Program for konference om Private and family life for LGBTI people 2. marts 2018

Friday, 2 March 2018, Folketing
Christiansborg Castle
• 9 am Registration of participants
• 9.30am Opening session
• Welcome address by Mr Michael Aastrup Jensen, Chairperson of the Danish
Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
• Opening addresses
• by Ms Karen Ellemann, Minister for Equal Opportunities, Denmark;
• by Ms Gabriella Battaini-Dragoni, Deputy Secretary General of the Council of
Europe
• Introduction by Ms Elvira Kovács, Chairperson of the Committee on Equality and
Non-Discrimination, Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
• 9.55am Keynote address by Ms Katherine Zappone, Minister for Children and
Youth Affairs, Ireland
• 10.10am Discussion
• 10.30am Coffee break
• 10.50 am Round table on Rainbow families: Achieving equality in private and
family life regardless of sexual orientation
• Moderator: Mr Mogens Jensen, Vice-Chairperson of the Danish Delegation to the
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
• Guest Speakers: Mr Piet De Bruyn, General rapporteur on the Rights of LGBTI
people, Member of the Belgian Parliament - Ms Nicoletta Finter, Federal Ministry
of Family, Children and Women, Germany, Representative of the European
Governmental LGBTI Focal Points Network - Mr Jesús Santos and his son Gabriel
Santos, Network of European LGBTI Family Associations (NELFA), Spain - Professor
Robert Wintemute, Professor of Human Rights Law, King’s College London, United
Kingdom
• 11.30am Discussion
• 12.30pmClosing session
• Closing comments and wrapping up by Mr Mogens Jensen, moderator
Conference on Private
and family life for LGBTI
people
co-organised by
the Danish Chairmanship of the Committee of
Ministers of the Council of Europe
the Danish Parliament
and the Committee on Equality and Non-
Discrimination of the Parliamentary Assembly of
the Council of Europe
Europarådet 2017-18
ERD Alm.del Bilag 8
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