COUNCIL OF EUROPE
2nd International Conference on Migrant Smuggling, 10-11 September 2024
DRAFT AGENDA
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DAY 1 – Tuesday 10 September 2024 |
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10.00-10.15 |
Opening remarks [Hanne Juncher as moderator] Marija Pejčinović Burić, Secretary General of the Council of Europe |
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10.15-10.30 |
Fritz Zeder, Chair of the European Committee on Crime Problems (CDPC) David Best, Special Representative of the Secretary General of the Council of Europe on Migration and Refugees |
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10.30-11.00 |
Keynote presentation on countering the smuggling of migrants [from the criminal law perspective] Speaker TBC |
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Coffee Break |
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11.30-12.30 |
[David Best as moderator] Core principles: Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (hereafter the ‘Smuggling of Migrants Protocol’). European Union’s (EU) 2002 Council Directive and Framework Decision criminalising the facilitation of unlawful entry into, transit, and stay in EU Member States (the ‘Facilitators Package’) and November 2023 Proposal by the European Commission to replace the ‘Facilitators Package’ with a new Council Directive. National experiences of applying international instruments in the field of migrant smuggling – contributions by Council of Europe member States (TBC) |
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12.30-14.00 Lunch break |
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14.00-15.30 |
Existing international and national instruments (II): gaps, needs and practical challenges in their implementation [Hanne Juncher as moderator] Andreas Schloenhardt, Professor, University of Vienna and of Queensland Calogero Ferrara, European Delegated Prosecutor at EPPO Contributions by civil society (TBC) Q&A |
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Coffee break |
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16.00-17.00 |
National experiences of applying international instruments in the field of migrant smuggling – contributions by third countries (TBC) [Pilar Morales as moderator] Q&A |
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9.30-10.45 |
Thematic reflection on elements of a possible new Council of Europe instrument/convention on migrant smuggling [Eva Pastrana as moderator] Andreas Schloenhardt, Professor, University of Vienna and of Queensland Calogero Ferrara, European Delegated Prosecutor at EPPO Q&A |
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Break |
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11.15-12.15 |
Interventions of European Networks [Hanne Juncher as moderator] - Eurojust group of prosecutors on Migrant Smuggling - Council of Europe Network of Prosecutors on Migrant Smuggling Q&A |
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12.15-12.30 |
Closing remarks Gianluca Esposito, Director General of Human Rights and Rule of Law |
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DAY 2 – Tuesday 11 September 2024 - Session for the Council of Europe Network of Prosecutors on Migrant Smuggling |
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14.00-15.30 |
Introduction / Moderation: Eva Pastrana, Secretary to the CDPC (Speaker TBC) Tour de table - presentation of participants and their views on the feasibility of and need for a possible new CoE instrument/convention on smuggling of migrants |
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Coffee break |
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16.00-17.00 |
Presentation of country models to counter Migrant Smuggling (CoE MS to be selected later) Representatives of the European Network on Migrant Smuggling Q&A |
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17.00-17.15 |
Conclusions and way forward (Speaker TBC) |