Crime and Punishment | Panel III: Where does evil spring from? | Václav Havel Human Rights Prize Conference 2022

22/10/22

The jubilee 10th international conference in honour of the laureate of the 2022 Václav Havel Human Prize | Crime and Punishment : Crimes against peace and humanity and the wheels of justice The recent events have also revived one of the most painful questions of the human condition: Is evil a construct we attribute to behaviour for which there is no adequate or acceptable social explanation, or is the capacity for evil an integral and inseparable part of our existence? And if the latter, where do the roots and the triggers of evil come from? Panellists: Ksenia Poluektova-Krimer – Russian historian focused on the Holocaust Lenka Víchová – Ukrainian Studies expert Jan Vevera – Head of the Psychiatric Clinic at the Pilsen University Hospital and a former army psychiatrist Chair: Jakub Szántó – Journalist and moderator, Czech Television

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The Prize is awarded in memory of Václav Havel, playwright, opponent of totalitarianism, architect of the Velvet Revolution of 1989, President of Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic and an enduring symbol of opposition to despotism. Nominations of any individual, non-governmental organisation or institution working to defend human rights are taken into consideration. The Prize consists of a sum of €60 000, a trophy and a diploma.