The topic of the first session of the Conference on Human Rights, Justice and Anti-Corruption “Next Station: Europe” is Justice and the rule of law. Participants are the Minister of Justice, Bojan Maricic, university professor Aleksandar Spasov and the representative of CIVIL, Xhabir Deralla, who will also be the moderator.
The situation in the judiciary, the purification strategy, the reforms, are there remnants of the Swarovski judiciary, is or will there be justice in our country, do the Macedonian institutions have the capacity to fight the hybrid threats? What will be done politically, legally and socially to remedy the dire consequences of the actions of these individuals listed in the Study… are some of the questions that the participants in the first session of the conference “Next Station – Europe” will try to answer. entitled “Justice and Rule of Law”.
“North Macedonia is in a delicate phase of its European integration path. In both the previous and the current mandate, the Government shows openness to the public and the civil society, and these days mark the 100th day of the Government in the new mandate. This conference will open the main issues in the field of law and justice, as well as in the fight against corruption. At the same time, with this conference, we will make an effort to start a relevant discussion on these issues in the public, despite the current daily political and narrow-party tricks on social networks. These are topics that must be discussed openly, with tact and with a strategic and professional approach, not with populism, inherent in some of the political parties in the country “- said the organizing team of CIVIL.
The event is organized within the frames of The Freedom Festival (November 25 – December 11), and on the eve of the International Human Rights Day (December 10), by CIVIL. The festival period also includes the International Day of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (December 3) and the International Anti-Corruption Day (December 9).
The conference is part of the “Europe is our home” project, supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Germany. The Freedom Festival is a multimedia event within the Civic Lens project, supported by the National Endowment for Democracy (USA), as well as the Civica Mobilitas Program, supported by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation.
The conference will be broadcast live on the Facebook page, as well as the YouTube video channel of CIVIL, who invites the media and all those interested to follow it and freely download the content resulting from the conference.
