On June 20, the Helsinki Commission will hold a briefing entitled "Proliferation of Russian-style Foreign Agent Laws".
"The briefing will discuss how and why many countries adopt this authoritarian tool to repress civil society. A special emphasis will be placed on Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Slovakia and Hungary," said the statement of the Helsinki Commission.
The speakers at the briefing will be: Jasmine D., Senior Legal Counsel of the Human Rights Center of the American Bar Association. Cameron, Lincoln Mitchell, Associate Professor of the Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs, and Martina Hrvolova, Chairwoman of the "Friends of Slovakia" organization.
The briefing will start at 14:00 local time.