international jury

Amnesty International Slovenia Human Rights Film Award (Competitive Section)

Peter Finnigan

Having spent 15 years in commerce, particularly in advertising and marketing, Peter moved into Third Sector work. Using his background, he spent two years advising a number of UK and international charities on communication strategies and supporter recruitment. He then spent six years working with a major UK cancer charity, The Anthony Nolan Trust, before joining The Bhopal Medical Appeal. As executive secretary of the  Bhopal Medical Appeal his main focus now is to expand the work and influence of the organization and to work towards  a clean-up of the old Union Carbide factory in Bhopal, the site of the world’s worst industrial disaster. An estimated 25,000 people have now died in Bhopal as a direct result of this tragedy, and the number continues to rise.
For a number of years, Peter has also been involved with various NGO's in Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Namibia and Ecuador. He is a trustee of the Outreach International Development Fund and until recently was the founding Chairman of a UK based social enterprise offering training and development to young people with learning difficulties.

Matjaž Hanžek

He was born in 1949. After graduating in sociology, he worked at the Institute of Macroeconomic Analysis and Development where he focused on various fields of human existence and activity, including issues of human rights protection as part of human development. As an active human rights campaigner and member of the International Federation for Human Rights, he advocated the respect of fundamental international acts on human rights through direct actions in Kosovo in 1989. Between 2001 and 2007 he was the Human Rights Ombudsman of the Republic of Slovenia. After the end of his term he returned to the Institute of Macroeconomic Analysis and Development. He has also published three collections of poetry.

Konrad Wirkowski

Graduate of Polish literature faculty at the Warsaw University and postgraduate film production studies at the Polish National Film School in Lodz. Between 2000 and 2006 was co-curator of the Kino.Lab - film programme of Warsaw’s Center for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle. Is Vice-chairman of the Social Institute of Film Foundation. Since 2008 has been programming director of the WATCH DOCS International Film Festival. Human Rights in Film.