Day of General Discussion – 28th September 2018

Programm PDF – Link to bios

09:00-10:00

Icebreaker/ music/ activities

10:00-10:20

Opening plenary: Introductory remarks
Moderator: Renate Winter, Chairperson of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child
• Kate Gilmore, Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights
• Michel Forst, UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders
• Keita, young defender, Liberia, Winner of the International Children’s Peace Prize 2015

10:20-11:00

Plenary: Protection and empowerment of children as human rights defenders
Moderator: Beatrice Schulter, Child Rights Connect
• Mikiko Otani, UN Committee on the Rights of the Child
• DGD Children’s Advisory Team: Akanksha (15, Canada), Kurt (16, Argentina), Mazidath (17, Benin)
Questions & answers

11:00 – 11:15

Break, followed by work in three working groups

11:15 – 13:00

Working groups (see details below)

13:00 – 15:00

Lunch break (side events)

15:00 – 16:30

Working groups continued (see details below)   

16.30 – 17.00

Break

17.00-18.00

Concluding plenary: Sharing key learnings and recommendations
Moderator: Hans Brattskar, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Norway to the United Nations in Geneva
• Working groups’ and DGD Hubs’ feedback by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child
• Michel Forst, UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders
• Luis Pedernera, UN Committee on the Rights of the Child
• DGD Children’s Advisory Team: Ariadna (15, Moldova), Diana (15, El Salvador), Sameer (13, Pakistan)

Working groups’ methodology

Participants will indicate in the registration form in which of the working groups they will participate:
Group 1: Online space, everything related to the web and digital media.
Group 2: State actors, government, parliament, judiciary, Children’s Ombudspersons and National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs), UN bodies, regional organizations, etc.
Group 3: Non-State actors, children’s parliament, civil society, business, media, etc.
Each group will discuss protection and empowerment of children human rights defenders at local, national and international levels.
Every group will open with a short dialogue between adults and children on a certain topic and will continue with an open discussion and short interventions from the participants.
Participants can choose to stay in the same group between 11.30 and 16.30 (with a lunch break from 13.00-15.00), or move between groups.)

Plenaries and Working groups’ venues 

Opening plenary Room XVII
WG 1 – online space Room XXII
WG 2 – State actors Room XXV
WG 3 – non-State actors Room XVII
Closing plenary Room XVII

Interpretation in English, French and Spanish will be provided for all discussions. Sign-language and captioning will be provided for plenary discussions and for WG1.

Live Stream 

Opening plenary – Room XVII http://webtv.un.org
WG 1 – online space – Room XXII 11:00-13:00 Web Ex 197266  / Access Code 955405025
WG 1 – online space- Room XXII 15:00-16:30 Web Ex 197267 /Access Code 951373044
WG 2 – State actors- Room XXV 11:00-13:00 Web Ex 197268 /Access Code 952996530
WG 2 – State actors- Room XXV 15:00-16:30 Web Ex 197269  / Access Code 953536448
WG 3 – non-State actors- Room XVII 11:00-16:30 http://webtv.un.org
Closing plenary- Room XVII http://webtv.un.org

The opening and closing plenary will be transmitted in original language and English. The working groups will be only transmitted in English.

11:15 – 13:00:  Working groups

Group 1 : online Group 2 : State actors Group 3 : non-State actors
Moderators:
CRC: Clarence Nelson
Children’s Advisory Team: Christina, 16, USA		 Moderators:
CRC: Amal Al-Dossari
Children’s Advisory Team: Hannah, 12, Scotland		 Moderators:
CRC: Hynd Ayoubi Idrissi
Children’s Advisory Team: Maxwell, 15, Zambia
Civil society space for CHRDs

• Michael Gaffey, Ambassador of Ireland to the UN Geneva • Amy, 17, Canada

 National protection measures for CHRDs
• Vincent Ploton, International Service for Human Rights
• Keita, young defender, Liberia		 Freedom of speech and violence in schools
• Alejandro Cussianovich, teacher and academic
• Camila, 17, Chile
• Gabriel, 16, Brazil
Empowerment through digital media
• Regina Jensdottir, Council of Europe
• Foysal, 15, Bangladesh		 Participation des enfants aux affaires publiques/liberté d’assemblée et d’association

  • Olivier de Frouville, Comité des droits de l’homme
  • Luis, 17, Peru
  • Eoyel, 15, Ethiopie
 Role of business and donors

• David Schofield, Aviva
• Murhabazi Namegabe, Bureau pour le Volontariat au Service de l’Enfance et de la Santé in DRC
• Rose Ann, 17, Philippines
Child-led initiatives & protection online
• Tomomasa, youth former representative of Study Group on Social Media, Japan
• Konstantinos, 16, Greece		 CHRDs in armed conflict & humanitarian situations
• Cecilia Jimenez-Damary, UN Special Rapporteur on Internally Displaced Persons
• Sandra Camila, 15, Colombia
• Haya, 15, Syria		 Empowerment through CRC monitoring and reporting
• Jorge Freyre, Save the Children
• Luigi, 17, Guatemala
• Angelica,15, Guatemala

15:00 – 16:30 : Working groups continued

Group 1: online Group 2: State actors Group 3: non-State actors
Moderators:

CRC: Gehad Madi

Children’s Advisory Team: Aishwayra, 17, India

 Moderators:

CRC: Jorge Cardona

Children’s Advisory Team: Nayeli, 16, Ecuador

 Moderators:

CRC: Suzanne Aho  

Children’s Advisory Team:

Mazidath, 17, Benin
Empowerment & protection of CHRDs victims of sexual exploitation

  • Najat Maala M’jid, academic
  • Himanshu, 15, India
 Role of legislature, children’s parliament

  • Patricio Cueva-Parra, World Vision
  • Payal, 17, India
  • Haneen, 14, Palestine
 Empowerment through transitional justice

  • Rémy Ngoy Lumbu, Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders of African Commission on Human and People’s Rights
  • Nima,15, Ivory Coast
CHRDs in alternative care

  • Salimane Issifou, SOS Children’s Village Benin
  • Ryan, 17, Scotland
  • Agnes, 14, Benin
 CHRDs in alternative care

  • Salimane Issifou, SOS Children’s Village Benin
  • Ryan, 17, Scotland
  • Agnes, 14, Benin

 

 Empowerment of girls CHRDs

  • Saneri, Plan International Indonesia
  • Mellicentia, 17, Sierra Leone
CHRDs with disabilities

  • Catalina Devandas Aguillar, UN Special Rapporteur on persons with disabilities
  • Magdalena, 12, Moldova
  • James, 15, Scotland
 Role of Ombudspersons for children and NHRIs

  • Genevieve Avenard, French Children’s Ombudsperson & Chair of the European Network of Ombudspersons for Children (ENOC)
  • Foysal,15, Bangladesh
 Environmental CHRDs

  • Michael Windführ, UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
  • Zarah, youth, Philippines