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4-5
NOVEMBER
KRAKOW
CONGRESS
PROGRAMME
Friday, 4th November 2016 – DAY ONE
4 PM – 7 PM
Closed working diner with the invited experts
Saturday, 5th November 2016 – DAY TWO
Sala Miedziana Krzysztofory Palace, Rynek Główny 35
9 AM
Opening remarks
H.E. Cardinal Stanisław Dziwisz – Archbishop of Krakow
Prof. Ryszard Legutko – Member of the European Parliament
9:15 AM
Testimonies of the representatives of the Persecuted Church
H.E. Issam John Darwish – Archbishop of Zahleh, Lebanon
Fr. Andrzej Halemba – Expert on Middle East for Aid to the Church in Need Germany, lecturer at UKSW in Warsaw
Ks. Prof. Waldemar Cisło – Director of Aid to the Church in Need national office in Poland
10:15 – 11:45 AM
I panel – Politics
moderator: Prof. Ryszard Legutko – Member of the European Parliament
Jan Figel – European Commission's Special Envoy for the promotion of freedom of religion or belief
outside the European Union
Jan Dziedziczak – Deputy Minister of State in the government of Poland
Tamas Török – Deputy Minister of the governmental department on persecution of Christians,
Ministry of Human Capacities, Hungary
Vilija Aleknaitė-Abramikienė – Member of Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania,
Vice-President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
11:45 AM – 12:15 PM
12:15 – 1:45 PM
Coffee break
II panel – Law
moderator: Ks. Prof. Piotr Mazurkiewicz – Secretary General of the Commission of the Bishops' Conferences
of the European Community COMECE (2008-2012)
dr José-Luis Bazán – Legal Advisor for COMECE for migration, asylum and religious freedom
dr Roger Kiska – Radca prawny, Christian Concern
Ellen Kryger Fantini – Director of Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians in Europe