The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Hungary has launched a series of international human rights conferences to be held annually under the name of “Budapest Human Rights Forum”.

The Fifth Budapest Human Rights Forum takes place on 8-9th November 2012 in Budapest. The discussion will be carried out within the framework of four panel debates each of them dealing with topical human rights issues.

This year the subjects of the panel debates will be as follows: human rights defenders in the world – remembering Raoul Wallenberg; human rights education and training; freedom of speech, including the freedom of Internet; and minority issues on the occasion of the commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities.

(Ministry of Foreign Affairs)