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  • Sergei
    Badamshin
    Sergei
    Badamshin
    Attorney-at-law, defender of human rights
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  • Alison
    Brysk
    Alison
    Brysk
    Expert on international law and human rights
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  • Giovanni
    Buttarelli
    Giovanni
    Buttarelli
    European Data Protection Supervisor
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  • Jean- Yves
    Camus
    Jean- Yves
    Camus
    Political scientist, expert on populist and extremist right-wing political movements
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  • John
    Dalhuisen
    John
    Dalhuisen
    Expert on human rights and refugee issues, senior fellow at the European Stability Initiative (ESI)
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  • Helen
    Eenmaa-Dimitrieva
    Helen
    Eenmaa-Dimitrieva
    Legal Scholar and Researcher in IT Law
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  • Aleksei
    Gaskarov
    Aleksei
    Gaskarov
    Social figure and activist
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  • Jens Ole Bach
    Hansen
    Jens Ole Bach
    Hansen
    Danish diplomat, promoter of United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
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  • Vootele
    Hansen
    Vootele
    Hansen
    Chairman of the Board, Institute of Human Rights
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  • Luukas
    Ilves
    Luukas
    Ilves
    Deputy Director and Senior Fellow at The Lisbon Council
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  • Evelyn
    Kaldoja
    Evelyn
    Kaldoja
    Journalist, foreign policy expert, Postimees
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  • Leonhard
    Lapin
    Leonhard
    Lapin
    Estonian artist, architect and poet, Professor Emeritus of the Estonian Academy of Arts
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  • Raimonda
    Murmokaitė
    Raimonda
    Murmokaitė
    Director, Transatlantic Cooperation and Security Policy Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania
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  • Eiki
    Nestor
    Eiki
    Nestor
    President of the Riigikogu
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  • Mart
    Nutt
    Mart
    Nutt
    PhD, Member of Parliament, Host of the Conference
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  • Liisa
    Pakosta
    Liisa
    Pakosta
    Estonian Gender Equality and Equal Treatment Commissioner
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  • Pasi
    Patokallio
    Pasi
    Patokallio
    Foreign policy and arms control expert
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  • Vesselin
    Popov
    Vesselin
    Popov
    Business Development Director of the Psychometrics Centre at Cambridge University
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  • Nina
    Reiners
    Nina
    Reiners
    Political scientist, expert on international law
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  • Olga
    Shorina
    Olga
    Shorina
    Journalist, co-founder of the Boris Nemtsov Foundation for Freedom
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  • Paul
    Teesalu
    Paul
    Teesalu
    Estonian Undersecretary for Political Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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  • Harri
    Tiido
    Harri
    Tiido
    Estonian Ambassador in Finland
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  • Hannes
    Vallikivi
    Hannes
    Vallikivi
    Attorney-at-law and legal scholar
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  • Raivo
    Vare
    Raivo
    Vare
    Expert on economics and public figure
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  • Ben
    Wagner
    Ben
    Wagner
    Expert on technology and human rights, Director of the Privacy & Sustainable Computing Lab
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  • 2019
    Parallel World Values and Interests
    A clean environment and future of the globe, the possibility to preserve your privacy and option to disengage, which is necessary for the human psyche, are practical topics that apply to everyone.
  • 2018
    Conflicts of Values
    In 2018, the panels discussed the topic of small countries as equal partners, whether human rights have a future, how much algorithms affect human rights and whether Russia has a future.
  • 2017
    Are Human Rights in Freefall?
    The conference will address a number of today’s most important topics – terrorism, technological development, security, small states in a globalising world, culture and international cooperation – through a human rights perspective.
  • 2016
    Black and White Values in a Polarizing World
    The topics under discussion this year include a survey of public opinion on human rights among the Estonian citizens and foreigners living in Estonia, questions related to collective human rights and propaganda that have changed people’s understanding of basic rights.
  • 2015
    Human Rights in Changing Times
    The topics under discussion this year include case studies from the European Court of Human Rights, linguistic human rights, as well as the views of various generations of Russians today regarding their society.
  • 2014
    Dignity in the context of human rights
    This year the conference agenda included three keynotes and a panel discussion following each one: 1) guarantees under international law; 2) rights of native peoples; guarantees under international law; 3) the situation and future in Russia and Ukraine and human rights.
  • 2013
    Human Rights and the Freedom to Association
    This year’s annual conference, titled “Human Rights and the Freedom of Association” will analyse the global developments in human rights that have taken place in 2013.
  • 2012
    New Challenges of Human Rights
    Our conference examined human rights where the internet and the concept of security have altered dramatically our 20th century understanding of the core issues of human rights.
  • 2011
    Dedicated to the 20th anniversary of restoration of independence of Estonia
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