Program 2025


Human Rights Festival in Karviná

24.3. - 27.3. 2025

1st day

  • 10:00-12:00
    Presentation of NGOs active in human rights.
    Location: Foyer, School of Business Administration, Silesian University

  • 13:30-14:00
    Official Opening of the Festival
    Location: Small Hall, School of Business Administration, Silesian University

  • 14:00-16:00
    Panel Discussion: Which direction will human rights take in the Czech Republic and the United States?
    Speakers: Kellye Hya McIntosh, Jarmila Duháček Šebestová, Michaela Weiss
    Moderator: Pavel Vítek
    Location: Small Hall, School of Business Administration, Silesian University

  • 16:00-19:00
    Entertainment: Concert and Human Rights Art Exhibition
    Location: Foyer, School of Business Administration, Silesian University

2nd day

  • 10:00-11:30
    Kellye McIntosh: Discrimination and Human Rights
    Location: Foyer, School of Business Administration, Silesian University

  • 11:30-13:00
    Robert Kenyon MacGregor: Environmental Rights - A Comparative Analysis between the Czech Republic and the USA
    Location: Foyer, School of Business Administration, Silesian University

  • 14:00-15:30
    Radka MacGregor Pelikánová: Intellectual Property Rights
    Location: Foyer, School of Business Administration, Silesian University

  • 17:30-20:00
    Film Screening: #chicagoGirl
    Location: Foyer, School of Business Administration, Silesian University

3rd day

  • 10:00-11:30
    Marcel Mahdal: The Evolution of Human Rights in Recent Years
    Location: Foyer, School of Business Administration, Silesian University

  • 11:30-13:00
    David Březina: Current relationship between Czech and USA
    Location: Foyer, School of Business Administration, Silesian University

  • 14:00-15:30
    Kristina Pitonakova: Relationship of USA with EU
    Location: Foyer, School of Business Administration, Silesian University

  • 15:30-17:00
    Film Screening: Bohu žel
    Location: Foyer, School of Business Administration, Silesian University

  • 17:00-20:00
    Film Screening: Silent Inquisition
    Location: Foyer, School of Business Administration, Silesian University

4th day

  • 11:30- 13:30
    Film Screening: Bohu žel
    Location: Foyer, School of Business Administration, Silesian University

  • 13:30-14:30.
    Film Screening: Silent Inquisition
    Location: Foyer, School of Business Administration, Silesian University

  • 14:30-16:00
    Film Screening: ŠITKREDIT
    Location: Study Room, School of Business Administration, Silesian University

  • 17:00-19:00
    Run for Human Rights
    Location: Boat Area, Karviná

  • 18:30 - 19:00
    Official Closing Ceremony of the Festival
    Location: Lodičky Area, Karviná

Locations:

  • Foyer: School of Business Administration, Silesian University
  • Small Hall: School of Business Administration, Silesian University
  • Study Room: School of Business Administration, Silesian University
  • Lodičky: Park Boženy Němcové, Karviná