The European Programme on Human Rights Education for Legal
Professionals (HELP)
ANNUAL HELP NETWORK CONFERENCE
STRASBOURG, 4 – 5 JUNE 2015
Interactions between legal and other professionals
in human rights training
AGENDA
DAY 1 – 4 June 2015
PALAIS DE L’EUROPE- ROOM 1
9.00 – 9.30
Arrival and registration of participants – administrative matters
9.30 – 10.00
Welcoming addresses
Mr Thorbjørn Jagland, Secretary General of the Council of Europe
Mr Almir Šahović, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Bosnia and
Herzegovina to the Council of Europe
Mr Christos Giakoumopoulos, Director of Human Rights, DGI, Council of
Europe
Chair: Ms Tatiana Termacic, Head of the Human Rights National
Implementation Division, DGI, Council of Europe
Opening presentation
Mr Dean Spielmann, President of the European Court of Human Rights
The importance of the training of legal and other professionals on the
European Social Charter
Mr Régis Brillat, Executive Secretary of the European Social Charter, DGI,
Council of Europe
10.00 – 10.15
10.15 – 10.30
10.30 - 11.00
Coffee break, outside Room 1
11.00-11.45
Achievements and new challenges for HELP
11.45 - 13.00
Mr Roberto Rivello, Manager of the HELP Programme
Ms Natacha De Roeck, Head of HELP Unit
Ms Jolanta Samuolyte, HELP Consultative Board
Challenges in interactions between legal and other professionals on
human rights - Tandem presentations by keynote speakers with
different professional backgrounds
Ms Anne Forus and Ms Marie Grosset (Health and bioethics)
Ms Jan Clements and Mr Alexander Roth (Media)
Mr Flip Schüller and Ms Jane Herlihy (Asylum and refugees)
Mr Vladimir Ortakov and Mr Önder Özkalipci (Ill-treatment)
13.00 – 14.15
Buffet lunch hosted by the Council of Europe, foyer of the Hemicycle
14.15 – 14.30
Group photo, foyer of the Hemicycle
Working Groups
Working Group I Palais de l’Europe Room 1
Legal professionals and health (including bioethics)
Keynote speaker: Ms Anne Forus
Moderator: Mrs Laurence Lwoff, Secretary of the Committee on Bioethics
(DH-BIO), Council of Europe
Rapporteur: Ms Petra Bard
14.30- 15.45
Working Group II Palais de l’Europe Room 7
Legal professionals and media
Keynote speaker: Ms Silvia Grundmann, Head of Media and Internet
Governance Division
Moderator: Ms Ségolène Chesneau, HELP Project Officer, Council of Europe
Rapporteur: Ms Jan Clements
Working Group III Palais de L’Europe Room 10
Legal professionals and asylum and refugees
Keynote speaker: Mr Flip Schüller
Moderator: Ms Natacha De Roeck
Rapporteur: Mr Samuel Boutruche
Working Group IV Palais de L’Europe Room 6
Legal professionals and the fight against ill-treatment
Keynote speaker: Mr Hugues de Suremain
Moderator: Mr Roberto Rivello
Rapporteur: Mr Petros Alikakos
15.45- 16.15
Coffee break
16.15 – 17.30
Working Groups presentations, discussions and conclusions
DAY 2 – 5 June 2015
PALAIS DE L’EUROPE
Conclusions of Working Groups and wrapping up
Working Group I Palais de L’Europe Room 1
9.15 – 10.30
Working Group II Palais de L’Europe Room 7
Working Group III Palais de L’Europe Room 10
Working Group IV Palais de L’Europe Room 6
10.30 – 11.00
11.00 -12.30
12.30 – 13.00
Coffee break
Presentation of the conclusions of the Working Groups by the
rapporteurs, discussion and 2016 road map Palais de L’Europe Room 1
Chair: Mr Mikhail Lobov, Head of Human Rights Policy and Cooperation
Department
Closing remarks Palais de L’Europe Room 1
By Mr Mikhail Lobov