Ilze
Brands Kehris
Ilze Brands Kehris
Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights
United Nations
Biography
Ilze Brands Kehris is the Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights since 14 January 2020, heading the UN Human Rights Office in New York.
She previously served as an independent Expert Member of the United Nations Human Rights Committee from 2017-2019.
She held several leadership positions in national and regional level human rights organisations, including as a Member and Chairperson of the Management Board of the EU Fundamental Rights Agency and Director of the Office of OSCE.
Organisation
United Nations
Speaker session
CLOSING PANEL - Looking ahead
Forum stage / Festsaal - livestream
This panel will look ahead to the next 5 to 10 years with confidence and ambition. Panellists will discuss the shifts in methodology and agenda to address the changing nature of challenges to humanity. Panellists should demonstrate commitment to fostering interdisciplinary approaches, particularly between human rights, businesses and technology.
Juan Fernando Lopez Aguilar (video message)
Moderator: Djamila Grandits
Djamila Grandits
Curator, moderator
CineCollective
Konrad Bühler
Director of the Legal Office
Austrian Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs
Organisation
Austrian Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs
Country
Speaker session
CLOSING PANEL - Looking ahead
Forum stage / Festsaal - livestream
This panel will look ahead to the next 5 to 10 years with confidence and ambition. Panellists will discuss the shifts in methodology and agenda to address the changing nature of challenges to humanity. Panellists should demonstrate commitment to fostering interdisciplinary approaches, particularly between human rights, businesses and technology.
Juan Fernando Lopez Aguilar (video message)
Moderator: Djamila Grandits
Djamila Grandits
Curator, moderator
CineCollective
Barbora Bukovska
Senior Director for Law and Policy
ARTICLE 19: Global Campaign for Free Expression
Biography
Barbora Bukovska is a Czech human rights attorney. She leads law, policy and UN advocacy work at the international freedom of expression organisation, ARTICLE 19. She also has vast experience working on human rights issues, including protection from discrimination, access to justice, deprivation of liberty, reproductive rights, and community development.
Country
Speaker session
CLOSING PANEL - Looking ahead
Forum stage / Festsaal - livestream
This panel will look ahead to the next 5 to 10 years with confidence and ambition. Panellists will discuss the shifts in methodology and agenda to address the changing nature of challenges to humanity. Panellists should demonstrate commitment to fostering interdisciplinary approaches, particularly between human rights, businesses and technology.
Juan Fernando Lopez Aguilar (video message)
Moderator: Djamila Grandits
Djamila Grandits
Curator, moderator
CineCollective