Project final event
Institutes & CentersInstitute for Minority Rights - Events - Securitization of minority rights in Eastern Europe: the cases of Lithuania, Latvia and Ukraine
29.08.2026
Securitization of minority rights in Eastern Europe: the cases of Lithuania, Latvia and Ukraine
- Date: 29.08.2026, 09:00 - 13:00
- Place: Forum Alpbach, Alpbach
- Info:
Contact
hanna.vasilevich@eurac.edu
Final event program
09:00
Opening Remarks
Moderated by Günther Rautz, Institute for Minority Rights, Eurac Research
Petr Blížkovský, Secretary-General of the Committee of the Regions (t.b.c.)
Othmar Karas, President of the European Forum Alpbach (t.b.c.)
Csaba Borboly (RO/EPP) – Vice-President of the Harghita County Council and member of the SEDEC Commission, European Committee of the Regions. (t.b.c.)
09:30
Keynote: Securitization of minority rights in Eastern Europe: how to overcome negative trends and use best practices from other regions? and its main results
Hanna Vasilevich, Institute for Minority Rights, Eurac Research
10:00
Q&A
Moderation:
Andrea Carlà, Institute for Minority Rights, Eurac Research
10:15
Coffee break
10:30
Expert Round Minority Governance in Times of Heightened Security
Kiryl Kascian, Head of the Centre for Communication Influences and Propaganda Research, Vilnius University, Lithuania.
Karyna Keliohlo, representative of the State Service of Ukraine for Ethnic Affairs and Freedom of Conscience, Ukraine
Alexander Krasnitsky, journalist and media professional, Latvia.
Elizabete Krivcova, lawyer and human rights advocate, Latvia.
Vyacheslav Likhachev, a human rights activist and expert of the Center for Civil Liberties, Kyiv, Ukraine.
Mari-Liis Paaver-Potašenko, art historian and a member of the Lithuanian Estonian Society, Lithuania.
Grigorijus Potašenko, associate professor, Vilnius University, and a member of the Academic Council at the Department of National Minorities under the Government of the Republic of Lithuania.
Moderation:
Hanna Vasilevich, Institute for Minority Rights, Eurac Research
11:30
Q&A
Moderation:
Hanna Vasilevich, Institute for Minority Rights, Eurac Research
12:00
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