We are pleased to invite you to our high-level International seminar on the rights of child victims of crime and the ECtHR case law. During the seminar we will discuss, introduce and explore the case law of law of the European Court of Human Rights concerning the rights of child victims of crime, with the participation of Robert Spano - President of the European Court of Human Rights and Bragi Guđbrandsson, Founder of Barnahus in Iceland and Member of the Committee on the Rights of the Child.

The event will take place on 14/06/2022 and will start at 14:30 (CET) and will be held in English with simultaneous translation in Bulgarian, Greek, Italian and Romanian.

Agenda:

• 14 : 15       OPENING OF THE VIDEOCONFERENCE PLATFORM ( ZOOM)

• 14:30          WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION

  - Pippo Costella , Defence for Children I taly

  OPENING REMARKS

  - Representative  of  the  Ministry  of  Justice,  I taly ( invited - tbc)

• 14:50        THE RIGHTS OF CHILD VICTIMS OF CRIME IN THE CASE LAW OF THE EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS

  - President Robert Spano, European Court of Human Rights
• 15:20        QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
• 15:30        THE OPPORTUNITIES OFFERED BY THE ECTHR CASE LAW FOR THE MONITORING ROLE OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD

  - Bragi Guđbrandsson, Founder of Barnahus in Iceland and Member of the Committee on the Rights of the Child

• 15:55         STRENGTHENING THE COOPERATION BETWEEN CHILD PROTECTION, LAW ENFORCEMENT  AND  THE  JUDICIARY:  REFLECTIONS  AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SAFEGUARDING CHILD VICTIMS OF CRIME

  - Najat Maalla M’ j id, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General on Violence Against Children

• 16:20        DISCUSSION

• 16:30         CLOSURE OF SEMINAR

  - Pippo Costella , Defence for Children I taly