DRAFT AGENDA COUNCIL OF EUROPE DIRECTORATE GENERAL OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND RULE OF LAW (DGI) UNITED NATIONS OFFICE OF THE HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES

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1 COUNCIL OF EUROPE DIRECTORATE GENERAL OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND RULE OF LAW (DGI) UNITED NATIONS OFFICE OF THE HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES HIAS REPRESENTATIVE OFFICE IN UKRAINE EMBASSY OF NORWAY IN UKRAINE STUDY VISIT OF A DELEGATION OF UKRAINIAN JUDGES AND LAWYERS TO THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE AND TO THE EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS SEPTEMBER 2013, STRASBOURG DRAFT AGENDA

2 Monday, 23 rd September 2013 Departure from Boryspil International Airport, Terminal D, at 5.45 a.m. on Lufthansa flight 1493 to Frankfurt Arrival in Frankfurt at 7.35 a.m. Departure on Lufthansa Bus at a.m. to Strasbourg. Arrival at Strasbourg s Central Station at p.m. Hotel: Hotel de L Orangerie, 58 allee de la Robertsau, Strasbourg Tel , website: Tuesday, 24 th September 2013 Palais de l Room Arrival and registration of participants (issuance of badges) - administrative matters Welcoming Address Mr Olivier Guillaume Beer, Representative to the an Institutions in Strasbourg, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Mr Roberto Rivello, Manager of the HELP Programme, Human Rights Policy and Development Department, DGI, Council of Ms Astrid Helle, Permanent Representative of Norway to the Council of (tbc) Asylum in Ukraine: legislation and challenges Coffee break Mr Oldrich Andrysek, Regional Representative to Ukraine, Moldova, and Belarus, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Mr Mykhailo Smokovych, Judge - Higher Administrative Court of Ukraine (HACU), Secretary of the HACU Plenum UNHCR s activities and judicial engagement before the an Court of Human Rights and the an Committee of Social Rights Mr Olivier Guillaume Beer, Representative to the an Institutions in Strasbourg, UNHCR Ms Jutta Seidel, Senior Legal Associate, UNHCR Lunch break (Blue restaurant) Migration Co-ordination Mr Sergey Khrychikov, Migration Co-ordination Division, DGІI, Council of 2

3 Violence against women in need of international protection and rights of children seeking asylum :45 Coffee break Ms Liri Kopaçi-Di Michele, Gender Equality and Human Dignity Department, Head of Department, DG I, Council of (tbc) Mr Simon Tonelli, an Committee on Legal Cooperation (CDCJ), Head of Division, DG I, Council of Parliamentary Assembly: Secretariat of the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons (As-Mig) Ms Olga Kostenko, As-Mig Open discussion: questions & answers Visit of Hemicycle and group photograph at the Palais Wednesday, 25 th September 2013 an Court of Human Rights Arrival and registration of the delegation at the building of the an Court of Human Rights Overview of selected cases against Ukraine at the an Court of Human Rights (immigration, detention asylum and stateless related cases) Ms Ganna Yudkivska, Judge of the an Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) Mr Taras Vavrynchuk, Lawyer, Registry of the ECtHR (tbc) Open discussion: questions & answers Judicial experience of a national judge in charge of asylum cases Lunch break Ms Hélène Bronnenkant, French judge, Seconded to the an Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) Wednesday, 25 th September 2013 Palais de l Room The Permanent Representation of Ukraine to the Council of Mr Mykola Tochytskyi, Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the Council of (tbc) 3

4 The an Court of Human Rights (ECtHR): organisation of work, internal procedures/ rules/ regulations, statistical data, pending cases in respect of Ukraine Mr Dmytro Tretyakov, Senior Lawyer, Registry of the ECtHR The filtering section of the ECtHR Rule 39 ECtHR and interim measures in the field of asylum and expulsion Mr Pavlo Pushkar, Senior Lawyer, Registry of the ECtHR The an Commission for the Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ), the Consultative Council of an Judges (CCJE) and the Consultative Council of an Prosecutors (CCPE) Mr Artashes Melikyan, Secretary of the CEPEJ working group on evaluation of judicial systems (GT-EVAL), DGI, Council of Reception at the Permanent Representation of Ukraine to the Council of Thursday, 26 th September 2013 Palais de l Room Arrival and registration of participants - administrative matters The an Programme on Human Rights Education for Legal Professionals (the HELP Programme) Mr Roberto Rivello, Manager of the HELP Programme, Human Rights Policy and Development Department, DGI, Council of The work and the activities of the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of and presentation on the activities of the Commissioner Ms Olena Petsun, Adviser of the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Rule 39 ECtHR and the UNHCR Perspective Lunch break Mr Samuel Boutruche, Legal Associate, UNHCR The an Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) Mr Patrick Müller, Secretariat of the Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT), DGI, Council of 4

5 The an Social Charter Mr Henrik Kristensen, Department of the an Social Charter, Deputy Executive Secretary of the an Committee of Social Rights, DG I, Council of Ms Nino Chitashvili, Department of the an Social Charter, Administrator, DG I, Council of Closing remarks Mr Oldrich Andrysek, Regional Representative to Ukraine, Moldova, and Belarus, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Mr Sergey Khrychikov, Migration Co-ordination Division, DG ІI, Council of p.m. Departure from Central Bus Station, Strasbourg on Lufthansa Bus to Frankfurt International Airport p.m. Arrival at Frankfurt International Airport p.m. Departure from Frankfurt on Lufthansa flight 1492 to Kyiv a.m. arrival at Boryspil Airport, Terminal D. 5

6 LIST OF PARTICIPANTS No. Full name Functions 1. Mr Mykhailo Smokovych Judge - Higher Administrative Court of Ukraine, Secretary of the High Administrative Court of Ukraine 2. Ms Tatiana Chumatchenko Judge - Higher Administrative Court of Ukraine 3. Mr Vladimir Melnychuk Judge - Kyiv Appellate Administrative Court 4. Mr Vasyl Gulyak Judge - Lviv Appellate Administrative Court 5. Ms Nina Verbytska Judge - Odessa Appellate Administrative Court 6. Ms Larisa Melnikova Judge - Kharkiv Appellate Administrative Court 7. Ms Iaroslava Balan Judge - Odessa Circuit Administrative Court 8. Ms Oksana Shamrai Head of scientific and methodological support of the High Council of Justice, NSJ 9. Mr Yuriy Sivologa Advocate - 10th of April 10. Ms Kateryna Halenko Advocate - HIAS Representative Office in Ukraine 11. Mr Dmytro Ivanov Lawyer - SAS 12. Mr Oleg Levytskiy Advocate - Kyiv 13. Mr Oldrich Andrysek UNHCR Regional Representative for BLR, MDA, UKR 14. Ms Noel Calhoun UNHCR Regional Protection Officer 15. Mr Dmytro Plechko UNHCR Assistant Legal Officer 16. Mr Maksym Butchenko Journalist - Korrespondent CONTACT PERSONS COUNCIL OF EUROPE Mr Roberto Rivello, Programme Manager Directorate General of Human Rights and Legal Affaires Tel: Fax: roberto.rivello@coe.int Ms Fanny Detrez, Administrative Assistant Directorate General of Human Rights and Legal Affaires Tel: Fax: fanny.detrez@coe.int UNHCR Mr Olivier Beer, Representative UNHCR Representation to the an Institutions in Strasbourg Tel: , beer@unhcr.org Ms Noel Calhoun, UNHCR Regional Protection Officer UNHCR Regional Representation in Kyiv (BLR, MLD, UKR) Tel: , calhoun@unhcr.org 6