Toelichting
Symposium over het voorgenomen Europees verdrag ter bescherming van advocaten, op donderdag 23 mei 2019 in Amsterdam.
Het symposium gaat over de ontwikkelingen rond het voorgenomen Europees verdrag ter bescherming van advocaten. Er zullen twee paneldiscussies plaatsvinden rondom dit thema.
Sprekers zijn onder meer François Moyse (Vice-Chair of the CCBE European Convention Working Group), Mikolaj Pietrzak (president of the Warsaw Bar Association) en de voormalige Award winnaars en advocaten Sirikan ‘June’ Charoensiri (Thailand), Magamed Abubakarov (Rusland) en Alec Muchadehama (Zimbabwe).
Wij organiseren dit symposium in samenwerking met Lawyers for Lawyers en de Justitia commissie van de Jonge Balie Amsterdam.
De Stichting Opleiding Advocaten Amsterdam kent aan het bijwonen van dit symposium 2 PO-punten toe.
Na afloop van dit symposium is de uitreiking van de Lawyers for Lawyers Award 2019.
De Lawyers for Lawyers Award 2019 wordt uitgereikt op donderdag 23 mei 2019 in Amsterdam. Het is alweer de vijfde keer dat de internationaal gewaardeerde Lawyers for Lawyers Award wordt toegekend.
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Datum: 23 mei 2019
Locatie: De Rode Hoed, Amsterdam
Programma:
14.00-14.30 Arrival and registration
Part I – Seminar on the proposed European Convention on the Profession of Lawyers Moderator: Dr. Frederiek de Vlaming, Senior Researcher Law Faculty University of Amsterdam
14.30 – 14.35 Welcome by Evert-Jan Henrichs, President of the Amsterdam Bar Association and Phon van den Biesen, President of Lawyers for Lawyers
14.35 – 14.45 Opening remarks by Mrs. Marriët Schuurman, Human Rights Ambassador of the Netherlands
14.45 – 15.40 Panel discussion 1
Speakers:
• François Moyse (Vice-Chair of the CCBE European Convention Working Group)
• Mikolaj Pietrzak (President of the Warsaw Bar Association)
• Hanne Juncher (Head of Department, Justice and Legal Co-operation, Council of Europe)
• Prof. Egbert Myjer (Commissioner International Commission of Jurists and former Judge at the European Court on Human Rights)
15.40 – 16.10 Break
16.10 – 16.20 Introduction by Frederiek de Vlaming and Phon van den Biesen
16.20 – 17.00 Panel discussion 2
Speakers:
• Alec Muchadehama, Zimbabwe, Lawyers for Lawyers Award laureate 2011
• Sirikan Charoensiri, Thailand, Lawyers for Lawyers Award laureate 2017
• Veysel Ok, Turkey, shortlisted candidate for the Lawyers for Lawyers Award 2019
Part II – Presentation Lawyers for Lawyers Award Moderator: Phon van den Biesen, President of Lawyers for Lawyers
17.00 – 17.05 Opening remarks by Mr. Ferdinand Grapperhaus, Minister of Justice and Security
17.05 – 17.30 Award Ceremony
• Presentation of Jury report 2019 by Mr. Egbert Myjer, Jury member
• Sirikan Charoensiri (2017 Laureate) presents the Lawyers for Lawyers Award 2019 to Selçuk Kozağaçlı from Turkey who is represented by Serife Ceren Uysal
17.30 Closing remarks by Phon van den Biesen
17.30 – 19.00 Reception offered by the Amsterdam Bar Association
