PROGRAMME : FRIDAY 16th NOVEMBER 2001 8.30 Registration 9.00 - 9.15 Welcome speech Prof. Philippe De Bruycker, Université libre de Bruxelles, European Commission, DG JHA Session 1 : Is There a Need for a Regime of Subsidiary Protection in Europe ? President : Prof. Kees Groenendijk, Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen, The Netherlands 9.15 - 9.45 Principles of International Law regarding the Concept of Subsidiary Protection Prof. Kay Hailbronner, University of Konstanz, Germany 9.45 - 10.15 General Presentation of the Odysseus Comparative Study : What Lesson Should Be Drawn from the EU Member States' Experience ? Dr. Daphné Bouteillet-Paquet, Coordinator of the Academic Network, ULB 10.15 - 10.45 Discussion 10.45 - 11.00 Coffee Break 11.00 - 11.30 Presentation of the Proposal of a European Directive on the Notion of Refugee and Subsidiary Protection Mr. Friso Roscam-Abbing, European Commission, DG JHA 11.30 - 11.45 A View from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Mr. Antonio Fortin, UNHCR 11.45 - 12.00 A View from a Candidate Country to the EU Prof. Boldiszar Naguy, University of Budapest, Hungary 12.00 - 12.15 A View from the United States of America Prof. Joan Fitzpatrick, Washington University Law School, USA 12.15 - 13.00 Discussion 13.00 - 14.30 Lunch Break Session 2 : The Beneficiaries of Subsidiary Protection in Europe President : Ms Annegrethe Nielsen, L.L.M., Swiss Federal Office for the Recognition of Refugees, Bern, Switzerland 14.30 - 15.00 Comparative Study of the Personal Scope of Subsidiary Protection : What Lessons Should be Drawn from the EU Member States' ? Prof. Thomas Spjikerboer, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands 15.00 - 15.40 The German Experience Mr. Olaf Reermann, Formerly Federal Ministry of Interior, Berlin, Germany The Spanish Experience Prof. Cristina Gortazar, Universidad Pontificia Comillas, Madrid, Spain 15.40 - 16.10 Discussion 16.10 - 16.40 Break Session 3 : Asylum Procedures President : Mr. Manuel Malheiros, Head of Unit, Court of Justice of the European Communities, Luxembourg 16.40 - 17.10 Comparative Study on the Access to Asylum Procedures : What Lessons Should be Drawn from the EU Member States' ? Prof. Elspeth Guild, University of Nijmeigen, The Netherlands 17.10 - 17.30 A View from a Country Which Has not Developed a Formal Procedure : The Belgium Experience Ms Sylvie Sarolea, Lawyer, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium 17.30 - 17.50 A View from a Country where There are Two Separate Procedures : The French Experience Prof. François Julien-Laferrière, Université Paris-Sud, France 17.50 - 18.30 Discussion PROGRAMME : SATURDAY 17th NOVEMBER 2001 Session 4 : Status of Beneficiaries of Subsidiary Protection President : Prof. Constança Dias Urbano de Sousa, Universidade Autonoma Lisboa, Portugal 9.00 - 9.30 Comparative Study of the Status Granted to Beneficiaries of Subsidiary Protection : What Lessons Should Be Drawn from the EU Member States' ? Dr. Nicholas Sitaropoulos, Barrister, Legal Adviser for the National Commission of Human Rights, Greece 9.30 - 10.00 A View from the Nordic Countries Prof. Orjan Edström, University of Umea, Sweden 10.00 - 10.30 Discussion 10.30 - 11.00 Break Session 5 : Prospects and Problems of a Regime of Subsidiary Protection in the EU President : Prof. Achilles Skordas, University of Athens, Greece 11.00 - 11.30 Assessment of the Proposal of EU Directive on the Notion of Refugee and Susidiary Protection from the Perspective of International Law Prof. Jens Vedsted-Hansen, University of Aarhus Law School, Denmark 11.30 - 12.00 Assessment of the Proposal of EU Directive on the Notion of Refugee and Susidiary Protection in View of the EU Member States' Dr. Daphné Bouteillet-Paquet, Coordinator of Odysseus Network, ULB 12.00 - 12.45 Final Discussion