This post contains pictures taken by myself at the conference of the main speakers, and appear below the fold.
Brussels 2012 Conference
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE FOR FREE SPEECH & HUMAN RIGHTS
Sponsored by International Civil Liberties Alliance
On 9 July 2012, at the European Parliament in Brussels, writers and representatives of human rights and civil liberties groups from eighteen countries held the first International Conference for Free Speech and Human Rights, sponsored by the International Civil Liberties Alliance. The countries represented were:
Austria
Belgium
Canada
Denmark
Egypt
Finland
France
Germany
Ireland
Italy
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria
UK
USA
The highlights of the conference were the presentation and signing of the 2012 Brussels Declaration, a foundational document to defend freedom of speech, civil liberties and human rights, and the presentation of the Defender of Freedom Award by keynote Speaker Mark Steyn to Lars Hedegaard, founder of the Danish Free Press Society and the International Free Press Society.
Agenda
Speaker Biographies
2012 Brussels Declaration
Defender of Freedom Award
Proceedings
Press Release
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AGENDA
9:00 ICLA staff Registration
9:30 ICLA staff Morning coffee
















