Marianna Prysiazhniuk is a fellow researcher of the Vienna Forum for Democracy and Human Rights. She is also a journalist, an affiliated expert of the Ukrainian fact-checking project StopFake and a contributor for the Ukrainian edition of Glavcom.

Sirpa Rautio is Director of the EU’s Fundamental Rights Agency. Previously, she was Director of the Finnish Human Rights Centre and Chair of the European Network of National Human Rights Institutions (ENNHRI). She also chaired FRA’s Management Board. She has served many years in organisations such as the United Nations, Council of Europe, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe and EU, working for human rights, democracy and the rule of law. 

Didier Reynders is European Commissioner for Justice, responsible for the rule of law, data protection, fundamental rights and consumer protection. Previously, he was Belgium’s Minister of Defence, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and European Affairs, Minister of Finance and Deputy Prime Minister.