HOME
THE PROGRAMME
Brief description
Co-ordination
Events
CHILDREN'S RIGHTS
Key legal texts
Monitoring
Activities
National coordinators
DECS ENF
Children in care

 
Children's participation
Child Friendly Justice

 
Case-law: European Court of Human Rights
CHILDREN AND VIOLENCE
Action Programme

 
CoE Guidelines against violence
Corporal Punishment
Violence in schools
Sexual Violence
Policy reviews
DOCUMENTS AND SPEECHES
Publications
Speeches
MULTIMEDIA
Videos and social media
THE TEAM

Building a child-friendly Europe:

Turning a vision into reality

Conference on the Council of Europe Strategy for the Rights of the Child 2012-2015

 Under the Presidency of H.R.H. The Princess of Hanover 

Monaco, 20-21 November 2011


SPEECHES AND PRESENTATIONS

      

Sunday 20 November 2011
Opening ceremony
Building a Europe with children: young people build their future
  • Mr Kristinn Jóhannesson, Representative of the Young People's Constitution Project, Iceland
Building a child-friendly Europe: extending the achievements
Protecting children from all forms of violence
  • Ms Paulo Sergio Pinheiro, Independent expert for the UN World Report on violence against children
  • Ms Najat Maalla M'jid, UN Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography
  • Mr Keith Whitmore, President of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe
  • Ms Hijran Huseynova, Chairperson of the State Committee for Family, Women and Children, Azerbaijan
  • Ms Margarita Popova, Minister of Justice, Bulgaria
  • Ms Monika Šimůnková, Government Commissioner for Human Rights, Czech Republic
  • Ms Claude Greff, State Secretary of Family, France
  • Ms Svetlana Sovilj, Adviser for the protection of children, Ministry for Health, Labour and Social Welfare, Montenegro
  • Mr Nicolae Ivăşchescu, State Secretary of Labour, Family and Social Protection, Romania
  • Mr Pavel Astakhov, Children's Rights Commissioner for the President of the Russian Federation, Administration of the President of the Russian Federation

Promoting child-friendly justice, social services and health care

  • Mr Philippe Narmino, Minister Plenipotentiary, Director of Judicial Services, Monaco
  • Mr Irakli Nadareishvili, Deputy Minister of Labour, Health and Social Affairs, Georgia
  • Mr Ögmundur Jónasson, Minister of the Interior, Iceland
  • Ms Astri Aas-Hansen, State Secretary of Justice and the Police, Norway
  • Mr Stéphane Valéri, Government Minister for Health and Social Affairs, Monaco

Strengthening children's right to participate in decision making

Empowering children in vulnerable situations

  • Mr Spiro Ksera, Minister of Labour, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities, Albania
  • Mr Riho Rahuoja, Deputy Secretary General on Family and Social Policy, Estonia
  • Ms Valentina Buliga, Minister of Labour, Social Protection and Family, Moldova
  • Mr Vyacheslav Kolomiets, Deputy Minister of Social Policy, Ukraine
  • Mr Raphaël Alomar, Governor, Council of Europe Development Bank

Empowering children through participation - Proposals from Japan after the triple disaster

  • Mr Akihiko Morita, Shokei Gakuin University and senior adviser of Save the Children, Japan
The council of Europe Strategy for the Rights of the Child (2012-2015): turning a vision into reality
  • Ms Anica Djamic, Committee of Ministers Thematic Co-ordinator for Children, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Croatia to the Council of Europe
Finding the missing pieces: evaluating implementation of children's rights
  • Mr Philippe Boillat, Director General, Directorate General of Human Rights and Rule of Law, Council of Europe
  • Ms Isabelle Berro-Lefèvre, Judge at the European Court of Human Rights in respect of Monaco
  • Mr Luis Jimena Quesada, president of the European Committee of Social Rights (ESCR)
  • Mr Stefan Oeter, Chair of the committee of Experts of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages
  • Ms Edita Ziobiene, Member of the Advisory Committee on the Framework Convention of the Protection of National Minorities, Ombudsperson for the children of Lithuania
  • Mr Jean-Charles Sacotte, Member of the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI)
  • Mr Nicolas Le Coz, Chair of the Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (GRETA)
  • Mr Bernard Gastaud, Member of the United Nations Committee on the Right of the Child
  • Mr Peter Newell, NGO Group for the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
Bringing standards closer to children: co-operation and partnerships for sustainable action
  • Ms Anica Djamic, Committee of Ministers Thematic Co-ordinator for Children, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Croatia to the Council of Europe
  • Mr Steven Allen, Regional Director for Central and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States, UNICEF
  • Mr Emmanuel Crabit, Head of Unit, Fundamental rights and rights of the child, Directorate General of Justice, European Commission
  • Ms Madi Sharma, Member of the Employers' Group of the European Economic and Social Committee
  • Ms Maria Amor Estebanez, European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights
  • Mr Marek Michalak, Chair of the European Network of Ombudspersons for Children (ENOC), Ombudsman for the children of Poland
  • Ms Jenny Pearce, Professor of Young People and Public Policy, University of Bedfordshire, United Kingdom
  • Ms Ulla Armyr, Chair of Save the Children Europe Group
Monday 21 November
Workshop 1 - Making children the masters of the game: data protection and the new media environment
Workshop 2 - Empowering children through learning democratic citizenship and human rights education
Workshop 3 - Children's rights start at home: strong families for strong children
  • Mr Tony Ivens, Children in Wales, Chair of the Eurochild Family and Parenting Working Group, United Kingdom
  • Mr Jesper Juul, Author and Family therapist, Denmark
  • Ms Maria Herczog, Member of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child, Chair of Eurochild
  • Mr Mary Crowley, President of the International Federation for Parent Education, United Kingdom
  • Ms Maria Filomena Gaspar, Coimbra University, Portugal
  • Ms Maria Josefa Rodrigo, Professor, Department of Developmental Psychology and Education, University of La Laguna, Spain
  • Ms Anniki Tikerpuu, Department of Children and Families, Ministry of Social Affairs, Estonia
  • Ms Marie-Hélène Murat, child psychiatrist, Monaco
Conclusions of the Workshops

Closing session of the Conference