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Strasbourg, 2 September 2025 |
CDPC(2025)05_EN |
3rd International Conference on Migrant Smuggling
followed by a separate session for the
4th meeting of the CoE Network of Prosecutors on Migrant Smuggling
DRAFT AGENDA
Strasbourg, 21-22 October 2025
Agora, Room G03
The Conference is being organised under the auspices of the
Council of Europe Committee on Crime Problems (CDPC), in collaboration with the Division on Migration and Refugees
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09:00 |
Opening session Hanne Juncher, Director, Directorate of Security, Integrity and Rule of Law, Directorate General Human Rights and Rule of Law, Council of Europe Fritz Zeder, Chair of the European Committee on Crime Problems (CDPC) Michael O'Flaherty, Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe Moderator: Hanne Juncher |
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09:30 |
Session I – Update and practical challenges in the implementation of international and national instruments 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. Patrick Eba, Deputy Director, Policy and Law Service, Division of International Protection, UNHCR |
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10:00 |
Coffee break |
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10:30 |
International perspectives: Simona Ardovino, Head of Unit, Migration Management Response and Counter-Smuggling (HOME.C.4), Directorate-General for Migration and Home Affairs, European Commission Update of the EU Global Alliance to Counter Migrant Smuggling and Commission’s new legislative proposal National perspectives, experiences of applying international instruments in the field of migrant smuggling – contributions by Council of Europe member States: Representative, Prosecutor, JIRS for Organized Crime, JUNALCO (National Jurisdiction Against Organized Crime), Paris Prosecutor’s Office (TBC) Slawomira Dewitz, German Federal Ministry of Interior and for Community, Division B2 (TBC) Tanya Corrigan, Head of Europe and Strategic Partners Team, International Migration Unit, Home Office, London Contributions by civil society: Tuesday Reitano, Deputy Director, Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime Noemí Alarcón, Chair of Migration Committee, Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) TBC 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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13:00 |
Lunch break |
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14:30 |
Session II - Reflection on elements of the new Council of Europe Recommendation on deterring and combatting the smuggling of migrants Andreas Schloenhardt, Professor, University of Vienna and of Queensland, Council of Europe consultant / Calogero Ferrara, European Delegated Prosecutor at EPPO, Council of Europe consultant |
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14:45 |
Session III - 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 - Ljiljana Plazzeriano, Operational Coordination Team, European Migrant Smuggling Centre (EMSC), EUROPOL - 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: Eva Pastrana Q&A |
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16:00 |
Coffee break |
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Session IV - National experiences of applying international instruments in the field of migrant smuggling – contributions by third countries Badie Jaziri, Policy Officer, Ministry of Justice, Tunisia (TBC) Ali El Khatib, Magistrate, Ministry of Justice, Lebanon (TBC) Sanâa Kiadi, Senior Officer, African Migration Observatory – African Union, Morocco (TBC) Moderator: Pilar Morales, Coordinator of the Neighbourhood Policy with the Southern Mediterranean, Executive Director of the North-South Centre, Council of Europe TBC Q&A |
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17:15 |
Nikolaos Sitaropoulos, Head of Migration and Refugees Division, Directorate General Human Rights and Rule of Law, Council of Europe |
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17:30 |
Closing remarks Gianluca Esposito, Director General, Directorate General of Human Rights and Rule of Law, Council of Europe TBC |
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Meeting of the Council of Europe Network of Prosecutors on Migrant Smuggling
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Wednesday, 22 October 2025 |
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09:30 |
Introduction / Moderation: Eva Pastrana, Head of the Criminal Law Division and Secretary to the CDPC, Council of Europe Calogero Ferrara, European Delegated Prosecutor at EPPO, Council of Europe consultant Representatives of the European Network on Migrant Smuggling Tour de table - presentation of new participants and updates of the situation on Smuggling of Migrants in their respective countries |
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11:00 |
Coffee break |
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11:30 |
Presentation and discussion of country models to counter Migrant Smuggling Representatives of the European Network on Migrant Smuggling Q&A |
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12:30 |
Conclusions and way forward |