IGFM Annual General Meeting 2024
Cordial invitation to the 52nd annual meeting:
War in Europe
Advocating for Human Rights – Now More Than Ever
Date: April 20th/21st 2024
Location: Gustav-Stresemann-Institut
Langer Grabenweg 68, 53175 Bonn
Dear members and friends of the International Society for Human Rights!
On behalf of the Board of the IGFM, I would like to cordially invite you to our 52nd Annual General Meeting.
We are delighted to welcome prominent speakers such as Lev Ponomaryov, co-founder of the Russian human rights organization „Memorial“ and former member of the Duma, and Karinna Moskalenko, Armenian-Russian lawyer before the European Court of Human Rights.
For obvious reasons, the focus of our conference this year is on Eastern Europe, where the Putin-Russian war against Ukraine is entering its eleventh year. We have therefore invited speakers from some of the countries most threatened by Russia. We are also paying particular attention to Armenia, the oldest Christian country in the world, whose very existence is under threat. Iran, where the human rights situation has deteriorated dramatically over the past year, is another focus.
We also warmly invite you to the General Assembly of the IGFM – German Section e.V. with reports and further greetings (see separate agenda).
Dear friends, the annual conference is the most important event of the IGFM, where members, sponsors and interested parties meet and exchange ideas with the board and staff. Please support us by attending in large numbers! I look forward to seeing you again in Bonn.
Yours
Edgar Lamm
Chairman
IGFM – German Section e.V
Conference agenda
Saturday, April 20th 2024
11.00 am Arrival, registration, snacks
12.00 pm Welcome
12.00 Uhr Edgar Lamm
12.00 Uhr Chairman of the IGFM
12.15 pm Speeches on the conference topic
Dr. Lew Ponomarjow
Co-founder of the Russian human rights organization „Memorial“
Former member of the Duma
Picture: Facebook Lew Ponomarjow
Liusiena Zinovkina
Wife of the abducted civilian Kostiantyn Zinovkin
Image source: Michael Leh
Video:
„Inside Russian prisons – a day in the life of Putin’s enemy“
14.30 pm Words of greeting
Michael Gahler, MEP
Committee on Foreign Affairs of the European Parliament
Picture: Press photo Michael Gahler
Roderich Kiesewetter
Chairman of the Bundestag Foreign Affairs Committee (Video)
Picture: Tobias Koch
Peter Heidt, MdB
Spokesman for Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid of the FDP parliamentary group in the Bundestag
Picture: Laurence Chaperon
15.00 pm Coffee break, pastries
15.30 pm Country reports (led by RA Carmen Jondral Schuler)
Ukraine
Anton Alekseyev (video)
IGFM Ukraine
Belarus
Olga Karach
Nash Dom
Lithuania
Jurgita Samoskiene
Moldova
Dr. Liubov Nemcinova
Albania
Prof. Dr. Margarita Kola
Picture: Albspirit
Iran
Mariam Claren
Iraq
Taban Shoresh
Lotus Flower
Picture: Lotus Flower
Pakistan
RA Aneeqa Anthony (Video)
The Voice
18.00 pm Dinner
19.00 pm Award ceremony of the Stephanus Foundation for persecuted Christians
Laureate
Dr. Jasmine Dum-Tragut
Director of the Center for Research on the Christian East
University of Salzburg
Laureate
Gegham Stepanyan
Human Rights Ombudsman of #Artsakh
Picture: Twitter @Gegham_Artsakh
Laudator
Dr. Gurgen Petrossian
University of Nuremberg
Sunday, April 21st 2024
08.00 am Breakfast
09.00 am Members‘ meeting (separate agenda)
09.00 Uhr Head: Edgar Lamm
11.30 am Brief Report International Society for Human Rights (ISHR)
11.30 Uhr Matthias Böhning, General Secretary
12.00 pm Further greetings / video messages
12.00 Uhr Brief report of the Working Committee on Religious Freedom Freedom
12.00 Uhr Heinz Ernst
12.30 pm Closing Words
12.30 Uhr Prof. Dr. Thomas Schirrmacher
12.30 Uhr President of the International Council of the IGFM
12.30 Uhr General Secretary of the World Evangelical Alliance
12.45 pm Lunch
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Organizational notes
The Gustav Stresemann Institute is located in the south of Bonn in the old government district. It offers sufficient space for all guests. Those arriving by car can either park in the institute’s own charged parking lot or in the immediate surroundings. For guests arriving by tram/subway from the city, the walk takes approx. 5 – 8 minutes.
www.gsi-bonn.de
On Saturday, the IGFM reception will be open from 10.00 am. Please arrive in time!
Please register using the attached form.
By e-mail: info@igfm.de
By fax: 069 / 420108-33
By mail: Edisonstr. 5, 60388 Frankfurt
By telephone: 069 / 420108-0
Please transfer the conference fee in advance to the IGFM account:
IBAN: DE66 3702 0500 0001 4036 01
BIC: BFSWDE33XXX
Of course you can also pay on site.
Please note that photos, films or other media recordings will be made during the event in order to meet the legitimate interest of the IGFM within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f of the GDPR to disseminate the universal human rights concept and the presentation of the IGFM.
Further events and activities of the International Society for Human Rights
Iran-Kundgebung in Berlin am 23. April
Am 23. April 2026 demonstrierten tausende Menschen in Berlin gegen das iranische Regime. Die Kundgebung setzte ein starkes Zeichen für Freiheit und Menschenrechte. Die IGFM war mit einem Team vor Ort.
Filmvorführung in Neuburg an der Donau „Letter from Masanjia“
Bewegende Momente in Neuburg und Regensburg: Die Dokumentation „Letter from Masanjia“ sorgt für tiefes Mitgefühl und rege Diskussionen über die Menschenrechtslage in China. Lesen Sie hier mehr über die erfolgreichen Vorführungen und den Austausch mit Experten.
Jahrestagung 2026
Herzliche Einladung zu unserer 54. Jahrestagung in Bonn am 11. und 12. April 2026. Hier treffen sich Mitglieder, Freunde, Förderer, das IGFM-Team, Interessierte und Medienschaffende. Bitte unterstützen Sie uns durch Ihre zahlreiche Teilnahme!
