Protecting children from harm: Effective alternatives to detention in the context of migration Conference under the auspices of the Council of Europe Action Plan on protecting refugee and migrant children and the Project “Effective Alternatives to Immigration Detention: Learning, Sharing, Applying” 15 November 2018 Hotel Podgorica, Montenegro

10:30 – 11:15      Welcoming addresses, introductory remarks and objectives of the Conference

Ms LiljaGretarsdottir, Deputy Head of the Division Independent Human Rights Bodies, Directorate for Human Rights and Rule of Law, Council of Europe

Mr Šućko Baković, Ombudsman, Institution of the Protector of Human Rights and Freedoms of Montenegro

Mr Ognjen Marković, Project Coordinator, Center for Democracy and Human Rights (CEDEM)

Ms Milica Vesović, Project Manager, Independent Human Rights Bodies, Directorate of Human Rights and Rule of Law,  Council of Europe

11:15 – 11:45      Presentation of the Steering Committee for Human Rights (CDDH) Analysis of the legal and practical aspects of effective alternatives  to detention in the context of migration

Ms LiljaGretarsdottir, Deputy Head of the Division Independent Human Rights Bodies, Directorate for Human Rights and Rule of Law, Council of Europe

11:45 – 12:15      Comments, Questions, Answers

12:15 – 13:15      Lunch

13:15 – 14:15      Examples of good practice from the region and Montenegro

Ms Dilyana Giteva,  Lawyer, Center for Legal Aid - Voice in Bulgaria and Bulgarian Lawyers for Human Rights Foundation

Mr Ognjen Marković, Project Coordinator, Center for Democracy and Human Rights (CEDEM)

14:15 – 15:15      Migration challenges, detention and responses

Mrs Zdenka Perović, Deputy Ombudsman, Institution of the Protector of Human Rights and Freedoms of Montenegro

Mr Željko Šofranac, Director of the Refugee Management Administration, Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare

Mr Ivica Lukačević, Senior Police Inspector of I class for migration, Department for Foreigners, Visas and the Suppression of Illegal Migration, Police Administration

15:15 – 16:00      Elements for  future regional co-operation from Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Montenegro by:

Mr Mario Nenadić, independent expert of the Council of Europe

Mr Atans Georgievski, independent expert of the Council of Europe

16:00 – 16:30      Concluding remarks for regional co-operation and comments by:

Mrs Zdenka Perović, Deputy Ombudsman, Institution of the Protector of Human Rights and Freedoms of Montenegro

Ms LiljaGretarsdottir, Deputy Head of the Division Independent Human Rights Bodies, Directorate for Human Rights and Rule of Law, Council of Europe

Mr Drahoslav Stefanek, Head of the Council of Europe Office in Sarajevo