FORUM, Conference: Who’s Right(s)? Applying the human rights frame to national migration policies

17 February 2010

Conference: Who’s Right(s)? Applying the human rights frame to national migration policies

This FORUM conference brings experts and interested parties together to explore the human rights situation of migrants and asylum seekers in the Netherlands. Register here.

Important questions discussed during the conference will be:

What is the impact of international criticism on domestic legislation and policies?
How does the Netherlands maintain its leading role as a human rights advocate?

The objective of this conference is to discuss the process of cooperation between different actors who together give rise to Dutch national laws and policies protecting the human rights of migrants.

During the conference the research report “Who’s Right(s)? International Monitoring of Compliance with Human Rights of Migrants 2000-2009” will be presented to the State Secretary for Justice Nebahat Albayrak. This research was conducted by Dominique van Dam, MLL of the law faculty of the Radboud University Nijmegen. The central question of Van Dam’s research was: What is the effect of international monitoring on Dutch laws and policies in relation to the Human Rights of migrants?

To acquire the report please contact Wolf publishers (www.wolfpublishers.nl). After our conference on the 17^th of February 2010, you will also be able to access the report through our website.

Conference Programme
9.30-10.00	Aanmelding Registration
10.00-10.10	Opening plenaire sessie door dagvoorzitter Pieter Boeles Opening Plenary by Chairman Pieter Boeles
10.10-10.30	Keynote speech door Joanna Goodey / Keynote address by Joanna Goodey Directeur Afdeling Vrijheid en Recht, European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights Head of Department Freedom and Justice, European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights
10.30-11.00	Presentatie van het rapport “Who’s Right(s)? - Internationaal toezicht op de mensenrechten van migranten in Nederland 2000-2008” door Kees Groenendijk, voorzitter van het Centrum voor Migratierecht Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen Presentation of the report “Who’s Right(s)? - International monitoring of compliance with human rights of migrants in the Netherlands 2000-2008” by Kees Groenendijk, Chair of the Center for Migration Law Radboud University Nijmegen
11.00-11.15	Sadik Harchaoui, voorzitter van de Raad van Bestuur FORUM, overhandigt rapport ‘‘Who’s Right(s)?” aan Staatssecretaris Nebahat Albayrak Sadik Harchaoui, Chair of the Board of Directors FORUM, offers report “Who’s Right(s)?” to State Secretary of Justice Nebahat Albayrak
11.15-11.25	Staatssecretaris Nebahat Albayrak reageert op de inhoud van het rapport State Secretary of Justice Nebahat Albayrak provides comments on the content of the report
11.25-11.45	Koffie pauze Coffee Break
11.45-12.30	Panel discussie ‘‘Internationale monitoring: is coördinatie mogelijk/ wenselijk/nodig?’’ met: H.P. Schreinemachers, Plaatsvervangend directeur Vreemdelingenbeleid, Ministerie van Justitie Eduard Nazarski, Directeur Amnesty International (Nederland) Tineke Strik, Eerste kamer lid Groen Links, lid Parlementaire Assemblee van de Raad van Europa Cees van der Laan, Chef politieke redactie, Trouw Panel discussion ‘‘International monitoring : is coordination possible, desirable, needed?’’ with : H.P. Schreinemachers, Deputy Director Department for Immigration Policy, Ministry of Justice Eduard Nazarski , Director Amnesty International (Netherlands) Tineke Strik, Member of the Senate of the Netherlands and of the Parliamentary Assembly Council of Europe Cees van der Laan, Chief of the political desk, daily newspaper Trouw
12.30-13.30	Lunch
13.30-13.45	Introductie workshops door dagvoorzitter Introduction to the workshops by Chairman
13.45-14.45	Workshop 1: Who is Right? De procedures rondom asiel beoordeling onder de loep / Scrutinising asylum procedures Flip Schüller, Gespecialiseerd advocaat vreemdelingenrecht bij Böhler Franken Koppe Wijngaarden Specialised attorney asylum-law for Böhler Franken Koppe Wijngaarden Teun van Os van den Abeelen, Oud voorzitter Adviescommissie voor Vreemdelingen Ex-Chairman of the National Independent Advisory Board on Migration in the Netherland
	Workshop 2: Who is Right? De evaluatie van de Wet inburgering buitenland/ The evaluation of the Civic Integration Act Abroad Gerrie Lodder, Docent en onderzoeker Instituut voor Immigratierecht, Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid Universiteit Leiden Lecturer and researcher Institute for Immigration law, Faculty of Law, Leiden University Karin de Vries, Promovenda en docent Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Ph.D. candidate and lecturer Faculty of Law, VU University Amsterdam
	Workshop 3: Who’s Right(s)? Afstemming actoren in het bewaken van mensenrechten / Achieving better results through effort-coordination Roeland Böcker, Agent van de Nederlandse regering bij het Europese Hof voor de Rechten van de Mens Government Agent of the Netherlands to the European Court of Human Rights Maxim Ferschtman, Senior legal advisor bij de Open Society Justice Initiative Senior legal adviser for the Open Society Justice Initiative
14.45-15.00	Koffie pauze Coffee Break
15.00-15.30	Conclusies door dagvoorzitter Conclusions by chair
15.30-16.00	Afsluiting door Sadik Harchaoui Closure by Sadik Harchaoui