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