We are pleased to announce the 10th anniversary international conference e-Society.Mk, which will take place on December 11 at City Hall in Skopje, Macedonia. The theme of the conference is: “Human Rights on the Internet – Freedom of expression, hate speech and privacy in the digital world”. The conference will cover topics such as freedom of expression and youth, online hate speech, privacy, as well as conclusions and recommendations for future steps.

The conference is organized within the framework of the project “Decentralized cooperation between the Lower Normandy Region and the Republic of Macedonia”, and supported by the Institute for Human Rights and Peace in Caen as a continuation of the long-term cooperation between the Metamorphosis Foundation and the Lower Normandy region.

 Organizers:
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[event time=”09:30 — 10:00″ ]Registration and coffee[/event]
[event time=”10:00 — 11:00″ ]Session 1: Importance of Human Rights

  • H.E. Ms. Laurence Auer, Ambassador of the Republic of France in Macedonia
  • H.E. Marianne Berecz, Deputy Head of Mission of OSCE Mission to Skopje
  • Mr. Lirim Shabani, Minister of Local Self Government
  • Mr. Ivo Ivanovski, Minister of Information Society and Administration
  • Mr. Robin Liddell, Minister Counsellor, Delegation of the European Union
  • Ms. Catherine-Amélie Chassin, General Secretary of the International Institute for Human Rights and Peace
  • Mr. Bardhyl Jashari, Executive Director of Metamorphosis, Foundation for Internet and Society

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[event time=”11:00-12:00″]Session 2: Freedom of Expression

  • Ms. Agnès Cerf, Caen University, Freedom of expression-Tendencies in France
  • Mr. Dragan Sekulovski, Association of Journalists of Macedonia
  • Ms. Katerina Sinadinovska, Council of Ethics in the Media, Self-Regulating Mechanisms for upholding Freedom of Expression
  • Ms. Meri Jordanovska, Investigative journalist, Freedom of expression in the official educational curriculum

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[lunch time=”12:00-12:30″]Coffee break[/lunch]
[event time=”12:30 — 13:30″ ]Session 3: Combating Hate Speech Online

  • Mr. Filip Stojanovski, Metamorphosis Foundation, Combating Hate Speech Online
  • Ms. Uranija Pirovska, Helsinki Committee for Human Rights of the Republic of Macedonia, Reporting Hate Speech Online
  • Mr. Milos Ristovski, Center for Intercultural Dialogue, No Hate Speech Movement
  • Ms. Sarah Barnier-Leroy, International Institute for Human Rights and Peace, How the hate speech and ethnic/religious tensions are addressed in the official curriculum for primary and secondary schools in MK and FR (presence or absence)
  • Mr. Petrit Saracini, Macedonian Institute for Media, Presentation of the bezomrazno.mk anti-hate speech project – key findings

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[lunch time=”13:30 – 14:30″]Lunch break[/lunch]
[event time=”14:30 – 15:30″]Session 4: Privacy

  • Ms. Liljana Pecova Ilieska,  Directorate for Personal Data Protection, “Privacy Class” project,
  • Ms. Tamara Resavska, Children rights on the Internet, Metamorphosis Foundation
  • Mr. Vladan Joler, Share Defense, Internet Privacy Atlas: Invisible Infrastructures

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[event time=”15:30 – 16:00″]Session 5: Synergies

  • Mr. Stefan Aleksik, Youth Educational Forum, Youth in the Media
  • Mr. Riste Zmejkovski, BIRN Macedonia, Media and NGO Cooperation
  • Mr. Darko Taleski, Teacher, Experience in teaching Human Rights on the Internet

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[event time=”16:00 — 16:15″]Final remarks and Discussion

  • Mr. Bardhyl Jashari, Metamorphosis Foundation
  • Ms. Sarah Barnier-Leroy, International Institute for Human Rights and Peace

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