This meeting, jointly organized by the Council of Europe and the EMN Luxembourg within the framework of the EMN Platform on Statelessness had several aims.
Firstly, this event served as an opportunity to share good practices and challenges on following topics:
- Child-friendly procedures around statelessness and nationality;
- Access to nationality for children.
Secondly, the event brought together and provide networking opportunities to wide variety of stakeholders working with issues of nationality and statelessness with specific focus on children.
Participants were invited to exchange views as actively as possible to maximize the sharing of experience and difficulties encountered with regard to the topics listed above.
The meeting was organised as a hybrid event and provided for a possibility to attend the event online via Webex.
WHEN? 6 June 2024
WHERE? Luxembourg
Work language of the event: English
AGENDA
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9.00 – 9.30 |
Registration for in person participants |
9.30 – 9.45 | Welcome words · Prof. Dr. Birte Nienaber, coordinator of the EMN Luxembourg · David Best, Secretary General’s |
9.45 – 11.00 | Institutional panel · Delphine Drapeau, Legal Officer, Asylum Unit, · Regina Jensdottir, Head of the Children’s Rights Division and CoE Coordinator for the Rights of the Child (online) · Adolfo Sommarribas, EMN Luxembourg, EMN
· Sam Mosallai, Statelessness Officer, UNHCR Regional Bureau for Europe |
11.00 – 11.20 | Q/A |
11.20 – 11.35 | Sirazul Islam, Community Engagement Coordinator, European Network on Statelessness and representative of the British Rohingya Community |
11.35 – 11.50 | Q/A |
11.50 – 12.20 | Coffee break and networking opportunity |
12.20 – 13.20 | Access to nationality for children · Armen Ghazaryan, Head of the Migration and Citizenship Service, Armenia · Tamta Petviashvili, Deputy Director of Department of Civil Registry, Public Service Development Agency, Ministry of Justice of Georgia (online) |
13.20 – 13.35 | Q/A |
13.35 – 15.00 | Lunch break |
15.00 – 16.00 | Access to nationality for children · Frank Wies, Wies&Hertzog, Luxembourg · Jesus Fernandez de Sevilla Gomez, Coordinator Programs for Emancipation and Transit to Adult Life in the Area of Child, Youth and Family Care, CEPAIM, Spain · Robin van Oene, Legal Coordinator, ASKV/Refugee Support, the Netherlands |
16.00 – 16.15 | Q/A |
16.15 – 16.30 | Closing remarks and the way forward · Adolfo Sommarribas, chair of the EMN Platform on Statelessness · Gerald Dunn, Secretary of the European Committee on Legal Co-operation (CDCJ), Council of Europe (online) |
