Between Security and Rights: Minority Governance in the Baltic States and Ukraine


9:00 am - 12:00 pm
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Between Security and Rights: Minority Governance in the Baltic States and Ukraine

Saturday, 29. August
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180 minutes
First come first serve

Security concerns since 2022 have reshaped how minority issues are governed in the Baltic States and Ukraine. The session brings together regional perspectives to examine these shifts and their policy effects. It identifies risks of securitisation and outlines approaches to balance security and minority rights. 

Supported by Autonomous Province of Bolzano/Bozen
Hosted by Euregio Tirol-Südtirol-Trentino and & Eurac Research
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Petr Blizkovsky

Secretary-General of the European Committee of the Regions
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Csaba Borboly

Vice-President of Harghita County Council and member of the European Committee of the Regions
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Andrea Carlà

Senior Researcher Eurac Research Minority Rights Institute
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Kiryl Kascian

Head of the Centre for Communication Influences and Propaganda Research, Vilnius University
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Karyna Keliohlo

Employee of the Ukrainian government
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Alexander Krasnitsky

Media Professional
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Elizabete Krivcova

Juristin und Menschenrechtsaktivistin
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Vyacheslav Likhachev

Human Rights Activist
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Mari-Liis Paaver

Art Historian
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Grigorijus Potašenko

Associate Professor at the Faculty of History Vilnius University
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Günther Rautz

Eurac Research, Institute for Minority Rights Eurac Research Minority Rights Institute
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Hanna Vasilevich

Eurac Research, Institute for Minority Rights Eurac Research, Institute for Minority Rights
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Davide La Cecilia

Special Envoy for the Reconstruction of Ukraine Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Italy