09:00-09:30

Registration of participants and welcome coffee

09:30-10:20

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

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

11:00 – 12:05

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

CoE standards relevant to the protection of refugee children - focus on reception and effective guardianship (15 min)

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

12:05 – 12:45

Discussion

12:45 – ­14:00

Lunch break

14:00 – 15.30

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)

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