Description |
08.30 – 09:30 |
Registration Conference moderators: |
09:30 – 10:00 |
Welcome Juozas Bernatonis, Minister of Justice, Lithuania Morten Kjaerum, Director, FRA |
10:00 - 10:30 |
Keynote addresses Cecilia Malmström, European Commissioner for Home Affairs |
10:30 – 11:00 |
Coffee break |
11:00 – 12:30 |
Panel debate Crimes motivated by hatred and prejudice - where are we today? High level panel debate with policy makers and experts Panellists: László Surján, Vice President, European Parliament Alan Shatter TD, Minister for Justice and Equality, Ireland Snežana Samardžić-Marković, Director General for Democracy, Council of Europe Ambassador Janez Lenarčič, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights Focus:
12:30 - 14:00 |
Lunch |
14:00 – 15:15 |
Reflections in the plenary Different faces of hate crime Panel debate with organisations representing victims of hate crime Focus:
15:30 - 17:30 |
Working groups
Chair: Christos Giakoumopoulos, Director for Human Rights, Council of Europe Focus:
Chair: Marnix Auman, Head of Cyber Intelligence, European Cybercrime Centre, EUROPOL – European Police Office Focus:
Chair: Salla Saastamoinen, Head of Unit Fundamental rights and rights of the child, DG Justice, European Commission Focus:
Chair: Paul Iganski, Professor of Criminology & Criminal Justice, Lancaster University Law School, United Kingdom Focus:
Chair: Alinde Verhaag, Head of Case Analysis Unit, EUROJUST Focus :
19:30 |
Evening reception at the National Museum Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania Hosted by the Lithuanian Presidency of the Council of the EU Opening by Jouzas Bernatonis, Minister of Justice, Lithuania Welcome address by Remigijus Motuzas, Deputy Chancellor, Office of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania |
Wednesday 13 November
Time | Description |
09:00 – 10:30 |
Panel debate Effectively responding to hate crime - from legislation to practice Panel debate and plenary discussion with policy makers and practicioners
10:30 – 11:00 |
Coffee break |
11:00 - 13:00 |
Working groups
Chair: Floriane Hohenberg, Head of Tolerance and Non-Discrimination Department, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) Focus :
Chair: Pavel Tychtl, DG Communication, European Commission Focus:
Chair: Aija Kalnaja, Head of Training Unit, CEPOL - European Police College Focus:
Chair: Karen Jochelson, Director of Economy and Employment Programme, Equality and Human Rights Commission, United Kingdom Focus:
Chair: Françoise Tulkens, former Vice-President of the European Court of Human Rights Focus:
13:00-13:30 |
Closing remarks Vytautas Leškevičius, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs, Lithuanian Presidency of the Council of the EU Manfred Nowak, Vice-Chairperson of the Management Board, FRA |
13:30-15:00 | Lunch |
Speakers FRC 2013
Juozas Bernatonis is the Minister of Justice of the Republic of Lithuania. Mr Bernatonis is a member of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania and was elected by the list of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party to his current position in 2012. He serves as a member on the Committee on Legal Affairs. Prior to his current position, he was the Ambassador of the Republic of Lithuania to the Republic of Estonia (2006 to 2012); Advisor of International Affairs to Prime Minister Algirdas Brazauskas and chief adviser to Prime Minister Gediminas Kirkilas (2004 to 2006); and Minister of Interior (2001 to 2003).
Opening speech by Minister Bernatonis. |
Morten Kjaerum has served as Director of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights since June 2008. Before joining the FRA, Mr Kjaerum served as the founding Director of the Danish Institute for Human Rights. Over 17 years in top executive roles, Mr Kjaerum built the Institute, Denmark's national human rights institution, into an internationally recognised institution. An expert in human rights implementation, Mr Kjaerum has been a member of the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and the President of the International Coordination Committee for National Human Rights Institutions, a network coordinating relations between the United Nations and national institutions. Mr Kaerum has written extensively on issues relating to human rights, in particular on refugee law, the prohibition against racial discrimination, and the role of national human rights institutions.
Opening speech by Morten Kjaerum |
Cecilia Malmström is the Commissioner of the European Commission in charge of Home Affairs. Her responsibilities include EU work on police cooperation, border control, asylum and migration. Prior to her appointment as a Commissioner, Ms Malmström served as Swedish Minister for European Union Affairs (2006 to 2010). In this capacity she coordinated the preparatory work and the implementation of the Swedish Presidency of the EU. From 1999 to 2006 Ms Malmström was a Member of the European Parliament, where among other duties she was also a Member of the European Parliament Subcommittee on Human Rights. She is a member of the Liberal Party of Sweden and was the Vice-President of the party from 2007 to 2010.
Opening speech by Commissioner Malmström |
László Surján is Vice President of the European Parliament, where he represents the Hungarian Christian Democratic People's Party (KDNP), part of the Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats). He is also Member of the Bureau of the European People's Party (EPP) and is a Member of the European Parliament's Committee on Budget and Committee on Regional Development. He is also member of the Delegation for relations with Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo and the Intergroup for Traditional National Minorities, Constitutional Regions and Regional Languages and member of the EP Working Group on Freedom of Religion and Belief.
He is also founder of the Charta XXI Movement for Reconciliation in Central-East Europe. |
Alan Shatter TD is the Irish Minister for Justice, Equality and Defence, a position has held since March 2011. Alan Shatter has been a TD at the Dáil Eireann since 2007 and previously from 1981 until 2002. Before his appointment as Minister for Justice, Equality and Defence, Mr Shatter, in his capacity as a Fine Gael TD, published a number of bills advocating for radical legal, social and environmental reform. He has also held various positions on the Fine Gael Front Bench including Spokesperson on Justice and Law Reform, Health, Labour, Defence and Children.
Snežana Samardžić-Marković is the Director General for Democracy at the Council of Europe, in charge of the organisation's action promoting democratic governance and sustainable democratic societies. Her responsibilities include the work of the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI), work against discrimination and hate speech, including the Council of Europe's 'No hate speech campaign'. Previously, Ms Marković has held numerous positions in the Serbian Government including Minister of Youth and Sports (2007-2012) and President of the Fund for Young Talents, Assistant Minister of Defence (2005-2007) and Deputy Director in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs responsible for Neighbouring Countries.
Ambassador Janez Lenarčič is the Director of the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) – the specialised institution of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), dealing with elections, human rights, and democratisation. Prior to this appointment in 2008, he served as Slovenian State Secretary for European Affairs, where he led the working group for the preparation of the Slovenian Presidency of the European Union. He was the Slovenian Ambassador to the OSCE from 2003 to 2006. In 2005, when Slovenia held the OSCE's rotating Chairmanship, he chaired the Permanent Council in Vienna, the Organization's regular political decision making body. He also served as a Diplomatic Advisor in the office of the Slovenian Prime Minister and the Permanent Mission of Slovenia to the United Nations in New York.
Christos Giakoumopoulos is Director of Human Rights in the Council of Europe's Directorate General Human Rights and Rule of Law, a position he has held from 2011. Previously he was Director of Monitoring in the same Directorate General since 2006. Before joining the Directorate General of Human Rights, he was General Counsel and General Director for Legal and Administrative Affairs of the Council of Europe Development Bank (Paris). Since joining the Council of Europe in 1987, he has also held posts in the Registry of the European Court of Human Rights, the Venice Commission and Director in the Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights, A. Gil Robles.
Marnix Aumanis the Head of Cyber Intelligence at the European Cybercrime Centre at Europol. His team is responsible for capturing cybercrime information from a wide range of sources and translating that into actionable intelligence for use by different stakeholders. Over the years Mr Auman has run a number of key projects for the Belgian Police and Europol, including drafting Belgium's Serious and Organised Crime Threat Assessment during his time as Strategic Analysis Coordinator at Federal Police HQ in Brussels; setting up a Command and Control Centre while serving as Europol's Operational Intelligence Coordinator; and, most recently, implementing an organisation-wide Innovation Programme at Europol. His expertise covers strategic and operational intelligence analysis, data protection and security, information handling, change management and international cooperation.
Salla Saastamoinen is the Head of Unit of Fundamental Rights and Rights of the Child in the Directorate General Justice of the European Commission. The core responsibilities of this unit include ensuring effective implementation of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, promoting the fight against racism and xenophobia as well as the fight against homophobia. In this capacity, Ms Saastamoinen represents the European Commission in the Management Board of the FRA. Ms Saastamoinen has worked for the European Commission for the for the past 17 years, where she has held several positions, including the Head of Unit Civil Justice Policy
Paul Iganski, PhD is a Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the Lancaster University Law School (UK) and was formerly Head of Department of Applied Social Science at Lancaster. For well over a decade, he has specialised on hate crime. He is currently researching the management of hate speech by courts. His books include(2008), Hate Crimes Against London's Jews(2005 with Vicky Kielinger & Susan Paterson) and the edited volumes Hate Crime: The Consequences of Hate Crime(2009) and (2002). He was principal investigator (with David Smith) for the Equality and Human Rights Commission's (EHRC) (Scotland) project on the Rehabilitation of Hate Crime Offenders (2011), and principal investigator on projects recently commissioned by the UK Equality and Human Rights Commission to analyse data from the British Crime Survey and the Scottish Crime and Justice Survey on equality groups' perceptions and experience of harassment and crime. He has also served as the project coordinator of the European Network Against Racism's Comparative Study on Racist Violence (2010).
Alinde Verhaag is the Head of the Case Analysis Unit at Eurojust. She previously worked as an analyst at Eurojust and as a legal researcher at the Dutch National Ombudsman between 2002 and 2006. The mission of the Case Analysis Unit (CA Unit) is to facilitate the judicial cooperation and coordination role of Eurojust by providing operational and case-related analysis. The Unit develops working methodologies for strategic products and monitors operational work to identify both legal obstacles and solutions to judicial cooperation and in Joint Investigation Teams (JITs).
Danutė Jočienė is the outgoing Lithuanian judge at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), where she has served from 2004 to 1 November 2013. At the ECHR she was the Vice-President of Section and Acting President for Rule 39 applications. Prior to becoming a judge at the ECtHR, Ms Jočienė worked for the Lithuanian government at the ECtHR, was a Vice-Dean, lecturer and associate professor at the Law Faculty of Vilnius University, and worked for the Lithuanian government as an expert on European law. She was awarded a doctoral degree in 1999 for her thesis on the application of the European Convention on Human Rights in the Contracting Parties and has published extensively in the field of human rights.
Marinos Skandamis is the Secretary General of Crime Policy of the Greek Ministry of Justice, Transparency and Human Rights since 2011. Prior to this appointment he served as Special Secretary of Correctional Policy and Forensic Services from 2009 to 2011. Mr Skandamis holds a PhD in Criminology. He is member of national and international organizations active in the fields of criminology and human rights protection and has authored several articles published in legal and sociology journals.
Pierre Baussand is the Director of Social Platform, the largest alliance of representative European federations and networks of non-governmental organisations active in the social sector. The Social Platform and its members are committed to the advancement of the principles of equality, solidarity, non-discrimination and the promotion and respect of fundamental rights for all in Europe. Prior to Social Platform, Mr Baussand managed a human rights team for the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe after the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina and led several human rights projects for the European Disability Forum. He also conducted field research in the Middle East on human rights and migration.
Floriane Hohenberg is the Head of Tolerance and Non-Discrimination Department at the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR). ODIHR has published an annual report on hate crimes since 2006, containing hard data and information about the extent and types of hate crimes in the OSCE region; developments in legislation; and responses to hate crimes by governments and NGOs. ODIHR takes a comprehensive approach to understanding and addressing hate crime by providing training for police and prosecutors on the investigation and prosecution of hate crime; training for civil society organisations on monitoring hate crime; and producing guides for NGOs on monitoring hate crime and for policy makers on developing effective hate crime laws and data collection mechanisms. Before her appointment in ODIHR, Ms Hohenberg was the Head of the Representation in Germany of the French Commission for the Victims of Spoliation Resulting from Antisemitic Legislation in Force during the Occupation (2000 to 2004).
Pavel Tychtl is is Policy Officer at the DG Communication of the European Commission, where he has been responsible for the remembrance activities organised by the Commission since 2005 and is managing the Remembrance Action of "Europe for Citizens" programme. Previously, Mr Tychtl was Director of the European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) and worked with the Czech Academy of Sciences. He has also experience in the voluntary sector, where he worked as director of the Czech Organisation for Aid to Refugees. Mr Tychtl holds a degree in sociology and social history at Charles University in Prague and New School for Social Research in New York.
Aija Kalnaja is the Head of the Training Unit at the European Police College (CEPOL), which she joined in September 2011. She has 20 years of policing experience and international law enforcement expertise. Prior to joining CEPOL, Ms Kalnaja held the position of Deputy Chief of the Latvian Police, responsible for international cooperation and administrative affairs for the national police force. Between 2007 and 2011, she was Latvia's Police Attaché to the United Kingdom, acting as a strategic advisor to the Latvian government on police matters and cooperation with the United Kingdom. Before this, from 2003, she headed the Latvian SIRENE Bureau, managing the establishment of the national bureau. Externally, Ms Kalnaja led the Latvian delegations to the Council of Europe and European Commission working groups
Karen Jochelson is the Director of Economy and Employment Programme at the UK Equality and Human Rights Commission. She is responsible for developing and delivering the Commission's work with the private sector in its role as an employer and as a service provider. She was the Director of Research at the Commission from 2008 to 2012 and led a human rights review which assessed the government's compliance with the European Convention on Human Rights. Until December 2007, Ms Jochelson led the public health work programme at the King's Fund (London). She has also published extensively on the history of sexually transmitted diseases, racism, human rights, unemployment, business, and politics in South Africa.
Françoise Tulkens is a member of the FRA Scientific Committee and a former Judge at the European Court of Human Rights (1998 to 2012), where she served as Section President from January 2007 and Vice-President of the Court from February 2011. In 2012, she took up an appointment as a member of the Kosovo Human Rights Advisory Panel. Ms Tulkens holds a Doctorate in Law and is an associate Member of the Belgian Royal Academy. Previously she was Professor at the University of Louvain and has taught in Belgium as well as abroad. Ms Tulkens has authored many publications and holds honorary doctorates from the Universities of Geneva, Limoges, Ottawa and Ghent.
Vytautas Leškevičius is the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania. During the Lithuanian Presidency of the Council of the EU, he is responsible for shaping and implementing the European Union's policy, as well as developing and strengthening relations with the European Union's institutions, member states of the European Union and candidate countries. He also directed preparations for the Lithuanian Presidency of the Council of the European Union. Mr Leškevičius has held various positions in the Lithuanian diplomatic service since 1996.
Closing speech by Vytautas Leškevičius |
Giannis F. Ioannidis has been the Secretary General of the Greek Ministry of Interior since August 2012. He previously served as Secretary General of Transparency and Human Rights at the Greek Ministry of Justice, Transparency and Human Rights, from February 2011 to July 2012. Mr. Ioannidis also served as Secretary General of the Hellenic Union for Human Rights, and was a member of the National Commission for Human Rights. He is an attorney at the Hellenic Supreme Court, specialized in administrative and criminal law, and has authored several articles published in legal journals and the media.
Manfred Nowak is the Vice-Chairperson and Austrian Member of the FRA Management Board. He is also Professor of International law and Human Rights at Vienna University, Co-Director of the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights and the chair of the independent human rights commission at the Austrian Ministry of Interior. From 2004 to 2010, he served as United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture. Before that Mr Nowak was a judge at the Human Rights Chamber in Bosnia (1996-2003). Mr Nowak has published more than 500 books and articles on international, constitutional, administrative and human rights law, and has received numerous awards in the field of human rights.
Closing speech by Manfred Nowak |
Saira Khan is an author, TV presenter and an experienced host of numerous high level conferences. She often discusses topics related to British Muslim integration, diversity, forced marriages, rights of the child and has hosted the documentary "Spotlight: Forced to Marry". In her book "P.U.S.H FOR SUCCESS" she shares her secret to self-development and uses her personal challenges from her upbringing as a British Asian Muslim to illustrate how to overcome societal prejudice and achieve your life goals and ambitions. Ms Khan is the ambassador for two charities 'Family and Parenting' and 'Pact Charity'.
Friso Roscam Abbing has served as Head of Communication Department at the FRA since 2009. For the last three years Mr Roscam Abbing has been the moderator of the agency's annual Fundamental Rights Conference. Prior to this, Mr Roscam Abbing was a Member of Cabinet of the European Commission Vice-President Jacques Barrot, the Commissioner for Freedom, Security and Justice. From 2004–2008, he was the spokesman of European Commission Vice President Franco Frattini, the Commissioner responsible for Freedom, Security and Justice issues. Between 2000 and 2004, he headed the EU Asylum Polices sector at the European Commission's DG Justice, Freedom and Security. Before this, he led the EU Office of the European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE, 1994-2000) after starting his career as Head of the Legal Department at the Dutch Refugee Council (1986-1994).
Working groups FRC 2013
Over the course of two days, a total of ten working groups will take place. The purpose of the working groups is to highlight particular aspects of hate crime and address how they can be improved. Each parallel session will be introduced by a panel of practitioners who will present effective strategies to combat hate crime through legal and policy measures at the national and EU levels. Discussions will then continue in an interactive format aimed at exchanging knowledge, ideas and practices between participants. Below is a list of the ten thematic working groups and the key areas; followed by an in-depth description of each session.
Tuesday, November 12, 2013
- Making hate crime visible: strategies to build trust and encourage reporting
- Challenges of cyberhate
- Legal instruments pertaining to hate crime in the EU
- Assistance for victims of hate crime
- Ensuring effective investigation and prosecution
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
- Recording and monitoring hate crime: strategies to improve official data collection mechanisms
- Reflecting remembrance in human rights education and training
- Vigilance and awareness: capacity building for law enforcement and criminal justice system
- Connecting the dots – discrimination as a trigger for hate crime
- Gross trivialisation: negating crimes of the past
Working groups for Tuesday, November 12, 2013
Working group I: Making hate crime visible: strategies to build trust and encourage reporting
Victims and witnesses often do not report hate crimes because they lack confidence in the ability of law enforcement agencies and of the criminal justice system to deal effectively with their cases. They also tend not to turn to civil society organisations or victim support services to report hate crimes. As a result, hate crimes often remain invisible, with victims unable to seek redress against perpetrators.
While law enforcement agencies are, on the whole, responsible for enabling the proper recording of hate crimes, it is up to the criminal justice system to highlight bias motivations when rendering judgments. Civil society organisations and victim support services can serve as intermediaries in the process, for example, through enabling systems of third party reporting.
This working group will seek to explore how we can make hate crime visible. It will look at how to enhance trust in law enforcement agencies and the criminal justice system among victims and witnesses of hate crime. It will also try to suggest ways to encourage reporting of hate crime, such as getting assistance from civil society organisations and victim support services.
Chaired by: Christos Giakoumopoulos, Director for Human Rights, Council of Europe
- Ambassador Ingrid Schulerud, Norway EEA Grants
- Dovilė Šakalienė, Acting Director, Human Rights Monitoring Institute, Lithuania
- Protection of Hate Crime Victims' Rights: the case of Lithuania
For more information please see:
Coclusions - Making hate crime visible: strategies to build trust and encourage reporting
Working group II: Challenges of cyberhate
Research has shown that in today's era of social media where public and private lives intermingle, the internet may also be used as a platform for hate and harassment, in particular for antisemitism, LGBT-hate speech, and racism or intolerance towards migrants and minorities.
This working group will stimulate debate about the challenges to combating hate crime on the internet – cyberhate and what could be done. State and civil society practitioners throughout Europe will participate and share views, experiences, questions and tentative solutions, join forces and ideas and produce conclusions that will help feed EU policy.
The working group will make practical suggestions about legal or policy tools, human capacity and technical resources. It will also share about promising initiatives from state and non-state actors that could effectively prevent and confront cyberhate at EU and national level.
Chaired by: Marnix Auman, Head of Cyber Intelligence, European Cybercrime Centre, EUROPOL – European Police Office
- Melinda Losonczi-Molnár, Acting Deputy Chief Prosecutor of the V-XIII District Prosecution Office of Budapest, Hungary
- Gabriella Cseh, Head of Public Policy for Central and Eastern Europe, Facebook
For more information please see:
Conclusions - Challenges of cyberhate
Working group III: Legal instruments pertaining to hate crime in the EU
This working group will discuss means of improving the legal framework addressing crimes committed with a discriminatory motive. As a starting point, existing European legal instruments will be analysed, with particular emphasis on:
- The Framework Decision 2008/913/JHA of November 2008 on combating certain forms and expressions of racism and xenophobia by means of criminal law;
- The Directive 2012/29/EU of 25 October 2012 establishing minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of crime;
- The Audiovisual Media Services Directive (2010/13/EU);
- The Additional Protocol to the Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime.
Chaired by: Salla Saastamoinen, Head of Unit Fundamental Rights and Rights of the Child, DG Justice, European Commission
- 'EU Framework Decision on Racism and Xenophobia'
David Friggieri, Legal officer, DG Justice, European Commission
- 'The work of special prosecutors on hate crime – practical examples from Spain'
Miguel Ángel Aguilar, public prosecutor of the Special Hate Crimes and Discrimination Service, Barcelona Provincial Prosecutor's Office, Spain
For more information please see:
Conclusions - Legal instruments pertaining to hate crime in the EU
Working group IV: Assistance for victims of hate crime
The availability of assistance for hate crime victims across the EU varies. Closer cooperation between governments, state authorities, equality bodies, civil society, and victim support organisations is needed to enable victims' access their rights and receive appropriate support. The EU Victims' Directive encourages Member States to coordinate and cooperate with civil society organisations in monitoring and evaluating the impact of measures to support and to protect victims. The directive also highlights that particularly vulnerable victims, including the victims of hate crime, should receive specialist support.
Given the trauma often suffered by hate crime victims and their reluctance to report to the police, victim support services are essential to help victims come to terms with what they have endured and to encourage them to actively seek redress and participate in proceedings. A high percentage of victims, including hate crime victims, do not report incidents to the relevant authorities. To tackle this, Member States must find ways to encourage victims and to facilitate reporting. Effective support services and mechanisms to support victims and help them access justice is crucial in this regard.
This working group will explore practical solutions for victim support services tailored to the specific situation and needs of victims of hate crime.
Chaired by: Paul Iganski, Professor of Criminology & Criminal Justice, Lancaster University Law School, United Kingdom
- 'The role of an Equality Body in assistance and redress for victims of hate crime'
Jozef De Witte, Chair of the Board of EQUINET and Executive Director of the Centre for Equal Opportunities and Opposition to Racism, Belgium - 'Stop Hate Crime! Experiences from Central and Eastern Europe'
Timm Köhler, Programme Manager, Foundation 'Remembrance, Responsibility, Future' (EVZ), Germany
For more information please see:
Conclusions - Assistance for victims of hate crime
Working group V: Ensuring effective investigation and prosecution
Member States are obliged to ensure that victims have access to effective remedies, including criminal justice responses when hate crimes are committed. Any bias motives behind offences have to be taken into account and acknowledged by the police, prosecution services and courts. This could include introducing enhanced penalties for hate crimes that go beyond including any bias motivation as an aggravating circumstance in the criminal law. The establishment of hate crime indicators for law enforcement could also be useful in this regard.
This working group will furthermore explore ways to ensure that national law enforcement officials can easily exchange practices when addressing hate crimes. It will look at how cross-border cooperation has worked so far and what challenges still remain. This will include a discussion on the impact the Framework Decision on Racism and Xenophobia has had on the investigation and on prosecution of hate crime in EU Member States.
It will also cover how to ensure hate crime victims should benefit from appropriate measures to protect them against confrontations with regard to secondary or repeat victimisation, intimidation and retaliation.
Chaired by: Alinde Verhaag, Head of Case Analysis Unit, EUROJUST
- 'Racist Hate Crime: human rights and the criminal justice system in Northern'
Genevieve Sauberli, Researcher - Investigations and Policy, Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission, United Kingdom
- Presentation
- Racist Hate Crime, Human Rights and the Criminal Justice System in Northern Ireland - Overview
- Racist Hate Crime, Human Rights and the Criminal Justice System in Northern Ireland - Full report
- ' Investigation and prosecution practices in Europe - findings of the European Commission Against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI)
Stephanos Stavros, Executive Secretary to ECRI, Directorate of Human Rights and Antidiscrimination, Council of Europe
- Presentation
- ECRI Country monitoring recommendations
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Ensuring effective investigation and prosecution
Conclusions - Ensuring effective investigation and prosecution
Working Groups for Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Working group I: Recording and monitoring hate crime: strategies to improve official data collection mechanisms
Few EU Member States have mechanisms in place to record hate crime in any detail. Such mechanisms, when available, produce valuable data to assist law enforcement agencies, the criminal justice system, policy makers and civil society organisations tackle hate crime. Member States with limited data collection – where few incidents are reported, recorded and therefore prosecuted – can be said to be failing in their duty to tackle hate crime. The EU Victims Directive points to systematic and adequate statistical data collection as being essential for effective policy making.
Differences among EU Member States in relation to hate crime legislation has a direct effect on how law enforcement agencies and criminal justice systems deal with this type of crime. Narrow legal definitions, for instance, tend to lead to under-recording of incidents and hence low numbers of prosecutions, thereby affording victims fewer opportunities for redress.
This working group will look into how to define hate crime for recording and monitoring purposes; and how to establish effective data collection systems by addressing the challenges inherent in recording and monitoring hate crime. It will also discuss training law enforcement officials and representatives of the criminal justice system in recognising hate crime.
Chaired by: Floriane Hohenberg, Head of Tolerance and Non-Discrimination Department, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)
- 'Training Security Forces in identifying and recording hate crimes'
José Alberto Ramírez Vázquez, Ministry of Interior; and Nicolás Marugán Zalba, Ministry of Employment and Social Security
- Handbook for Security Forces in identifying and recording racist or xenophobic incidents
- 'Collecting hate crime data: ODIHR's comprehensive approach'
Joanna Perry, Hate crime officer, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)
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Working group II: Reflecting remembrance in human rights education and training
The European Union is built on fundamental values such as freedom, democracy and respect for human rights. In order to fully appreciate their meaning, it is necessary to remember the breaches of those principles caused in Europe – and to learn from them. History has taught us: to look forward we must look back. Learning from the past, understanding causes and effects, and raising awareness about these issues can make an important contribution to help to prevent such crimes in the future. This is true regardless of the always specific national contexts and different experiences across the different countries. In this way, people today can learn to understand the consequence of choices they make for themselves and wider society.
This working group will therefore look at the understanding of what shared memory can mean, and how it is possible to arrive to European reconciliation, while at the same time acknowledging victims of discriminatory crimes of the past. It will look into patterns of the past, to learn from them to understand the present and to prevent hate crimes for the future. Finally, it aims to collect concrete promising practices, initiatives, and ways forward.
Chaired by: Pavel Tychtl, DG Communication, European Commission
- Jana Havlikova, Head of the Development and Public Relations department, Jewish Museum Prague, Czech Republic
- Rafał Rogulski, Director, European Network Remembrance and Solidarity
- Abdool Karim Vakil, Department of History, King's College London; and Chair of the Research and Documentation Committee, Muslim Council of Britain, United Kingdom
- Maciej Zabierowski, Education and New Media Manager, Auschwitz Jewish Center, Poland
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Conclusions - Reflecting remembrance in human rights education and training
Working group III: Vigilance and awareness: capacity building for law enforcement and criminal justice systems
Building capacity to tackle and increase understanding of hate crime within law enforcement and criminal justice systems is crucial towards combatting hate crime. The police in particular play a key role in protecting the rights of victims of hate crime. Training of law enforcement and criminal justice practitioners to enable them to identify victims of hate crime, understand their needs and deal with them in a respectful, sensitive, professional and non-discriminatory manner is key; particularly with regard to acknowledging 'new' forms of hate crime that may not yet have received sufficient attention, such as hate crimes committed against persons with a disability.
The perceived capacity of the police to address hate crime and support victims is also essential for victims to trust authorities and report hate crime incidents. There is also a need for local, national and EU level training curricula to reflect increasing societal diversity and address the new risks of discrimination that may arise. Member States should also ensure that safeguards are implemented to prevent institutional forms of discrimination and allow individuals to address grievances. Furthermore, attention should be given to the language used when describing hate crimes within police and criminal justice systems.
This working group will discuss these issues, and highlight challenges and promising practices in the area. This includes the creation of specialised units or people within police and prosecution services responsible for dealing with hate crime.
Chaired by: Aija Kalnaja
- 'Training as part of a broader government programme'
Paul Giannasi, Police Superintendent, Hate Crime Programme, Ministry of Justice, United Kingdom - ' 'Left hand, right hand'
Gamal Turawa, Police Trainer
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Vigilance and awareness: capacity building for law enforcement and criminal justice systems
Conclusions - Capacity building for law enforcement and criminal justice systems
Working group IV: Connecting the dots – discrimination as a trigger for hate crime
This working group will look at how discriminatory attitudes manifest themselves in hate crimes. More specifically, in light of Article 21 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, it will examine to what extent the discriminatory motives behind such offences are fully addressed at EU and national level. The working group will look closely at the advantages and disadvantages of different policies and systems which EU Member States have put in place to address and prevent hate crime (including criminal, administrative, civil law tools).
The broad and diverse background of participants will ensure there is a focused debate on the role(s) of different bodies in preventing and addressing hate crimes. These bodies include governmental institutions, the police, prosecution services, the judiciary, victim support services organisations as well as equality bodies and other national human rights structures.
Participants are encouraged to identify drivers and barriers, as well as promising practices, of how different laws, policies and structures can be combined to effectively address hate crime in practice.
Chaired by: Karen Jochelson, Director of Economy and Employment Programme, Equality and Human Rights Commission, United Kingdom
- 'Hate crimes and the principles on equality'
Dimitrina Petrova, Executive Director, Equal Rights Trust - 'Effective strategies to combat discrimination as a trigger for hate crime – Portuguese experience'
Pedro Lomba, Secretary of State Assistant to the Minister in the Cabinet of the Prime Minister and for Regional Development, Portugal - 'The use of legislation to combat hate crimes'
Ana Bandalo, Attorney at law, Croatia - Dr. Neela Winkelmann, Managing Director, Platform of European Memory and Conscience (tbc)
- Thomas Hochmann, Associate Professor, University of Reims Champagne Ardenne
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Conclusions - Connecting the dots, discrimination as a trigger for hate crime
Working group V: Gross trivialisation: negating crimes of the past
This working group will look into discriminatory aspects of negating crimes of the past, including revisionism and negationism as defined in Article 1.1 of the Framework Decision on Racism and Xenophobia. Based on the case-law provided by the European Court of Human Rights it will analyse the importance of as well as the limits to criminalising revisionism and negationism in the wider context of other severe forms of discrimination.
Negating crimes of the past means denying their victims the right to be acknowledged and redressed. The discussion will stimulate debates on how to best respect the rights of victims of repressive or totalitarian regimes and how to protect them against expressions of contempt, including revisionism and negationism. It will highlight other relevant human rights aspects such as the protection of individuals against the revitalisation and resurgence of repressive or totalitarian ideologies and the protection of vulnerable groups against intimidation.
Chaired by: Françoise Tulkens, member of the FRA Scientific Committee and former Vice-President of the European Court of Human Rights
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Conclusions - Negating crimes of the past
Practical info FRC 2013
Due to the limited capacity of the venue, participation is upon invitation only.
Participants were selected to represent the broadest possible range of fundamental rights concerns as well as geographical variety.
Contact FRA
For more information about the conference please contact us at: email@example.com
Conference venue
The Fundamental Rights Conference 2013 will take place on the 12-13 November 2013 in the Lithuanian Exhibition and Congress Centre in Vilnius.
Lithuanian Exhibition and Congress Centre (Litexpo)
Laisves pr. 56
LT-04215 Vilnius
Past editions
Fundamental Rights Conference 2012
Justice in austerity
Budget cuts in the wake of the current economic crisis should not affect a person's legal entitlement and right to access justice. This was the theme of the 2012 Fundamental Rights Conference, organised by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) and held at the European Parliament in Brussels.
2012 Programme [en] [fr] (pdf)
Fundamental Rights Conference 2011
Dignity and rights of irregular migrants
The conference was organised in cooperation with the Polish Presidency of the Council of the European Union and discussed how to improve access to fundamental rights for migrants in an irregular situation, namely of those persons without authorisation to stay in the EU. The discussions were drawing on FRA's EU-wide research on the situation of migrants in an irregular situation, which was published in the run-up to the conference. The conference discussions underlined the importance of applying a fundamental rights approach in migration management and offered a number of practical suggestions to facilitate access to justice, respect the right to education and health, preserve the best interests of the child, combat labour exploitation, reduce the use of immigration detention, and end situations of legal limbo for persons who are not removed.
2011 Programme [en] [fr] [pl] (pdf)
Summary conclusions[en] [fr] (pdf)
Fundamental Rights Conference 2010
Ensuring justice and protection for all children
The previous FRC, held in Brussels on 7 -8 December 2010, stimulated the debate on challenges and strategies to protect particularly vulnerable children and deliver child-friendly justice in the European Union.
The emphasis during this conference was on exploring avenues for Member State authorities to better protect vulnerable children by following an integrated approach to child protection and involving civil society and children themselves.
Fundamental Rights Conference 2009
Making rights a reality for all
Making rights a reality for all was the theme of the FRC 2009 which was held in cooperation with the Swedish Presidency of the EU in Stockholm on 10-11 December 2009.
The focus was on identifying solutions to protect and promote the rights of marginalised groups which are most vulnerable to discrimination and exclusion in the EU.
2009 Programme [en] (pdf)
2009 Final report [en] (pdf)
Fundamental Rights Conference 2008
Freedom of expression, a cornerstone of democracy - listening and communicating in a diverse Europe
The Fundamental Rights Agency launched its Fundamental Rights Conference in Paris on 8-9 December 2008.
The event examined key issues and challenges related to freedom of expression. Entitled "Freedom of expression, a cornerstone of democracy - listening and communicating in a diverse Europe", the conference aimed to contribute to policy and action within the European Union and to help shape the evolving space for communication among Europeans.
2008 Programme [en] (pdf)


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WGN News regular Mike Toomey is scheduled to perform at the upcoming Orland Township scholarship fundraiser "Dancing with the Stars" on Oct. 25 at Georgios Banquets, 8800 W. 159th St., Orland Hills.
A favorite at local comedy clubs since 1982, Toomey has appeared in concert with such headliners as George Carlin, Wayne Newton; Crosby, Stills and Nash, and Reba McIntyre. He has performed on various television programs, including HBO's "U.S. Comedy Arts Festival," MTV's "Half Hour Comedy Hour" and A&E's "Comedy on the Road."
The competition will include dinner, dessert and entertainment by Mr. and Mrs. "O," who will also accompany 10 competitors in their performances.
"We are excited to welcome Mike Toomey, as well as all of our talented musicians and judges," said Orland Township Scholarship Fund president Paul O'Grady. "Mike is a household name in the local comedy field, and his presence will add to the spectacular evening we have planned for our seniors."
Noncompetitors will vote on the performances alongside three professional judges. They also will have their own time to dance while scores are tabulated.
The winning couple will be awarded a mirror ball trophy. Prizes also will be awarded to the second- and third-place finishers.
Professional dancers Mark and Susan O'Brien, both of whom have been featured on ABC Chicago and WTTW, and Dee Ulrich will lend their services as judges for the competition.
Tickets for residents and nonresidents are $25.
Proceeds will go toward the 2013 Orland Township Scholarship Foundation program.
Information: (708) 403-4222 or www.orlandtwp.org.
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