This meeting, jointly organized by the Council of Europe and the EMN Luxembourg within the framework of the EMN Platform on Statelessness has several aims.
Firstly, this event will serve as an opportunity to share good practices and challenges on following topics:
- Child-friendly procedures around statelessness and nationality;
- Burden of proof: the special case of children;
- Access to nationality for children.
Secondly, the event aims to bring together and provide networking opportunities to wide variety of stakeholders working with issues of nationality and statelessness with specific focus on children.
Participants are invited to exchange views as actively as possible to maximize the sharing of experience and difficulties encountered with regard to the three topics listed above.
The meeting will be organised as a hybrid event and will provide for a possibility to connect online via Webex. Persons attending online are not required to register.
This event in not foreseen for wider public. Participation is invitation only.
WHEN? 6 June 2024
WHERE? TBC Luxembourg
Work language of the event: English
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AGENDA
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9.00 – 9.30 |
Registration for in person participants |
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9.30 – 9.45 |
Welcome words · Prof. Dr. Birte Nienaber, coordinator of the EMN Luxembourg · David Best, Secretary General’s |
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9.45 – 10.30 |
Institutional panel · Delphine Drapeau, Legal Officer, Asylum Unit, · Council of Europe · Adolfo Sommarribas, EMN Luxembourg, EMN · UNHCR |
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10.30 – 10.45 |
Q/A |
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10.45 – 11.05 |
Age assessment and best interest of the child · Nilde Robotti, Vulnerability Officer, European |
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11.45 – 12.00 |
Q/A |
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12.00 – 12.30 |
Coffee break and networking |
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12.30 – 13.30 |
Burden of proof: the special case of children · (TBC) · (TBC) · (TBC) |
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13.30 – 13.45 |
Q/A |
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13.45 – 15.00 |
Lunch break |
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15.00 – 16.00 |
Access to nationality for children · (TBC) · CEPAIM, Spain · Armen Ghazaryan, Head of the Migration and Citizenship Service, Armenia |
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16.00 – 16.15 |
Q/A |
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16.15 – 16.30 |
Closing remarks and the way forward · Adolfo Sommarribas, chair of the EMN Platform on Statelessness · CDCJ, Council of Europe |
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