LIU, Alm.del - 2016-17 - Bilag 123: Invitation og programudkast til et interparlamentarisk møde den 21/11-2017 i Europa-Parlamentet i Bruxelles med emnet "The Istanbul Convention: combating violence against women at national and EU level"

Ligestillingsudvalget 2016-17
LIU Alm.del Bilag 123
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Directorate-General for Internal Policies of the Union

Directorate for Citizens' Rights and Constitutional Affairs

Secretariat of the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality

Inter-parliamentary Committee Meeting

on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women 2017

The Istanbul Convention: combating violence against women at national

and EU level

Tuesday, 21 November 2017, from 15.00 to 18.30

European Parliament in Brussels - room 6Q2

Chaired by:

Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Chai of the Co

ittee o Wo e 's Rights a d Ge de E uality

DRAFT PROGRAMME

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15.00 - 16.00

Panel 1. The Istanbul Convention in the Member States: ratification and monitoring

Topic: assess the main problems of the ratification process in the signing countries and show the

situation of the first round of evaluations made by GREVIO.

Keynote speeches by

GREVIO

representative,

Council of Europe (TBC)

Representative from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe

(TBC)

Representative from HELP Programme,

Council of Europe (TBC)

NGO representative

Organised in collaboration with the Directorate for Relations with National Parliaments

Group of Experts on Action against Violence against Women and Domestic Violence - the independent

expert body responsible for monitoring the implementation of the Council of Europe Convention on

Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence by the Parties

LIU, Alm.del - 2016-17 - Bilag 123: Invitation og programudkast til et interparlamentarisk møde den 21/11-2017 i Europa-Parlamentet i Bruxelles med emnet "The Istanbul Convention: combating violence against women at national and EU level"

16.00 - 17.30

Panel 2. The 4 Ps

in practice: how member states tackle gender based violence and domestic

violence

Topic: based on the provisions of the Istanbul Convention discuss its implementation and best

practices

Keynote speeches by

National Parliaments representatives / experts

NGO representative/s

17.30 - 18.30

Panel 3. The path to the EU accession to the Istanbul Convention

Topic: The situation of GVB at EU level and the status and perspective of the EU accession to the

Istanbul Convention

Keynote speeches by

Representative of the Presidency of the Council of the European Union

European Commission representative

Representative from the European Institute for Gender Equality

NGO representative

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Organised in cooperation with the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE)

(MEP salon)

19.00

–

19:30

19.30 - 20:30

EIGE’s White Ribbo Ca paig

Event

Networking Cocktail with Members of national Parliaments and of the European

Parliament and invited guests

Prevention, Protection, Prosecution together with the implementation of integrated Policies