Please join us for a panel discussion on the relationship between Turkey and Serbia and its effect on human rights in the Balkans with Civil Rights Defenders members Goran Miletic, Sinan Gökçen, and Ivana Randjelovic moderated by Tanya Domi (Columbia/SIPA).
Goran Miletic is Director for Europe at Civil Rights Defenders, and is stationed at their Regional Office for Europe in Belgrade. He began working for Civil Rights Defenders in 2004 as a Programme Officer for the Western Balkans.
Sinan Gökçen is a Programme Officer for Turkey at Civil Rights Defenders. He has extensive experience working in the human rights field in Turkey, both as a journalist and as a human rights defender. Sinan became involved in human rights activism in late 1980s as a founding member of one of the most prominent human rights organisations in the country and was actively involved in the coordination of their activities. He worked for years as a professional journalist, particularly focused on minority rights, democratisation and peaceful conflict resolution.
Ivana Randjelovic is an experienced and passionate human rights activist, working as a Senior Programme Officer for Europe at Civil Rights Defenders. She is committed to achieving social change in complex environments, particularly by focusing on advancement of civil and political rights in the most repressive societies in Europe. She has been actively engaged in NGO work for more than fifteen years working on advancement of minority rights, freedom of expression and reconciliation in the Western Balkans region.
