International conference "RATIFICATION OF THE ISTANBUL CONVENTION: WHAT’S NEXT?"
International conference
RATIFICATION OF THE ISTANBUL CONVENTION: WHAT’S NEXT?
Committee on Human Rights of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania
16 June 2017
Constitution Hall, Building 1 of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania
Moderator: Ms Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen, MP, Member of the Committee on Human Rights
| 9.30–9.40 | WELCOME ADDRESSES | |
| Ms Vilija Blinkevičiūtė, Chair of the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality of the European Parliament | ||
| Mr Linas Kukuraitis, Minister of Social Security and Labour of the Republic of Lithuania | ||
| Mr Linas Linkevičius, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania | ||
| Dr Augustinas Normantas, Head of the Seimas Ombudsmen’s Office (National Human Rights Institution) | ||
| 9.40–12.00 | KEYNOTE SPEECHES | |
| 9.40–10.00 | Prof Dr Vesna Ratković, GREVIO Member, Council of Europe | Prevention, integrated policies and monitoring |
| 10.00–10.20 | Prof Dr Dalia Leinartė, Chairperson of the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) | Definitions under the Istanbul Convention |
| 10.20–10.40 |
Prof Dr Danutė Jočienė, Justice of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Lithuania, Former Judge of the European Court of Human Rights |
The issues of violence against women and domestic violence in the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights |
| 10.40–11.00 | Prof Dr Šarūnas Liekis, Member of the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) of the Council of Europe, Dean of the Faculty of Political Science and Diplomacy of the Vytautas Magnus University, political scientist | ECRI activities and the context of the Istanbul Convention |
| 11.00–11.20 | Ms Agneta Skardžiuvienė, Equal Opportunities Ombudsperson of the Republic of Lithuania |
The role of National Equality Body in the implementation of Istanbul Convention |
| 11.20–11.40 | Mr Vytautas Budnikas, Chairman of the Lithuanian Human Rights Association | Violence prevention and individual freedoms |
| 11.40–12.00 | COFFEE BREAK | |
| 12.00–13.20 | KEYNOTE SPEECHES | |
| 12.00–12.20 | Ms Iris Luarasi, GREVIO Member, Council of Europe | Why a Convention on Domestic violence and violence against women |
| 12.20–12.40 | Dr Vilana Pilinkaitė Sotirovič, Lithuanian Social Research Centre | Gender-neutral laws and victim-blaming attitudes: challenges to prevention of violence against women |
| 12.40–13.00 | Therese Murphy, Head of Operations | Importance of the Istanbul Convention in the European Union |
| 13.00–13.20 | Ms Lilija-Henrika Vasiliauskienė, Director of Vilnius Women’s House; President of the coalition Women’s Rights – Universal Human Rights | Domestic violence: how distant from or close to the actual gender equality we are in Lithuania |
| 13.20 –14.00 | PANEL DISCUSSION | |
| Moderator: Dr Margarita Jankauskaitė, Center for Equality Advancement, expert Prof Dr Vesna Ratković, GREVIO Member, Council of Europe Ms Iris Luarasi, GREVIO Member, Council of Europe Ms Birutė Sabatauskaitė, Director of Lithuanian Center for Human Rights Assoc Prof Dr Vincentas Vobolevičius, Chair of the Board of the Free Society Institute Mr Vygantas Malinauskas, Member of the Board of the Free Society Institute, lawyer Ms Violeta Vasiliauskienė, Chair of the National Association of Families and Parents | Why does (not) Lithuania need the Istanbul Convention? |
For more information, please contact Ms Eglė Gibavičiūtė, Adviser of the Office of the Committee on Human Rights, by tel. +370 5 239 6809.
For the matters relating to registration and coffee breaks, please contact Ms Jūratė Mikulskienė, Assistant of the Office of the Committee on Human Rights, by tel. +370 5 239 6809 or Ms Inga Ališauskienė, Assistant of the Office of the Committee on Human Rights, by tel. +370 5 239 6824.