Complaints against the police, their handling by the national human rights structures, St. Petersburg, 20-21 May 2008

Workshop programme

Monday, 19 May 2008

Arrival of the participants at the Conference Center in Pushkin and dinner starting 19.00

Tuesday, 20 May2008

8.45 – 9.15      Opening of the Workshop

Alexander SUNGUROV, Director, Saint Petersburg Center for Humanities and Political Studies “Strategy”

Igor MICHAYLOV, Ombudsman of St. Petersburg

Vladimir LUKIN, Ombudsman of the Russian Federation

Markus JAEGER,  Deputy to the Director, Head of the NHRS Unit, Office of the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights

9.15 – 13.00    UN and Council of Europe monitoring of human rights violations by the police in Council of Europe member States

Introductory statement by Eric SOTTAS, Director, World Organisation against Torture, chair of the session

Manfred NOWAK, UN Special Rapporteur on Torture & Head of Police Visiting Commission, Vienna: Findings of the UN monitoring bodies as regards Council of Europe member States 

Irene KITSOU-MILONAS, Legal advisor to the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights: Findings of the Council of Europe monitoring bodies

Discussion 

10.45 – 11.15 Coffee break

Discussion continued 

13.00 – 15.00  Lunch break (Pushkin Conference Center)

15.00 – 18.00  Handling of complaints against the police in Council of Europe member States: The role of non-judicial bodies, including their interaction with the judiciary as well as with other non-judicial bodies involved and their cooperation with the international monitoring bodies

 Introductory statement by Markus JAEGER, chair of the session

Jaanus KONSA, Specialist for Police Matters, Office of the Chancellor of Justice, Estonia: Assessment of the situation in Estonia

Lia O’HEGARTY, Commissioner, Irish Human Rights Commission: Assessment of the situation in Ireland

Petar TEOFILOVIC, Ombudsman of Voijvodina: Assessment of the situation in Voijvodina

Discussion

16.15 – 16.45 Coffee break

Carmen MARIN, Advisor on the Defense and Home Affairs Area, Office of the Ombudsman of Spain:  Assessment of the situation in Spain

Vladimir LUKIN, Ombudsman of the Russian Federation: Assessment of the situation in the Russian Federation

Discussion continued

18.00               Close of the session

19.00               Dinner at the Restaurant Admiralty in the Ekatarina Park 

Wednesday, 21 May 2008

9.00 – 13.00    Need to set up specialised independent bodies to deal with complaints againts the police ?

 Introductory statement by Ales BUTALA, Member of the CPT and former Deputy Ombudsman of Slovenia, chair of the session

 Dominique COMMARET, Member, National Commission for a Security Code of Conduct, former Advocate General at the Cassation Court, France

Jenö KALTENBACH, Chairman, Independent Police Complaint Commission, Hungary

Discussion

10.45 – 11.15  Coffee break

 Grigol GIORGADZE, Head of Investigations and Monitoring Department, Office of the Georgian Ombudsman

Tatiana MARGOLINA, Ombudsman of the Oblast of Perm, Russia 

Discussion continued

13.00 – 14.00  Lunch break (Pushkin Conference Center)

 14.00 – 15.00  Winding-up of the workshop

by Markus JAEGER

15.00               Close of the workshop

by Alexander SUNGUROV and Vladimir LUKIN

15.00 – 18.00  Sight-seeing in Pushkin

20.00    Dinner (Pushkin Conference Center)

Thursday, 22 May 2008

Departure  from Pushkin