Programme
| March 17th – arrival during the day and side events |
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| SIDE EVENTS 09.00 – 16.00 CONCORD Global Education working group* Hosted by: CONCORD Europe Venue: Hotel International *Only for CONCORD members. If you are not a CONCORD member, but are interested in the event, please contact Francesca Minniti at francesca.minniti@concordeurope.org 10.00 – 13.00 Annual Human Rights Conference and presentation of Human Rights Report for Croatia for 2019 Hosted by: Human Rights House Zagreb Venue: Croatian Journalists Association 15.00 – 16.30 Shrinking civic space through financial mechanisms Hosted by: Gong Venue: Hotel International 16.30 – 17.00 Opening of the exhibition “Faces of resistance” Hosted by: Documenta Venue: Hotel International 17.00 – 18.30 Thematic discussion: Transitional Justice and Dealing with the Past in EU policies Hosted by: Documenta – Center for Dealing with the past Venue: Hotel International 17.00 – 18.30 Migrations and the rule of law in the EU Hosted by: Center for Peace Studies Venue: Hotel International |
| 19.00 – 20.00 Reception and dinner |
| March 18th |
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| 09.30 – 09.45 Introduction: Dražen Bošnjaković, Minister of Justice of the Republic of Croatia 09.45 – 11.00 Why the rule of law matters so much Judith Sargentini, former MEP and LIBE committee member, The Greens/European Free Alliance Marta Pardavi, Co-chair of the Hungarian Helsinki Committee Iris Goldner Lang, Jean Monnet professor, holder of the UNESCO Chair on Free Movement of People, Migration and Inter-Cultural Dialogue at the University of Zagreb – Faculty of Law Moderator: Gordan Bosanac, CROSOL |
| 11.00 – 11.30 Coffee break |
| 11.30 – 12.30 New rule of law protection mechanisms in EU Where are we now? EU funding – rule of law nexus Peer to peer review Emmanuel Crabit, Director for Fundamental rights and the Rule of law, European Commission’s Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers Representative/Rapporteur of EU Parliament Israel Butler, Head of Advocacy, Civil Liberties Union for Europe Moderator: Tatjana Vlašić, Croatian Ombudsperson’s Advisor The goal of this panel is to detect where are we at the moment with the new rule of law protection mechanisms presented in the Blueprint for Action. How will the peer to peer mechanism look in reality? Can it be improved? How will the safeguards within the MFF look? What will be the procedures? |
| 12.30 – 13.15 Rights and Values Program – Protecting civic space Željka Markulin, Government of the Republic of Croatia’ – Office for Cooperation with NGOs Szymon Ananicz, Stefan Batory Foundation Poland Moderator: Željka Gracin, Green Action/Friends of the Earth Croatia Where are we today with the Rights and Values program? How will it be put in practice? Which streamlines do we want to see? |
| 13.15 – 14.00 Lunch break |
| 14.00 – 15.15 Parallel session: New European Commission’s annual report on rule of law in member states – workshop on designing the questionnaire/methodology! Vanja Škorić, Program Director, ECNL- European Center for Not-for-Profit Law Stichting Małgorzata Szuleka, Head of Advocacy, Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights (HFHR) in Warsaw, Poland Maja Sever, journalist, Trade Union of Croatian Journalists President Moderator: Ivan Novosel, Human rights house Zagreb Format: Introduction speeches and workshop. Participants are invited to contribute to the design of the new EC’s rule of law questionnaire. The European Commission has announced that it will start with regular yearly reports on the status of rule of law in member states. How will this report be produced? What will be the criteria? What will be the questions? Who and how, will be able to contribute to the report? |
| 14.00 – 15.15 Parallel session: Independent institutions as rule of law guarantees Graham Smith, Senior Advisor in the Cabinet of European Ombudsperson Andreas Accardo, European Union’s Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA), Head of the Institutional Cooperation and Networks Unit Tena Šimonović Einwalter, Croatian Deputy Ombudswoman, Chair of the Executive board of Equinet, member of European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) Nataša Novaković, President of Croatian Conflicts of Interest Prevention Commission Moderator: Jelena Berković, Gong There are a number of different independent institutions across the EU member states which have been proven to contribute to the protection of rule of law and human rights besides the judiciary. How can the member states learn from each other on successful independent institutions design? Do we need to introduce some institutions on EU level? |
| 15.15 – 15.45 Coffee break |
| 15.45 – 16.45 The Future of Europe Talk and Q&A with: Michael O’Flaherty, Director of European Union’s Agency for Fundamental Rights Lora Vidović, Croatian Ombudswoman Live discussion on the future of Europe in the context of the rule of law and human rights. Moderator: Ivana Dragičević, N1 television |
| 16.45 – 17.00 Conclusions and closing remarks |