Conference and exhibition

[Andrea Mesko]

The Ombudswoman Programme Office, the U.S. Information Service and the
Central European University have the pleasure to invite you to a conference
and exhibition
Human Rights: Liberty, Justice, Equality
in honour of the 50th Anniversary of the UN Universal Declaration of Human
Rights December 10, 1948-December 10, 1998
and in recognition of the completion of the project "Women's Votes '98"
Time: December 10, 15-17 hours
Place: Central-European University (CEU), 1015 Budapest, Nador u. 9., 1st
floor, Senate Room
The presentations will be given by:
15.00-15.10 - Introductory talk by dr. Peter Polt, general deputy of the
Ombudsperson
15.10-15.25 - de. Gabor Kardos (ELTE Department of International Law),
expert of the Human Rights Information and Documentation Centre
Report on the centre's activities and their new review called Fundamentum
Questions
15.35-15.50 - Ildiko Biro, Ombudswoman Programme Office
Report on the results of the Womens' Votes '98 project (funded by U.S.I.S.),
presentation of the final study
Questions
16.00-16.15 - dr. Erzsebet Maria Szabo, Hungarian co-ordinator of the
Central-Eastern European Women's Coalition (Karat Coalition)
Report on the activities of the coalition and on the regional report to be
prepared for the hearing at the session of the UN Commission on the Status
of Women
Questions
16.25-16.40 - Maria Adamik, chairperson of the Board of Trustees of the
Civil Ombudswoman Programme Foundation
Report on Hungarian NGO's new invitative entitled "After Beijing"
Questions
16.50-17.00 - dr. Vera Szekeres Varsa, Hungarian Director of Amnesty
International
Report on the organisation's campaign celebrating the 50th anniversary of
the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

17.00 - Beatrice Camp, U.S. Cutural Attache opens the exibition