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Opening Session
Thursday 25/11 – Amsterdam
Opening of the Conference at Restaurant David en Goliath Historisch Museum Kalverstraat 92
19.00 Arrival Guest be seated
19.30 Guest be seated
Opening Lectures
Jan De Groof – President of ELA, College of Europe, TIAS (Belgium)
Job Cohen – Mayor of Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Opening Addresses
Friday 26/11
9.00
Amsterdam University of Amsterdam Herengracht 180-182
Chair
Jan De Groof (Belgium) President of ELA, College of Europe, TIAS
Opening Address
Ján Figel’ European Commissioner for Education
Mohammed Bedjaoui Member Executive Board – UNESCO Former President of the International Court of Justice
Presentation of the Conference Publications
Willem-Jan van der Wolf (Wolf Legal Publishers)
Session 1 – EDUCATION AS A HUMAN RIGHT
Friday 26/11
Amsterdam
University of Amsterdam Herengracht 180-182
Lecturer
Katerina Tomashevski (Denmark) – Former Special Rapporteur on the Right to Education
Panel
Romain Murenzi (Rwanda) – Minister of Education
Aziz Polozani (Republic of Macedonia) – Minister of Education and Science
André Keet (South Africa) – South African Human Rights Commission
Viktoria Mohácsi (Hungaria) – Former Ministerial commissioner for Roma and impoverished children at the Ministry of Education, Member of the European Parliament
Hermann Avenarius (Germany) – Deutsche Institut für Internationale Pädagogische Forschung
Paul Zoontjens (Netherlands) – Tilburg University
Charles Russo (USA) – Dayton University
Rapporteur
Walter Berka (Austria) – University of Salzburg
Compilation and editing of the report on the session
Gracienne Lauwers (Belgium)
Session 2a – ACCESS AND EQUITY IN EDUCATION
Friday 26/11
Amsterdam University of Amsterdam Herengracht 180-182
14.00 – 16.30
Chair
Philip TK Daniel (USA) – Ohio State University, President US-ELA
Lecture
Naledi Pandor (South Africa) – Minister of Education
Panel
Scott Ferrin (USA) – Brigham Young University
Abraham Yogev (Israel) – Ministry of Education + School of Education (Dept. of Sociology)
Tim Kaye (U.K.) – School of Law, University of Birmingham
Ingo Richter (Germany) – Irmgard Coninx Foudation
Address
Marc Rutte – Secretary of State – OCW (Netherlands)
Rapporteur
Charles Russo (USA) – Dayton University
Compilation and editing of the report on the session
Cristina Rotar (Romania) – Gerhard van der Schyff (South Africa)
Session 2b – THE RIGHT AND THE OBLIGATION TO BE EDUCATED
Friday 26/11
Amsterdam University of Amsterdam Herengracht 180-182
14.00 – 16.30
THE RIGHT AND THE OBLIGATION TO BE EDUCATED
(LEERRECHT EN LEERPLICHT)
PARALLEL WORKSHOP
Nederlandse Vereniging voor Onderwijsrecht Dutch Association for Educational Law
Discussion on the necessity of new rules on compulsory education
Examples from comparative educational law
14.00 – 16.30
Chair
Dick Mentink, Erasmus University Rotterdam (Netherlands)
Lecture
14.00
Naledi Pandor (South Africa) – Minister of Education
14.45
Welcome and Introduction by Dick Mentink, Erasmus University Rotterdam, President of the Dutch Association for Educational Law (NVOR), chair
15.00
The right to education and the right of teaching
Theo Storimans, Inspector of Education, Boardmember of NVOR
15.20
Homeschooling, comparison between Belgium and the Netherlands
Joke Sperling, LL M lawyer, member of the NVOR-study group on Compulsory Education and the Right to Education
15.40
Exchange of views and Discussion
16.00
Conclusion
Address
Marc Rutte – Secretary of State – OCW (Netherlands)
Session 3 – THE COST OF EDUCATION
Saturday 27/11
Amsterdam De Rode Hoed Keizersgracht 102 1015 CV , Amsterdam
9.00 – 12.00
Chair
Stanislav Tkatsjenko (Russian Federation) – Vice-rector of the State University of St. Petersburg
Lecture
María Jesús San Segundo (Spain) – Minister of Education and Science
Panel
Helge Ole Bergersen (Norway) – Vice-minister of education
Kurt Larsen – OECD
Ariranga Govindasamy Pillay (Chief Justice, Supreme Court Mauritius)
Antonio Barbas-Homem (Portugal) – University of Lisbon
Frank Brown (USA) – University of North Carolina
John Panaretos (Greece) – Athens University of Economics and Business
Rapporteur
Hans-Peter Füssel (Germany) – Hochschule Bremen
Compilation and editing of the report on the session:
Daniele Vidone (Italy)
Session 4 – ENSURING EQUAL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
Saturday 27/11
Amsterdam De Rode Hoed Keizersgracht 102 1015 CV , Amsterdam
14.00
Address
Sijbolt Noorda (Netherlands) – President of the Board of the University of Amsterdam
Chair
David Ford (Australia) – President of ANZELA
Lecture
Albi Sachs (South Africa) – Justice of the Constitutional Court
Panel
Virginia Bonoan-Dandan (Philippines) – University of the Philippines Chairperson, United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, OHCHR, Geneva
Azaz Polozani – Minister of Education of Macedonia
Olöf Olafsdottir – Head of Department of School and Out-of-School Education, Council of Europe
Mareks Gruskevics (Latvia) – Deputy Director of the Department of Education Policy
Charles Glenn (USA) – Boston University
Tayseer Mandour (Egypt) – El-Azhar University
Xiao Yanhui (China) – Hunan University
H.W. Okoth-Ogendo (Kenya) – Commissioner of the Constitution of Kenya Review Commission
Kishore Singh Division of Basic Education, Education Sector, UNESCO and Secretary of the Joint Expert Group UNESCO/ ECOSOC on the monitoring of the Right to Education
Lilla Farkas (Hungaria) – Hungarian Helsinki Committee
Rapporteur
Antonio Barbas-Homem (Portugal) – University of Lisbon
Compilation and editing of the report on the session
Gracienne Lauwers (Belgium) – Veronica Spasskaja (Russian Federation)
Session 5 – SAFETY IN EDUCATION
Sunday 28/11 – 16.00 – 19.30
Tilburg
“Villa 4 Jaargetijden” Noordstraat 36 5038 EJ Tilburg
Chair
Dick Mentink (Netherlands) – Erasmus University,
Lecture
Cyrille Fijnaut (Netherlands) – Tilburg University, New York University
Panel
Yisa Claver (Rwanda)- Director of Planning of the Ministry of Education, Rwanda
Ralph Mawdsley (USA) – Cleveland State University
Johan Potgieter (South Africa) – University of South Africa
Sally Varnham (New Zealand) – Massey University
Anatoly Kapustin (Russian Federation) – Peoples’ Friendship University
Rapporteur
Ingo Richter (Germany) – Irmgard Coninx Foundation
Compilation and editing of the report on the session
Cristina Rotar (Romania) – Bengt Verbeeck (Belgium)
Session 6 – RELIGION IN EDUCATION
Monday 29/11
Tilburg Tilburg University Warandelaan 2 Building E, room 4 (TIAS)
9,30 – 14.00
Chair
Hermann Avenarius (Germany) – Deutsche Institut für Internationale Pädagogische Forschung
Lecture
Godfried Kardinaal Danneels (Belgium) – Cardinal
Presentation
Beverly Mc Lachlin (Canada) – Supreme Court Chief Justice
Panel
Kurt Graulich (Germany) – Judge at Bundesverwaltungsgericht
John Dowd (Australia) – Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales
Rassie Malherbe (South Africa) – Rand Afrikaans University
Tayseer Mandour (Egypt) – El-Azhar University
Ben Vermeulen (Netherlands) – Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Rapporteur
Charles Russo (USA) – Dayton University
Compilation and editing of the report on the session
Jurgen Neuts (Belgium)
SOLEMN HEARING OF THE ACADEMIC COUNCIL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TILBURG
“No person shall be denied the Right to education in Freedom”
Reception AULA
Universiteit Tilburg – Warandelaan 2 – Tilburg
Afternoon 16.00
Jan De Groof (Belgium) – President of ELA, College of Europe, TIAS
Piet Akkermans Memorial Lecture
Paleis Raadhuis (Stadhuis) – Willemsplein – Tilburg
19.00h.
Chair
Jan De Groof (Belgium) President of ELA, College of Europe, TIAS
Presentation Of The Recommendations
Gracienne Lauwers (ELA – University of Antwerp)
Daniele Vidoni (Boston University)
Lecturers
J.S. Verma, Former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India, Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission of India
Maria J.A.van der Hoeven, Minister Of Education, Culture and Science of the Netherlands, Chairperson of the European Council of Ministers of Education
Session 7 – optional programme
Tuesday 30/11
The Hague International Court of Justice Peace Palace 2517 KJ The The Hague
11.00
Chair
Johan Beckmann, Past President of SAELPA
Lecturers
Ben Vermeulen (the Netherlands) – Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam “Immigrants and educational policies”
Stan Meuwese (Netherlands) – executive director of Defence for Children International, section The Netherlands
“Education and children’s rights”
Visit of the International Court of Justice (The Hague), Mayoral reception
14.00 Transfer to Schiphol (Airport)
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