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1 Regional Conference on Refugee Protection and International Migration in the Americas Protection Considerations in the Context of Mixed Migration San José, Costa Rica, November 2009 Hotel Radisson CONFERENCE AGENDA Wednesday 18 NOVEMBER Registration of participants (Room Miravalles) Thursday 19 NOVEMBER Registration of participants (Room Zurqui I) Morning Session - Plenary (Room Zurqui II y III) Costa Rica (Viceminister, Mrs. Marcela Chacón, UNHCR (Erika Feller/Marta Juárez) Opening Remarks Minister of Foreign Affairs, Costa Rica Laura Thompson, IOM Erika Feller, UNHCR European Commission United States Department of State, Bureau for Population, Refugees and Migration Coffee Break Panel I: Protection Considerations within mixed migration flows good practices of States Argentina Protecting the human rights of people on the move Brazil Protection of asylum-seekers and refugees Costa Rica protection for victims of human trafficking Mrs. Marcela Chacón, Vice-Minister of Interior and Police and Security

2 Discussion (+ Introduction to conference) Lunch Break (Acuarelas Restaurant)

3 Afternoon Session Working Groups Working Group A: Working Group B: Protecting human rights of people on the move irrespective of status Zurqui III Ecuador and UNHCHR UNHCR and IOM (UNHCR Rapporteur Eugenia Contarini IOM Rapporteur Daniel Redondo) IACHR, Mark Fleming, Staff Attorney of the IACHR's hip on the Rights of Migrant Workers and their Families Elizabeth Cubias, Member of the UN Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families The protection of asylum-seekers and refugees Zurqui II Canada and UNHCR (Deborah Elizondo) UNHCR and IOM Rapporteur Diana Trimiño) Canada/UNHCR Working Group C: The protection of victims of human trafficking Europa USA and IOM (IOM Co-Chair Diego Beltrand or Agueda Marin?) UNHCR (Elizabeth Dallam) and IOM (IOM Rapporteur Gina Gallardo) (Gina has already confirmed, was recommend by Ana Hidlago) Ana Hidalgo, IOM Costa Rica Felipe de la Torre, UNODC Working Group D: The protection of smuggled and irregular migrants Cedral-Turrialba Colombia and OAS (Ambassador Carmen Moreno Toscano, OAS Executive Secretary of the Inter-American Women Commission) UNHCR (Juan Mondelli) and IOM (IOM Colombia smuggling expert currently being coordinated) Lawrence Hart, IOM Libya UNODC/OAS (Marcia Bebianno) Coffee Break Plenary: (Room Zurqui II y III) Reports from Working Groups and Discussion (Erika Feller/Laura Thompson)

4 19.00 Cocktail (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) Friday 20 NOVEMBER Morning Session - Plenary (Room Zurqui II y III) Costa Rica, IOM José Pires, Regional Representative for Central America and Mexico Introduction to second day by the Chair Panel II: Protection Considerations within mixed migration flows the perspective of IOs (OAS, UNHCHR, and UNICEF) OAS (Mrs. Araceli Azuara) Discussion (+ Introduction to working groups) Coffee Break Working Groups Working Group E: Profiling and referral mechanisms Zurqui III Chile and UNHCR (Serge Malé) UNHCR (Eva Camps) and IOM (IOM Rapporteur Agueda Marin) UNHCR Anja Klug /IOM Gabriela Fernandez, IOM Buenos Aires Working Group F: The protection of extra-regional and stranded migrants Zurqui II Trinidad and Tobago and IOM UNHCR (Anna Greene) and IOM (IOM Rapporteur Isabel Cruz, IOM Quito) IOM Rome, Red Cross Federation Working Group G: The protection of unaccompanied children Europa El Salvador and UNICEF

5 Working Group H: UNHCR (Carolina Mateos) and IOM Rapporteur IOM Colombia (currently being coordinated with IOM Colombia) Sergio Paulo Pinheiro (IACHR, OAS Rapporteur on Children) Cecilia Ramirez IOM El Salvador (will coordinate with other missions to include experiences) Regional mechanisms Cedral-Turrialba Mexico and OAS (Ambassador Patricio Zuquilanda) UNHCR (Federico Martinez,) and IOM Rapporteur, Hector Monroy IACtHR being confirmed / Jorge Peraza, RCM Technical Secretariat Comentario [U1]: IACtHR confirmed that no judge could attend because of quorum problems for the sessions. They will send one of the senior lawyers Lunch Break (Acuarelas Restaurant) Afternoon Session Plenary (Room Zurqui II y III) Report from Working Groups and discussion Coffee Break Adoption of Recommendations, summary and closing Costa Rica, UNHCR, IOM Laura Thompson and Erika Feller Mrs. Janina del Vecchio, Minister of Interior and Police and Security End of the Conference

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