Minorities and COVID-19. A five-part webinar series of the Institute for Minority Rights, Eurac Research (13 May - 10 June)

Episode 1: COVID-19 and its effects on minorities

Wednesday, 13 May, 3-4pm CET | Registration

Lamberto Zannier, OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities

Ilze Brands-Kehris, Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, UN Human Rights Office

Joseph Marko, Head of the Institute for Minority Rights, Eurac Research / University of Graz

Chair: Georg Grote, Institute for Minority Rights, Eurac Research

Episode 2: Equality, Discrimination and COVID-19

Thursday, 21 May, 3-4pm CET | Registration

Fernand de Varennes, United Nations Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues

Emma Lantschner, University of Graz

Roberta Medda-Windischer, Institute for Minority Rights, Eurac Research

Chair: Katharina Crepaz, Institute for Minority Rights, Eurac Research

Episode 3: Minorities, territorial governance and inter-state relations in pandemic times

Wednesday, 27 May, 3-4pm CET | Registration

Sia Spiliopoulou Åkermark, Åland Islands Peace Institute

Francesco Palermo, Institute for Comparative Federalism, Eurac Research

Sergiu Constantin, Institute for Minority Rights, Eurac Research

Chair: Georg Grote, Institute for Minority Rights, Eurac Research

Episode 4: COVID-19 and religious minorities

Thursday, 4 June, 3-4pm CET | Registration

Kerstin Wonisch, Institute for Minority Rights, Eurac Research

Kyriaki Topidi, European Centre for Minority Issues

Detlev Rein, Advisory Committee on the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities

Chair: Roberta Medda-Windischer, Institute for Minority Rights, Eurac Research

Episode 5: Indigenous peoples in times of the pandemic

Wednesday, 10 June, 4-5pm CET | Registration

Daqui Lema, Pontificia Universidad Católica of Ecuador (Ibarra seat)

Claire Wright, Queen’s University Belfast

Alexandra Tomaselli, Institute for Minority Rights, Eurac Research

Chair: Johanna Mitterhofer, Institute for Minority Rights, Eurac Research

For further information, please email johanna.mitterhofer@eurac.edu