Round table
Strengthening the protection of children and survivors of gender-based violence, in the context of refugee flows in Romania
Follow-up to the fact-finding mission to Romania of the Council of Europe’s Special Representative of the Council of Europe on Migration and Refugees (SRSG)
organised by
the office of the SRSG and UNHCR
22 November 2023
JW Marriot Bucharest Grand Hotel
Programme
09:00-09:30 |
Registration of participants and welcome coffee |
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS: Relevant findings from the SRSG Report of the fact- finding mission to Romania, 12-14 December 2022 Mr. Mihai Cătălin Necula, Police Principal Quaestor, State Secretary for Internal Relations and European Affairs, Ministry of Internal Affairs Dr. Raed Arafat, State Secretary, Chief of the Department for Emergency Situations, Ministry of Internal Affairs Mr. Eleodor Pirvu, Chief Police Commissioner, Deputy General Inspector, General Inspectorate for Immigration, Ministry of Internal Affairs Ms. Leyla Kayacik, Special Representative of the Secretary General of the Council of Europe on Migration and Refugees Mr. Pablo Zapata, Representative, UNHCR Romania |
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10:20 – 10:45 |
Selected case law of the European Court of Human Rights with a particular focus on vulnerability and children (15 min) Valentin Nicolescu, Lawyer from the Registry of the European Court of Human Rights Q&A |
10:45 – 11:00 |
Coffee break |
PROTECTING REFUGEE CHILDREN Moderated by Laura Fragiacomo, Child Protection Emergency Coordinator, UNICEF Romania The national system in law and practice and challenges encountered (20 min) Mr. Nicolae Gabriel Gorunescu, Undersecretary of State and Vice President,National Authority for the Protection of the Rights of the Child and Adoption UNHCR and UN standards on the protection of unaccompanied and separated displaced children (15 min) Mr. Pedro Munoz Alonso, Community-Based Protection Officer, UNHCR Romania Ms. Zaruhi Gasparyan, Head of Co-operation Unit, Children's Rights Division, Conseil de l'Europe The Romanian legal framework and the practical approach to unaccompanied children: asylum seekers, beneficiaries of international protection and temporary protection - challenges and good practices (15 min) Ms. Daniela Zaharia Manescu, Principal Lawyer, Daniela Zaharia Manescu Law Firm, Consultant to Terre des hommesRomania |
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Discussion |
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12:45 – 14:00 |
Lunch break |
PREVENTING AND PROTECTING VICTIMS OF GENDER BASED VIOLENCE IN REFUGEE CONTEXTS Moderated by Delphine Leneutre, Legal Associate, UNHCR Representation to the European Institutions in Strasbourg The national system in law and practice and challenges encountered Ms. Carmen Niculescu, Senior Advisor, National Agency for Equal Opportunities Between Men and Women (ANES) (20 min) The Istanbul Convention and Romania Ms. Sabrina Wittmann, Administrator, Violence against Women Division, Secretariat of the Istanbul Convention monitoring mechanism, Council of Europe (20 min) Countering cyberviolence online Mr. Alexander Seger, Head of the Cybercrime division, Head of the Cybercrime Programme Office of the Council of Europe in Bucharest (10 min) UNHCR’s role with regards to gender-based violence prevention, mitigation and response in Romania Ms. Konstantina Loupeidou, Inter-Agency Coordination Officer - PSEA, UNHCR Romania (15 min) From Vulnerability to Resilience: Addressing GBV among Refugees Ms. Cristina Horia, President of Sensiblu Foundation (15 min) |
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15:30 – 15:45 |
Coffee break |
15.45 – 16.30 |
Discussion |
16:30 – 17:00 |
Wrap-up and conclusions Mr. Pablo Zapata, Representative, UNHCR in Romania Ms. Leyla Kayacik, Special Representative of the Secretary General on Migration and Refugees |