Strasbourg, 12 November 2015 DECS-ENF (2015) PV 2
Committee of Experts on the Council of Europe Strategy for the Rights of the Child (DECS-ENF)
3rd meeting
DRAFT MEETING REPORT
1. The Committee of Experts on the Council of Europe Strategy for the Rights of the Child (DECS-ENF) held its 3rd and final meeting on 20 to 21 October 2015 in Strasbourg, chaired by Ms Ina Verzivolli (Albania), Vice-Chair of the Committee. The agenda, as adopted, appears in Appendix I. The list of participants appears in Appendix II.
2. All documents of this meeting are available on the DECS-ENF website: http://www.coe.int/en/web/children/decs-enf-committee.
Item 1: Opening of the meeting
3. Mr Gianluca ESPOSITO, Head of the Equality and Human Dignity Department opened the meeting, expressing his satisfaction with the draft implementation report and draft Strategy prepared by the DECS-ENF. Mr Esposito informed participants of the support of many delegations in the Committee of Ministers to set up, directly under its authority, an Ad hoc Committee on the rights of the child for 2016-2017 to guide and evaluate the implementation of the Strategy. He informed the DECS-ENF that the Secretariat would prepare draft terms of reference which would be submitted to the Committee of Ministers together with the draft Strategy early 2016.
Item 2: Adoption of the agenda and order of business
4. DECS-ENF adopted the agenda and order of business.
Item 3: Adoption of the report of the 2nd meeting
5. The DECS-ENF adopted the report of the 2nd meeting.
Item 4: Implementation report on the Strategy for the Rights of the Child 2012-2015
6. The Secretariat presented the draft report on the implementation of the 2012-2015 Strategy, which would be finalised by mid-November 2015. The DECS-ENF held an exchange on the report and provided comments.
7. Following the exchange, the DECS-ENF
- decided that members would have the possibility of submitting concrete results of the Council of Europe’s standards and work at national level, to be included in the report, by 6 November 2015.
- instructed the Secretariat to finalise the report based on the comments made at the meeting and to submit it to the Steering Committee on Social Cohesion, Human Dignity and Equality (CDDECS) for approval at its plenary meeting on 9-11 December 2015.
Item 5: Draft Council of Europe Strategy for the Rights of the Child 2016-2021
8. The DECS-ENF examined in depth the text of the draft Strategy.
9. During the exchange, Mr Valeriu GHILETCHI, Chairperson of the Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development of the Parliamentary Assembly, shared his satisfaction that the comments by his Committee had been integrated into the Strategy in one way or another. Mr Ghiletchi informed the DECS-ENF of reports currently being prepared in the areas of oversexualisation, radicalisation and migration and that the Network of Contact Parliamentarians on the ONE in FIVE campaign to stop sexual violence against children would pursue its work in 2016.
10. In the framework of that exchange, the DECS-ENF took note of a presentation by Mr Ansgar EUSSNER, Director of Internal Oversight at the Council of Europe. He noted the importance of ensuring that the Strategy could be effectively evaluated; as such, it would be part of a pilot project which aims at introducing risk management within the activities of the Organisation. The DECS-ENF welcomed the fact that the Strategy clearly defines expected output, outcome and impact as well as potential risks and mitigating actions.
11. Following that exchange, the DECS-ENF
- approved the draft Strategy for the Rights of the Child for 2016-2021;
- entrusted the Vice- Chair of the Committee, in cooperation with the Secretariat, to finalise the wording of the chapter on violence and on migration in line with the discussions of the DECS-ENF during the meeting;
- took note that the bureau of the CDDECS would hold an exchange on the draft Strategy on the following day, 22 October 2015;
- instructed the Secretariat to circulate the revised draft of the Strategy, including eventual comments by the CDDECS bureau, to the DECS-ENF as soon as possible for information, and to transmit it to the CDDECS for approval at its next meeting in December 2015, and thereafter to the Committee of Ministers for adoption in early 2016.
Item 6: Co-operation with member States and NGOs
12. The DECS-ENF held an exchange on co-operation with member States and NGOs. As regards member States, many delegations welcomed the support in the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe to set up an Ad-hoc Committee on the rights of the child to guide the implementation of the Strategy.
13. Several delegations stressed the importance of being able to rely on comparable and reliable data on the implementation of the Strategy in the future. There was strong support for the suggestion that one of tasks of the future Ad-hoc Committee would be to develop indicators to measure the implementation of the Strategy.
14. The exchange on co-operation with NGOs was introduced by Ms Camille MASSEY, evaluator in the Directorate of Internal Oversight of the Council of Europe. Ms Massey shared the preliminary results of the evaluation of the co-operation of Council of Europe steering and monitoring committees with NGOs. The DECS-ENF welcomed the information provided.
Item 7: High-level conference to launch the new Strategy
15. The Secretariat made a presentation on possible themes and working methods of the high-level conference to launch the new Strategy, to be held on 5 and 6 April 2016 in Sofia.
16. Following a short exchange, the DECS-ENF
- welcomed the fact that the conference would be hosted by Bulgaria in the framework of the Bulgarian Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers;
- expressed interest to be kept informed and involved in the further development of the programme;
- took note that the Secretariat would ask national delegations in the DECS-ENF in due course for the names and contact details of the respective minister to be invited to the conference.
Item 8: Exchange on children’s rights in the context of current migration challenges
17. The DECS-ENF held an exchange of views on challenges faced by international organisations and member States in protecting the rights of children on the move or otherwise affected by migration, and in particular of unaccompanied children. The aim of the exchange was to align the response of the Council of Europe to the challenges member States face in respect of this crisis, to be reflected in the Strategy.
18. The exchange was opened by Mr Christos GIAKOUMOPOULOS, Director for Human Rights and Migration Coordinator of the Council of Europe. He referred to the information document issued by the Secretary General of the Council of Europe entitled Migration Challenges for Europe: need for collective action (SG/INF (2015)33). He stated that migration challenges are not a new phenomenon in Europe and recalled that many of the Council of Europe institutions have confirmed the challenges of member States in upholding the human rights in this area. He mentioned the work of the Council of Europe Human Rights Commissioner, the case law of the European Court of Human Rights, the recommendations of the Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) and the Group of Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (GRETA), as well as decisions of the European Committee on Social Rights (ECSR) and the Secretariat of the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI). However, Mr Giakoumopoulos underlined that in the present crisis the competent state mechanisms in the affected member States are manifestly overwhelmed by the present flow of refugees and asylum seekers into Europe and are therefore at a breaking point. Some of the human rights shortcomings encountered in member States are the conditions of detention of irregular migrants, ineffective status determination procedures, forced return, absence of consideration for particular individual situations, lack of access to fundamental social rights such as shelter, food, health care or education, and often lack of access to justice. The issue of guardianship of children is also a key concern for the Council of Europe. The crisis has therefore placed governments under stress, challenging their capacity to fulfil their national and international commitments and respect existing legislation. The number of migrants entering the European borders is increasing daily and the living conditions of the migrants are extreme. Moreover, the absence of safe and legal routes for asylum seekers into the EU and ambiguity of international responsibilities for search and rescue of people in distress at sea continue to cause tragic losses of thousands of lives.
19. In the above mentioned information document, the Secretary General recalled member States their key human rights obligations, demanding states to respect them in these times of crisis. Mr Giakoumopoulos explained that the relevant Council of Europe monitoring bodies have a pre-determined work plan which does not allow them to deal effectively with situations of extreme urgency. The Council of Europe does however stand ready to provide assistance to member States, upon request, through co-operation programmes and projects in upholding the rule of law and protecting the human rights of migrants and in particular children.
20. Ms Jutta SEIDEL, Senior Legal Associate, UNHCR Representation to the European Institutions in Strasbourg, reminded the DECS-ENF that about 1 in every 5 persons arriving in Greece is a child, with a significant increase of unaccompanied and separated children. The main risks to asylum-seeking and refugee children are related to health, well-being and psychological distress, detention and being separated from their parents and caregivers, becoming victims of violence and sexual abuse as well as smuggling and exploitation. At present the main response of the UNHCR has been to cater for the basic needs and to provide adequate transit and reception facilities. Many reception facilities for unaccompanied children are overwhelmed and face challenges to cope with the registration of unaccompanied children, the weak referral mechanisms, and insufficient psycho-social, legal and interpretation support provided by the authorities. The children have very limited access to information on how to apply for asylum and have no or limited access to legal counselling. Other challenges which member States face and which are important to children include access to education, the need for support in family reunification and solidarity as regards relocation and settlement.
21. Ms Olga KOSTENKO, Secretary to the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, presented the Global Campaign to end administrative detention of unaccompanied minors. She emphasised the importance of the campaign in generating change and providing support to parliamentarians at national level.
22. Ms Michaela BAUER, Partnerships Manager, UNICEF Regional Office for Central and Eastern Europe and Commonwealth of Independent States (CEE/CIS) referred to the advocacy tool of UNICEF in the refugee and migrant crisis in Europe and encouraged the Council of Europe to support its Governments in organising their response.
23. Mr Giakoumopoulos furthermore informed the DECS-ENF that the Council of Europe could provide assistance to member States, upon request, by providing legislative expertise and capacity building exercises with exchanges of good practices. He also informed the Committee that the Council of Europe Development Bank had set up a special Fund to support member States in building shelters.
24. A member of the European Network of Ombudspersons for Children (ENOC) also informed the DECS-ENF of a study that ENOC would be developing in the coming months on the state of play of children on the move or otherwise affected by migration.
Item 9: Other business
25. No other items were discussed under this item.
Appendix I
Committee of Experts on the Council of Europe Strategy for the Rights of the Child (DECS-ENF)
3rd meeting
AGENDA
Opening of the meeting: Tuesday 20 October 2015 (9.30 am)
Close of the meeting: Wednesday 21 October 2015 (6.00 pm)
Council of Europe, Agora, Room G02, Strasbourg
1. Opening of the meeting
2. Adoption of the agenda and order of business DECS-ENF (2015) OJ2
DECS-ENF (2015) OJA2
3. Adoption of the report of the 2nd meeting DECS-ENF (2015) PV1
4. Report on the implementation of the Council of Europe DECS-ENF (2015) 5
Strategy for the Rights of the Child 2012-2015 DECS-ENF (2015) 5 Addendum 1
5. Draft Council of Europe Strategy for the Rights DECS-ENF (2015) 2 rev.2
of the Child 2016-2021
6. Co-operation with member States and NGOs
7. High-level conference to launch the new Strategy
8. Exchange on children's rights in the context of current migration challenges SG/Inf(2015)33
9. Other business
10. Closing of the meeting
Appendix II
Committee of Experts on the Council of Europe Strategy for the Rights of the Child (DECS-ENF)
3rd meeting
Opening of the meeting: Tuesday 20 October 2015 (9.30 am)
Close of the meeting: Wednesday 21 October 2015 (6.00 pm)
LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
MEMBERS / MEMBRES
ALBANIA/ALBANIE
Ms Ina Verzivolli
Director of the State Agency on Child Protection
Ministry of Social Welfare and Youth
Tirana
ANDORRA/ANDORRE
Ms Rebeca Armengol Asenjo Apologised / excusée
Technique-psychologue
Département responsable de l’aide sociale à l’enfance et à la famille
Ministère de la Santé et du Bien-être social
Mr Bruno Martínez Apologised / excusé
Psychologue
Département responsable de l’aide sociale à l’enfance et à la famille
Ministère de la Santé et du Bien-être social
Mr Joan Forner Rovira
Deputy Permanent Representative / Repésentant Permanent adjoint
Permanent Represenation of Andorra to the Council of Europe /
Représentation Permanente de la principauté d'Andorre
auprès du Conseil de l'Europe
ARMENIA/ARMÉNIE
Ms Anush Margaryan
Adviser to the Ombudsman
Staff of the Ombudsman
of the Republic of Armenia
AUSTRIA/AUTRICHE
Mr Ewald Filler
Ombudsman for Children and Youth
Federal Ministry of Family and Youth
Vienna
AZERBAIJAN/AZERBAÏDJAN
Ms Jeyran Arif Rahmatullayeva
Head of the Department on the Issues of the Regional Family
and Children Support Centers
State Committee on Family, Women and Children Affairs of Azerbaijan Republic (SCFWCA)
BELGIUM/BELGIQUE
Mr Joost van Haelst
Children's Rights Co-ordinator of the Flemish government
Department for Culture, Youth, Sports and Media
Division for Youth
Mr Pierre-Yves Rosset
Juriste et formateur en droits de l’enfant
Observatoire de l’Enfance, de la Jeunesse et de l’Aide à la Jeunesse
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA/ BOSNIE ET HERZÉGOVINE
BULGARIA/BULGARIE
Ms Velina Todorova
Associate Professor
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (Institute for the State and the Law)
CROATIA/CROATIE
Ms Ivana Milas Klarić
Ombudsman for Children
Ms Maja Gabelica Šupljika
Deputy Ombudsman for Children
CYPRUS/CHYPRE
Ms Leda Koursoumba
Commissioner for the Protection of Children's Rights
CZECH REPUBLIC/RÉPUBLIQUE TCHÈQUE
Ms Aneta Majerčíková Apologised / excusée
Secretary to the Committee for the Rights of the Child
Secretariat of the Government Council for Human Rights
Department of Human Rights and Protection of Minorities
Office of the Government of the Czech Republic
Ms Jana Hlaváčová
Secretariat of the Government Council for Human Rights
Department of Human Rights and Protection of Minorities
Office of the Government of the Czech Republic
DENMARK/DANEMARK
Ms Bente Mundt
Head of Children’s Division
The Danish Parliamentary Ombudsman
ESTONIA/ESTONIE
Ms Anniki Lai
Independent expert
FINLAND/FINLANDE
Mr Tuomas Kurttila
Ombudsman for Children
Ms Fanny Benedetti
Direction Générale de la Cohésion sociale – pôle « affaires sociales »
Ministère des Affaires sociales
GEORGIA/GÉORGIE
Mr Amiran Dateshidze Apologised / excusé
Head of the social program's and issues division
Social Protection Department
Ministry of Labour, Health and Social Affairs
GERMANY/ALLEMAGNE
Mr Stefan Haddick
Rights of the Child, Child Protection
Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth
GREECE/GRÈCE
HUNGARY/HONGRIE
Ms Dóra Kecskés
Political Advisor
Ministry of State for Family and Youth Affairs
Ministry of Human Capacities
ICELAND/ISLANDE
Ms Gudridur Bolladóttir
Legal Advisor
Ministry of Welfare
IRELAND/IRLANDE
Ms Elizabeth Canavan
Assistant Secretary General
Department of Children and Youth Affairs
ITALY/ITALIE
Ms Cristiana Carletti
Associate Professor of International Public Law
Roma Tre University - School of Political Sciences
Rome
LATVIA/LETTONIE
LIECHTENSTEIN
LITHUANIA/LITUANIE
Ms Edita Žiobienė
Ombudsperson for Children’s Rights of the Republic of Lithuania
Ms Rūta Pabedinskienė
Senior Specialist of Child Division
Ministry of Social Security and Labour
LUXEMBOURG
M. Claude Janizzi
Maître en psychologie
Conseiller de direction première classe
Ministère de l’Education nationale, de l’Enfance et de la Jeunesse, Service des droits de l’enfant / Service des relations internationales
MALTA/MALTE
Dr Beryl Jean Buttigieg Apologised / excusée
Legal Co-ordinator
Ministry for the Family and Social Solidarity
Ms Carmen Buttigieg Apologised / excusée
Director of the Department for Social Welfare Standards
Ministry for the Family and Social Solidarity
REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA/REPUBLIQUE DE MOLDOVA
Mr Corneliu Ţăruş
Deputy Head of the Department for Family and Child's Rights Protection Policies,
Ministry of Labor, Social Protection and Family
MONACO
Ms Justine Ambrosini Apologised / excusée
Secrétaire des relations extérieures
Chef de section
Direction des Affaires Internationales
Département des Relations Extérieures
Ministère d’Etat-Place de la Visitation
Mr Rémi Mortier
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary / Ambassadeur Extraordinaire et Plénipotentiaire
Permanent Representative of Monaco to the Council of Europe /
Représentant Permanent de Monaco auprès du Conseil de l'Europe
MONTENEGRO
NETHERLANDS/PAYS-BAS
Ms Jolande Calkoen-Nauta
Juvenile Judge
District court of Zeeland West-Brabant
NORWAY/NORVEGE
Ms Elise Skarsaune
Senior Advisor
Norwegian Directorate for Children, Youth and Family Affairs
Department of Family, Prevention and Municipality Collaboration
Section for Violence Prevention
POLAND/POLOGNE
PORTUGAL
Mr Armando Leandro
President of the National Commission for Children and Young People at Risk
(« Comissão Nacional de Proteção das Crianças e Jovens em Risco ») (CNPCJR)
Ms Odete Severino
Head of Unit
International Relations and Cooperation Units
Strategic and Planning Office
Ministry of Solidarity, Employment and Social Security
ROMANIA/ROUMANIE
Ms Gabriela Coman Apologised / excusée
President of the National Authority for the Protection of
the Rights of the Child and Adoption
Mr Bogdan Simion
President
Federation of the Nongovernmental Organisations for Child – FONPC
RUSSIAN FEDERATION/FEDERATION DE RUSSIE
Mr Pavel Astakhov Apologised / excusé
Children’s Rights Commissioner for the President of the Russian Federation
SAN MARINO/SAINT-MARIN
SERBIA/SERBIE
SLOVAK REPUBLIC/REPUBLIQUE SLOVAQUE
SLOVENIA/SLOVENIE
Ms Lea Javornik Novak
Secretary
Directorate for Family Affairs
Ministry of Labour, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities
SPAIN/ESPAGNE
Ms Maria Gracia Juste Apologised / excusée
focal point of the Council of Europe Network of Children’s Rights
Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality
Mr José Luis Castellanos Apologised / excusé
Deputy Subdirector on Children
SWEDEN/SUEDE
Ms Charlotte Palmstierna
Deputy Director
Ministry of Health and Social Affairs
Government offices of Sweden
SWITZERLAND/SUISSE
M. Jean-Marie Bouverat
Affaires internationales
Secteur Organisations internationales
Office fédéral des assurances sociales
«THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA» / «L’EX-REPUBLIQUE YOUGOSLAVE DE MACEDOINE»
TURKEY/TURQUIE
Mr Fikret Yaman
Social Worker
Children’s Rights Department
General Directorate for Children Services
Ministry of Family and Social Policies of Turkey
UKRAINE/UKRAINE
Ms Oleksandra Popesku
Deputy to the Permanent Representative
Permanent Representation of Ukraine
to the Council of Europe
UNITED KINGDOM/ROYAUME-UNI
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PARTICIPANTS
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe / Assemblée Parlementaire du Conseil de l’Europe
Mr Valeriu Ghiletchi
Chairperson of the Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
Conference of INGOs of the Council of Europe / Conférence des OING du Conseil de l'Europe
Mr Jean-Bernard Marie
Representative of the Conference of INGOs / représentant de la Conférence des OING
Conference of European Justice and Peace Commissions – Conférence des Commissions Justice et Paix d’Europe
Committees or other bodies of the Council of Europe engaged in related work / Comités ou autres organes du Conseil de l’Europe engagés dans des travaux similaires
Ad Hoc Committee of Experts on Roma Issues (CAHROM) / Comité ad hoc sur les questions roms (CAHROM)
Mr Martin Martinek Apologised / excusé
Rapporteur on Roma Children of the Ad Hoc Committee of Experts on Roma Issues
Committee of the Parties to the Convention on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse (Lanzarote Committee) / Comité des Parties à la Convention sur la protection des enfants contre l'exploitation et les abus sexuels (Comité de Lanzarote)
Ms Ina Verzivolli
Director of the State Agency on Child Protection
Ministry of Social Welfare and Youth of Albania
European Committee on Legal Co-operation (CDCJ) / Comité européen sur la coopération juridique (CDCJ)
Ms Zuzana Fišerová
Director
International Department for Civil Matters
Ministry of Justice
Czech Republic
Governmental Committee of the European Social Charter and the European Code of Social Security / Comité gouvernemental de la Charte sociale européenne et du Code européen de sécurité sociale
Mme Jacqueline Maréchal
Chair / Présidente
Chargée de mission, Délégation aux affaires européennes et internationales
Ministère du travail, de l’emploi et de la santé et Ministère des solidarités et de la cohésion sociale
France
European Committee on Social Rights (ECSR) / Comité européen sur les droits sociaux (ECSR)
Apologised / excusé
EUROPEAN UNION / UNION EUROPEENE
Ms Margaret Tuite
Commission coordinator for the rights of the child
European Commission
Directorate-General Justice
Unit C1: Fundamental rights and rights of the child
Ms Monica Gutierrez Arques
Sector Rights of the Child
Equality and Citizen’s Rights Department
European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA)
Ms Katarina Emersic
Legal Advisor
European External Action Service
Delegation to the Council of Europe
OTHER INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS / AUTRES ORGANISATIONS INTERNATIONALES
Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children / Bureau de la Représentante spéciale du Secrétaire général des Nations Unies chargée de la question de la violence à l’encontre des enfants
Ms Marta Santos Pais Apologised / excusée
Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General on Violence against Children
Ms Elda Moreno
Head of the Office and Senior Advisor
United Nations
New York
USA
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) / Haut-Commissariat des Nations Unies pour les Réfugiés (HCR)
Ms Jutta Seidel
Senior Legal Associate/Officer in Charge
UNHCR Representation to the European Institutions in Strasbourg
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) / Fonds des Nations Unies pour l’enfance (Unicef)
Ms Michaela Bauer
Partnerships Manager
UNICEF Regional Office for Central and Eastern Europe
and Commonwealth of Independent States (CEE/CIS)
UNICEF Brussels Office
Council of the Baltic States (CBSS) / Conseil des Etats de la mer Baltique (CEMB)
Ms Turid Heiberg Apologised / excusée
Head of Children's Unit
Council of the Baltic States Secretariat
International Organisation of the Francophonie (OIF) / Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF)
Ms Delphine Couveinhes Matsumoto
Spécialiste de programme
Direction de la paix, de la démocratie et des droits de l'Homme (DDHDP)
OBSERVER STATES TO THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE / ETATS OBSERVATEURS AUPRES DU CONSEIL DE L’EUROPE
Canada
Holy See / Saint Siège
Ms Alessandra Aula
Secretary General of the International Catholic Child Bureau (BICE) /
Secrétaire Générale du Bureau International Catholique de l'Enfance (BICE)
Japan/Japon
Mexico/Mexique
United States of America/Etats Unis d’Amérique
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OBSERVERS / OBSERVATEURS
BELARUS
Ms Tatiana Lopatik
Head of the Department of Pedagogy and Education Management
Academy of Postgraduate Education of the Republic of Belarus
Children’s Rights Information Network (CRIN) / Réseau d’information sur les droits des enfants (CRIN)
Ms Louise de Brisson
Francophone countries consultant / Consultante francophonie
Defence of Children International (DEI) / Défense des Enfants International (DEI)
Mr Benoît Van Keirsbilck
Director / Président
Eurochild
Ms Jana Hainsworth
Secretary General
European Network of Ombudspeople for Children (ENOC) / Réseau européen des médiateurs pour les enfants (ENOC)
Mr Tam Baillie Apologised / Excusé
Chair of ENOC
Scotland's Commissioner for Children and Young People (SCCYP)
Scotland
UK
Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment Against Children
Mr Peter Newell Apologised / Excusé
Coordinator
International Association of Youth and Family Judges and Magistrates / Association Internationale des Magistrats de la Jeunesse et de la Famille (AIMJF)
M. Daniel Pical
Président de la Section Européenne
Save the Children
Ms Karin Fagerholm
Lawyer/thematic adviser
Domestic Programme
Save the Children Sweden
SOS Children's Villages / SOS Villages d'Enfants
Mr Ronan Mangan
EU Policy Advisor
EU Liaison Office
SOS Children's Villages International
Ms Miriana Giraldi
European Affairs Representative
SOS Children's Villages International
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COUNCIL OF EUROPE / CONSEIL DE L’EUROPE
F-67075 Strasbourg Cedex
Tél.: +33 3 88 41 20 00 ; Fax: + 33 3 88 41 27 81/82/83 ; E-mail: http://www.coe.int
DGII – Directorate General of Democracy / Direction générale de la démocratie
Mr Gianluca ESPOSITO
Head of the Equality and Human Dignity Department / Chef du Service de la dignité humaine et de l'égalité
Tel: +33 3 88 41 22 62; E-mail: [email protected]
Secretariat to the Committee of Experts of the Council of Europe Strategy for the Rights of the Child / Secrétariat du Comité d'experts de la Stratégie du Conseil de l'Europe sur les droits de l'enfant
Ms Regina JENSDOTTIR
Children's Rights Co-ordinator, Executive Secretary to the Committee of Experts of the Council of Europe Strategy for the Rights of the Child / Secrétaire exécutive du Comité d'experts de la Stratégie du Conseil de l'Europe sur les droits de l'enfant
Tel : +33 3 88 41 22 25 ; E-mail : [email protected]
Ms Agnes VON MARAVIC
Secretary to the Committee of Experts of the Council of Europe Strategy for the Rights of the Child / Secrétaire du Comité d'experts de la Stratégie du Conseil de l'Europe sur les droits de l'enfant
Tel: +33 3 90 21 48 29; E-mail: [email protected]
Ms Jackie RENAUDIN-SIDDALL
Assistant / Assistante
Tel: +33 3 88 41 31 86; E-mail: [email protected]
Children's Rights Division / Division des droits des enfants
Ms Gioia SCAPPUCCI
Secretary to the Committee of the Parties to the Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse (Lanzarote Committee) / Secrétaire du Comité des Parties de la Convention sur la Protection des enfants contre l'exploitation et les abus sexuels (Comité de Lanzarote)
Tel: +33 3 90 21 44 32; E-mail: [email protected]
Violence against Women (GREVIO) / Violence à l'égard des femmes (GREVIO)
Ms Zeynep USAL KANZLER
Tel: +33 (0)3 90 21 46 78; E-mail: [email protected]
Partial Agreement on the Council of Europe Development Bank /
Accord partiel de la Banque de développement du Conseil de l’Europe
Ms Christiane SCHIMECK
Tel: +33 3 88 41 34 25; E-mail: [email protected]
DGI – Directorate General of Human Rights and Rule of Law / Direction générale des Droits de l'Homme et de l'Etat de Droit
Mr Christos GIAKOUMOPOULOS
Director of Human Rights, Migration Co-ordinator of the Council of Europe /
Directeur des droits de l'homme, Coordinateur pour les migrations, du Conseil de l'Europe
Tel: +33 3 88 41 23 75; E-mail: [email protected]
Bioethics / Bioéthique
Mr Ramon PRIETO SUAREZ
Tel: +33 3 88 41 29 93; E-mail: [email protected]
Ms Camilla CHINI
Trainee
Secretariat of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe / Secrétariat de l'Assemblée parlementaire du Conseil de l'Europe
Ms Maren LAMBRECHT
Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development / Commission des questions sociales, de la santé et du développement durable
Tel: +33 90 21 47 78; E-mail: [email protected]
Ms Olga KOSTENKO
Secretary
Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons
Tel: +33 3 88 41 34 73; E-mail: [email protected]
INTERPRETERS / INTERPRÈTES
Ms Lucie DE BURLET
Ms Katia DI STEFANO
Ms Isabelle MARCHINI
Ms Maryline NEUSCHWAMNDER