Martin
Andreasson
Martin Andreasson
State Secretary to Minister for Gender Equality and Working Life
Swedish Ministry of Employment
Biography
Martin Andreasson is State Secretary to the Minister for Gender Equality and Working Life. He has extensive experience in Swedish politics, including as a Member of the Riksdag for the Liberal Party.
Organisation
Swedish Ministry of Employment
Other
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THEMATIC PANEL
Upholding people’s rights and the rule of law
- Protecting democracy and civic space in Europe
Forum stage / Festsaal - livestream
Respect for human rights, freedom, democracy, and the rule of law are the founding principles of the EU. Yet, these principles are under threat across the continent. How can we safeguard the values our democracies are built on? And how we can protect people’s rights in times of polycrisis? This panel will explore how to prevent backsliding of democracy and the rule of law. It will consider specific measures to address rights abuses and socio-economic inequalities which contribute to polarisation in our societies.
Moderator:
Damla Hekimoglu
Journalist and Newsanchor
ARD,Tagesschau
Marie Andreescu
Eastern Europe Coordinator
World Inequality Lab
Biography
Marie Andreescu is an economist and Eastern Europe coordinator at the World Inequality Lab. She coordinates research on income inequality in Eastern Europe and Russia. She is pursuing a PhD at the Paris School of Economics on digitalisation and discrimination in the labour market.
Country
Speaker session
THEMATIC PANEL
Upholding people’s rights and the rule of law
- Protecting democracy and civic space in Europe
Forum stage / Festsaal - livestream
Respect for human rights, freedom, democracy, and the rule of law are the founding principles of the EU. Yet, these principles are under threat across the continent. How can we safeguard the values our democracies are built on? And how we can protect people’s rights in times of polycrisis? This panel will explore how to prevent backsliding of democracy and the rule of law. It will consider specific measures to address rights abuses and socio-economic inequalities which contribute to polarisation in our societies.
Moderator:
Damla Hekimoglu
Journalist and Newsanchor
ARD,Tagesschau
Shams Asadi
Human Rights Commissioner
City of Vienna - Human Rights Office
Biography
Shams Asadi is Human Rights Commissioner of the City of Vienna. She studied architecture and urban planning and has years of practical and academic experience in urban regeneration and urban development. Human rights, notably in urban development, have remained a focus of her professional life throughout.
Country
Speaker session
THEMATIC PANEL
Upholding people’s rights and the rule of law
- Protecting democracy and civic space in Europe
Forum stage / Festsaal - livestream
Respect for human rights, freedom, democracy, and the rule of law are the founding principles of the EU. Yet, these principles are under threat across the continent. How can we safeguard the values our democracies are built on? And how we can protect people’s rights in times of polycrisis? This panel will explore how to prevent backsliding of democracy and the rule of law. It will consider specific measures to address rights abuses and socio-economic inequalities which contribute to polarisation in our societies.
Moderator:
Damla Hekimoglu
Journalist and Newsanchor
ARD,Tagesschau