The Etkiniz EU Programme’s third webinar on international human rights mechanisms featuring experts, with the title UN Committee on the Rights of the Child Monitoring Mechanism, will take place on February 5th 2021. The topic of discussion at the webinar will be international sanctions in the area of child rights within the practices of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child and the points to consider when submitting to the Committee.
Date: 5 February 2021, Friday
Time: 18:00 hours (GMT+3)
Speaker: Benoit Van Keirsbilck (member of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child & Director of the Belgian section of Defence for Children – International)
Venue: Zoom Webinars– on the internet
*Simultaneous interpretation will be available (French-Turkish).
What Will be Discussed at the Webinar?
- What is the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child? What does it do?
- The importance of CSOs submitting reports to the Committee and their impact.
- Basic information for CSOs that will be submitting reports to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child.
Speaker
Benoit Van Keirsbilck is trained in social work and children’s rights. He is the Director of the Belgian section of Defence for Children – International (DCI) and the former President of the International Executive Council (International board) of DCI. He is one of the founders and member of the Interdisciplinary Centre for the Rights of the Child (CIDE) which organises a University degree and conducts academic researches on children’s rights. He is Chief Editor of the Journal of Children’s Law (Belgium) and member of the Advisory board of the UN Global Study on children deprived of liberty. Finally, he has been elected as member of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (2021-2024).
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_Q9Ri8QsUQVS_9r5-sOtLZQ
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:
For information on how to join from your PC, please click
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If you are not directed to the webinar after downloading the application, you can also participate by entering the 846 9396 5769 code on the window that will pop up.
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
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