Regional Consultation on the Right to an Effective Remedy for Trafficked Persons

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Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and

children

Agenda

Regional Consultation on the Right to an Effective Remedy

for Trafficked Persons

Thursday 21 November 2013, Hilton Hotel, Abuja, Nigeria

09.00-09.30

09.30-10.00

Registration Opening session

Welcome

Daouda Traouré, UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative, Nigeria

Introduction and objectives to the consultation Chair

Joy Ngozi Ezeilo, Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children

Opening Remarks

Mohammed Bello Adoke SAN, the Honourable Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 10.00-10.45

10.45-11.00

11.00-12.00

Overview of the international and regional legal frameworks and initiatives on the right to an effective remedy

Jayne Huckerby, Associate Professor of clinical law, Duke University, School of Law, USA

Victoria Onuoha, Benin City University, Edo state, Nigeria

Discussion

Coffee break

Reparation and Compensation

Beatrice Jedy Agba, Executive Secretary of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Traffic in Persons and other Related Matters (NAPTIP)

Procedural preconditions in realizing the right to effective remedies

Victoria Ijeoma Nwogu, Gender Specialist, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Somalia

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Discussion

12.00-13.30

13.30-15.00

15.00-15.15

15.15-16.30

16.30-17.00

Buffet lunch

Restitution and Recovery (Rehabilitation)

Alice Maranga, Program Officer, Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) Kenya

Eric Peasah, Director, Right To Be Free, Ghana

Discussion

Coffee break

The Draft Basic Principles on the right to an effective remedy for trafficked persons

Joy Ngozi Ezeilo, Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children

Discussion

Conclusions and recommendations

Joy Ngozi Ezeilo, Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children

The working language of the meeting will be English, simultaneous interpreting into French will be provided