09:00 – Introductory session and group presentation

09:15 – European Parliament – Human rights defence

• Maria Arena, Chair President of the subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI) and member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET), S&D, Belgium
• David McAllister, President of the Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET), PPE, Germany

10:15 – Screening of the documentary ‘ILHAM TOHTI’ of the China Change Organisation

10:30 – Discussion on the condition of religious and ethnic minorities with :

• Jewher Ilham, daughter of Ilham Tohti, 2019 Sakharov prize winner.
• Heidi Hautala, Vice-President of the European Parliament, Europeans green, Finland. 
• Phil Bennion, European deputy, member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET), Renew Europe, Great-Britain.

12:00 – 2019 Sakharov prize ceremony (plenary session)

13:00 – Lunch

14:00 – Debate on European values (Matjaž Gruden et Etienne Bassot) and Europe and young citizens (Fabienne Keller et Margarida Marques)

• Fabienne Keller, French MEP, Renew Europe Group
• Margarida Marques, Portuguese MEP, S&D.
• Matjaž Gruden, Director, Participatory Democracy direction, European Council.
• Etienne Bassot, Director, European Parliamentary Research Service, EPRS, European Parliament.

16:00 – Inauguration of the commemorative event at Weiss Batiment with David Sassoli, European Parliament President.