Program 2025

Human Rights Festival in Karviná

Spring 2025 (exact date will be the date will be confirmed later)

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: Robert MacGregor, Gwendolyn Albert, Jarmila Duháček Šebestová, David Březina
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
15:30-17:00
Silvia Knyblová: Right to Housing and Social Inclusion of Discriminated Groups
Location: Foyer, School of Business Administration, Silesian University
17:00-20:00
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 - A Comparison between the Czech Republic and the USA
Location: Foyer, School of Business Administration, Silesian University
11:30-13:00
David Březina: Forced Migration and Basic Human Rights
Location: Foyer, School of Business Administration, Silesian University
14:00-15:30
Tomáš Konečný: Voting Rights: The Historical Development of Democratic Representation
Location: Foyer, School of Business Administration, Silesian University
15:30-17:00
Katarzyna Gattnar: Women's Rights
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

10:00-14:00
Workshops in High Schools
14:00-15:30
Elena Gorolová: Involuntary Sterilization of Women and the Right to Bodily Autonomy and Integrity
Location: Foyer, School of Business Administration, Silesian University
15:30-17:00
Dominik Plíhal: Human Rights and Social Exclusion: Causes, Consequences, and Solutions in the Czech Republic and the Moravian-Silesian Region
Location: Foyer, School of Business Administration, Silesian University
17:00-20:00
Film Screening: Hooligan Sparrow
Location: Foyer, School of Business Administration, Silesian University

5th day

10:00-11:30
Zuzana Hudcová: The Right to a Clean Environment and the Climate Crisis
Location: Study Room, School of Business Administration, Silesian University
11:30-13:30
Film Screening: God Forsaken
Location: Study Room, School of Business Administration, Silesian University
13:30-14:30
Film Screening: ŠITKREDIT
Location: Study Room, School of Business Administration, Silesian University
17:00-19:00
Run for Human Rights
Location: Boat Area, Karviná
19:00
Official Closing Ceremony of the Festival
Location: Lodičky Area, Karviná

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