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Monday April 3rd, 2017
8.30 h Registration
9.00 h Opening Ceremony
Carme Forcadell, President of the Parliament of Catalonia
Peter Tyndall, Ombudsman of Ireland, President of the IOI
Soledad Becerril, Ombudsman of Spain
Rafael Ribó, Ombudsman of Catalonia, President of IOI Europe
10.00 h First session: Political populism and its impact on human rights: European Treaties, Human Rights Codes and patterns to be considered
Chairperson: Soledad Becerril, Ombudsman of Spain
Presentation: Nils Muižnieks, European Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe
10.45 h Coffee Break
11.15 h Discussants
Michael O’Flaherty, Director of the Fundamental Rights Agency of the European Union
Peter Tyndall, Ombudsman of Ireland, President of the IOI
Lora Vidović, Ombudsman of Croatia, Chair of ENNHRI’s
Bruno Stagno Ugarte, Deputy Executive Director for Advocacy of Human Rights Watch
General discussion
13.30 h Lunch
14.30 h Second session: Case studies I. Legislation, public policies and human rights regressions: Ombudsman reports and own initiatives
Chairperson: Javier Amoedo, Ombudsman of Castile-Leon
Presentation:
Adam Bodnar, Ombudsman of Poland
Jacques Toubon, Ombudsman of France, Secretary-General of AOM and AOMF
Discussants
Catherine de Bruecker, Federal Ombudsman of Belgium, Vice President of IOI Europe
Günther Krauter, Ombudsman of Austria, Secretary-General of the IOI
Elisabeth Sándor-Szalay, Deputy Comissioner for Fundamental Rights of the Ombudsman of Hungary
Marie Anderson, Ombudsman of Northern Ireland
General discussion
17.30 h End of First Day
18.30 h Visit to the Museum Picasso and reception
Reserved to IOI members and speakers
Tuesday April 4th– 2017
8.30 h Third session: Case studies II. Regression of rights in situations
of emergency and migration crisis: Ombudsman monitoring tools
Chairperson: Jerónimo Saavedra, Ombudsman of the Canary Islands
Presentation: Emily O’Reilly, Ombudsman of the EU
Discussants:
Seref Malkoç, Ombudsman of Turkey
Gero Storjohann, Petition Commission of the Bundestag, FRG
Manuel Lezertua, Ombudsman of the Basque Country
Andreas Pottakis, Ombudsman of Greece
General discussion
11.00 h Coffee Break
11.30 h Fourth session: Best practices, human rights, networks and the models of the Ombudsman: panel debate
Chairperson: Milagros Otero, Ombudsman of Galicia
Discussants:
Petri Jaaskelainem, Ombudsman of Finland
Anna Šabatová, Ombudsman of the Czech Republic
Reinier Van Zutphen, Ombudsman of the Netherlands
Rafael Ribó, Ombudsman of Catalonia, President of IOI Europe
General discussion
13.30 h Barcelona Declaration
Jaume Saura, Deputy Ombudsman of Catalonia
13.45 h Closing Ceremony
Carles Puigdemont, President of the Government of Catalonia
14.00 h End of workshop