Berlin, 15-17 February 2026

Policy Recommendation Workshop

Autonomous Rights, Self-determination or Separatism

Chair: Prof. Dr. Hans Köchler

President, International Progress Organization

Hotel Adlon, 16 February 2026

Dr. Hans Köchler (Austria), Chair of the workshop, center, with panelists, from left: Mr. Berdan Öztürk (Türkiye), Member of the Grand National Assembly of Türkiye, Head of the Foreign Relations Commission of the Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party); Mr. Adrià Guevara i Figueras (Spain), National Secretary of International Relations, Esquerra Republicana (Republican Left of Catalonia), former member of the Parliament of Catalonia; Mrs. Gulchehra Hoja (China), Uyghur-American journalist; Mr. Dolkun Isa, former President of the World Uyghur Congress.

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Panel Discussion

Separation of Powers:
Safeguarding Electoral Independence, Judicial Autonomy, and Constitutional Military Command

Moderator: Prof. Dr. Hans Köchler
President, International Progress Organization

Hotel Adlon, 17 February 2026 

Panelists, from left: Dr. András Baka (Hungary), President of the Hungarian Supreme Court (2009-2012), Judge at the European Court of Human Rights (1991-2008); Mr. Egils Levits (Latvia), President of Latvia (2019-2023), Judge at the European Court of Justice (2004-2019), Special Representative for International Law and State Responsibility; Dr. Hans Köchler (Austria), Moderator; Prof. Emil Constantinescu (Romania), President of Romania (1996-2000), President of the Institute for Advanced Studies of Levantine Culture and Civilization.