Etkiniz would like to invite civil society organizations to the webinar titled “Poverty and Child Rights: The Role of the Council of Europe in Protecting the Child from Poverty”. The guest speaker of the webinar is Prof. Dr. Aoife Nolan of Nottingham University, Member of European Committee of Social Rights…

Date: 30 November 2020, Monday
Time: 19:00 hours (GMT+3)
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Aoife Nolan, Member of the Council of Europe’s European Committee of Social Rights
Venue: Zoom Webinars– on the internet

Prof. Nolan will speak about the Council of Europe guideline which she has written herself and which has the same name with the webinar. The webinar will address poverty and child rights. Simultaneous interpretation will be available (English-Turkish).

What Will be Discussed at the Webinar?

• Poverty and child rights in Europe
• Monitoring mechanisms of the Council of Europe from the perspective of Child Rights and child poverty
• European Social Charter and child poverty
• The role of the Council of Europe in policies based on child rights for combatting poverty

The guideline titled “Protecting the Child from Poverty: The Role of Rights in the Council of Europe” provides practical information on child rights and how to protect children from poverty by using the European Committee of Social Rights and other human rights monitoring mechanisms of the Council of Europe.

To see the English version of Nolan’s report “Protecting the Child from Poverty: The Role of Rights in the Council of Europe” please go to https://rm.coe.int/protecting-the-child-from-poverty-the-role-of-rights-in-the-council-of/168098c54c

The Turkish translation of the report will be provided by Open Space Association (Deep Poverty Network) with the support of Etkiniz.

How to Join the Webinar?

You can join the online event on your computer or mobile phone. To join, please click the link below and fill up the registration form:

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_5IdmPFMrSUiizzKsQiWfMg

After signing up for the webinar, you will receive an email with the invitation link. Please click on the link at the time of the webinar and download the Zoom application on your computer or mobile phone. Download will only take 10 seconds.

Steps to download and join the webinar are available in the below documents:

If you are not directed to the webinar after downloading the application, you can also participate by entering the 891 9079 1640 code on the window that will pop up.

Who is Aoife Nolan?

Professor Aoife Nolan is Professor of International Human Rights Law and Co-Director of the Human Rights Law Centre at the University of Nottingham. Professor Nolan’s professional experience in human rights straddles the legal, policy, practitioner and academic fields. She was elected to the Council of Europe’s European Committee of Social Rights in November 2016. In 2018, she served on the Scottish First Minister’s Advisory Group on Human Rights Leadership and in 2019-20 was a member of the Scottish Government’s UNCRC Working Group to input on the best model of incorporation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child into Scottish law. She has published extensively in the areas of human rights and constitutional law, particularly in relation to children’s rights and economic and social rights. She currently leads a major three-year international research project on ‘Advancing Child Rights Strategic Litigation’, with seven academic and advocacy partners. Professor Nolan has acted as an expert advisor to a wide range of international and national organisations and bodies working on human rights issues, including numerous UN Special Procedures, UN treaty bodies, the Council of Europe, multiple NHRIs and NGOs. Her books include the prize-winning Children’s Socio-economic Rights, Democracy & the Courts (Hart, 2011), Economic and Social Rights after the Global Financial Crisis (CUP, 2014) and The United Nations Special Procedures System (Brill, 2017). She has held visiting positions at academic institutions in Europe, Africa, the US and Australia. She is an Academic Expert member at Doughty Street Chambers where she co-leads the Children’s Rights Group.

Notes for Participants Who Wish to Listen to the Simultaneous Interpretation at the Webinar

Please make sure that you have the latest version of Zoom application on your device (Interpretation is not available on connections made over the web):

Check the Zoom version number: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362393
Zoom update: https://zoom.us/download

After joining the meeting, click the “World” icon for simultaneous interpretation, which is found at the Control Panel (under the Zoom window). (The main language of the will be English.)

Things to consider during the meeting

The maximum number of webinar participants is 500. In case more than 500 people register for the webinar, the system will allow the first 500 people to join at the time of the event.

• Pelin Baykan from Anlatan Eller Derneği (Telling Hand Association) will interpret in sign language at the meeting.
• You can send us your written questions by clicking the Q&A icon in the webinar control at the bottom of the Zoom window. Verbal questions will not be allowed at the webinar. Written questions will be compiled and conveyed to the speaker.
• Before the webinar begins, please remember to check that you have an uninterrupted internet connection and that your headset has no problem with sound transmission.
• If you have any questions about the event, please send an email to info@etkiniz.eu
• For more information on Etkiniz EU Programme, please visit the website etkiniz.eu/english/ or its social media accounts. Stay tuned for online trainings to be held by Etkiniz EU Programme in the near future!

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