When: Saturday, 14. December 2013 11:00-13:00
To: Saturday, 14. December 2013
Where: Tbilisi (Georgia), Human Rights House Tbilisi
Host: South Caucasus Network of Human Rights Defenders
Contact: Katerina Špácová, HRHF’s Regional Coordinator for South Caucasus (katerina.spacova@humanrightshouse.org)
As part of the South Caucasus Network of Human Rights Defenders meeting, participants will address the issue of so-called “traditional values”; “traditional (national) values” are used as an attack against rights of women and LGBT people. How the concept hinders the work of human rights NGOs.
Moderator: Giorgi Gogia, Human Rights Watch
Panelists:
- Gender and human rights: Lara Aharonian, Women Resource Center, Armenia
- HRDs accused of not respecting Azerbaijani values: Matanat Azizova, Women’s Crisis Center, Azerbaijan
- LGBT rights defenders:
- Mamikon Hovsepyan, PINK Armenia
- Irakli Vacharadze, Identoba, Georgia
- Gender and LBT rights: Ekaterina Aghdgomelashvili, Womens’ Initiative Supporting Group, Georgia
- Promotion of “traditional values” in the UN as a mean to undermine human rights: Florian Irminger, Head of Advocacy and HRHF Geneva Office
- How OHCHR can monitor and increase the awareness about the universal human rights standards regionally: Besarion Bokhashvili, National Human Rights Officer, Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in Georgia
Participation upon registration only.
HRHF’s intervention at the United Nations Human Rights Council on 14 March 2013: “So-called ‘traditional values’ are not human rights” (go to 8 minutes in the video below)
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