Strasbourg, 9 September 2024 CDPC(2024)05
2nd International Conference on Migrant Smuggling
Strasbourg, 10-11 September 2024
Palais de l’Europe, Room 1
AGENDA
The Conference is being organised under the auspices of the
European Committee on Crime Problems (CDPC), in collaboration with the Office of the Special Representative on Migration and Refugees
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10:00 |
Opening session Marija Pejčinović Burić, Secretary General of the Council of Europe 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 Moderator: Hanne Juncher, Director, Directorate of Security, Integrity and Rule of Law, Directorate General Human Rights and Rule of Law, Council of Europe |
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10:40 |
Presentation on countering the smuggling of migrants Michael O'Flaherty, Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe |
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11:00 |
Coffee break |
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11:30 |
Session I - Existing international and national instruments (I): Core principles and practical challenges in their implementation International perspectives: Martin Fowke, Team Leader, Normative and Policy Team Human Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling Section, Organized Crime Branch, Division for Treaty Affairs, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime: core principles, implementation and practical relevance. Simona Ardovino, Head of Unit, Migration Management Response and Counter-Smuggling (HOME.C.4), Directorate-General for Migration and Home Affairs, European Commission Overview of the EU Global Alliance to Counter Migrant Smuggling and Commission’s new legislative proposal of November 2023 National perspectives, experiences of applying international instruments in the field of migrant smuggling – contributions by Council of Europe member States: Céline Martini, Deputy Prosecutor, Section J1, JIRS for Organized Crime, JUNALCO (National Jurisdiction Against Organized Crime), Paris Prosecutor’s Office Slawomira Dewitz, German Federal Ministry of Interior and for Community, Division B2 Lorenzo Salazar, Deputy Attorney General, Naples Court of Appeal, Contact point for the EJN and national correspondent for Eurojust Tanya Corrigan, Head of Europe and Strategic Partners Team, International Migration Unit, Home Office, London Moderator: David Best, Special Representative of the Secretary General of the Council of Europe on Migration and Refugees Q&A |
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13:00 |
Lunch break |
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14:30 |
Session I - Existing international and national instruments (II): Gaps and needs Andreas Schloenhardt, Professor, University of Vienna and of Queensland, Council of Europe consultant Calogero Ferrara, European Delegated Prosecutor at EPPO, Council of Europe consultant Patrick Eba, Deputy Director, Policy and Law Service, Division of International Protection, UNHCR Moderator: Hanne Juncher, Director, Directorate of Security, Integrity and Rule of Law, Directorate General Human Rights and Rule of Law, Council of Europe Q&A |
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15:30 |
Session II - Contributions by civil society: Tuesday Reitano, Deputy Director, Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime Fezile Osum, Legal Coordinator, Border Violence Monitoring Network (BVMN) Noemí Alarcón, Chair of Migration Committee, Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) Lilian Obiye, Africa Regional Manager, International Detention Coalition (IDC), Nairobi, Kenya Moderator: David Best, Special Representative of the Secretary General of the Council of Europe on Migration and Refugees Q&A |
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16:00 |
Coffee break |
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Session III - National experiences of applying international instruments in the field of migrant smuggling – contributions by third countries Badie Jaziri, Policy Officer, Ministry of Justice, Tunisia Ali El Khatib, Magistrate, Ministry of Justice, Lebanon Sanâa Kiadi, Senior Officer, African Migration Observatory – African Union, Morocco Ambassador José Alfonso Suárez del Real y Aguilera, Permanent Observer of Mexico to the Council of Europe Moderator: Pilar Morales, Coordinator of the Neighbourhood Policy with the Southern Mediterranean, Executive Director of the North-South Centre, Council of Europe Q&A |
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17:30 |
Round-up of Day 1 |
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9:30 |
Session IV - Reflection on elements of a possible new Council of Europe instrument on countering migrant smuggling Andreas Schloenhardt, Professor, University of Vienna and of Queensland, Council of Europe consultant Calogero Ferrara, European Delegated Prosecutor at EPPO, Council of Europe consultant Lord Simon Russell, Chair of the Sub-Committee on Migrant Smuggling and Trafficking in Human Beings, PACE Rapporteur on “A shared European approach to address migrant smuggling” Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Moderator: Eva Pastrana, Head of the Criminal Law Division and Secretary to the European Committee on Crime Problems (CDPC), Council of Europe Q&A |
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10:45 |
Coffee Break |
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11:15 |
Session V - The role of European and international networks and agencies in countering migrant smuggling - Zacharias Symeou, National Member for Cyprus and Chair of its Focus Group on Migrant Smuggling, Eurojust Group of Prosecutors on Migrant Smuggling - Alina Arucsandei, Team Leader - Operational Coordination Team (O2-31), European Migrant Smuggling Centre (EMSC), EUROPOL - Calogero Ferrara, Chair of the Network. Council of Europe Network of Prosecutors on Migrant Smuggling - Adriano Silvestri, Head of Migration and Asylum Sector, Justice, Digital and Migration unit, European Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) - Zerihun Hailu, Human Trafficking and Smuggling of Migrants Program Management Office Vulnerable Communities Organized and Emerging Crimes, Interpol Moderator: Hanne Juncher, Director, Directorate of Security, Integrity and Rule of Law, Directorate General Human Rights and Rule of Law, Council of Europe Q&A |
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12:15 |
Closing remarks Gianluca Esposito, Director General, Directorate General of Human Rights and Rule of Law, Council of Europe |
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Meeting of the Council of Europe Network of Prosecutors on Migrant Smuggling
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Wednesday, 11 September 2024 |
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14:00 |
Introduction / Moderation: Eva Pastrana, Head of the Criminal Law Division and Secretary to the CDPC, Council of Europe Representatives of the European Network on Migrant Smuggling Tour de table - presentation of participants and their views on the feasibility of and need for a possible new CoE instrument on countering migrants smuggling |
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15:30 |
Coffee break |
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16:00 |
Presentation and discussion of country models to counter Migrant Smuggling Representatives of the European Network on Migrant Smuggling Q&A |
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17:00 |
Conclusions and way forward |