·      William (Bill) BROWDER – Initiator of The Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act of 2012, CEO & Founder, Hermitage Capital Management, via Skype.

·      Dr. Clara PORTELA – Professor at University of Valencia and sanctions expert, via Skype.

·      Yevhen PIKALOV – Director of the Department for International Legal Cooperation, Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine .

·      Hanna HOPKO – People’s Deputy of Ukraine, Chairperson of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Foreign Affairs.

·      Daria SVYRYDOVA – Lawyer of Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union, Expert of USAID Human Rights in Action Program.

Moderator:

Maria TOMAK – Coordinator of Media Initiative for Human Rights, Expert of USAID Human Rights in Action Program.

Hence, together with state and non-state actors and experts there will be discussed the following topics:

·         Is the EU ready for the adoption of EU Global Human Rights Act?

·         Which criteria, legal bases and by whom have to be shaped in order to propose the common EU sanctions policy as a reaction to human rights abuses?

·         What could and should be the role of Ukraine in this process?

·         What kind of strategy Ukraine should follow in terms of advocating the targeted sanctions against human rights abusers in occupied Crimea?

·         Could Ukraine use not just political, but also criminal tools like Interpol in order to prosecute offenders and why it hasn’t been done so far?

·         And when Ukrainian version of Magnitsky Act will finally be adopted by the parliament?