The thematic discussions each day- come and join in.

Business and Human Rights
1815 Thursday 4th Dec
Farid Tukhbatullin - Turkmenistan (now Austria). Human rights activist and former political prisoner. Appearing in Shadow of the Holy Book.
Maria Gjølberg - Centre for Development and the Environment, University of Oslo.
Ola Mestad -Professor of Law at University of Oslo and member of the Council on Ethics (Etikkrådet), Norwegian Government Pension Fund.
Moderated by Ketil Magnussen, Oslo Dokumentarkino.

Oppression
1645 Friday 5th Dec
Charles Mukandirwa- DR Congo (refugee in Denmark). Human Rights Defender.
Kalsang Dolma - Tibet/Canada. Filmmaker What Remains of Us.
Nora Sveaass- Psychologist, Norway's representative on UN Committe on Torture.
Moderated by Sten Inge Jørgensen- Morgenbladet.

Freedom of Expression- How Free Should Free Speech Be? 1745 Saturday 6th Dec
Jan Helgesen - President of the European Commission for Democracy through Law of the Council of Europe (“Venice Commission”) and Associate Professor of international law at the University of Oslo
Rex Bloomstein - UK. Director, An Independent Mind. Has made many films about human rights, independently and for the BBC.
Faraj Bayrakdar - Syria (now Sweden). Journalist/poet featured in An Independent Mind. He was imprisoned for 15 years because of the political nature of his writing; he was subjected to regular and severe torture during this time.
Annette Carlsen - Danish Mohammed Cartoonist
Rushania Hussainov - Azerbaijan (now Norway) Journalist appearing in Skyggen av Statoil.
Moderated by Sarah Prosser, Oslo Dokumentarkino

Activists
1745 Sunday 7th Dec
Jon Peder Egenæs - Amnesty International Norway
Mari Linløkken, Anti-Racism Centre Oslo
Stian Antonsen - Leader of Skeiv Ungdom (Queer Youth).
Safia Yusuf Abdi - Somali from Kenya working for Norsk sykepleierforbund and Mangfold i Arbeidslivet (Diversity at Work).
Moderated by Maria Dahle and Niels Jacob Harbitz, Human Rights House Foundation.