Programme

Public hearing on "Civil Society’s Perspectives on Strengthening the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights"

Tuesday, 10 June from 10.00 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. online & in room VMA23

09.30 a.m. - 10.00 a.m. | Interactio testing for speakers attending online

Moderation: Berber Biala-Hettinga – Senior Advocate, Amnesty International

10.00 a.m. - 10.30 a.m. | Opening of the event 

• Ingrid Bellander-Todino – Head of Unit - Fundamental Rights Policy, European Commission
• Cristian Pîrvulescu – Rapporteur of the EESC opinion SOC/671, European Economic and Social Committee
• Ozlem Yildirim – Vice-President of the Fundamental Rights and Rule of Law Group, European Economic and Social Committee

10.30 a.m. - 12.00 p.m. | Panel - Civil society’s views on strengthening the Charter’s application

• Gabriel Toggenburg – Head of Charter, Rule of Law and Democracy Sector, Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) - online
• Natacha Kazatchkine – Human Rights Advocate, Human Rights Democracy Network (HRDN)
• Alessio Sangiorgi – Board Member, Unione Forense per la Tutela dei Diritti Umani / Lawyers’ Union for the protection of Human Rights (UFTDU)
• Tatjana Vlašić – Deputy Ombudswoman, Office of the Ombudswoman of Croatia - online

Q&A

12.00 p.m. - 12.30 p.m. | Closing session – conclusions and next steps 

• Next steps and way forward – Ingrid Bellander-Todino, Head of Unit - Fundamental Rights Policy, European Commission
• Next steps and way forward – Paul Soete, President of the Fundamental Rights and Rule of Law Group, European Economic and Social Committee
• Summarising the input from in-person and online participants – Berber Biala-Hettinga –Senior Advocate, Amnesty International

Interpretation requested from Spanish, English, French, and German into Spanish, English, French, and German