Protecting the human rights of irregular migrants: the role of national human rights structures, Padua, 18-19 June 2008
Workshop programme
Tuesday, 17 June 2008
Opening session
Opening address by Prof. Marco Mascia, Director of the Interdepartmental Centre on Human Rights and the Rights of Peoples of the University of Padua
Issues addressed by the workshop and definition of “irregular migrants”
by Markus Jaeger, Deputy to the Director, Head of the National Human Rights Structures Unit, Office of the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights
Scope of irregular migration in Europe
by Stefano Valenti, Interdepartmental Centre on Human Rights and the Rights of Peoples of the University of Padua, P2P Project Officer
Wednesday, 18 June 2008
Working session 1: International legal standards applicable to irregular migrants
Chair: Prof. Jean-Francois Akandji-Kombe, Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Caen Basse-Normandie, member of the European Social Charter Network
Irregular migrants: a flow chart of applicable rights
by Philip Haywood, Barrister, Doughty Street Chambers, London, UK
ECHR case-law pertaining to the rights of irregular migrants
by Catherine Meredith, Lawyer, The AIRE Centre, London
Discussion
Working session 2 - International policies with respect to irregular migrants
Chair: Catherine Meredith
EU, CoE and OSCE policies to prevent trafficking in human beings
by Prof. Paola Degani, Faculty of Political Science, Interdepartmental Centre on Human Rights and the Rights of Peoples of the University of Padua
Discussion
Working session 3 – The protection of the rights of irregular migrants surrounding their arrival
Chair and introductory statement: Delphine Freymann, NHRS Team, Office of the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, P2P Project Manager
The protection offered by the ombudsman of Spain
by Elena Arce Jimenez, Office of the Ombudsman of Spain, Member of the NHRI Network of Experts on Asylum and Migration
The protection offered in the absence of national human rights institutions by NGOs in Italy
by Tana De Zulueta, former member of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly, member of the Italian Committee for the Protection and Promotion of Human Rights, Italy
Discussion
Thursday, 19 June 2008
Working session 4 – The protection of the rights of irregular migrants during their stay
Chair and introductory statement: Laurent Zanotelli, Legal Officer, Office of the National Ombudsman, Luxemburg
The protection offered in Europe, measured at the yardstick of the European Social Charter
by Prof. Jean-Francois Akandji-Kombe
The protection offered by the national human rights structures of Greece
by Lydia Bolani, Legal Officer, Greek National Commission for Human Rights
Working session 5 – The protection of the rights of irregular migrants surrounding their departure
Chair and introductory statement: Klaus Freudenschuss, Legal Advisor, Office of the Austrian Ombudsman Board
The protection offered by NHRSs and the NGOs of France
by Hélène Gacon, President of ANAFE (Association nationale d’assistance aux frontières pour les étrangers), France
The protection offered in the absence of national human rights structures in Italy
by Davide Corazzini, Head of Immigration Office, Police Headquarters in Padua, Ministry of Interior of Italy
Discussion
Winding-up of the workshop
by Markus Jaeger
Close of the workshop
by Prof. Antonio Papisca, Interdepartmental Centre on Human Rights and the Rights of Peoples of the University of Padua