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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