DRAFT AGENDA: WEDNESDAY, 8 DECEMBER 09.00 – 9.30
Registration/arrival Opening statements:
9.30 – 10.00
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Jan Jařab, Regional Representative for Europe of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
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Edward McMillan-Scott, Vice President, European Parliament
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Abdelhamid El Jamri, Chairperson of the UN Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (CMW)
PANEL I: Protection of human rights of migrant workers under international law and its European dimensions
10.00 – 11.00
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Marie D’Auchamp, Consultant for OHCHR (presentation of a study on ICRMW and Europe)
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Rene Plaetevoet, Director, December 18
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Marta Cygan, Director, Directorate B: Immigration and Asylum, DG Home Affairs, European Commission
Moderator: Representative of International Organization for Migration 11.00 – 11.15
Coffee break PANEL II: Developments towards closing the protection gap for migrant workers in Europe – views of the MEPs -
Alejandro Cercas, MEP
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Nadia Hirsch, MEP
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Member of GUE/NGL
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Hélène Flautre, MEP
11.15 – 12.30
Moderator: Rudi Delarue, Director, International Labour Office for the European Union and the Benelux countries
The way forward – closing remarks 12:30– 13.00
13:00 -14:00
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Lunch
Juan Fernando López Aguilar, MEP, Chairperson Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
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