Friday June 1st 2001
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| 12:00 am |
Press Conference
Registration
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| 5:00 - 7:00 pm |
Panel I: Practicing Law Abroad in Europe
Moderator: Heike Lörcher, German Federal Bar, Brussels, German Delegation to the CCBE (Council of the Bars and Law Societies of the European Union)
Panelists:
- Alessandra Perrazzelli, Avvocato, Italian Lawyer practicing in Brussels
- Antje Luke, Rechtsanwältin, German Lawyer practicing in Paris
- Catharina Kat, Advocaat, Dutch Lawyer with experience in practicing in London
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| 8:00 - 9:30 pm |
Opening Ceremony
- President of the Community of Andalusia
- António Vitorino, EU-Commissioner Justice and Home Affairs, The European Commission (not confirmed)
- María Durán-Febrer, Lawyer, President of Themis (Spain)
- Ursula Nelles, Professor, University of Münster, President of the German Women Lawyers Association and Member of the EWLA Steering Committee (Germany)
- Diane Kempe, Lawyer, President of the IBA (International Bar Association) (greeting)
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| 9:30 - 10:30 pm |
Welcome Cocktail
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Saturday June 2nd 2001
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| 9:00 - 11:00 am |
Panel II: The Charter of Fundamental Rights and Legal Practice
Moderator: Sophia Spiliotopoulos, Lawyer, Vice-President of AFEM, Member of the Commission’s Equality Law Network (Greece)
Panelists:
- Ninon Colneric, Judge, Court of Justice of the European Communities, Luxembourg
- Olivier de Schutter, Professor of Law, Université Catholique de Louvain (Belgium)
- Laura Huici, Professor of International Public Law, University of Barcelona (Spain)
- Dimitris Triantafyllou, Member of the Legal Service of the European Commission
- Nancy Gage-Lindner, Hesse Department of Social Welfare, Women’s Policy Unit, Head Equal Rights Section (Germany)
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| 11:30 am - 1:30 pm |
Panel III: Best Practices in Europe: The Daphne Project - experiences and results
Panelists - The members of the Project-Team:
- María Durán-Febrer, President of Themis (Spain)
- Marcella Pirrone, Lawyer, and Maria Virgilio, Lawyer and Professor, University of Bologna (Italy)
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| 1:30 - 3:00 pm |
Lunch Break
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| 3:00 - 4:00 pm |
Completion of the List of Candidates for the Election of the Board of EWLA (as far as possible)
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| 4:00 - 6:30 pm |
General Assembly of the EWLA Members (Part I)
The Steering Committee of EWLA:
- Ursula Nelles, Professor, and Elisabeth Müller, Lawyer (Germany)
- Margret McCabe, Lawyer, and Janet Gaymer, Lawyer (U.K.)
- Rosi Posnik, Researcher (Austria)
- Ingrid Jodocy, Lawyer (Belgium)
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| 4:00 - 4:30 pm |
Agenda
- Report on EWLA Acitvities, memberships and finances
- Approval of EWLA’s accounts
- Elections of Board Members (for all member states , i.e. Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom)
- (Any other business: see Part II)
Presentation of the Election Procedures: Nicole van Crombrugghe, Lawyer (Belgium) and Odile Lajoix, Lawyer (France)
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| 4:30 - 5:45 pm |
Presentation of the Candidates (for each of the 15 EU-Member States 5 min.)
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| 5:45 - 6:00 pm |
Break
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| 6:00 - 6:30 pm |
Election of the Board
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| 6:30 - 8:00 pm |
Election Team counts and Discussion of the 3 proposals for resolutions of EWLA
Workshop 1: EU-Charter of Fundamental Rights
Moderator: Sophia Spiliotopoulos, Lawyer, Vice-President of AFEM, Member of the Commission’s Equality Law Network (Greece)
Panelists:
- Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, Director of the Legislative Office of the Department on Equal Opportunities, Rome (Italy)
- Teresa Freixes, Professor of Constitutional Law, President of the Instituto Europeo de Derecho, Barcelona (Spain)
- Sabine Overkämping, Chairwoman Commission for European Law, German Women Lawyers Association (djb), Liaison Office of Saxony-Anhalt (Germany)
Workshop 2: New Directive 76/207/EEC
Moderator: Christina Alberdi Alonso, Member of Parliament (Spain)
Panelists:
- Lena Svenaeus, Industry Ministry, Member of the Commission’s Equality Law Network (Sweden)
- Ina Sjerps, Member of the Commission’s Equality Law Network (The Netherlands)
Workshop 3: Trafficking in Women in Europe
Moderator: Angelika Kartusch, Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights (Austria)
Panelists:
- Stana Buchowska, La Strada (Poland)
- Roxana Tesiu, Open Society Foundation (Romania)
- Petra Burcikova, Secretary of the Expert Section for Equal Opportunities for Men and Women within the Czech Government Human Rights Council (Czech Republic)
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| 8:30 - 8:45 pm |
General Assembly (Part II)
Results of the Elections of the Board and Topic 4: Any other business
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| 8:45 - 9:30 pm |
Break
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| 9:30 pm |
Gala Dinner
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Sunday June 3rd 2001
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| 10:00 - 12:00 am |
The new Board of EWLA discusses with the participants the next projects of EWLA
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| 12:00 - 1:00 pm |
Discussion and Vote on EWLA Resolutions
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| 1:00 pm |
Closing
Pilar Davila, President of the Instituto de la Mujer, Madrid (Spain)
President of the Tribunal Superior de Justicia, Madrid (Spain)
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