Human Rights and Justice CoP meeting, Geneva, April 2008
Day 1
Location: Palais des Nations, room H – 3, 3rd floor
Introduction
9:30 – 10:00 Welcome note by:
- Cecile Molinier, Director UNDP Geneva
- Agi Veres, acting Chief, PSPD, UNDP
Session I Human rights in UNDP
Chair: Agi Veres, Deputy Chief, UNDP Regional Center for Europe and the CIS
10:00 – 10:30
– Corporate policy
– Global Programme
– Regional priorities
– Workspace
Speakers:
- Louise Nylin, Human rights and justice policy specialist, UNDP Regional center for Europe and the CIS
- Emilie Filmer-Wilson, HURITALK network facilitator, Oslo Governance Center, UNDP
- Zanofer Ismalebbe, Human Rights Adviser, UNDP, Geneva
10:40 – 11:10 Discussion/Q&A
11:10 – 11:30 Coffee break
Session II UN human rights machinery and UNDP engagement
Chair: Nina Berg, Justice adviser, UNDP, BDP, New York
11:30 – 12:10
– UN Human rights machinery – Brief overview
– OHCHR – Brief overview
– Action 2, CCA/UNDAF
Speakers:
- Nathalie Prouvez, Human Rights officer, HRCTD/Treaties Branch, OHCHR
- Heike Alefsen, Human Rights officer, OHCHR
- Rio Hada, Human Rights officer, Right to development branch, OHCHR
12:10 –12:40 Discussion/Q&A
12:40 – 14:00 Lunch
Chair: Louise Nylin, Human rights and justice policy specialist, BRC
14:00-15:00
– Reporting to treaty-bodies
– Convention on People with disabilities
– UNDP support, Croatia
Speakers:
- Simon Walker, Human Rights adviser, OHCHR
- Jane Connors, Head of treaty body unit, OHCHR
- Jasmina Papa, project manager, UNDP Croatia
- Milena Isakovic, Civil society development coordinator, UNDP Serbia
15:00 – 15:40 Discussion/Q&A
15:40 – 16:00 Coffee break
Session III Cooperation in the area of human rights at the national and regional level
Chair: Zanofer Ismalebbe, Human Rights Adviser, UNDP, Geneva
16:00-17:00
– OHCHR perspective, NHRIs
– NGO perspective
Speakers:
- Margret Nicholsen, Coordinator, Europe and CIS geographical unit, OHCHR
- Gianni Magazzeni, Senior human rights officer, OHCHR, National Human Rights Institutions
- Matthew Pringle, Europe and Central Asia programme Officer, Association for the Prevention of Torture (APT)
17:00 – 17:30 Discussion/Q&A
19:00 Dinner hosted by Bratislava Regional Center.
Day 2
Location: Palais Wilson, room 1-016 and Palais des Nations room H – 3, 3rd floor
Session IV Universal Periodic Review
9:00 – 9:20
– Introduction to the Universal Periodic Review
– Draft OHCHR Note on UPR
Speaker:
- Elena Ippoliti, Human Rights Officer, OHCHR
9:20 – 9:40 Discussion/ Q&A
9:40 – 9:45 Introduction to visit to official session
Site visit
Visit official session – the Committee Against Torture
10:00 – 12:00 Review of Australia’s official report
12:00 – 13:30 Lunch
Session V Human rights based approach and gender mainstreaming into local governance Toolkit
Chair: Louise Nylin, Human rights and justice policy specialist, BRC
14:00 – 15:30
– HRBA in UNDP
– Introduction and exhibition of the toolkit
– Country presentations from countries which have contributed case studies, tools and other resources to the toolkit.
Project Briefs
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Macedonia
Ukraine
Speakers:
- Emilie Filmer-Wilson, HURITALK network facilitator
- Rustam Pulatov, HRJ Research assistant, BRC
- Christian Hainzl, local governance portfolio manager, UNDP BiH
- Liljana Alceva, Project manager, UNDP Macedonia
- Olena Ursu, Communication specialist, UNDP Ukraine
15:30 – 15:45 Coffee break
15:45 – 16:30 Group work:
- Support scheme for the application of the toolkit
- HRBA in UNDP’s work
- HRBA FAQ
16:30 – 17:00 Report back
Day 3
Location: Palais des Nations, room H – 3, 3rd floor
Session VI Justice programming in UNDP
Chair: Zanofer Ismalebbe, Human Rights Adviser, UNDP, Geneva
9:30 – 10:15
– Corporate policy
– Regional priorities
– Country experience
Speakers:
- Nina Berg, Justice adviser, BDP New York Louise Nylin, Human rights and justice policy specialist, BRC, UNDP
- Sinisa Milatovic, Programme manager – human rights, UNDP Serbia
10:15 – 10:45 Discussion/Q&A
10:45 – 11:05 Coffee break
11:10 – 11:25
– Justice and security sector reform
- Yasmine Sherif, Senior adviser, justice and security sector reform, BCPR, UNDP Geneva
Speaker:
11:25 – 13:00 Knowledge cafés
- Access to justice
- Justice and security sector reform
- Reform of judiciary
13:00 – 14:15 Lunch
Session VIII CoP vision in Human Rights and Justice
Facilitator: Louise Nylin, Human rights and justice policy specialist, UNDP Regional center for Europe and the CIS
14:15 – 15:15 Group work – prioritization of topics, activities, services etc.
15:15 – 15:30 Report back
15:30 – 16:00 Agreement on Action plan for CoP. Action Plan 2008
Evaluation
Closing of the meeting
