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Registration of participants
Friday, 2 March 2018, Folketing
Christiansborg Castle
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9.30am
Opening session
Welcome address by
Mr Michael Aastrup Jensen,
Chairperson of the Danish
Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
Opening addresses
by
Ms Karen Ellemann,
Minister for Equal Opportunities, Denmark;
by
Ms Gabriella Battaini-Dragoni,
Deputy Secretary General of the Council of
Europe
Introduction
by
Ms Elvira Kovács,
Chairperson of the Committee on Equality and
Non-Discrimination, Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
9.55am
Keynote address
by
Ms Katherine Zappone,
Minister for Children and
Youth Affairs, Ireland
10.10am Discussion
10.30am
Coffee break
10.50 am
Round table
on Rainbow families:
Achieving equality in private and
family life regardless of sexual orientation
Moderator:
Mr Mogens Jensen,
Vice-Chairperson of the Danish Delegation to the
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
Guest Speakers:
Mr Piet De Bruyn,
General rapporteur on the Rights of LGBTI
people, Member of the Belgian Parliament -
Ms Nicoletta Finter,
Federal Ministry
of Family, Children and Women, Germany, Representative of the European
Governmental LGBTI Focal Points Network -
Mr Jesús Santos and his son Gabriel
Santos,
Network of European LGBTI Family Associations (NELFA), Spain -
Professor
Robert Wintemute,
Professor of Human Rights Law, King’s College London, United
Kingdom
11.30am Discussion
12.30pm
Closing session
Closing comments and wrapping up by
Mr Mogens Jensen,
moderator
Conference on Private
and family life for LGBTI
people
co-organised by
the Danish Chairmanship of the Committee of
Ministers of the Council of Europe
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the Danish Parliament
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and the Committee on Equality and Non-
Discrimination of the Parliamentary Assembly of
the Council of Europe
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