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PRESENTATIONS GIVEN AT THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE CONFERENCE
“GROWING WITH CHILDREN’S RIGHTS”
Dubrovnik, 27-28 March 2014
Thursday 27 March
09.30: Official Opening Ceremony
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Ms Milanka
Opačić, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Social Policy and Youth, Croatia
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Mr
Thorbjřrn Jagland, Secretary General of the Council of Europe
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Ms Ana
Vukadinović, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Montenegro, Committee of
Ministers
10.00: High level plenary session
Progress towards implementing the Council of Europe Strategy for the Rights of
the Child 2012-2015
Moderator: Ms Milanka Opačić, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Social
Policy and Youth, Croatia
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Ms Solveig
Horne, Minister of Children, Equality and Social Inclusion, Norway
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Mr Damir
Ljubić, Minister of Human Rights and Refugees, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Ms Hanna
Birna Kristjánsdóttir, Minister of the Interior, Iceland
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Ms Sandra
Artuković Kunšt, Deputy Minister of Justice, Croatia
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Mr Dejan
Levanič, Secretary of State, Ministry of Labour, Family, Social Affairs and
Equal Opportunities, Slovenia
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Mr Nikola
Dedeić, Secretary of State, Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare, Montenegro
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Ms Aynur
Sofiyeva, Deputy Chair of the State Committee on Family, Women and Children
Affairs, Azerbaijan
Statements from other member States and observer States during the Conference:
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Albania
Persisting and emerging challenges in protecting children’s rights in Europe
Moderator: Ms Snežana Samardžić-Marković, Director General of Democracy, Council
of Europe
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Ms Marta
Santos Pais, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General on Violence
Against Children (SRSG VAC)
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Ms Kirsten
Sandberg, Chair of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)
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Ms
Marie-Pierre Poirier, Regional Director for Central and Eastern Europe and the
Commonwealth of Independent States, UNICEF
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Mr Bernard
de Vos, Chair of the European Network of Ombudspersons for Children (ENOC)
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Mr Peter
Newell, Coordinator, Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of
Children, United Kingdom
14.30: Plenary session: Reinforcing children’s rights in law
Moderator: Mr Miroslav Papa, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Croatia to
the Council of Europe, Chair of the Rapporteur Group on Legal Co-operation
(GR-J) of the Committee of Ministers
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“The
constitutional protection of children’s rights”, Ms Herdis Thorgeirsdottir,
Member of European Commission for Democracy through Law (Venice Commission)
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“Children's involvement in criminal, civil and administrative judicial
proceedings in the EU – gaps and remaining challenges”,
Mr Alexander
Hoefmans,
Policy and legal officer, DG Justice, European Commission
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“A global
mapping of children's access to justice”,
Ms Veronica Yates, Director Child
Rights International Network (CRIN)
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“Practices
of child participation in justice proceedings in the EU Member States:
experiences of judges, lawyers, social workers and other actors involved”,
Ms
Astrid Podsiadlowski, Head of Sector Rights of the Child, Equality and Citizens'
Rights Department, European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA)
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“2020 - a
vision for child-friendly justice”,
Ms Christina Weber Khan, Kinderanwaltschaft,
Switzerland
16.30: Three parallel roundtable sessions
Roundtable 1: Children’s rights to child-friendly services: health and social
services
Moderator: Mr Bruno Vanobbergen, Children’s Rights Commissioner,
Flemish-speaking Community, Belgium
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“Investigating cases of children in vulnerable situations in the child
protection system: the role of Ombudspersons”,
Ms Emily Logan, Ombudsperson for
children, Ireland
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“Upholding
child protection and well-being of children in times of crisis”,
Ms Stella
Kyriakides, PACE General Rapporteur on Children, Committee on Social Affairs,
Health and Sustainable Development, Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of
Europe
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“Professional competency: training, supervision and accountability of staff
working with and for children”,
Ms Maria Herczog, Member of the UN Committee on
the Rights of the Child (CRC), Hungary
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“Improving
approaches to the emotional wellbeing of children during their hospital stay”
Ms
Pilar Hilarión, Director, Area of Social Care, Mental Health, Elderly and
Dependency, Avedis Donabedian Research Institute, Autonomous University of
Barcelona, Spain
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“Safeguarding child-friendly services for abandoned children, children in
vulnerable situations and persons with disabilities”
Mr Apolonio Ruiz-Ligero,
Vice Governor for the Social Development Strategy, Council of Europe Development
Bank
Roundtable 2: Preventing and combatting sexual violence against children
Moderator: Mr Philip Jaffé, Professor, Institut Universitaire Kurt Bösch,
Switzerland
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“The
Lanzarote Convention and its monitoring mechanism as a tool to develop
integrated and strategic approaches to preventing and combating sexual violence
against children”, Mr Bragi Guđbrandsson, Vice-Chair of the Lanzarote Committee
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“The
Council of Europe ONE in FIVE Campaign to stop sexual violence against children;
achievements, pitfalls and prospects”,
Mr Liliane Maury Pasquier, Member,
Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development, Parliamentary
Assembly of the Council of Europe and
Mr Johan van den Hout, Thematic
Spokesperson on Children of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of
the Council of Europe
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“The
challenge of addressing child sexual abuse within the circle of trust”,
Ms
Gordana Buljan Flander, Director of the Zagreb Child Protection Centre, Croatia
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“Child
sexual abuse in institutions: ensuring full protection of children and young
people living in institutions”,
Ms Georgiana Pascu, Programme Manager, Centre
for Legal Resources, Romania
Roundtable 3: Promoting the rights of children in alternative care
Moderator: Mr Jean-Claude Legrand, Senior Advisor Child Protection, UNICEF
CIS/CEE
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“A child’s
right to a supportive and caring family environment: developing systems for
effective monitoring of childcare facilities and strengthening alternative
family-based care for children”,
Mr Jean-Claude Legrand, Senior Advisor Child
Protection, UNICEF CIS/CEE
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“Empowering professionals working with children in care”, Ms Kélig Puyet,
European Union Liaison Officer, SOS Children’s Villages International
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“Protect
your dreams – safeguard the hope: children’s contribution to developing high
quality alternative care”
Ms Maria Kaisa Aula, Ombudsperson for Children’s
Rights, and Ms Helena Inkinen, Expert from experience, Finland
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“Coordinated approach to child care reform targeting deinstitutionalization of
children in care and development of alternatives”,
Ms Natia Partskhaladze,
Chairperson, Association of Social Workers, Georgia
Friday 28 March
09.00: Three parallel roundtable sessions
Roundtable 4: Juvenile justice: first resort measures first
Moderator: Mr Neven Ricijaš, Assistant Professor, University of Zagreb, Faculty
of Education and Rehabilitation Sciences
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“Children’s rights and the CPT”, Mr Lətif Hüseinov, President of the European
Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT)
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“Prevention of violence in detention and alternatives to institutionalisation of
children”, Mr Ton Liefaard, Professor of Children’s Rights, Law School, Leiden
University, The Netherlands
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“A
non-violence juvenile justice system: effective diversion and non-custodial
measures for children in conflict with the law”,
Mr Antanas Jatkevicius, Member
of the Council for Penological Co-operation of the Council of Europe and Head of
Penal and Administrative Law Unit, Legal Department, Office of the Parliament of
Lithuania
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“Alternatives to deprivation of liberty of young offenders: the development of
fostering programmes”, Mr Cédric Foussard, Director, International Juvenile
Justice Observatory, Belgium
Roundtable 5: Violence against girls and young women under 18
Moderator: Ms Madi Sharma, Member, European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)
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“The
Istanbul Convention as a tool to develop integrated and strategic approaches to
prevent and combat violence against women and girls”,
Ms Raluca Popa, Programme
Advisor, Gender Equality Division, Council of Europe
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“See me,
hear me; a new framework for protecting children”,
Ms Sue Berelowitz, Deputy
Children’s Commissioner of England, United Kingdom
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“The
Istanbul Convention as a tool to end female genital mutilation: the development
of a practical handbook”, Ms Elise Petitpas, Advocacy Officer, Amnesty
International
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“Young
women – agents of positive change”,
Ms Saida Gicić, Project Coordinator, CURE
Foundation, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Roundtable 6: Child participation: generating change
Moderator: Ms Jana Hainsworth, Secretary General, Eurochild
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“Towards a
culture of child participation: measuring progress in promoting the right of
children and young people to participate in matters of concern to them”,
Ms
Gerison Lansdown, co-drafter of the Council of Europe Child Participation
Assessment Tool, United Kingdom
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“Working
in partnership with children and young people to increase children's
participation and influence in society“,
Ms Mila Jelavić, Ombudsperson for
Children in Croatia
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“Human
rights education for children: understanding, experiencing and practicing
children’s rights through education”,
Mr Rolf Gollob, Professor, Centre IPE -
International Projects in Education, Zurich University of Teacher Education,
Switzerland
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“Meaningful child and youth participation in combatting sexual violence against
children: empowering young survivors”,
Ms Eugenia Maxim, Youth representative of
Eastern Europe and CIS region for ECPAT International Child Youth Advisory
Committee (EICYAC)
11.00: Plenary Session: Enforcing Children’s Rights
Moderator: Ms Marta Santos Pais, Special Representative of the UN
Secretary-General on Violence Against Children (SRSG VAC)
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Ms Kirsten
Sandberg, Chair of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)
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Ms Ksenija
Turković, Judge European Court of Human Rights (ECHR)
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Ms Csilla
Kollonay-Lehoczky, Former member of the European Committee of Social Rights
(ECSR)
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Mr Bragi
Guđbrandsson, Vice-Chair of the Lanzarote Committee (T-ES)
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Mr Helmut
Sax, Member of GRETA, Action against Trafficking in Human Beings
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Mr Sigve Gramstad, Vice-Chair of the Committee of Experts of the European Charter for
Regional or Minority Languages (ECRML)
15.00: Plenary session: Growing with children’s rights: overcoming obstacles for
a sustainable future
Inspirational speech by
Mr Jacques Fierens, Professor, University of Namur,
Belgium
Moderator and introductory speaker to the challenges faced,
Ms Ursula Kilkelly,
Professor, University College Cork, Ireland
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“Children’s rights and freedom of expression”,
Mr Juan Barata, Principal Advisor
to the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Austria
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“Children’s rights and parental rights and responsibilities”,
Ms Anne Lindboe,
Ombudsperson on children’s rights, Norway
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“Children’s rights and economic growth in times of austerity”,
Ms Aoife Nolan,
Professor, School of Law, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom
17.30: Official Closing
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Mr Hrvoje
Sadarić, Advisor to the Minister, Ministry of Social Policy and Youth, Croatia
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Ms Regina
Jensdottir, Council of Europe Children’s Rights Coordinator