FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS FORUM 2016
Rights, Respect, Reality: the Europe of Values in Today’s World
20-23 JUNE 2016, VIENNA
CONNECT.REFLECT.ACT
FINAL PROGRAMME
INCLUSION REFUGEE PROTECTION THE DIGITAL AGE
GLOSSARY
CONNECT. REFLECT.ACT.TALK: speakers are given a limited amount of time to present their ideas in innovative and engaging ways.
AUDIENCE POLLING: live polling on specific questions amongst participants via an app Sli.do.
MARKET PLACE OF IDEAS: diverse organisations present their ideas and work at information stands. It takes place during the entire Forum.
SCHOOL COMPETITION ‘Human rights in the city’: jointly organised by the office of the Commissioner for Human Rights of the City of Vienna, the Vienna School Authority and FRA. Vienna school students, aged 6-19, were invited to submit artwork related to the themes of the FRF.
FRF HACKATHON: the Hackathon aims to find practical solutions to raising awareness of fundamental rights in the EU, using digital technology and the expertise of FRF participants. The chosen proposal will be presented on Day 3 of the Forum.
WORKING GROUP: The working groups at the Fundamental Rights Forum 2016 serve the purpose to discuss specific topics in more detail, within the umbrella of the three FRF themes: inclusion, refugee protection, the digital age. Each day will focus on a different cluster: innovation for fundamental rights; rights-based governance; empowering rights holders; fundamental rights compliant sustainable growth. Participants at the FRF will be able to choose which workshops to attend, depending on their expertise and interest availability.
SIDE EVENT: Side event of the Forum serves the purpose to provide additional, FRF related opportunity for discussion, to different audience than FRF audience. The side events are organised by FRF partners or those associated with FRF. Information on side event is included in FRF programme and on FRF web site.
CHAIR’S STATEMENT: Chief output of the Fundamental Rights Forum, which will focus on the key findings of the discussions and suggest follow up that could be made by different stakeholder groups: EU member states, EU institutions, National Human Rights Institutions and Equality Bodies, international human rights organisations, businesses and entrepreneurs, and civil society. These are steps that need to be taken in order to improve respect for fundamental rights in the areas of refugee protection, inclusion and the digital age over the three years until the next FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS FORUM.
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DAY 1 - MONDAY 20 JUNE 2016
INNOVATION FOR FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: INCLUSION, REFUGEE PROTECTION, THE DIGITAL AGE
09.00 – 17.00 FRF HACKATHON Organised by the Dutch Embassy in Vienna, FRA and Impact Hub Vienna, FRA premises
The main goal is to find practical solutions to raising awareness of fundamental rights in the EU, using digital technology and the expertise of FRF participants. The chosen proposal will be presented on Day 3 of the Forum.
15.00 – 17.10 WORKING GROUP: Kultur der Menschenrechte jetzt: Perspektiven in und für die Menschenrechtsstadt Wien (German only) Vienna city hall
Moderators:
Manfred Nowak, Vice-Chairperson of the FRA Management Board; Beate Winkler, Author, Painter,
Speakers:
Professor Anna Badora, Artistic Director, Volkstheater, Wien Dr Matti Bunzl , Director, Wien Museum Matthias Naske, Artistic Director, Wiener Konzerthaus Doz. Mag. Alf Netek, MA , CMO (Chief Marketing Officer), Kapsch AG Ula Schneider, Artistic Director, SOHO in Ottakring
16.00 – 17.10 WORKING GROUP: Meeting of Human Rights Cities Vienna City Hall
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DAY 1 - MONDAY 20 JUNE 2016
OPENING OF THE FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS FORUM 2016
17.30 –19:00 OPENING OF THE FORUM Vienna City Hall
Introduction and moderation: Michael O’Flaherty, Director of the Fundamental Rights Agency and Chair of the Fundamental Rights Forum
Speakers:
Frauke Lisa Seidensticker, Chairperson of the Management Board of the Fundamental Rights Agency Dr. Andreas Mailath-Pokorny, Executive City Councillor for Cultural Affairs, Science and Sports of the City of Vienna, Co-host of the Fundamental Rights Forum H.E. Dr Heinz Fischer, President of the Republic of Austria and Patron of the Fundamental Rights Forum
Keynote Address:
Frans Timmermans, First Vice President of the European Commission
19:00 onwards RECEPTION Vienna City Hall
Final Programme 4
DAY 2 - TUESDAY, 21 JUNE 2016
RIGHTS BASED GOVERNANCE: INCLUSION, REFUGEE PROTECTION, THE DIGITAL AGE
Messe Wien Exhibition & Congress Center Messeplatz 1 PF 277 1021 Vienna
08:00 - 08:45 Registration of participants
09.00 – 09.15 WELCOME: Friso Roscam Abbing, Head of FRA’s Fundamental Rights Promotion Department and general moderator at the Fundamental Rights Forum.
OPENING REMARKS: Michael O'Flaherty, FRA Director and Chair of the Forum
Moderators:
Farid Tabarki, Trend watcher Shirin Wheeler, Principal Advisor International Press, European Investment Bank, former BBC journalist
09.15 – 10.15 PANEL DEBATE ON RIGHTS BASED GOVERNANCE
Speakers:
Wolfgang Brandstetter, Minister of Justice, Austria (video message) Ulrike Lunacek, Vice-President, European Parliament Valeriu Nicolae, Secretary of State, Ministry of Labour and Social Protection, Romania Yuri Fedotov, Director-General of the United Nations Office in Vienna (UNOV) and Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Alexander Stępkowski, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Poland
10:15 - 10:30 CONNECT.REFLECT.ACT TALK:
Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) as a model for inclusion by Helga Stevens, Member of the European Parliament
Final Programme 5
DAY 2 - TUESDAY, 21 JUNE 2016
10.30 – 11.30 PANEL DEBATE ON FORWARD LOOKING INCLUSIVE EUROPE
Speakers:
Cécile Kashetu Kyenge, Member, European Parliament Barna Berke, State Secretary for European and International Judicial Cooperation, Hungary Per Olsson Fridh, State Secretary, Ministry of Culture, Sweden Kate Gilmore, Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Michael Georg Link, Director of the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE
11:30 - 11:45 CONNECT.REFLECT.ACT TALK:
Fixing the Refugee System by James C. Hathaway, Professor of law, University of Michigan
11.45 – 12.15 BREAK
MARKET PLACE OF IDEAS
12.15 – 13.15 WORKING GROUPS
INCLUSION
WG 1: Inclusion and fundamental rights: addressing gaps in equality law and in its implementation
Soraya Post, Member of the European Parliament Paul d'Auchamp, Deputy Regional Representative for Europe, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Sarah-Jane King, Deputy Head of Unit Equality legislation Directorate General Justice and Consumers, European Commission Tamás Kádár, Head of Legal and Policy Team, EQUINET Marina Roncoroni, Commissioner for Integration and Migration for the Berlin District Administration Steglitz- Zehlendorf, German Henri Nickels, Head of Sector Equality, FRA
WG 2: Political and societal participation in the EU: young people, LGBTI persons, people with ethnic minority or migrant background and people with disabilities
Jozsef Nagy, Member of the European Parliament Helene Jarmer, Member of Parliament, Austria Evelyn Paradis, Executive Director of ILGA Europe
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DAY 2 - TUESDAY, 21 JUNE 2016
Amel Yacef, ENAR board member, Chair of Migrant women and youth networks, Ireland Marie Hélène Boulanger, Head of Unit Citizenship rights and free movement, Directorate General Justice and Consumers, European Commission David Friggieri, European Commission Coordinator on combating anti-Muslim hatred Miltos Pavlou, Senior Programme Manager, FRA.
WG 3: Assessing the progress in social inclusion from a fundamental rights perspective: are we on the right track?
Cornelia Ernst, Member of the European Parliament Livia Jaroka, Roma activist and former Member of the European Parliament Juul Van Hoof, Senior Advisor, Rainbow cities network Network Pia Oberoi, Advisor on Migration and Human Rights, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Salla Saastamoinen, Director of Equality, Directorate General Justice and Consumers, European Commission John Hammock , Co-founder, Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative Isabella Meier, research officer, ETC Graz, Graz University Andrey Ivanov, Head of Sector Roma and Migrant Integration, FRA
REFUGEE PROTECTION
WG 10: Human rights at the heart of the EU asylum policy framework
Chair:
Manfred Nowak, Professor of International Law and Human Rights, University of Vienna and vice-chair of FRA’s Management Board
Speakers:
Angelika Mlinar, Member of the European Parliament Timothy Kirkhope, Member of European Parliament, (video message) Michael O’Flaherty, FRA Director and Chair of the Forum
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DAY 2 - TUESDAY, 21 JUNE 2016
Maria Stavropoulou, Director, Greek Asylum Service Tomáš Boček, Special Representative on Migration, Council of Europe Catherine Woollard, Secretary General, European Council on Refugees and Exiles James C. Hathaway, Professor of law, University of Michigan
WG 11: Protecting children on the move
Chair:
Margaret Tuite, Coordinator on the rights of the child, Directorate General Justice, European Commission
Speakers:
Marc Dullaert, Director, Kids Rights Foundation Noala Skinner, Director, UNICEF Brussels Helmut Sax, member of the Council of Europe Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings(GRETA) George Moschos, Deputy Ombudsman for Children’s Rights in Greece, Member of the Bureau of ENOC Hans Karlsson, Head of the Health and Social Care Division, Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions Stefania Pizzolla, Child rights unit coordinator, National Authority for Children and Adolescents Miriam Lewek, Child rights expert, Federal Association for Unaccompanied Minor Refugees Georgia Dimitropoulou, Child rights expert, FRA
WG 12: Legal entry channels for people in need of international protection
Chair:
Iliana Savova, Director, Bulgarian Helsinki Committee
Speakers:
Roberta Metsola, Member of the European Parliament (video message) Judith Sargentini, Member of the European Parliament Dr Rabee Alferai, Syrian refugee living in Austria
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DAY 2 - TUESDAY, 21 JUNE 2016
Laura Cristina Gornicioiu , Legal Officer, Legal Affairs unit, Directorate General Migration and Home Affairs, European Commission Corinne Wicher, Head of International tasks and Administration of EU Funds, Federal Office for Migration and Refugees, Germany Vincent Cochetel, Director of Bureau for Europe, UNHCR Sara Sighinolfi, European Institutions Officer, FRA
DIGITAL AGE
WG 19: The right to freedom of expression and the right to privacy in the context of increased security concerns in Europe: Challenges and promising practices
Chair:
Barbora Bukovská, Legal Director, Article 19
Speakers:
Joseph Cannataci, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to privacy, OHCHR Dunja Mijatović, Representative on Freedom of the Media, OSCE Joanna Cavan, Head, Interception of Communications Commissioner’s Office (IOCCO) Katharine Sarikakis, Head Media Governance and Industries Research Lab, University of Vienna Mario Oetheimer, Head of Sector Information Society, Privacy and Data Protection, FRA
WG 20: Effective human rights protection online: from an internet bills of rights to more detailed legislation and better enforcement
Laura Ferrara, Member, European Parliament Leon van de Ven, policy officer, Ministry of interior and Kingdom relations, the Netherlands Lee Hibbard, Internet Governance Coordinator, Council of Europe Ben Wagner, Director, Centre for Internet & Human Rights at European University, Viadrina Jonas Grimheden, Senior Policy Manager, FRA
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DAY 2 - TUESDAY, 21 JUNE 2016
WG 21: Protecting and promoting privacy in our data-driven societies
Chair:
Peter Hustinx, former European Data Protection Supervisor
Speakers:
Marju Lauristin, Member, European Parliament Giuseppe Busia, Secretary General, Italian Data Protection Authority Bojana Bellamy, President of the Centre for Information Policy Leadership, Hunton & Williams Sarah Spiekermann, Institute for Management Information Systems, Vienna University of Economics and Business Thomas Zerdick, Deputy Head of Unit, Personal Data Protection Unit, Directorate General Justice, and Consumers, European Commission Zoe Kardasiadou, Data Protection expert, FRA
13.15 – 14.30 LUNCH
MARKET PLACE OF IDEAS
14.30 – 16.00 WORKING GROUPS - CONTINUATION OF MORNING SESSION
16.00 – 16.30 BREAK
MARKET PLACE OF IDEAS
16.30 – 17.00 CONNECT.REFLECT.ACT TALKS:
Role of human rights in times of crisis by Morten Kjaerum, Director of the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
Empathy as a prerequisite for inclusion by Stefan Hertmans, Belgian author
17.00 – 18.00 PLENARY - WRAP UP and DEBATE:
Corinna Wicher, Head of International tasks and Administration of EU Funds in the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees, Germany Paul Nemitz, Director of Fundamental Rights and Citizenship,Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers, European Commission Anastasia Crickley, Chair of the Committee on Elimination of Racial Discrimination, United Nations
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DAY 2 - TUESDAY, 21 JUNE 2016
Vincent Cochetel, Director Europe, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Evelyne Paradis, Executive Director of ILGA Europe
Reporting back from three workshops (1 per theme)
19:15 – 22:00 Panel Conversation, Film Screening and Reception FULLY BOOKED
Organised by FRA and Filmladen. Website: weltkino.de/film/kino/seefeuer Facebook: facebook.com/Seefeuer.DerFilm Pressmaterial: filmladen.at/presse
This is the Austrian premiere of FUOCOAMMARE, "Fire at Sea", a film by Gianfranco Rosi, which won the Golden Bear prize for the best film at the Berlinale International Film Festival 2016.
The screening will be introduced by a conversation between the film’s director Gianfranco Rosi, and Professor Manfred Nowak, a co- organiser and member of the Jury of the international human rights film festival “This human world”.
19:00 - 20:30 Antisemitismus in Europa: Wie kann man diesem effektiv entgegentreten? (in German language) FULLY BOOKED
Organised by the Europa Club Wien - Austrian Society for European Politics, Jewish Museum Vienna and the European Commission Representation in Austria. Jewish Museum, Dorotheergasse 11, 1010 Vienna.
Welcome:
Danielle Spera, Director of Jewish Museum Vienna Ioannis Dimitrakopoulos, Head of Department Equality and Citizens Rights, FRA
Panel discussion with:
Berivan Aslan, Member of the Austrian Parliament, Die Grünen Serge Falck, Actor and writer Jasmin Freyer, Board of Directors of the Jewish Community Vienna
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DAY 2 - TUESDAY, 21 JUNE 2016
Paul Nemitz, Director of Fundamental Rights and Citizenship, DG Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers, European Commission Ben Segenreich, ORF correspondent in Israel
Moderator:
Erich Nuler, Editor, Daily "Heute"
19:00 - 22:30 FRF RECEPTION
Organised with support by the Austrian government. Location: magdas HOTEL, Laufbergergasse 12, 1020 Vienna, Austria.
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DAY 3 - WEDNESDAY, 22 JUNE 2016
EMPOWERING RIGHTS HOLDERS: INCLUSION, REFUGEE PROTECTION, THE DIGITAL AGE
Messe Wien Exhibition & Congress Center Messeplatz 1 PF 277 1021 Vienna
08:00 - 08:45 Registration of participants
09.00 – 09.30 OPENING REMARKS:
WELCOME: Friso Roscam Abbing, Head of FRA’s Fundamental Rights Promotion Department and general moderator at the Fundamental Rights Forum
OPENING REMARKS: Michael O'Flaherty, FRA Director and Chair of the Forum
OPENING SPEECH: Nils Muižnieks, Commissioner for Human Rights, Council of Europe
09.30 – 10.00 CONNECT.REFLECT.ACT TALKS:
The role of cities and mayors in empowering rights holders by Benjamin Barber, political theorist and Founder of the Global Parliament for Mayors Project;
Protecting human rights defenders at risk by Mary Lawlor, Founder and Director of Frontline defenders.
10.00 – 11.00 PANEL DEBATE ON EMPOWERING RIGHTS HOLDERS
Moderators:
Farid Tabarki, Trend watcher Shirin Wheeler, Principal Advisor International Press, European Investment Bank, former BBC journalist
Speakers:
David Stanton, Minister of State for Justice with special responsibility for Equality, Immigration, and Integration, Ireland
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DAY 3 - WEDNESDAY, 22 JUNE 2016
Astrid Thors, High Commissioner on National Minorities, OSCE James Cavallaro, President, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Farah Abdi, Somali refugee, blogger, author and refugee rights activist Brian Klug, Senior Research Fellow in Philosophy, St Benet's Hall, University of Oxford Gianfranco Rosi, Film maker of ‘Fire at the Sea’, winner of the 2016 Golden Bear, Berlinale film festival
11.00 – 11.30 BREAK
MARKET PLACE OF IDEAS
11.30 – 13.00 WORKING GROUPS
INCLUSION
WG 4: Social inclusion in the context of the Europe 2020 strategy: what is missing?
Beate Winkler, Author, Painter Therese Murphy, Head of Operations, European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) Jana Hainsworth, President, Social Platform – The Platform for European Social NGOs Yekaterina Chzhen, Social Policy and economic specialist, UNICEF Innocenti Research Center Evelyn Collins, Chair, Equinet Paul Lindquist, member, Committee of the Region Henri Nickels, Head of Sector Equality, FRA
WG 5: The role of education in promoting social inclusion: what works?
Julie Ward, Member of the European Parliament (video message) Gérard Alard, Chief of Education adjoint, Ministry of Education and school buildings, Government of the Federation Wallonia-Brussels Szilvia Kalman, policy officer, Directorate-General Education and Culture, European Commission Kirsi Pimiä, Non-discrimination Ombudsman, Finland Judy Korn, Founder and Director of the Violence Prevention Network, Germany Lenka Felcmanova, Vice-Chair of the Czech Society for Inclusive Education, Open Society Foundation Prague
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DAY 3 - WEDNESDAY, 22 JUNE 2016
Elin Lilijenbladh, Board Member, International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender & Queer Youth & Student Organisation (IGLYO) Astrid Podsiadlowski, Head of Sector Rights of the Child; Eva Sobotka, Programme Manager- Fundamental Rights Forum, FRA
WG 6: Empowering rights holders: the contribution of professional groups in improving rights fulfilment
Joseph Moyerson, International Association of Youth and Family Judges and Magistrates (AIMJF) Beth Greenhill, Senior clinical teacher, University of Liverpool Polli Hagenaars, Convener, European Federation of Psychologists’ Associations Josef Hosp, Chair, Gay Cops Austria - Austrian Police Association Sylvia Lancaster, Founder, Sophie Lancaster Foundation; Massimo Toschi, Programme Manager, FRA; Sheena Keller, Research Officer, FRA
REFUGEE PROTECTION
WG 13: Local communities and migration hotspots: Taking a fundamental rights perspective
Pedro Calado, High Commissioner for Migration, Portugal Katerina Eustathiou-Selaha, Agkalia NGO from Lesbos, awarded the 2016 the Council of Europe’s Raoul Wallenberg Prize for the help provided to migrants Lora Vidovic, Ombudsman, Croatia Aydan Iyiguengoer, Head of Sector Awareness Raising, FRA
WG 14: Integration of migrants and, in particular, of refugees: the role of local authorities and business; learning from civil society.
Chair:
Hans Janssen, Mayor of Oisterwijk, the Netherlands, Member of the Commission for Citizenship, Governance, Institutional and External Affairs (CIVEX), Committee of the Regions
Speakers:
Birgit Sippel, Member of the European Parliament
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DAY 3 - WEDNESDAY, 22 JUNE 2016
Anny Knapp, Project Manager ‘connecting people’ Asylkoordination Austria Irena, Guidikova, Head of Division, Intercultural cities programme manager, World Forum for Democracy, Council of Europe Marina Roncoroni, Commissioner for Integration and Migration for the Berlin District Administration Steglitz- Zehlendorf, Germany Rossalina Latcheva, Senior Programme Manager, FRA
DIGITAL AGE
WG 22: Freedom of expression, hate speech and anonymity online
Joseph Cannataci, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to privacy, OHCHR Geoffrey Shannon, Special rapporteur on child protection, Ireland Maciej Tomaszewski, Policy Officer, Directorate-General Justice and Consumers, European Commission Robin Sclafani, Director, Jewish Contribution to an Inclusive Europe Barbara Trionfi, Executive Director, International Press Institute Rui Gomes, Representative of NO HATE SPEECH CAMPAIGN, Council of Europe Carolina Lasén Diaz, Head of the Gender Equality Unit, Council of Europe Albin Dearing, Programme Manager Research – Criminal Law and Justice, FRA
WG 23: E-government: Human rights challenges and opportunities
Reinier van Zutphen, National Ombudsman, The Netherlands Peter Kustor, Head of department, E-Government – Legal, Organisational and International Issue, Federal Chancellory, Austria Aikaterini Dimitrakopoulou, Policy officer, Citizenship Rights and Free Movement Unit, Directorate-General Justice and Consumers, European Commission Heini Huotarinen, Head of the Unit for Democracy, Language Affairs and Fundamental Rights, Ministry of Justice, Finland; Vida Beresneviciute, Programme Manager, FRA
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DAY 3 - WEDNESDAY, 22 JUNE 2016
WG 24: E-health: improving rights fulfilment through innovation
Heidrun Mollenkopf, Vice President, AGE platform Europe Laurène Souchet, Secretary General, European Patient Forum Francisco Sanchez Laguna, Head, Information Systems Coordination Department, Andalusian Health Service Claudia Prettner, Policy Officer, Unit for Health and Well- Being, Directorate General Communications Networks, Content and Technology, European Commission Alexis Normand, Healthcare Development Director, Organisation: Withings Ludovica Banfi, Programme Manager, FRA Elise Lassus, Research and Administrative Assistant, FRA
OUTSIDE THEMATIC STREAM
WG 15 HRA: Human Rights Ambassadors forum – envoys of change and hope
Nils Muižnieks, Commissioner for Human Rights, Council of Europe Kees van Baar, Human Rights Ambassador, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Netherlands Agnes Hevesi, Ambassador for Human Rights, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Hungary Gustaf Lind, the Human Rights Ambassador, Sweden Rauno Merisaari, Ambassador for Human Rights and Democracy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Finland Petter F. Wille, former Human Rights Ambassador, Norway James Cavallaro, President, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Jan Wouters, Professor of International Law and International Organisations, Leuven University John Kellock, Senior Policy Advisor to the Director, FRA
WG 26: Human Rights in film - FRF human rights school competition - human rights in the city
Ursula Wolschlager, Film Producer Anne Laurent-Delage, International Relations officer, Austrian Film Commission Shams Asadi, Human Rights Commissioner, City of Vienna Nathalie Borgers, Film director Arash T. Riahi, Film director Hilde Dalik, Actress
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DAY 3 - WEDNESDAY, 22 JUNE 2016
Students and teachers from Fundamental Rights Forum 2016 human rights school competition Eva Sobotka, Programme Manager- Fundamental Rights Forum, FRA
13.00 – 14.00 LUNCH
MARKET PLACE OF IDEAS
14.00 – 15.30 WORKING GROUPS - CONTINUATION OF MORNING SESSION
15.30 – 16.00 BREAK
MARKET PLACE OF IDEAS
16.00 – 16.30 CONNECT.REFLECT.ACT TALKS:
Defending rights and freedoms in the digital environment by Katarzyna Szymielewicz, President of Panoptykon Foundation and Vice-President of European Digital Rights;
Connecting citizens to power by Alberto Alemanno, Professor, NYU School of Law, co-founder The Good Lobby
16:30-17:00 Presentation of winning clip from the connect.reflect.act human rights school competition “Human rights in the city” and award ceremony.
Presentation of FRF Hackathon digital tool proposals for raising awareness for fundamental rights.
17.00 – 18.00 PLENARY - WRAP UP and DEBATE:
Reporting back from three workshops (1 per theme)
Wojciech Wiewiorowski, Assistant European Data Protection Supervisor; Lora Vidovic, Ombudsman, Croatia Salla Saastamoinen, representing Věra Jourová, EU Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Max Schrems, privacy activist; Jan Wouters, Professor of International Law and International Organisations, Leuven University Fiyaz Mughal, Founder and Director of Faith Matters
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DAY 3 - WEDNESDAY, 22 JUNE 2016
18.00 – 21.00 The launch of the Handbook on European law relating to access to justice FULLY BOOKED
MESSE WIEN, CLUB area 1st floor
The Handbook on European law relating to access to justice has been jointly prepared by FRA, the Council of Europe and the Registry of the European Court of Human Rights. It seeks to raise awareness and improve knowledge of relevant legal standards in the area of access to justice set by the EU and the Council of Europe, particularly through the case law of the Court of Justice of the EU and the European Court of Human Rights. It has been designed as a practical guide for judges, prosecutors and legal practitioners involved in litigation in EU and Council of Europe Member States. Non-governmental organisations and other bodies that assist individuals in accessing justice will also find this handbook useful.
Welcome:
Michael O’Flaherty, Director of the Fundamental Rights Agency and Chair of the Fundamental Rights Forum
Speakers:
Maria Berger, Judge, Court of Justice of the European Union (video message) Robert Spano, Judge, European Court of Human Rights David Harris, Professor, University of Nottingham Debbie Sayers, Legal research consultant, Interalia.org.uk
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DAY 3 - WEDNESDAY, 22 JUNE 2016
19:00 - 21:00 Alpbach Talks on "Empowering rights holders" FULLY BOOKED
Organised, in cooperation with Wiener Zeitung, European Forum Alpbach and FRA at the occasion of the Fundamental Rights Forum Leopold Museum, Museumsplatz 1, 1070 Vienna
What tools are needed to facilitate citizen involvement in the digital age? How can we at the same time best protect the right to privacy and govern the internet? Two experts in the fields of civic advocacy and data protection will answer these and other questions at a special edition of the Alpbach Talks series during the first Fundamental Rights Forum in Vienna.
Welcome:
Caspar Einem, Vice President, European Forum Alpbach; President, oiip - Austrian Institute for International Affairs, Vienna Wolfgang Riedler, Managing Director, Wiener Zeitung, Vienna
Moderator:
Alma Zadic, Associate, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, Vienna; Member, Forum Alpbach Network, Vienna (Chair)
Introduction by:
Constantinos Manolopoulos, Deputy Director (FRA)
Speakers:
Alberto Alemanno, Professor, NYU School of Law, co- founder The Good Lobby Joseph Cannataci, Professor, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to privacy
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DAY 4 - THURSDAY, 23 JUNE 2016
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS COMPLIANT SUSTAINABLE GROWTH: INCLUSION, REFUGEE PROTECTION, THE DIGITAL AGE
Messe Wien Exhibition & Congress Center Messeplatz 1 PF 277 1021 Vienna
08:00 - 08:45 Registration of participants
09.00 – 09.15 WELCOME: Friso Roscam Abbing, Head of FRA’s Fundamental Rights Promotion Department and general moderator at the Fundamental Rights Forum
OPENING REMARKS: Speakers:
Michael O'Flaherty, FRA Director and Chair of the Forum Hauwa Ibrahim, Nigerian human rights lawyer, winner of 2005 European Parliament's Sakharov Prize Mary Robinson, former president of Ireland (video message)
09.15 – 09.45 CONNECT.REFLECT.ACT TALKS:
Role of business in addressing inequality by Steve Howard, Chief Sustainability Officer, IKEA
Connecting street vendors to global consumers by Christine Souffrant, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Vendedy
09.45 – 11.00 PANEL DEBATE ON FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS COMPLIANT SUSTAINABLE GROWTH
Moderators:
Farid Tabarki, Trend watcher Friso Roscam Abbing, Head of FRA’s Fundamental Rights Promotion Department and general moderator at the Fundamental Rights Forum
Speakers:
Michael Spindelegger, Director General, International Centre for Migration Policy Development
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DAY 4 - THURSDAY, 23 JUNE 2016
Wolfgang Greif, Vice-president, European Economic and Social Committee Marie Ringler, Europe Co-Leader, Ashoka Foundation Shalini Randeria, Rector of the Institute for Human Sciences
11:00 – 11:10 KEYNOTE SPEECH
Emily O'Reilly, European Ombudsman (livestream)
11.10 – 11.45 BREAK
MARKET PLACE OF IDEAS
11.45 – 13.00 WORKING GROUPS
INCLUSION
WG 7: What can progressive realisation of economic, social and cultural rights mean in the EU, in the context of the European Pillar of Social Rights initiative?
Chair:
Manfred Nowak, Professor of International Law and Human Rights, University of Vienna and vice-chair pf FRA’s Management Board
Speakers:
Kate Pickett and Richard Wilkinson, University of York, Authors of ‘The Spirit Level: Why More Equal Societies Almost Always Do Better?’ Wilfried Altzinger, Professor, University of Economics and Business, Vienna Allan Päll, President, Social Platform and Secretary General of the European Youth Forum Luisa Cabral , Head of Unit, Social security coordination, European Commission Regis Brillat, Head of the European Social Charter Department and Executive secretary of the European Committee of Social Rights (ECSR) Ioannis Dimitrakopoulos, Head of Department, FRA
WG 8: The crucial role of employers in combating severe forms of labour exploitation
Danielle Auroi, Chair of EU Affairs Committee, French National Assembly
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DAY 4 - THURSDAY, 23 JUNE 2016
Frances House, Deputy Executive Director, Institute for Human Rights and Business (IHRB) Zuzanna Muskat Gorska, Legal Unit, International Trade Union Confederation Andrea Fromm, Research Officer, European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (EUROFOUND) Teresa Albano, Economic Affairs Officer, Office of the Co- coordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities. Alice Hamilton, Research Officer, FRA
WG 9: How can business contribute to more socially cohesive societies in the EU?
Speakers:
Laszlo Lovaszy, Expert, United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disability; Juan Gonzalez Mellizo, Team leader, Unit, Non- discrimination policies and Roma coordination, Directorate- General Justice and Consumers, European Commission Lene Wendland, UN advisor on Business and Human Rights, OHCHR Radu Mares, Expert, Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights Monika Laurinaviciute, Stakeholder relations officer, European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) Sari Brody, Global Diversity & Inclusion leader, IKEA Jonas Grimheden, Senior Policy Officer, FRA
WG 28: The common space between religious traditions and human rights
H.E. Mgr Theodorus Cornelis Maria Hoogenboom, Auxiliary Bishop of Utrecht, Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Community (COMECE) Chief Rabbi David Rosen, Member of the Board of Directors, KAICIID; International Director of Interreligious Affairs, American Jewish Committee Alpesh Patel, Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies Aicha Haddou, Vice President, European Muslim Research on Islamic Development Niraj Nathwani, Programme Manager, FRA
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DAY 4 - THURSDAY, 23 JUNE 2016
REFUGEE PROTECTION
WG 16: The business case for better migrant integration that can contribute to Europe’s growth
Gabriela Sonnleitner, CEO Magdas Social Business, Magdas Hotel Emily Farchy, Senior Migration Specialist, International Migration Division, OECD Joana Adesuwa-Reiterer, Founder and Chair of the NGO ‘Exit’, JOADRE; Sari Salojärvi, Manager of an integration programme for educated asylum seekers, Hanken University (Business University) in cooperation with businesses David Reichel, Programme Manager, FRA
WG 17: How can digital tools enhance asylum and refugee protection?
Chair:
Rosemary Byrne, Associate Professor of International Law, Trinity College Dublin, former Chair, Scientific Committee FRA
Speakers:
Hadi Khatib, Programme Coordinator, Tactical Technology Collective Christophe Hessels, Senior Programme Manager, European Asylum Support Office (EASO) Verena Knaus, Senior Policy Advisor, UNICEF Brussels Colin Yeo, Editor and Founder, Free Movement blog Katinka Ridderbos, Senior Research and Information Officer UNHCR Günter Schumacher, Principle Researcher, Joint Research Centre Ann-Charlotte Nygard, Programme Manager, FRA
WG 18: Empowering cities in the fight against human trafficking: victims of trafficking as rights holders
Helga Konrad, Coordinator of the Regional Implementation Initiative, Austria Elisabeth Tichy-Fisslberger, Ambassador Director General for Legal and Consular Affairs at the Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs, Austrian Coordinator on Combatting Human Trafficking
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DAY 4 - THURSDAY, 23 JUNE 2016
Vineta Polatside, Senior Adviser at the Council of the Baltic Sea States Task Force against Trafficking in Human Beings Daniela Urschitz, Director, EU Strategy for the Danube Region: Cooperation for Cities on the Urban Platform Danube Region Dagmar Engels, Head of the Ulm School of Adult Education and Town Councillor, City of Ulm Alina Braşoveanu, member of the Council of Europe Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (GRETA) Georgia Dimitropoulou, Child rights expert, FRA
DIGITAL AGE
WG 25: The role and responsibility of business in respecting privacy in a context of increased security in Europe: Challenges and promising practices
Chair:
Erich Schweighofer, Professor, University of Vienna, Centre for Computers and Law;
Speakers:
Michal Boni, Member of the European Parliament, former Minister of Administration and Digitization of Poland Joseph Cannataci, Professor, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to privacy Gail Kent, Head of Security Policy, Facebook; Cornelia Kutterer, EU Government Affairs & Digital Policy Director, Microsoft; Krzysztof Zalewski, Data protection expert, FRA.
WG 27: Respecting privacy rights in the commercial use of personal data
Chair:
Bojana Bellamy, President of the Centre for Information Policy Leadership, Hunton & Williams
Speakers:
Athena Bourka, Expert in Network and Information Security at European Union Agency for Network and Information Security (ENISA) Lucy Purdon, Project Manager, Institute for Human Rights and Business
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DAY 4 - THURSDAY, 23 JUNE 2016
Marit Hansen, Commissioner of the Data Protection Authority of Schleswig Holstein David Wright, Founder and Manging Partner of Trilateral Research and Consulting Stephen Deadman, Facebook, Deputy Global Chief Privacy Officer Diego Naranjo, Advocacy Manager, European Digital Rights Zoe Kardasiadou, Data protection expert, FRA
13.00 – 13.30 SANDWICH LUNCH (SERVED OUTSIDE WG ROOMS)
MARKET PLACE OF IDEAS
13.30 – 15.00 WORKING GROUPS – CONTINUATION OF MORNING SESSION
15.00 – 15.30 BREAK
MARKET PLACE OF IDEAS
15.30 – 16.45 CLOSING PANEL: Reporting back from three workshops (1 per theme)
Dimitris Avramopoulos, EU Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship (video message) Michal Boni, Member of the European Parliament, former Minister of Administration and Digitization of Poland Lucia Žitňanská , Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice of the Slovak Republic, Slovak EU Presidency (second semester 2016) Helena Dalli, Minister for Social Dialogue, Consumer Affairs and Civil Liberties, Maltese EU Presidency (first semester 2017) Stavros Lambrinidis, European Union’s Special Representative for Human Rights.
16.45 – 17.00 CHAIR’S STATEMENT: Michael O'Flaherty, FRA Director and Chair of the Forum
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