Upon invitation by the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights and the President of the Irish Human Rights Commission (IHRC), Henrikas Mickevicius, HRMI Executive Director, will act as a round table rapporteur.
The 5th Round Table of European National Human Rights Institutions and the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, held in Dublin on 16 and 17 September 2008, follows the successful Round Table organised in Athens in 2006. The aim of the forthcoming event is to explore ways of strengthening NHRIs so as to enhance the domestic protection of human rights.
Dr Maurice Manning, President of the IHRC, and Mr Thomas Hammarberg, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, will deliver opening addresses to the conference.
Henrikas Mickevicius will deliver the key outcomes of the conference on Wednesday, 17 September. The text of H. Mickevicius’ conluding remarks will be placed at this Website following the round table.
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