08:30 – 09:00

Registration of participants and welcome coffee

09:00 – 09:30

Opening remarks: Purpose and goals of the Round table

-  Mr.  Vusal Huseynov, Head of State Migration Service of Azerbaijan Republic

-  Mr. Zoltán Hernyes, Head of the Council of Europe Office in Azerbaijan

-  Mr. Guido Ambroso, UNHCR Representative in Azerbaijan

09:30 – 09:45

Overview of the current migration and asylum context in Azerbaijan

Ms. Aydan Seyidova, Head of RSD Department of the State Migration Service

09:45 – 10:05

Introduction to the protection of refugees under ECHR law and international refugee law

(including interplay and complementarity between the two systems)

Ms. Jutta Seidel, Senior Legal Associate, UNHCR Representation to the European Institutions in

Strasbourg

10:05 – 10:30

Council of Europe instruments and standards of relevance in the migration and asylum context

Ms. Lilja Gretarsdottir, Deputy Head of Division, Cooperation with International Institutions and Civil Society, Council of Europe

10:30- 11:30

Protection against expulsion and refoulement- selected ECtHR case law under Art. 3 ECHR and Art. 4 Prot. 4

Mr. Hasan Bakirci, Deputy Section Registrar, Registry of the European Court of Human Rights,

Council of Europe

11:30- 11:40  

Observations, Questions and Answers

11:40 – 12:00

Coffee break

12:00 – 12:45

Requesting interim measures under Rule 39 Rules of Court

Mr. Klaudiusz Ryngielewicz, Head of Division, Registry of the European Court of Human Rights,

Council of Europe

12:45- 13:00

Observations, Questions and Answers

13:00- 14:15

Lunch

14:15- 15:15

The right to an effective remedy – selected ECtHR case law under Article 13 combined with Article 3 ECHR

Mr. Klaudiusz Ryngielewicz, Head of Division, Registry of the European Court of Human Rights,

Council of Europe

15:15- 16:45  (includes Q & A sessions & Coffee break )

Round table discussion on  practice and challenges of review of asylum cases  in light of

international and European standards and instruments

facilitated by:

- Mr. Hasan Bakirci, Deputy Section Registrar, Registry of the European Court of Human Rights, Council of Europe

-Ms. Aydan Seyidova, Head of Refugee Status Determination Department of State Migration Service of Azerbaijan

- Mr. Octavian Mohorea, Protection Officer, UNHCR Azerbaijan

16:45- 17:10

Wrap-Up and Conclusions of the Round Table

- Ms. Aydan Seyidova, Head of Refugee Status Determination Department of State Migration Service of Azerbaijan

- Ms. Lilja Gretarsdottir, Deputy Head of Division, Cooperation with International Institutions and Civil Society, Council of Europe

-  Mr. Guido Ambroso, UNHCR Representative in Azerbaijan