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Official visit and open lecture by the Austrian Federal Minister of Justice

The Austrian Federal Minister of Justice Dr. Wolfgang Brandstetter will be holding on Thursday, 03.11.2016 at 17:00 – during his official visit in Cyprus – a lecture at Cultural Centre of the European University Cyprus on “Legal Challenges of Hate Crime and Hate Speech in Europe”. A Q&A Session will follow. The lecture is open to the public.

 

The Minister Dr. Brandstetter is an eminent jurist, practicing as lawyer and academic with major research and educational experience at universities in Austria.

 

On 3.11.2016 the Minister will meet with the members of the Parliamentary Committee of Legal Affairs and its President, Mr. George Georgiou. On 04.11.2016  he will have consecutive meetings with the President of the Supreme Court, Mr. Myron Nicolatos, the Attorney General, Mr. Costas Clerides, and his counterpart the Cyprus Minister of Justice and Public Order Mr. Ionas Nicolaou.*

 

The talks with the state officials will focus on issues such as Terrorism, Combating Corruption, Protection of Whistleblowers, Management of Prisons and Alternative Measures to Imprisonment.

 

 

*Regarding the Meeting between the Ministers, all journalists are requested to contact the Press Officer of the Ministry of Justice Ms. Elena Kourtellaridou at tel.: el.  22805923

 

For further information, please contact the Austrian Embassy in Nicosia.