Opening remarks

• Ambassador Drahoslav Štefánek, Special Representative of the Secretary General on Migration and Refugees
• Mr Christos Giakoumopoulos, Director General of Human Rights and Rule of Law, Council of Europe

 Keynote speech

• Challenges for realising the right to family reunification, Ms Dunja Mijatović, Commissioner for Human Rights

 Speakers

• A parliamentary view on family reunification, Ms Penelope Denu, Head of secretariat of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons
• Handbook on family reunification for refugee and migrant children: a short presentation of the publication, Dr Mark A. Klaassen, Assistant Professor at the Institute of Immigration Law, Leiden University
• Going through family reunion myself, Ms Pegah Moulana, British Youth Council representative to the Advisory Council on Youth at Council of Europe
• Main trends in ECHR case-law on family reunification, Ms Michelle Lafferty, Senior Lawyer, European Court of Human Rights
• Sharing lessons learned from practice, Ms Eleonora Servino, Coordinator of the IOM Family Assistance Programme
• The International Red Cross Red Crescent Movement ‘s response to family reunification, Ms Vanessa Cowan, refugee family reunion Operations Manager at the British Red Cross
• Family reunification in times of COVID-19, Ms Jutta Seidel, Officer in charge, UNHCR Representation to the European Institutions in Strasbourg