NETWORK HIGH LEVEL EVENT 23 November 2011

09:30 - 10:30 Official welcome and meeting with Sakharov Prize Laureates Libor Rouček, Vice-President of the European Parliament Venue: Parlamentarium

10:45 - 11:15 Inauguration of the “Sakharov Lounge” on the Esplanade Solidarność 1980 in the presence of Sakharov Prize Laureates

HUMAN RIGHTS CONFERENCE József Antall (JAN) building, room 4Q2, European Parliament, Brussels

11:30 - 12:30 Opening Remarks by Jerzy Buzek, President of the European Parliament, and Siergei Kovalev, - Laureate 2009 (Co-Chair of the Sakharov Prize Network)

Olivier Basille, Reporters Without Borders, Laureate 2005 Salima Ghezali, Laureate 1997 Aliaksandr Milinkevich, Laureate 2006 Blanca Reyes Castanon, , Laureate 2005

12:30 - 14:00 Lunch, outside room JAN 4Q2

14:00 - 15:30 New communication technologies and the defence and promotion of human rights Panel discussion and debate with Members

Chaired by Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Vice-President of the European Parliament

Panellists:  David John Collins, Vice President, Communications and Public Policy - Europe, Middle East and Africa Google  Andrew Puddephatt, Director, Global Partners and Associates  Ali Novruzov, Activist/blogger, Azerbaijan  Marietje Schaake, Member of the European Parliament

Input by Sakharov Prize Laureates:  Zhanna Litvina, Belarusian Association of Journalists, Laureate 2004  Hauwa Ibrahim, Laureate 2005  , Laureate 1996

Concluding Remarks Libor Rouček, Vice-President of the European Parliament

15:30 –16:00 Coffee 16:00 - 17:30 Managing transition and promoting human rights and democracy – civil society, accountability and justice Panel discussion and debate with Members

Chaired by Edward McMillan-Scott, Vice-President of the European Parliament

Panellists:  Ahmed Samih, Director, Andalus Institute for Tolerance and Anti-Violence Studies  Sihem Bensedrine, Human Rights Activist, Tunisia  Radwan Ziadeh, George Washington University, editor of Transitional Justice in the Arab World project  Silvana Arbia, ICC Registrar  Carlos Westendorp, Secretary-General, Club de Madrid  Ana Gomes, Member of the European Parliament  Tunne Kelam, Member of the European Parliament

Input by Sakharov Prize Laureates:  Taslima Nasreen, Laureate 1994  Salih Mahmoud Mohamed Osman, Laureate 2007  , Laureate 1995  Mujo Selimovic, Oslobodjenje, Laureate 1993

Concluding Remarks Barbara Lochbihler, Chair of the Subcommittee on Human Rights of the European Parliament

SAKHAROV DEBATE 2011 Bozar, Centre of Fine Arts, Rue Ravenstein 23, 1000 Brussels

19:30 - 21:30 Sakharov debate 2011 Role of women in democratic transition Welcome by Isabelle Durant, Vice-President of the European Parliament Introduction by Jerzy Buzek, President of the European Parliament Women as catalyst for change Women's rights in times of change 19.30 -20.30 20.30 -21.30 Mona Elthaway, Egyptian journalist Lakshmi Puri, Deputy Executive Director, UN Women Ludmilla Alexeeva, Memorial Hauwa Ibrahim Zhanna Litvina, Belarusian Association of Journalists Aleksandr Milinkievič Blanca A.R. Castañón - Ladies in White Wei Jing Sheng Salima Ghezali Leyla Zana Vildana Selimbegovic, Oslobodjenje Olivier Basille, Reporter without Borders Moderator: Patrick Delfosse, Editor-in-Chief, Europarl TV

Video messages by , Sakharov Laureate 1990 (to be confirmed) Michelle Bachelet, UN Under-Secretary-General, Executive Director of UN Women

21:30 Reception