2 november 2009 van 13.00 tot 17.30 uur; het betreft hier een gezamenlijke bijeenkomst met de commissie voor Justitie en de vaste commissies voor Justitie en Europese Zaken van de Tweede Kamer.

Symposium: "60 years of the Council of Europe, 50 years of the European Court of Human Rights"

Chairman: Professor E.C.M. Jurgens

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  13.00 hrs: Registration, coffee, tea

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  13.30 hrs: Official opening by Mr. P.R.H.M. van der Linden, President of the Dutch Senate

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  13.35 hrs: Introduction by Prof. M.L. Bemelmans-Videc, Senator and Chairwoman of the Dutch delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe

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  13.45-15.15 hrs: Part I: The Council of Europe in the 21st century (voetaal Engels)

Topic: the role of the Council of Europe in the promotion and enforcement of human rights

Speakers:

The Minister for European Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Mr. F.C.G.M. Timmermans,

The Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, Mr. Th. Hammarberg

Discussant:

Prof. A.M. van Kalmthout, professor of immigration and criminal law and Dutch member of the Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT)

Discussion

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  15.15-15.30 hrs Break: coffee, tea

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  15.30-17.30 hrs Part II: The impact of the Council of Europe on the Netherlands (voertaal Nederlands)

Topic: the impact of the Council of Europe in two specific areas: asylum and immigration law (1) and criminal law (2).

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  15.30-16.30 hrs Subtopic 1: Asylum and immigration law

Speakers:

The State Secretary of Justice for the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Mrs. N. Albayrak

Prof. P. Boeles, emeritus professor of immigration law

Discussion

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  16.30-17.30 hrs Subtopic 2: criminal law

Speakers:

Mr. B.E.P. Myjer, Judge elected in respect of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the European Court of Human Rights

Prof. P.H.P.H.M.C. van Kempen, professor of human rights

Discussion

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  17.30 hrs Closing of the symposium

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  17.35 hrs Drinks