Strasbourg, 16 April 2010
CAHVIO (2009) 34 rev
AD HOC COMMITTEE ON PREVENTING AND COMBATING
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
(CAHVIO)
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REPORT OF THE 3rd MEETING Strasbourg 1-3 December 2009 |
Document prepared by the
Directorate General of Human Rights and Legal Affairs
Item 1 of the Agenda: Opening of the meeting
1. The third meeting of the Ad Hoc Committee on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (CAHVIO) was opened by Ms Dubravka Šimonović and Mr Eric Ruelle as Co-Chairs.
2. Mr Jan Kleijssen, Director of Standard-Setting of the Directorate General of Human Rights and Legal Affairs of the Council of Europe, addressed the Committee in an opening speech. Welcoming the delegates, scientific experts and observers (see list of participants as it appears in Appendix II), he invited the Committee to start the first reading of the draft convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence. Recalling the scope and contents of the future convention as agreed in the Interim Report which the Committee adopted at its 2nd meeting by consensus, he asked the Committee to set itself the target of ending the first reading of the entire draft convention by the end of the next meeting. He recognised that the Committee was dealing with a particularly sensitive and important subject matter and expressed his belief that by preparing a new international legal instrument it will set a milestone in fighting violence against women and domestic violence.
Item 2 of the Agenda: Adoption of the Agenda
3. The Committee adopted the agenda as it appears in Appendix I.
Item 3 of the Agenda: Information by the Co-Chairpersons
4. The Co-Chairs informed the Committee that the aim of the meeting was first to hold an exchange of general views on the draft convention and, secondly, to proceed with a first reading of the text by examining it article by article. In briefly presenting the draft convention, the Co-Chairs explained that it had been prepared by the Secretariat in close co-operation with them, and with the assistance of the scientific experts, Ms Christine Chinkin and Ms Renée Römkens. They explained that the draft closely followed the structure of the most recent Council of Europe conventions and was largely based on the Interim Report. Wherever possible, the draft articles reflected existing standards agreed at the European or international level. Finally, they pointed out that, in as far as the scope of the draft convention was concerned, the draft aimed at striking a balance between measures aiming at preventing and combating violence against women and those aiming at preventing and combating domestic violence.
Item 4 of the Agenda: Information by the Secretariat
5. Mr Carlo Chiaromonte, Secretary to the Committee, then proceeded with an overview of the background and working documents. In particular, he provided a brief explanation concerning the requests for observer status to CAHVIO submitted to the Secretary General by the International Lesbian and Gays’ Association (ILGA Europe) and the German Institute for Human Rights.
6. The Committee started the examination of the draft convention (CAHVIO (2009) 32 prov) with an exchange of general views. All delegates agreed that the draft provided an excellent basis for negotiations as it duly takes up the different matters contained in the Interim Report and which the Committee agreed to cover in the future convention. While some delegations considered some of the draft articles too broad and/or too detailed, other delegations recognised that preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence required a multi-faceted approach and therefore warranted a comprehensive set of legally binding obligations. Furthermore, some delegations expressed the need to spell out the scope of the convention more explicitly by introducing a separate article. These delegations further noted that not all provisions of the draft extended to domestic violence and suggested to re-examine which draft articles were applicable to domestic violence and which to forms of violence against women. In addition, several delegations felt the need to strengthen the human rights approach in the draft convention. Lastly, a large number of delegations highlighted the importance of stressing the significant role that non-governmental organisations play in supporting and protecting victims of violence against women.
7. The Committee then proceeded with a first reading of the draft convention article by article. It covered articles 1 to 27.
8. As far as the purpose of the convention is concerned, many delegations proposed a variety of amendments to article 1. In particular, it had been suggested to highlight the promotion of equality between women and men as the fundamental purpose of the convention by giving it a more prominent place. Furthermore, several delegations expressed the importance of including a reference to the empowerment of women and ensuring their agency as a purpose of the convention.
9. In relation to the definitions contained in article 2, a number of delegations called for a more precise re-wording. It was also suggested to include a definition of “victim”, as this expression appears throughout the entire draft convention while no attempt is made at defining its meaning. The Co-Chairs noted that defining the concepts contained in the future convention required more work and invited delegations to send to the Secretariat examples of definitions contained in their national laws, in particular on violence against women and domestic violence.
10. Concerning the equality and non-discrimination clause contained in article 3, several delegations commented on the grounds of discrimination as currently listed. While some preferred an extensive list, others questioned the inclusion of grounds such as “gender identity” and “sexual orientation”. In particular, the Russian Federation stressed its view that the scope of the future convention should not extend to same-sex relationships and that the grounds for discrimination should not include “sexual orientation”.
11. Concerning chapter III on prevention, the delegations agreed on the importance of raising awareness through campaigns, training of professionals and education at various levels to foster gender equality and prevent violence against women and domestic violence. They also agreed on the need of setting up perpetrator programmes and involving the private sector. However, many specific measures provided for in this chapter require further discussion. Delegations were therefore invited to submit proposals for alternative wording to the Secretariat.
12. Under the heading of “protection and support services”, delegations agreed that victims of violence against women and domestic violence need to be accorded a variety of services, some of which required a high degree of specialisation. Some delegations pointed to the importance of ensuring that these services operate for the empowerment of women victims rather than lead to repeat victimisation. It was also stated that this chapter should contain clearer terminology such as in the case of “economic independence”, which is a concept that adds significant value to the future convention, but requires further clarification. A group of delegations stressed the need to separate clearly the provision of services from any obligation to report to the authorities, as that would raise a number of ethical issues for service providers as well as delicate questions of consent and privacy rights of victims.
13. The Committee then proceeded with the examination of Chapter V on substantive law. This chapter contains articles in the field of substantive civil and criminal law. Some members of the Committee drew attention to the fact that the division between civil and criminal law as proposed in the current draft did not necessarily reflect the reality of the legal systems of all member states. It was therefore suggested to re-organise the structure of the chapter while keeping all or most of its content. Some delegations expressed their desire to move away from the current level of detail to allow for provisions of a more general nature.
14. The Committee ended its discussion with a brief round of comments on some of the substantive criminal law provisions. While the majority of the delegations supported the idea of criminalising psychological violence, delegations agreed that this notion needed to be further examined and required a more robust definition. As regards stalking, a number of delegations were of the opinion that the current proposal did not adequately reflect the repeat nature of this crime. In relation to the draft article on sexual violence and rape, which had been drafted on the basis of requirements for rape legislation as stipulated in the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights (M.C. v. Bulgaria), not all delegations agreed to base rape solely on the notion of lack of consent but instead highlighted the need to include the use of force.
Item 6 of the Agenda: Planning of the future work of the Committee
15. Having completed the first reading of articles 1-27, the Committee decided to continue its first reading of the remaining articles during its next meeting (February 2010). All participants to CAHVIO were invited to submit in writing to the Secretariat proposals on alternative wording for articles 1-27 by 31 January 2010. On the basis of these proposals, the Secretariat will prepare a revised version of the draft convention for the meeting thereafter (June 2010).
16. The text of the draft convention as it is contained in document CAHVIO (2009)32 prov will be made available on the Committee’s website shortly after the meeting.
Item 7 of the Agenda: Other Business
17. The Committee discussed the requests for observer status received from ILGA Europe and the German Institute for Human Rights. While the request from ILGA Europe had been received in good time prior to the meeting and had been communicated in writing to CAHVIO delegations on 4 November 2009, the request from the German Institute for Human Rights had been received by the Secretariat on the eve of the meeting and communicated to the Committee on the first day of its meeting. Consequently, some delegations were not in a position to vote on the request, which is why the Committee decided to postpone the vote to the next meeting. It then proceeded with a vote on the request from ILGA Europe, in which one member state (Russian Federation) voted against the admission of ILGA Europe as observer to CAHVIO. In accordance with point 3.4 of Resolution Res (2005) 47 on committees and subordinate bodies, their terms of reference and working methods, the Committee then voted on the referral of this matter to the Committee of Ministers. As 31 out of 45 member states present voted in favour of referral, the Committee decided to transmit the matter to the Committee of Ministers.
Item 8 of the Agenda: Date of next meeting of the Committee
18. The next meeting of the Ad Hoc Committee on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (CAHVIO) will be held on 22-24 February 2010 and the meeting thereafter on 29 June – 2 July 2010.
Agenda of the third meeting of the Ad Hoc Committee on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence, 1-3 December 2009.
1. Opening of the meeting
2. Adoption of the agenda
3. Information by the co-Chairpersons
4. Information by the Secretariat
5. Examination of the document “Draft Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence” (CAHVIO (2009)32 prov)
6. Planning of the future work of the Committee
7. Other business
8. Date of next meeting of the Committee
Appendix II: List of Participants
MEMBER STATES / ETATS MEMBRES
ALBANIA / ALBANIE
Mme Anna XHEKA
Head of equal opportunities, Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities policies
ANDORRA / ANDORRE
Mme Laura LOPEZ
Avocate, Ministère de la Santé, des Affaires sociales et de la Famille
Mme Caterina ALEIX LARTIQUE
Educatrice sociale
ARMENIA / ARMÉNIE
Ms Nelli DURYAN
Deputy Head of the 3rd Department, Police Colonel,
Main Department for Criminal Investigation of Police of Republik of Armenia
Ms Naira MELIKYAN
Interpreter
AUSTRIA / AUTRICHE
Ms Rosa LOGAR
Director Domestic Abuse, Vienna Intervention Centre against violence in the family
AZERBAIJAN / AZERBAÏDJAN
Mr Ismayil ASADOV
Acting Head of the Division on Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
BELGIUM / BELGIQUE
Mme Annelies DELEU
Attaché à la Direction générale de la Législation et des Droits de l’homme et Libertés fondamentales,
SPF Justice
M. Freddy GAZAN
Conseiller Général adjoint à la politique criminelle, Ministère de la Justice,
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA / BOSNIE-HERZEGOVINE
Ms Samra FILIPOVIC-HADZIABDIC
Director of the Gender Equality Agency, Ministry for Human Rights and Refugees
BULGARIA / BULGARIE
Ms Millena STOEVA
Junior expert in Department "International cooperation and legal assistance in criminal matters", Ministry of Justice
CROATIA / CROATIE
Ms Dubravka ŠIMONOVIČ Co-Chair/ Co-présidente
Head of Department for International Organizations and Human Rights,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration of the Republic of Croatia
CYPRUS / CHYPRE
Mme Eleni LOIZIDOU
Bureau du Procureur de la République de Chypre
Senior Legal Counsel at the Attorney General’s Office, Member of the Advisory Committee on Combating Domestic Violence
CZECH REPUBLIC / RÉPUBLIQUE TCHÈQUE
Mr Michal NESPOR
Legal expert, International Law Department, Ministry of the Interior,
Ms Helena LISUCHOVA
Legal Expert, Department for International Organizations and International Cooperation, Ministry of Justice,
DENMARK / DANEMARK
Ms Nina RINGSTED
Head of section, Ministry of Justice,
ESTONIA / ESTONIE
Ms Kristiina LUHT
Chief Specialist, Gender Equality Department, Ministry of Social Affairs,
FINLAND / FINLANDE
Ms Kirsi PULKKINEN
Councillor of Legislation, Law Drafting Department, Ministry of Justice,
Ms Helena EWALDS
Development Manager, The National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL),
Ms Satu SISTONEN
Legal Officer, Unit for Human Rights Courts and Conventions, Ministry for Foreign Affairs
FRANCE
Mme Sophie DEL CORSO
Chargée de mission, Affaires internationales, Ministère du Travail, des Relations sociales,
de la Solidarité et de la Ville,
Mme Fanny BENEDETTI
Chargée de Mission, Ministère des Affaires étrangères et européennes, Direction des Nations Unies et des Organisations Internationales, Sous-Direction des Droits de l’Homme et des Affaires humanitaires et sociales,
M. Stéphane DUPRAZ
Magistrat au Ministère de la Justice, Direction des Affaires criminelles et des Grâces, Mission de négociation et de transposition des normes pénales internationales
M . Nicolas LE COZ
Chargé des questions pénales européennes et internationales et des questions relatives à la protection des droits fondamentaux au Ministère de l’Intérieur, de l’Outre-Mer et des Collectivités territoriales,
Direction générale de la Gendarmerie nationale, sous-direction de la Police judiciaire
M. Eric RUELLE Co-Chair/ Co-président
Chargé de Mission pour les Négociations Pénales Internationales,
Direction des Affaires Criminelles et des Grâces, Ministère de la Justice,
GEORGIA / GÉORGIE
Mr Zurab MTCHEDLISHVILI
Assistant to the Deputy Chair of the Parliament of Georgia,
Coordinator Gender Equality Advisory Council under the chair of the Parliament of Georgia
Ms. Marina MESKHI
Director of State Fund for Protection and Assistance of Victims of Anti-Trafficking
Ms. Lali PAPIASHVILI
Judge of the Constitutional Court of Georgia,
Chair of the Governmental Interagency Coordination Council on Domestic Violence
Ms. Ketevan KHUTSISHVILI
Executive Secretary, Georgian Permanent Inter-Agency, Coordination Council on Fighting Domestic Violence
GERMANY / ALLEMAGNE
Ms Nicole ZÜNDORF-HINTE
Adviser, Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, senior citizens, women and youth
Dr. Heino KIRCHNER
Referent, II A 2 - Criminal Law - Special Part, Federal Ministry of Justice
GREECE / GRÈCE
Ms Theodora KATSIVARDAKOU
Head of Department, General Secretariat for Gender Equality, Ministry of Justice
Ms Christina AGORITSA
Mr Alkiviadis FERESIDIS
Judge, First Instance Court of Piraeus
HUNGARY / HONGRIE
Ms Zsuzsa SEBESTYÉN
Advisor, Ministry of Social Affairs and Labour
ICELAND / ISLANDE
Ms Hildur JÓNSDÓTTIR
Expert on Gender Equality at the Government Offices, Prime Minister´s Office
IRELAND / IRLANDE
Mr Anthony FLYNN
Assistant Principal, Cosc - The National Office for the Prevention of Domestic,
Sexual and Gender-based Violence, Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform,
Ms Tara STOREY
Cosc - The National Office for the Prevention of Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence Department of Justice, Equality & Law Reform,
ITALY / ITALIE
Mme Maria Gabriella COLOMBI
PCM - Presidency of the Council of Ministers – Department for Equal Opportunities
Head of Social Affairs Department
Mme Sabrina PECORIELLO
Presidency of the Council of Ministers – Department for Equal Opportunities
Expert
LATVIA / LETTONIE
Mr Kristaps PETERMANIS
Head of Child and Family Policy Unit, Ministry of Welfare of the Republic of Latvia
LIECHTENSTEIN
M. Carlo RANZONI
Juge, Fürstliches Landgericht,
M. Patrick RITTER
Minister, Deputy Permanent Representative, Mission of Liechtenstein to the UN in Geneva
LITHUANIA / LITUANIE
Mr Kęstutis ZAURA
Chief specialist of Gender Equality Division, Ministry of Social Security and Labour
LUXEMBOURG
Mme Sophie HOFFMANN
Juriste, Ministère de la Justice,
MALTA / MALTE
Ms Marceline NAUDI
Chairperson of the Domestic Violence Commission, Ministry for the Family and Social Solidarity
MOLDOVA
Ms Angelina ZAPOROJAN-PIRGARI
Independent legal consultant on domestic violence
Ms Lilia PASCAL
Head of the Department of Equal Opportunities and Prevention of Violence
Ministry of Labour, Social Protection, and Family
Mr Eugen RUSU
Head of the Department of Analysis, General Prosecutor's Office
Ms Tatiana FOMINA
Analytical Lobby Department Manager, International Centre for Protection and Promotion of Woman Rights
MONACO
M. Frédéric PARDO
Administrateur, Département des Relations Extérieures, Direction des Affaires Internationales
MONTENEGRO
Mr. Igor VUCINIC
Advisor in the Ministry of Human and Minority Rights
NETHERLANDS / PAYS-BAS
Mr Marnix ALINK
Legal Adviser
Mr Joël van ANDEL
Ministry of Justice
Ms Ingrid HORST-VERMASS
National Project Leader on Domestic Violence, Ministry of Justice, Judicial Youth Policy Department
Ms Aaf TIEMS
Senior policy Adviser
Department of Health, Welfare and Sports
NORWAY / NORVÈGE
Ms Hilde Marit KNOTTEN
Senior Adviser, Department of Family Affairs and Equality, Ministry of Children and Equality
Ms Torunn SALOMONSEN
Adviser, Ministry of Justice, Legislation Department
POLAND / POLOGNE
Ms Monika KSIENIEWICZ
Senior Specialist, Coordinator of International Cooperation, Department of Women, Family and Counteracting Discrimination, Ministry of Labour and Social Policy,
PORTUGAL
Vania ALVARES
Adjoint to the State Secretary for Equality
ROMANIA / ROUMANIE
Mrs Rodica CARAUSU
Public Manager, National Agency for Family Protection (NAFP)
Mr Dragoş PANAITESCU
Legal counsel, Ministry of Justice and Citizens Freedoms - Directorate for Laws Drafting
RUSSIAN FEDERATION / FÉDÉRATION DE RUSSIE
Ms Ekaterina SYVOROTKINA
Attache of the Department of Humanitarian Cooperation and Human Rights, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Ms Elena NOVOSELTSEVA Apologised/Excusée
Acting Head of Division for elaboration of state strategy policy in the field of prevention of under age crimes, Ministry of Interior
SAN MARINO / SAINT- MARIN
Mme Sylvie BOLLINI
Secrétariat d’Etat aux Affaires Etrangères/Gender Issues Specialist
SERBIA / SERBIE
Ms Gordana GASMI
Law Professor, Singidunum University,
SLOVAK REPUBLIC / REPUBLIQUE SLOVAQUE
Mr Branislav KADLEČIK
Principal State Counsellor, Directorate for International and European Law, Ministry of Justice,
SLOVENIA/ SLOVÉNIE
Ms Sara SLANA
Adviser, Office of the Government of the Republic of Slovenia for Equal Opportunities,
SPAIN / ESPAGNE
Ms Catalina POLAN COBO
Chief of Section, Department of Family Matters
National Police Corp, Ministry of Interior
Mr Javier TRUCHERO
Special Adviser, Ministry of Justice
Ms Cecilia PAYNO DE ORIVE
Coordinator, Ministry for Equality
SWEDEN / SUÈDE
Ms Sofia WIRLEE
Special Advisor, Division for Criminal Law, Ministry of Justice,
Mr Mattias LARSSON
Deputy Director, Division for Criminal Law, Ministry of Justice
Ms Jessica LUNDAHL
Head of section, Division for Social Services, Ministry of Health and Social Affairs
SWITZERLAND / SUISSE
Mme Anita MARFURT
Juriste en droit pénal international, Département Fédéral de Justice et Police, Office Fédéral de la Justice, Unité droit pénal international
Mme Sonja ISELLA
Juriste, Bureau fédéral de l'égalité entre femmes et hommes, Département fédéral de l'intérieur
“THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA” / “L’EX-REPUBLIQUE YOUGOSLAVE DE MACEDOINE”
Ms Tanja KIKEREKOVA
Head, Human Rights Department, Ministry of Justice
TURKEY / TURQUIE
Ms Feride ACAR
Professor, Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Middle East Technical University
UKRAINE
UNITED KINGDOM / ROYAUME-UNI
Ms Joanne ELLIOTT
Deputy Director, Head of Interpersonal Violence, Violent Crime Unit
Ms Karen MORGAN-READ
Senior Policy Advisor, Crown Prosection Service
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STEERING COMMITTEE FOR EQUALITY BETWEEN WOMEN AND MEN/
COMITE DIRECTEUR POUR L’EGALITE ENTRE LES HOMMES ET LES FEMMES (CDEG)
Ms Violeta NEUBAUER
Co-ordinator for International Co-operation, Office for Equal Opportunities, Government of Slovenia
Ms Ifigénie KATSARIDOU
Relations internationales, Secrétariat Général de l’Egalité
Ministère de la justice
EUROPEAN COMMITTEE ON CRIME PROBLEMS /
COMITE EUROPEEN POUR LES PROBLEMES CRIMINELS (CDPC)
Mr Branislav BOHÁČIK
District Prosecutor’s Office Bratislava
Mr Christian MANQUET Apologised/Excusé
Head of unit for substantive criminal law, Federal Ministry of Justice,
STEERING COMMITTEE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS /
COMITE DIRECTEUR POUR LES DROITS DE L’HOMME (CDDH)
Ms Inga REINE
Government Agent, Representative of the Government of Latvia before International Human Rights, Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
EUROPEAN COMMITTEE ON LEGAL CO-OPERATION /
COMITE EUROPEEN DE COOPERATION JURIDIQUE (CDCJ)
Mme Nicole COCHET
Magistrat, Chargée de Mission près du Directeur des Affaires Civiles et du Sceau (DACS)
Ministère de la Justice
EUROPEAN COMMITTEE ON MIGRATION /
COMITE EUROPEEN SUR LES MIGRATIONS (CDMG)
Ms Athanassia IOANNOU Apologised / Excusée
Migration Policy Department, Directorate of Aliens and Migration Affairs, Ministry of Interior,
Public Administration and Decentralisation
GOVERNMENTAL COMMITTE ON THE EUROPEAN SOCIAL CHARTER /
COMITE GOUVERNEMENTAL SUR LA CHARTE SOCIALE EUROPEENNE (ESC)
PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY / ASSEMBLEE PARLEMENTAIRE
Mr José MENDES BOTA
Vice-Chairperson of the PACE Committee on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men
Assembleia da República
Ms Carina OHLSSON Apologised/Excusée
CONGRESS OF LOCAL AND REGIONAL AUTHORITIES OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE /
CONGRES DES POUVOIRS LOCAUX ET REGIONAUX DU CONSEIL DE L’EUROPE
Ms Sandra BARNES
Member of the Committee on Social Cohesion of The Congress of Local and Regional Authorities
COUNCIL OF EUROPE COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS/
COMMISSAIRE AUX DROITS DE L’HOMME DU CONSEIL DE L’EUROPE
CONFERENCE OF INGOs ENJOYING PARTICIPATORY STATUS WITH THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE /
CONFERENCE DES OING DOTEES DU STATUT PARTICIPATIF AUPRES DU CONSEIL DE L’EUROPE
Ms Karin NORDMEYER
Chair of the Gender Equality Transversal Group
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EUROPEAN COMMUNITY / COMMUNAUTE EUROPENNE
EUROPEAN COMMISSION / COMMISSION EUROPENNE
Mme Luisella PAVAN-WOOLFE
Head of Delegation
Representative of the EU to the CoE
Mme Ingrid BELLANDER-TODINO
DAPHNE Programme Coordinator, DG JLS /LX46
Mr Ekmel CIZMECIOGLU
European Commission
DG Justice Freedom and Security / Unit Fundamental Rights
COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION / CONSEIL DE L’UNION EUROPEENNE
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OBSERVERS WITH THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE /
OBSERVATEURS AUPRES DU CONSEIL DE L’EUROPE
HOLY SEE / SAINT-SIÈGE
Mme Christine De SAINT-CHAMAS
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / ÉTATS-UNIS D'AMÉRIQUE
CANADA
Ms Gillian BLACKELL
Senior Counsel, Family, Children and Youth Section, Department of Justice Canada
Ms Erica BACH
Legal Officer, UN, Human Rights and Economic Law Division, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada
JAPAN / JAPON
Mr Hiroyuki MINAMI
Consul (Attorney), Consulate-General of Japan
MEXICO / MEXIQUE
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ORGANISATIONS INTERNATIONALES INTERGOUVERNEMENTALES
UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT FUND FOR WOMEN /
LE FONDS DE DEVELOPPEMENT DES NATIONS UNIES POUR LA FEMME (UNIFEM)
Ms Raluca Maria POPA
Project Manager, Ending Violence against Women
UNIFEM CEE
Ms Ingrid ARNÒ
External Relations Specialist, UN Development Fund for Women
UNITED NATIONS DIVISION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN /
DIVISION DES NATIONS UNIES POUR L’AVANCEMENT DE LA FEMME (DAW)
UNITED NATIONS CHULDREN’S FUND /
FONDS DES NATIONS UNIES POUR L’ENFANCE (UNICEF)
OFFICE OF THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONNER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS (UNHCHR) /
BUREAU DU HAUT COMMISSAIRE DES NATIONS UNIES POUR LES DROITS DE L’HOMME (HCNUDH)
UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES (UNHCR) /
HAUT COMMISSAIRE DES NATIONS UNIES POUR LES REFUGIES ( HCNUR)
ORGANISATION FOR SECURITY AND CO-OPERATION IN EUROPE /
ORGANISATION POUR LA SECURITE ET LA COOPERATION EN EUROPE (OSCE)
Ms Jamila SEFTAOUI Apologised/Excusée
Senior Adviser on Gender Issues, Office of the Secretary General, Gender Section
INTERPOL
EUROPOL
COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDANT STATES (CIS) /
COMMUNAUTE DES ETATS INDEPENDANTS (CEI)
ORGANISATIONS INTERNATIONALES NON-GOUVERNEMENTALES
EUROPEAN WOMEN’S LOBBY / LOBBY EUROPEEN DES FEMMES
Ms Colette DE TROY
Director, European Policy Action Centre on Violence against Women (EPACVAW), European Women’s Lobby
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
Ms Lisa GORMLEY
Legal Adviser on International Law and Women's Rights, Amnesty International
WOMEN AGAINST VIOLENCE EUROPE (WAVE)
Ms Hilary FISHER
Director, Dying Matters Coalition
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SCIENTIFIC EXPERTS
Ms Renée RÖMKENS
Full Professor of Victimology/Interpersonal Violence, INTERVICT International Victimology Institute
Ms Christine CHINKIN
Professor of International Law, Department of Law, Centre for the Study of Human Rights,
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SECRETARIAT OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE /
SECRETARIAT DU CONSEIL DE L’EUROPE
Mr Jan KLEIJSSEN Director of Standard-Setting / Directeur des activités normatives
Mr Jeroen SCHOKKENBROEK Head of the Human Rights Development Department / Chef du Service du développement des droits de l’Homme
Mr Jörg POLAKIEWICZ Head of the Law Reform Department / Chef du Service des réformes législatives
Mr Giovanni PALMIERI Head of Gender Equality Division / Chef du Service pour l’égalité entre les hommes et les femmes
Mr Carlo CHIAROMONTE Secretary to the Ad Hoc Committee to Combat Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (CAHVIO) / Secrétaire du Comité ad hoc pour combattre la violence à l’égard des femmes et la violence domestique
Head of the Criminal Law Division / Chef de la division du droit pénal
Ms Johanna NELLES Co-Secretary to the Ad Hoc Committee to Combat Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (CAHVIO) / Co-Secrétaire du Comité ad hoc pour combattre la violence à l’égard des femmes et la violence domestique
Gender Equality Division / Division pour l’égalité entres les hommes et les femmes
Ms Sylvie AFFHOLDER Co-Secretary of the PACE Committee on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men / Co-Secrétaire de la Commission sur l’égalité de chances pour les femmes et les hommes
Ms Muriel GRIMMEISSEN Co-Secretary of the Committee on Social Cohesion / Co-Secrétaire de la Commission de la Cohésion sociale
Ms Lucy ANCELIN Assistant / Assistante
Criminal Law Division / Division du droit pénal
Ms Christiane WELTZER Assistant / Assistante
Public and Private Law Division / Division du droit public and privé
Ms Fatima ABBAR Assistant / Assistante
Gender Equality Division / Division pour l’égalité entres les hommes et les femmes
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INTERPRETERS / INTERPRETES
Ms Amande BEDDOWS
Mr Didier JUNGLING
Ms Sara WEBSTER