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Constituency Week
Conciliation Committee
12.07.2010 - 13.07.2010
European Union Human Rights Instruments and the Lisbon Treaty: State of Play and Way Forward
European Commission DG Development & Humanitarian Aid
1040 Brussels, Belgium
Phone: +32 2 299 21 43
Fax: +32 2 296 49 26
Link to the organizer
European Union Human Rights Instruments and the Lisbon Treaty: State of Play and Way Forward
European Commission DG Development & Humanitarian Aid
1040 Brussels, Belgium
Phone: +32 2 299 21 43
Fax: +32 2 296 49 26
Link to the organizer
Anniversary / Memorial Day
Type of Event
Human Rights & Development
Policy Field of Event
Registration required
Limitation
Brussels
Brussels
Brussels
Location of event
Belgium and the European Commission will host the 12th Annual EU-NGO Forum on Human Rights in Brussels. It will be centred on the topic, “EU Human Rights instruments and the Lisbon Treaty: State of play and way forward”.
Four specific topics have been chosen to illustrate in a concrete manner the general theme of the Forum in workshops:
- The EU Human Rights instruments in the fight against the death penalty;
- The role of the EU in the promotion and protection of economic, social and cultural rights;
- The EU's relation with regional human rights mechanisms, including the Council of Europe, the OSCE, the African Union, the ASEAN or the OAS;
- The consistency between the EU's internal and external Human Rights policies in the context of the Lisbon Treaty.
Four specific topics have been chosen to illustrate in a concrete manner the general theme of the Forum in workshops:
- The EU Human Rights instruments in the fight against the death penalty;
- The role of the EU in the promotion and protection of economic, social and cultural rights;
- The EU's relation with regional human rights mechanisms, including the Council of Europe, the OSCE, the African Union, the ASEAN or the OAS;
- The consistency between the EU's internal and external Human Rights policies in the context of the Lisbon Treaty.
Infos
Steven Vanackere, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belgium; Catherine Ashton, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy; Koos Richelle, Director-General, DG EuropeAid, European Commission; Irene Khan, International human rights expert; Heather Grabbe, Director Open Society Institute Brussels; Michel Tilemans, Human Rights Director, Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Rolf Timans, Head of the Human Rights Unit, DG Relex, European Commission; Taghreed Jaber, Penal Reform International; Pedro Henriques, Head of Operations at the EU Delegation to Guatemala; Olivier de Schutter (UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food; Viviane Reding, Vice President of the European Commission.
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