HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY: CAN ONE EXIST WITHOUT THE OTHER?

The Interfaculty Human Rights Student Associations, the Lech Wałęsa Institute and The Commission for Foreign Cooperation and Human Rights warmly invite you to a debate exploring the relationship between democracy and human rights.

Moderator: Prof. Nowak-Far
 

Speakers:

● Prof. Péter Balázs – former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Hungary and former European Commissioner

● Nataša Vučković – President of the European Association for Local Democracy and former Member of the Parliament of Serbia

● Prof. Salome Dundua – Dean of the Faculty of Political Science, Tbilisi State University, Georgia

● Veizaj Dashnor – Chair of the National Youth Council of Albania

📅 9.10.2026

🕐 11.20

📍 2042
 

The debate will provide an opportunity to reflect on the essential connection between democratic governance and the protection of fundamental rights, as well as to consider whether democracy can truly function without respect for human rights — and whether human rights can be effectively protected without democratic institutions.

We warmly invite students, academics, practitioners, and everyone interested in human rights, democracy, and contemporary European affairs to join us for this important discussion.