Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs JOINT SEMINAR WITH FEMM/DEVE/DROI/CULT/EMPL/JURI ON 'TOWARDS AN EU STRATEGY ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD' 17/04/2007, 09:00, Brussels, PHS, PHSHEM
JOINT HEARING: TOWARDS AN EU STRATEGY ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD <http://www.europarl.europa.eu/activities/common/meetCal/calSearch/agenda.do ?meetingNumber=7006475&agendaLanguage=en> http://www.europarl.europa.eu/activities/common/meetCal/calSearch/agenda.do? meetingNumber=7006475&agendaLanguage=en Tuesday 17 April 2007 09:00 12:30 and 15:00 18:30 Hemicycle Paul Henri Spaak Building (PHS) Brussels 9:00 - 10:30 OPENING Introductory statements by: Mr Jean-Marie Cavada, Chair of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Ms Anna Záborská, Chair of the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality Ms Roberta Angelilli, Rapporteur of the lead Committee (LIBE), European Parliament Representative of the German Presidency (tbc) Vice-President Franco Frattini, European Commission Ms Verena Taylor, Representative of the Council of Europe, Presentation of the work of the Council of Europe in the field of Children's Rights Ms Marta Santos Pais, Director of the UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre: The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs): a Universal Child Rights Framework Question time 10:30 - 12:30 Part I: CHILDREN'S RIGHTS: SOME KEY ISSUES Chair: Ms Angelilli, Ms Kinnock, Ms Gröner, Mr López-Istúriz 10:30-10:40 Mainstreaming Children's Rights in the EU, Ms Mieke Schuurman, EURONET 10:40-10:50 An EU Strategy on children in External Relations, Ms Lieve Fransen, Head of Unit, DG Development, European Commission 10:50-11:10 Debate With the participation of children: 11:10-11:30 Implementing Children's participation in the EU: Results of the consultation based on the child friendly version of the Communication on the Strategy on the Rights of the Child in EU Member States, Ms Olivia Lind Haldorsson, Save the Children 11:30-11:50 Implementing Children's participation outside the EU: Results of the external consultation based on the child friendly version of the Communication on the Strategy on the Rights of the Child, Ms Deepali Sood, Plan Europe 11:50-12:00 The European legal regime regarding parental abduction of children: the loopholes of the current system, Ms Anne-Marie Hutchinson, Head of the Children Department, Dawson & Cornwell, United Kingdom 12:00-12:30 Debate 15:00 - 16:30 Part II: CHILDREN AND VIOLENCE Chair: Ms Angelilli, Ms Panayotopoulos 15:00-15:20 Presentation of the UN Study on Violence against children, Professor Paulo Pinheiro, UN independent expert 15:20-15:35 Presentation of the Thematic Report on the Rights of the child, Professor Maja Eriksson, Member of the former Network of Experts on Fundamental Rights 15:35-15:50 Special needs and vulnerabilities of a female child, Ms Christa Stolle, Secretary General for the NGO "Terre des Femmes" 15:50-16:00 Prevention of infanticide and assistance to mothers at risk, Ms Erminia Cozza, Legal advisor of "Civil rights in 2000 - Saving babies and mothers" 16:00-16:30 Debate 16:30 - 17:30 Part III: CHILDREN AT RISK Chair: Ms Angelilli, Ms Belohorská, Ms Panayatopoulos, M. López-Istúriz 16:30-16:40 Children refugees and asylum seeking children, Ms Judith Kumin, UNHCR 16:40-16:50 The problem of birth registration, Ms Marta Santos Pais, Director of the UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre 16:50-17:00 Abandoned children, Mr Jozef Miklosko, President of the Society of Friends of Children from Children's Homes 17:00-17:10 The example of the hotline for children at risk in Spain, Mr Luis Estebaranz Prieto, Anar Foundation (Ayuda a Niños y Adolescentes en Riesgo) 17:10-17:30 Debate 17:30 - 18:30 Part IV: CHILDREN AND POVERTY Chair: Ms Angelilli, Mr Papadimoulis, Ms Gröner 17:30-17:45 Child poverty and social inclusion: Presentation of a review of 23 national reports on social inclusion, Jana Hainsworth, Eurochild 17:45-18:00 Children's Economic Rights, Ms Jeroo Billimoria, Executive Director of Aflatoun, Child Savings International 18:00-18:30 Debate and concluding remarks ANNEX GUIDELINES FOR THE DEBATE Speaking time will be limited to two minutes per person or per question. 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