Main Conference programme
DAY 1: Setting the Scene – Why democracy and fundamental freedoms matter for victim’s rights?
09:00 – 10:00 Welcome Coffee & Registration
10:00 – 10:35 Opening Addresses
Chair: Rosa Jansen (President, Victim Support Europe)
- Welcoming remarks
- Rosa Jansen | President, Victim Support Europe
- Live testimony
- Astrid Passin | Spokeswoman for the survivors and victims of the attack on Breitscheidplatz on 19 December 2016
- Opening speech
- Richard Sonnenschein | Director of Directorate responsible for criminal and civil justice in DG Justice, European Commission
- Katarzyna Janicka-Pawlowska | Coordinator for Victims’ Rights, European Commission
10:35 – 10:45 Icebreaker Session
10:45 – 11:40 Plenary session: Crime victimisation and public support for democracy
Chair: Bianca Biwer (Federal Executive Director, WEISSER RING e. V.)
- Make Empathy Great Again. A plead to beat populism with its own weapons.
- Tom De Bruyne | Founder, Behavioural Design Academy
- The fourth pillar of democracy: How journalism can give victims a voice and how disinformation risks silencing them
- Lauren Walker | General Reporter, The Brussels Times
- Safeguarding freedom of religion in Europe
- Elie Kagan | Head of Crisis Management, Security and Crisis Centre by European Jewish Congress (ECJ)
11:40 – 12:10 Coffee Break
12:10 – 13:15 Panel discussion: Fundamental freedoms and the future of Europe’s victim support
Moderator: Petra Klein (Vice-President, Victim Support Europe)
- The role of religious organisations in victims’ recovery and their role in prevention/protection
- Ahmad Mansour | CEO, MIND Prevention
- The role of youth in victim support
- Lena Weilbacher | Youth coordinator Lower Saxony, WEISSER RING e. V.
- Gender, culture, and terrorism: Why women are victimised and silenced
- Fatima Ali Haider | Founder & Chairperson, The Grief Directory
- Helping politicians, media professionals and journalists who have been the victims of reprisal
- Katharina Wall | Programme Manager Engagement, Körber Foundation
13:15 – 13:30 IMMERSONAL Icebreaker Session
13:30 – 15:00 Lunch
17:00 – 17:15 Master of Ceremony’s summary
Doors open at 19:30 Social event with flying buffet at The Museum für Naturkunde
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DAY 2
Thursday
8 June 2023
DAY 2: Nexus between fundamental rights protection, conflict prevention, and police work
09:00 – 10:00 Welcome Coffee & Registration
10:00 – 10:15 Opening Addresses
Chair: Rosa Jansen (President, Victim Support Europe)
- Welcoming remarks
- Rosa Jansen | President, Victim Support Europe
- Opening speeches
- Yong Woo Lee | President & Founder, Victim Support Asia
- Hak Seok Kim | Vice President, Victim Support Asia
10:15 – 11:15 Plenary session: How victim-oriented is policing?
Chair: Levent Altan (Executive Director, Victim Support Europe)
- Policing, ethics and fundamental rights
- Ben Bradford | Professor of Global City Policing at the Department of Security and Crime Science, University College London
- Community Trust building
- John Letteney | President of Executive Board, International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP)
- Innovative Approaches to Planning and Preparing for Supporting Crime Victims
- Staci Beers | Victim Services Coordinator, FBI Victim Services Division
11:15 – 11:30 Icebreaker Session
11:30 – 12:00 Coffee Break
12:00 – 13:15 Panel discussion: Putting victims at the heart of policing
Moderator: Rosa Jansen (President, Victim Support Europe)
- Police training on diversity and protecting the vulnerable within the police and those who encounter the police
- Elena Sánchez | Executive Board Co-chair, LGTBIpol
- Equality, Inclusion and Respect in the Workplace
- Jochen Kopelke | Senior Police Officer & Federal Chairman of the Police Union Germany
- Community Trust building
- John Letteney | President of Executive Board, International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP)
- Putting victims at the heart of policing: OSCAD’s experience
- Francesca Romana Capaldo | Lieutenant Colonel, Italian National Police & Director of Secretariat, Observatory for Security Against Acts of Discrimination (OSCAD)
13:15 – 13:30 Icebreaker Session
13:30 – 15:00 Lunch
17:00 – 17:15 Master of Ceremony’s summary
19:00 – 00:00 Social event: seated dinner at Wintergarten Variete
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DAY 3
Friday
9 June 2023
DAY 3: Supporting victims from conflict-affected areas
09:00 – 10:00 Welcome Coffee & Registration
10:00 – 10:15 Opening Addresses
- Welcoming remarks
- Levent Altan | Executive Director, Victim Support Europe
- Hilde Vandevoorde | National Member for Belgium and Chair of the Counter-Terrorism Team, Eurojust
10:15 – 10:30 Icebreaker Session
10:30 – 11:30 Panel session: Supporting victims from conflict-affected areas (victim support perspective)
Moderator: Andrea Walraven-Thissen (Critical Incident Manager)
- Supporting victims of hate crime from conflict-affected areas
- Anna-Lena von Hodenberg | Founding Manager, NGO HateAid
- Practical support to LGBTQ+ Ukrainians and Russians seeking asylum abroad
- Svetlana Shaytanova | Quarteera e.V.
- Sharing knowledge – Shared Trauma: scaling knowledge from Israel to Ukraine
- Hila Shvoron | Deputy CEO, NATAL
- Representing victims of international border crimes
- Patrick Kroker | Senior Legal Advisor, European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights e.V.
11:30 – 12:00 Coffee Break
12:00 – 13:00 Panel discussion: Supporting victims from conflict-affected areas (policy perspective)
Moderator: Levent Altan
- Migrants as victims of trafficking in human beings: the need to step up protection
- Tetiana Rudenko | Senior Coordination Adviser, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)
- Eurojust’s work in supporting victims of trafficking in human beings
- Hilde Vandevoorde | National Member for Belgium and Chair of the Counter-Terrorism Team, Eurojust
- Strategic coordination of psychosocial support in conflict-affected areas
- Ea Suzanne Akasha | Technical Advisor, Psychosocial Centre of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
13:00 – 13:15 Closing of conference
- Rosa Jansen | President, Victim Support Europe