Ligestillingsudvalget 2015-16
LIU Alm.del Bilag 33
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Parliamentary Network Women Free from Violence
Réseau parlementaire pour le droit des femmes de vivre sans violence
REGIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE ISTANBUL CONVENTION
Wednesday 13 April 2016
The Hague, Netherlands
DRAFT PROGRAMME
F – 67075 Strasbourg Cedex |
[email protected]
| Tel: + 33 3 90 21 4982 | Fax: +33 3 88 41 2733
 LIU, Alm.del - 2015-16 - Bilag 33: Invitation til konference om bekæmpelse af vold mod kvinder og implementering af Istanbul konventionen
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1. Background
Following the ratification of the
Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against
women and domestic violence
by the Netherlands on 18 November 2015, the Dutch Parliament and the
Parliamentary Network Women Free from Violence of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
will organise a regional conference on the Istanbul Convention in the Hague on 13 April 2016.
The conference aims at raising awareness on the phenomenon of violence against women and signalling the
political commitment of the Dutch and other parliaments to prevent it and counter it through an appropriate
policy and a legislative framework.
The conference is open to parliamentarians from Belgium, Denmark, Germany and Luxembourg as well as
representatives from governmental and non-governmental organisations, civil society and experts. It will
highlight the added value of the Istanbul Convention and try to address possible obstacles to its ratification
by the countries concerned. It will also draw attention on the issue of harassment and abuse of young
women in public spaces.
To date, the Netherlands and Denmark have ratified the Convention; Belgium, Germany and Luxembourg
have signed it.
2. Draft programme
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10.00 – 12.00
Lunch
14.00
Opening session
Ms Ankie Broekers-Knol,
President of the Senate
Ms Marit Maij,
member of the Dutch Parliament and of the Council of Europe Parliamentary
Network Women Free from Violence
Mr Martin van Rijn,
State Secretary for Health, Welfare and Sport
Ms Sahiba Gafarova,
General Rapporteur on violence against women of the Parliamentary
Assembly of the Council of Europe
14.30 –15.15
Session 1:
Monitoring the implementation of the Istanbul convention
Visit of a shelter
Moderator: Ms Sahiba Gafarova,
General Rapporteur on violence against women of the Parliamentary
Assembly of the Council of Europe
The Istanbul Convention and its added value
Keynote speaker: Mr Javier Truchero,
lawyer and former Spanish member of the Council of
Europe Ad Hoc Committee to prevent and combat violence against women and domestic
violence (CAHVIO)
The Dutch legislation regarding violence against women and challenges ahead
Keynote speaker: Ms Renée Römkens,
former member of the Council of Europe Ad Hoc
Committee to prevent and combat violence against women and domestic violence (CAHVIO)
and Director of the National Institute on Gender Equality and Women's history (Amsterdam)
Questions and answers
Coffee break
1
All names are to be confirmed
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 LIU, Alm.del - 2015-16 - Bilag 33: Invitation til konference om bekæmpelse af vold mod kvinder og implementering af Istanbul konventionen
15.30 – 16.30
Session 2:
Aligning legislation with the Istanbul Convention: national perspectives
Moderator: Ms Marit Maij,
member of the Dutch Parliament and member of the Council of Europe
Parliamentary Network Women Free from Violence
Keynote speakers:
Ms/Mr…,
member of the Dutch Parliament
Ms/Mr…,
member of the Belgian Parliament
Ms/Mr…,
member of the Danish Parliament
Ms/Mr…,
member of the German Parliament
Ms/Mr…,
member of the Parliament of Luxembourg
Discussion
16.30 – 17.15
Session 3:
Sexual harassment and abuse – creating safe public spaces for young women
Moderator:
Chair of a parliamentary Committee
Ms Marith Volp,
family doctor, expert and member of the Dutch parliament
Ms/Mr…,
representative of the Dutch Gender Platform Wo=Men
17.30 - 19.00
19.30
Cultural programme
Dinner
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