Front Line Defenders, in partnership with University College Dublin and Trinity College Dublin, presents
Professor Jan Sokol
Dictatorship to Democracy:
The Role of Human Rights Defenders
Venue: Royal Irish Academy (RIA)
Academy House, 19 Dawson Street, Dublin 2
Date: Thursday, 28th April
Time: 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Photo Credit: M. Svacek
Jan Sokol is a Czech philosopher, former dissident, politician and translator.
Professor Sokol was one of the first signatories of Charter 77, a petition drawn up and signed by a number of brave Czechoslovakian writers and intellectuals in 1977 which demanded that the Communist government of Czechoslovakia recognise some basic human rights.
Speaking on the topic of "Dictatorship to Democracy - The Role of Human Rights Defenders" we look forward to Professor Sokol's account of his own experience of the Czechoslovakian transition to democracy (1989-1990) and his current views on the appropriateness and efficiency of a "dissident" position, taking into account the general nature of the society and rule.
For more information, contact michelle@frontlinedefenders.org
