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2012 Activity Report
of the Conference of INGOs
The Conference of INGOs
1. Introduction 3
2. Priorities of the Conference of INGOS and relations with the
quadrilogue 3
3. Activities and structures of the Conference 4
4. Plans for 2013 6
5. Conclusion 7
II. INGO-Service 8
III. The theme-based committees and the Gender Equality Expert
1. The Human Rights Committee 9
2. The Education and Culture Committee 10
3. The Democracy, Social Cohesion and Global Challenges Committee 12
4. The Gender Equality Expert 15
IV. Adopted texts 18
I. The Conference of INGOs
1. Introduction
The capacity of the Conference of INGOs to mobilise Europe's key players and react to diverse situations depends primarily on the willingness and commitment of the member NGOs and has an impact on the ground as soon as the management team – the Bureau and the Standing Committee – translates it into action.
In this context, one of the major developments of 2012 on the statutory front was the renewal of the President and the members of the Bureau as well as the Gender Equality Expert. The January session saw the election of:
· the President, Jean-Marie Heydt;
· the three Vice-Presidents, Antonina Dashkina, Sophie Dimitroulias and Alain Mouchoux;
· the four Rapporteurs, Veysel Filiz, Alain Koskas, Taras Poljanec and Maritchu Rall;
· the Gender Equality Expert: Betty Doornenbal
After his re-election, the President reiterated his desire to enhance the credibility of the Conference and its place within the quadrilogue as the spearhead of civil society. In this context, it should be emphasised that he took part in a very large number of ministerial conferences during the year as well as contributing to meetings with the other pillars of the Council of Europe, namely the Committee of Ministers, the Parliamentary Assembly and the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities. This presence in the highest decision-making bodies reflects the recognition that is granted to organised civil society and demonstrates that the issues it raises make it a major asset where it comes to enhancing the role of the Council of Europe and securing its place on the European and world stage.
Added to this was the election of the President of the Conference of INGOs as the Vice-President of the North-South Centre, which is also a mark of the trust and credibility afforded to organised civil society.
Furthermore, in order to improve exchanges between INGOs, an experiment was carried out with "open" questions for the first time at the January 2012 Conference and specific persons were appointed to take charge of priority work areas.
2. Priorities of the Conference of INGOS and relations with the quadrilogue
A. Setting up instruments
The President has regularly underlined his commitment to full dialogue pursuing two aims:
· a culture of participation to counter intolerance, xenophobia and extremism;
· the assertion of the values that form the cornerstone of democracy, namely human rights and the rule of law.
The Conference's priorities related to the means of setting up easily accessible instruments to foster intercultural dialogue in order to improve the practice of "better living together". The aim is to think about original blueprints for societies that would accommodate each person's specific characteristics while being built on absolute respect for fundamental rights and the rule of law, as advocated by the Group of Eminent Persons of the Council of Europe. As a result the following instruments have been or are being set up:
a. the Code of Good Practice for Civil Participation in the Decision-Making Process
The Code is one of the products of the 2007 Forum for the Future of Democracy. Its main aim is to help to create an environment conducive to NGOs in the Council of Europe member states. It seeks to facilitate participation by NGOs in the decision-making process at all levels, local, regional and national. This reference tool has been presented in many countries including, recently, Morocco. It has been translated into 20 languages including Arabic. It has become a source of examples of good practice, which is also proposed as part of the activities with neighbourhood countries.
b. The Dialogue Toolkit
This was presented last June along with the website www.dialoguetoolkit.net, which is run by the Conference. By implementing this practical guide, operators in the field should be able to contribute to greater social cohesion and the management of diversity issues on the basis of human rights. An initial training session for INGO dialogue facilitators was held with the support of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs. A French and Russian version of the toolkit are currently being prepared.
B. Participation in intergovernmental committees
As a result of the reform of the Council of Europe, the number of committees has been reduced and their terms of reference have been revised. Moreover, only one representative of the Conference per meeting may now claim reimbursement for travel and subsistence expenses. Participation by INGOs in Steering Committees is essential and is a reflection of the role of organised civil society.
C. Future of the European Court of Human Rights
Since 2009, the NGOs have been asked to discuss and compare their ideas and make a contribution to the essential debate on the reform of the European Court of Human Rights and hence of democracy in Europe. The Conference of INGOs calls on the states to ensure that the Court can retain a human and social dimension so that it remains accessible to all individuals (see the President's speech in Brighton, 18-20 April 2012).
3. Activities and structures of the Conference
The activities of the Conference of INGOs, its Bureau and its Standing Committee focused on themes linked to the work of the Quadrilogue.
A. The Expert Council on NGO Law
The Expert Council was set up in 2008 and its terms of reference were renewed by the Conference in 2012. The plenary Conference also confirmed Cyril Ritchie as the President of the Expert Council and reaffirmed its role as a major body of the Conference, which contributes to the promotion of the full range of the Council of Europe's fundamental values. The "new" Expert Council has up to fifteen members and the first nine appointments were approved by the Standing Committee (see list and personal notices on the website). The first meeting of the new Council was held in December 2012, when it prepared its work programme for 2013 and 2014. The Expert Council will extend and flesh out its network of contacts and consultations with other Council of Europe bodies and with outside institutions involved in consolidating NGO law. In particular, the Expert Council had its first experience of organising a joint seminar, which it held in co-operation with the Venice Commission on the subject of freedom of association in Azerbaijan.
B. The first World Forum for Democracy on the theme "Bridging the gap - Democracy: between old models and new realities"
The first World Forum for Democracy was a major event, which involved all the Council of Europe's bodies and was attended by nearly 1 500 officials from 120 countries spread over five continents and a large media contingent.
The INGO Conference's participation in the Forum took two forms:
· a debate on 7 October on the theme "Inclusive Democracy and Human Rights", followed by two round tables, one on "Building Inclusive Democracy through Media" and the other on "Building Inclusive Democracy with Women";
· a round table on 10 October on the theme "Civil society, a key player for living together" in the context of the series of round tables on "Democracy in the 21st century".
C. The Conference on "Building Europe through Human Rights: Acting Together against Extreme Poverty"
The conference held on the occasion of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, on 17 October was marked by a joint declaration on "Acting together to eradicate extreme poverty in Europe", signed by the four pillars of the Council of Europe. The adoption of this declaration should result in an action plan for 2014-2023. A large Russian delegation representing several regions took part in the work, along with people living in poverty. Three panel discussions were held on the following themes:
· civil and political participation of people living in poverty;
· social exclusion and health: the right to health for all;
· extreme poverty is violence: breaking the silence – building peace.
D. Strategy of the Conference of INGOs in the countries of the southern and eastern shores of the Mediterranean
Many INGOs are engaged in activities in several countries in the Mediterranean basin and the two main focuses of this work are young people and the place of women in society, and the two main goals are organisation and co-ordination so as to raise the profile of the action through appropriate responses. The President appealed to the NGOs already present in any of these countries to make their work known to Alain Koskas or Sophie Dimitroulias. In 2013, it is planned to give the Conference's work in the civil societies of these countries a more practical dimension and this can also be facilitated through efficient co-operation with the North-South Centre in Lisbon.
E. Adjustment of the Rules of Procedure of the Conference of INGOs to the new context
At the end of the transition period following the reform, the Conference's Rules of Procedure were adjusted in line with the new context. The text was reworked by the Verification and Dispute Committee, working with the Standing Committee. The proposed amendments were sent by the Standing Committee to all the INGOs. The new Rules of Procedure will be submitted to the Conference for adoption at its meeting in January 2013.
F. Creation of a working group on the revision of participatory status
The Conference of INGOs wishes to be involved in the revision of Resolution (2003)8 on the participatory status for INGOs with the Council of Europe and has set up a working group chaired by Daniel Zielinski, which has been charged with making practical proposals on granting and withdrawing participatory status, as stipulated in the resolution.
G. Communication
A communication tool presenting the Conference's structures and activities was drawn up and distributed on the occasion of the World Forum for Democracy. This brochure is a means of promoting and providing information about NGOs, designed both for internal use and external partners. This document is available on the INGO website.
There were also many exchanges of views with the Presidents, Chairs and committees of the Council of Europe's other pillars, the Parliamentary Assembly, the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities, the Secretariat and the heads of the operational directorates, at the INGO Conferences in January and June 2012. The statements by the various personalities who attended aroused considerable interest and were universally appreciated.
H. UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) in New York in March
Renée Gérard and Anje Wiersinga represented the interest of the Conference of INGOs and promoted the Council of Europe values during the 56th Session of the Unted Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW 56th) as decided by the Conference of INGOs in January 2012.
4. Plans for 2013
Certain projects are already being discussed or prepared:
- 2013 is the European Union's "European Year of Citizens". The Vice-President, Alain Mouchoux, is responsible for following up on this. It would seem that many towns are planning to organise events to mark the year. The National Federation of Municipal Social Welfare Centres (UNCCAS), of which Daniel Zielinski is the Secretary General, is holding a colloquy in Marseille;
- the implementation of an activity in one of the neighbouring countries (in the Mediterranean basin), in co-operation with the North-South Centre in Lisbon, ten years after the Tlemcen Forum in 2002 (Education and Culture Committee);
- follow-up to the programme "Building a Europe for and with children", with the establishment of a working group led by Anna Rurka (Democracy, Social Cohesion and Global Challenges Committee);
- preparation of a toolkit for the implementation of the European Convention on Human Rights at national level (Human Rights Committee).
5. Conclusion
The Conference of INGOs is concerned about the economic and social crisis and aware that an effort has to be made to address the crisis of confidence this has prompted in society. Its determined response to this is shaped by a desire not only to act as a social shock absorber and the spokesperson for a diverse range of opinions but also to contribute to a wide-ranging constructive dialogue, particularly in the two key areas of human rights and the rule of law on the one hand and democracy and governance on the other. It hopes that this will lead to the emergence of a favourable environment for participation resulting in turn in greater social cohesion in the context of the new synergies developed with the quadrilogue.
The activities of the Conference of INGOs and its subordinate bodies have been made possible thanks to the steadfast and efficient support of the Civil Society Division team.
Rapporteur: Maritchu Rall, Bureau member
To date 120 INGOs have paid their subscriptions to INGO-Service. INGO-Service's aim is to promote the functioning of the Conference of INGOs holding participatory status with the Council of Europe and its structures. The Chair of the association has appealed to all the INGOs to pay subscriptions, thus increasing the membership and reflecting the vitality of the Conference and the solidarity between INGOs.
The Chair drew attention to the following points:
· the rules on reimbursement, which called for a prior request;
· the importance of planning for expenditure as soon as possible;
· the impossibility of reimbursing the expenses of guests invited to address committees.
It should be pointed out that the Council of Europe reimburses the expenses of representatives of the Conference of INGOs attending intergovernmental committee meetings, ministerial conferences and other specific events in accordance with a budget established at the beginning of the year.
Rapporteur: Maritchu Rall, Vice-Chair of INGO-Service
1. The Human Rights Committee
(Chair: Annelise Oeschger, Vice-Chairs: Gérard Greneron and Marie-José Schmitt, Rapporteur: Maritchu Rall)
A. Reform of the European Court of Human Rights
In preparation for the Brighton Conference, the Committee prepared a recommendation and a position paper of the Conference of INGOs, in which it opposed any measures restricting the right of individual application or limiting the Court's independence, and it is now closely monitoring the application of the Brighton Declaration.
B. The Conference on "Building Europe through Human Rights: Acting Together against Extreme Poverty"
On 17 October, on the occasion of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, this Conference, held at the Council of Europe and conducted in English, French and Russian, was attended by about 200 people. The working group on "Extreme Poverty and Human Rights" did most of the preparation work. Contributions from people who have experienced poverty first hand helped the participants to gain a better understanding and identify possible courses of action, particularly in the areas of community-based and political participation, the right to health for all and violence to poor people, which called for peaceful solutions to be sought. The Chair of the Committee of Ministers and the Presidents of the Parliamentary Assembly, the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities and the Conference of INGOs signed a joint declaration entitled "Acting together to eradicate extreme poverty in Europe", reiterating states' obligations and commitments in this area.
C. Work on themes forming the basis of recommendations adopted by the Conference of INGOs at its January and June sessions
- The Committee was very concerned about the growing trend of cultural relativism and the increasing and sometimes violent attempts to restrict or even to destroy democratic principles and the rule of law which is seen at international, European, national and local level, and hence proposed that the INGOs should make an unequivocal statement on gender equality's status as a universal value, principle and human right, to be respected and promoted in all fields.
- In response to the failure to respect the fundamental rights of LGBT people or even their disavowal in many countries, the Committee alerted INGOs to the problem and proposed two successive recommendations, one against discrimination on the ground of sexual orientation or gender identity and the other for freedom of expression.
- Following reports of the threats and harassment to which human rights defenders are subjected in Russia, the country was called on to take all the necessary measures to protect the physical and mental integrity of all human rights defenders working in the country and to create conditions conducive to their activities.
D. Hearing by the Governmental Committee of the European Social Charter
Plea for the ratification of the Additional Protocol providing for a system of collective complaints and questions concerning the practice of placing of children in often brutal conditions because of the consequences of poverty and a lack of support for parents (Article 7, 16 and 17). The hearing was prepared by the "European Social Charter" working group.
E. Follow-up to work with the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities for the implementation of human rights at local level
The working group on "Human rights and religion" completed its work with a report and a draft recommendation, which will be dealt with by the Committee in 2013.
Some plans for 2013:
- Follow-up to the results of the conference of 17 October and implementation of the undertakings made in the declaration on "Acting together to eradicate extreme poverty in Europe".
- Working towards a Europe without torture – work following the presentation of the ACAT report entitled "Un monde tortionnaire" ("A torturer's world") to the Council of Europe.
- Contribution to the ratification and implementation of the conventions on violence against women, trafficking in human beings and sexual exploitation of children.
- Preparation of a toolkit for the full implementation of the European Convention on Human Rights at national level.
Rapporteur: Annelise Oeschger, Chair
2. The Education and Culture Committee
Chair: Sabine Rohmann, Vice-Chairs: Harry Rogge and Yosanne Vella, Rapporteur: Roseline Moreau.
A. The working groups
The working groups made progress in line with their objectives:
a. History teaching
The working group co-operates with Tatiana Milko, the head of history teaching programmes in the Council of Europe's Education Policy Division.
The group considers that it plays an expert role because of its members' recognised qualifications as well as raising awareness about and disseminating the work of the Council of Europe in this field.
At the meeting of June 2012, the group decided to concentrate on the following themes:
- history's supporting role in education for democracy;
- the history of women;
- how history can generate prejudices;
- the misuse of history.
The themes will continue to be centred on both formal education (for young people in school and older students) and non-formal education (adult education, tourism, the media, etc.).
b. Access to the digital media
This group makes an inventory of the work already carried out at the Council of Europe and in other international institutions (such as the EU and the United Nations). Its adopted themes are:
- education in information management;
- education in participation;
- education in the management of social networks.
c. The teaching profession in the 21st century
This group is currently drawing up a questionnaire on teaching practices. The questionnaire is intended to provide the framework for an interview with teachers in all the Council of Europe member states.
The results of these interviews should reveal what teachers' new in-service training needs are, as paradigms shift in the education world.
The work will lead to the production of a tool designed to assist teachers in their efforts to acquire training in line with a new culture of education and learning.
The group has been working in close co-operation with the Pestalozzi Programme and this work will lead to a joint production of some kind.
d. Education 21
The group launched a process of reflection entitled "How to educate learners, whether adults or young people, and prepare them to cope with the challenges they face?" These challenges relate both to their access to the European labour market and to their active involvement in the community and civic life in a European context.
The current focus is the issue of how to pinpoint modern forms of governance in the education field. The question is whether it is possible to implement systems of shared responsibility between learners, their families, education establishments, local, regional and national elected representatives, business people and civil society representatives.
e. Living together
With the support of the speakers, the group discussed the impact of intercultural dialogue, living together and the toolkit on dialogue. This was preparatory work for the close co-operation with the CDCPP on the theme "Living together in multicultural societies – access to participation and culture", which will begin in January 2013.
B. Other activities
Preparation of the working group's report on the religious dimension of intercultural dialogue is in its final phase.
On 26 June 2012, the Committee heard the Vice-President of the European Federation of Centres of Research and Information on Sectarianism, who presented her work on the problem of infiltration by sects into the education system, which is a topical issue considered by the Council of Europe and the United Nations to be extremely important.
C. The Steering Committee for Education Policy and Practice (CDPPE)
The Conference of INGOS is represented on the Steering Committee for Education Policy and Practice (CDPPE) and its Bureau by the Chair of the Education and Culture Committee.
D. Participation in meetings:
- CDPPE meeting, March 2012 – at this meeting Gabriel Nissim spoke about digital media and human rights;
- CDPPE meeting, July 2012;
- 6th Prague Forum, organised by the Czech Ministry of Education on the theme "Governance and quality education". The forum worked in workshops on the following topics:
· decentralisation, social participation and empowerment of local authorities in the governance of education;
· ethics and integrity for the quality of education systems;
· involvement of parents, teachers and pupils in education governance and education management and quality.
These themes form subjects for discussion at the Conference of Ministers of Education to be held in Helsinki in April 2013.
- the Bureau meeting in November.
World Forum for Democracy
The Committee was represented by its Vice-Chair, Harry Rogge.
High-level Conference in Tirana, November
The closing conference of the Albanian Chairmanship and the handover to the Andorran Chairmanship centred on the theme of diversity in Europe. The Committee was represented by its Chair.
MEET – Launch of a European citizens' initiative for a quality European education for all
The Committee was represented by means of a written message from its Chair, Sabine Rohmann.
2012 EDC/HRE Conference - Human Rights and Democracy in Action - Looking Ahead
The Committee was represented by Roseline Moreau.
Rapporteur: Sabine Rohmann, Chair
3. The Democracy, Social Cohesion and Global Challenges Committee
Chair: Anne-Marie Chavanon, Vice-Chairs: Vera John-Mikolajewski and Israël Mensah, Rapporteur: Edith Wenger
A. The Committee's work
In 2012, the Committee focused on four of its founding themes: social cohesion, democracy, sustainable development and global challenges.
a. Social cohesion
In January, the new Committee's work began with a round table on the theme: "How should we construct social cohesion in Europe? New tools ", attended by representatives of the quadrilogue (Gilda Farrell, Head of the Social Cohesion, Research and Early Warning Division, Bernard Marquet, Vice-Chair of the Social, Health and Family Affairs Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly, Andrée Buchmann, member of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities, Marinette Gonon, President of the association "Les 7 pains" and Yawo Abotsi, Secretary General of the association "Co-habiter" ("Living together") for the NGOs).
The main focus of debate was the Committee's support for the draft European Charter on Shared Social Responsibilities being prepared by the Council of Europe's Social Cohesion Division.
b. Democracy
- Preparation of a draft Declaration on Democracy by the ad hoc Working Group led by Giuseppe Guarneri (International Institute of Human Rights Studies).
- In June, round table meeting on the search for a common agenda for all the Council of Europe bodies in the sphere of democracy, with contributions from the President of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities, Keith Whitmore, the President of the Conference of INGOs, Jean-Marie Heydt, and the Head of the Democracy, Institutions and Governance Department, Alfonso Zardi.
- Contribution to European Local Democracy Week 2012, which focused on the theme "Human rights make for more inclusive communities".
- Analysis of political developments and warning about the threat of regressions in certain Middle Eastern and North African countries in the sphere of individual freedoms, democracy and human rights (opinion of Jean-Pierre Estival, leader of the ad hoc working group).
- Working meetings and exchanges with women from these countries and adoption of a recommendation and a resolution of support submitted by the working group on "Women's participation in political and democratic processes, particularly those dealing with conflicts", led by Anje Wiersinga, entitled respectively "Gender perspectives in political and democratic processes in the MENA Region" and "Gender equality: a condition for the success of the Arab spring".
- Contribution to the work on "Territorial democracy: the role of public participation in the process of sustainable territorial development of the European continent", the theme of the 16th session of the Council of Europe Conference of Ministers Responsible for Spatial/Regional Planning (CEMAT), in co-operation with Maguelonne Déjeant-Pons, Head of the Heritage, Landscape and Technical Assistance Division.
- Dissemination of the Code of Good Practice for Civil Participation in the Decision-making Process and the example set by the Council of Europe in the field of participation:
. hearing by the European Economic and Social Committee – Anne-Marie Chavanon (IFHP) and Antonella Valmorbida (ALDA) – 24 April 2012;
. statement by Anne-Marie Chavanon to the International Observatory on Participatory Democracy in Porto Alegre (Brazil);
. World Congress of Civilscape on new energy policies and their impact on landscape by Gerhard Ermischer, leader of the working group on "Landscape: a social cohesion tool at threat"
. dissemination at meetings of the Council of Europe's Steering Committee for Local and Regional Democracy.
c. Sustainable development and global challenges
Statements and participation at major global debates in 2012
UNCSD RIO + 20 – adoption of two declarations disseminated in Rio and posted on the websites of various platforms working with the United Nations. Participation of Cyril Ritchie, President of the Expert Council, representatives of ATD Fourth World and Anne-Marie Chavanon, Chair of the Committee. Development of a dedicated Internet site.
- Hearings by the Sub-Committee on Environment and Energy of the Parliamentary Assembly on the Committee's contributions to the Earth Summit (Anne-Marie Chavanon)
- Hearings by the Sub-Committee on Environment and Energy of the Parliamentary Assembly on the Committee's views on the Doha Summit (UNFCC) (Edith Wenger, leader of the "Climate change and human rights" Working Group)
- Hearing by the Group of Experts on the Bern Convention on climate change and biodiversity (Edith Wenger, leader of the "Climate change and human rights" Working Group)
Joint drafting of the Pan-European Charter for the Rural Heritage: Promoting Sustainable Spatial Development (Patrice Collignon - RED)
d. Activities of the Committee's other working groups in 2012
- Development of relations with the organised civil society of the European Union (Claude-Laurent Genty - CITI);
- Preparation of a study on European citizenship in the Council of Europe member states by the "European citizenship" Working Group (Hélène Pichon - CESP) ;
- Co-ordination of joint work between doctors and town planners on the impact of housing conditions on health by the "Housing and health" Working Group (Bernard Aubert – ISOCARP);
- Establishment of a joint working framework for the Parliamentary Assembly's Migration Committee and the "Migration and democracy" Working Group (Jean-Claude Gonon - AEDE);
- Comparative analysis of policies on the proper use of antibiotics in Europe, first stage of the work on the theme "Health risks and mobility: a global challenge" (Thierry Mathieu).
e. Other persons participating on behalf of the Committee and/or the Conference of INGOs
Participation in the work of the CDCS (Daniel Zielinski):
- work on the draft Recommendation on the Council of Europe Charter on Shared Social Responsibilities;
- work on the draft recommendation on intercultural competences in services to the public in order to ensure social cohesion in Europe;
- preparation of the 2013 Conference on "Human rights of people experiencing poverty";
- establishment of a network of territories/pilot projects of shared social responsibilities.
Meetings of the European Steering Committee for Youth (CDEJ) in Budapest in March 2012 and the Youth Advisory Council in Strasbourg on 14 November 2012 – presentation of the intercultural dialogue toolkit by Israël Mensah, Vice-Chair of the Committee.
European Committee on Local and Regional Democracy (CDLR) – Strasbourg, 2 and 3 April 2012 – Anne-Marie Chavanon
Bern Convention – Strasbourg, 24-26 April 2012 – Edith Wenger (EEB)
Steering Committee for Culture, Heritage and Landscape (CDCPP), 15 and 16 May 2012 – Anne-Marie Chavanon, Patrice Collignon (RED), Gerhardt Ermischer (CIVILSCAPE), Luc-Emile Bouche-Florin (ECTP-CEU)
9th Conference of Ministers responsible for Youth – Saint Petersburg, 23-25 September 2012 – Israel Mensah (OIEC)
European Landscape Convention Workshops (Anne-Marie Chavanon, Patrice Collignon (RED), Gerhardt Ermischer (CIVILSCAPE), Thessaloniki (30 September – 3 October 2012)
Landscape workshops and European Landscape Award, Carbonia, June 2012 – Luc-Emile Bouche-Florin (ECTP-CEU), Patrice Collignon (RED), Gerhardt Ermischer (CIVILSCAPE)
Council of Europe interdepartmental working group on the preparation of a conference on climate change and human rights (Edith Wenger)
Standing Committee of the Bern Convention, 27-30 November (Edith Wenger)
Rapporteur: Anne-Marie Chavanon, Chair
4. The Gender Equality Expert
Betty Doornenbal
A. Introduction
January 2012: elected as Gender Equality Expert to the Standing Committee of the INGO Conference of the Council of Europe for a period of 3 years. The position is a voluntary one, which I will fulfil in addition to my other employment. This report summarises my activities in 2012.
B. Activities
February: Took part in a conference held by Gender Concerns International (GCI), the Hague, the Netherlands. Subject: One year on; the Arab Spring, Gender Agenda 2012 (www.genderconcerns.org).
Summary of my statement:
- Introduction on the role of the Council of Europe
- Emphasised the importance of women working together to increase their influence by cooperating with and asking for support from other INGOs (i.e. human rights organisations, unions, education organisations). Stressed need to work with everybody who supports human rights, as women's rights are fundamental rights.
One example of my contribution: our resolution [CONF/PLEN(2012)RES2] and recommendation [CONF/PLEN(2012)REC4] "Gender perspectives in political and democratic processes in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region" were adopted by the INGO Conference at the Council of Europe, January 2012. Thank you to all the INGOs who supported these texts.
For more information, please read the report prepared by Anje Wiersinga.
Guest speaker at the House of Europe, an event organised by the Dutch Institute of Political Education in the Hague: PowerPoint presentation on the Council of Europe and my work as Gender Equality Expert.
Prepared for the April Standing Committee meetings and drafted the proposal for the establishment of a new working group (see April).
Prepared for and attended the meetings of the Standing Committee of the INGO Conference of the Council of Europe, Strasbourg.
Prepared for and attended the meetings on combating violence against women, domestic violence and trafficking in human beings held by the Human Rights Committee of the INGO Conference.
Member of the Steering Committee of the Euro-Med Network for the empowerment of women of the North-South Centre of the Council of Europe, Strasbourg (first meeting)
Discussed the role and working methods of the Network and decided on the subject for our Conference in Istanbul, Turkey, November 2012 – Subject: "The Political and Socio-economic Empowerment of Women based on Women's Stories" (www.nswomennetwork.org)
May: Meeting of the permanent representatives of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg – Subject: Co-operation between the four pillars of the Council of Europe.
Joined the INGO delegation.
Met the Gender Equality Expert of the 3rd pillar (Congress of Local and Regional Authorities).
6-8 June: Participant in the meeting of the Gender Equality Commission (GEC) of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, Strasbourg (first meeting). General goal of the GEC: to advise the Committee of Ministers on a Council of Europe Strategy on Gender Equality (2014-2017).
Stressed the importance of implementing treaties and policies through work with INGOs, establishing sustainable gender equality by focusing on constructing "automatic mechanisms" in treaties and laws etc. and ratifying the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence. The convention has been signed by 21 countries and Turkey is the only country to have ratified it to date – on 13 September 2012.
25-28 June
Attended the meetings of the Standing Committee of the INGO Conference of the Council of Europe, Strasbourg.
The proposal of the Working Group on preventing and combating violence against women, domestic violence and trafficking in human beings was adopted.
Attended the meeting of the Human Rights Committee of the INGO Conference.
The proposal of the Working Group on preventing and combating violence against women, domestic violence and trafficking in human beings was adopted.
Attended the Freely Constituted Equality Group meeting.
Planned and carried out an effective lobbying strategy with group members (see report by Anje Wiersinga).
Attended the meeting of a committee of Amsterdam City Council. Subject: drawing up new national legislation on prostitution. Main themes: Increasing the minimum age of prostitutes from 18 to 21, punishing the clients of prostitutes in illegal situations, registration of prostitutes.
Writing my Midterm report January till September 2012 'Overview of activities of the Gender Equality Expert'
In co-operation with the Council of Europe Secretariat, it is published on the website
Prepartion of the October meetings
Attending the meetings of the Standing Committees of the Conference of INGOs, Strasbourg (6 October)
Attending the meetings of the Civil Society Debate organised by the Conference of INGOs, Strasbourg (7 October)
Link: www.coe.int/ingo/events. The following reports are available on this website:
Report of the session on 'Inclusive democracy and human rights'
Report of the session on 'Building inclusive democracy through media'
Report of the session on 'Building inclusive democracy through women'
Attending the meetings of the World Forum for Democracy 2012, Strasbourg
Link: www.coe.int/en/web/world-forum-democracy
Representation of the Conference of INGOs to the second meeting of the Gender Equality Commission. Goal: Preparation of a strategy on Gender Equality for 2014-2017. Contribution: Stressing the importance of :
- the implementation of treaties and policies through working with INGOs;
- establishing sustainable gender equality by focussing on constructing 'self working mechanisms' in treaties and laws etc.;
- the ratification of the Council of Europe Convention on ''preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence' (2011, Istanbul, Turkey).
Short and excellent first ad hoc meeting with Mendes Bota, General Rapporteur on Violence against women, Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. Subjects:
- violence agains women in general;
- a University in Spain publiches on a regular basis the cases of violence against women in Spain in order to make this violence visible.
Writing this annual report
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The Story...This story is about losing my virginity to my cousin on leave from the Navy. I had thought of fucking her a lot in the time since I had moved down to GA, but, come on, I dare you to look at her and try to say you wouldn't fuck her like an animal if she wanted you to, even if she was your cousin. My fantasies started when I accidentally saw her fingering herself after her shower. But anyway, I went home on leave from the U.S. Navy a few months ago. I had told my friend Mike he could stay in my room till he got back on his feet, so I had nowhere to sleep for a few weeks. I got told by my cousin Val to go ahead and sleep in her room that night, she had to work late anyway. Around 4 or 5 as I'm laying in bed jacking off and thinking of her wet juicy pussy in my mouth, Val came home, I had quit just before she walked into the room, and pretended to be sleep. Val asked if I was asleep and I ignored her. Val, staring at me said, "too bad, I was looking for some fun tonight." My stiffie had finally gone down some, but she started stripping down and soon she was standing in front of me wearing MY shorts and t-shirt. She took off my shorts and layed them on the bed, again staring at me. Val stuck her hand into her panties and started fingering herself. She said,"this will have to do." The only reason that I didn't move on her then was that my voyeuristic nature took over, I wanted to watch this horny slut of a cousin that I had finger herself so bad. After a while Val started shaking and breathing hard, I knew the look in her eyes too well, they rolled back in her head and she let out a quiet sqeal as she filled her own hand with cum and started to wipe it on my shorts. Val took off her bra to show off the most perfectly shaped 32 c's I've ever seen. She pulled the covers down and found me wearing only a pair of boxers. She reached down and grabbed my cock just as I decided it was time to let her know that I had seen the whole show. She was just sitting on the bed and I sat up with a mouth full of titty. I grabbed her tight in my arms and lay back, pulling her down on top of me. We shared a long overdue kiss, when she pulled away, she said,"I sure hope my husband doesn't find out about this." We rolled over, putting me in charge, I moved to get myself deep inside her, and said to her, "forget Matt, I'd kick his ass, no problem. The only problem we have is with your mom." Her pussy was so warm and tight, if I hadn't just teased myself for the last 45 minutes I would have pumped her full of cum as soon as I started fucking her. As I pumped in and out of her, I started to realize just how wrong this is. Val and I came together, it was already too late to stop, so as I flipped her over and stuffed my cock in her ass I told her how long I had wanted her just like this. Val told me that she had also been wanting me in her for years, but she didn't think that anything would ever happen with us because we were cousins. I fucked my cousin in every way imaginable for the next 4 hours, when her mom came home from work. Val immediately came up with a reason why we had to go somewhere and we would probably not be back for quite a while. Of course Aunt Bev didn't think anything of it, we had been running off together for long enough that it was just normal. As soon as we were on the road, my cousin started sucking my cock, we drove around for the next 3 hours, Val decided it was time to trade positions, so I moved to the passenger seat and set her on my lap. I was still hard, so my cock went straight up her ass. Val rocked her hips a couple of times and almost made me lose my load for the 4th time that morning. I worked her pussy for the next hour and a half, until we got to a hotel 40 miles from anywhere but the sex shop. We decided to go shopping for a minute, I already had my navy uniform on, so this was all for my favorite slut. I bought her a nurse outfit and a slut teacher uniform. we also got handcuffs and whips, she thought it would be hot, so I got her a latex dominatrix uniform and a spiked choker-chain. We spent the rest of that week in the hotel room(three days.) Luckily there was a sudden flood, so we pretended that we were stuck on th other side of the flood waters, and couldn't get through. My cousin and I spent the next month--every day of my leave--finding any excuse to get away from the family so we could fuck. Val filed for a divorce from Matt last week and said she had to get out of town, so she's moving up to Virginia to stay with me for a while. I told everyone I'd make up a bed for her, if only they knew she'd sleep in my bed everynight, and wake me up with an incredible fucking blowjob. I wonder how long we can keep this up before the family gets suspicious I look forward to having more to put up here, so keep an eye out.Read more stories from our Incest and Taboo category
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Bangui — Data collected at a hospital clinic for malnourished children in the Central African Republic (CAR) suggests that many of the childrens' parents present symptoms of post-traumatic stress directly linked to their exposure to extreme violence, according to the NGO Action Against Hunger (ACF).
The country has been in turmoil for more than a year, and ethno-religious violence since December has forcibly displaced hundreds of thousands of people.
Stephanie Duverger, a psychologist working for ACF, told IRIN that in interviews with 156 parents of children treated for severe acute malnutrition (SAM) at the Complexe Pediatrique in the CAR capital Bangui, 60 percent described having symptoms suggestive of post-traumatic stress disorder, although they might not develop the condition.
Many case histories related by parents show that horrific experiences, fear and anguish arising from months of living with violence have reduced their capacity to care for their children, thereby possibly triggering, or aggravating the circumstances leading to illness.
Six-year-old Gilbert's story is an example of how trauma affects children directly and also through its effect on relationships, Duverger said.
"He showed signs of SAM and after demonstrating no appetite he was hospitalized," she wrote in a report on his case. "After three days he still refused food, was apathetic, often aggressive, cried when approached, rejected milk and often seemed angry against any adult including his mother."
Like many of the children treated for SAM at the hospital, Gilbert eventually had to be fed through a tube attached to his nose.
"An interview with the mother revealed what the family had been through," Duverger wrote. "Gilbert, his mother, brothers and sisters had had to flee to the bush several months ago to escape rebels who attacked their neighbourhood, burned their house and committed atrocities.
"The mother thought the malnutrition was due to a change in his diet, because for several days in the bush they had had nothing to eat except manioc leaves. But it was only Gilbert who developed acute malnutrition. Seeing the way she hit him to make him drink, we hypothesized that violence had affected her behaviour.
"She said that after living in the bush, Gilbert was not as before. He had frequent nightmares, lost his appetite and started bed-wetting. She said this had exasperated her. She had often hit him and at one point had threatened to cut his throat.
"Even with the nose tube, Gilbert was not getting much better. It was removed and a difficult process began of encouraging him to drink milk. The mother was taught not to force-feed him. After initial rages, at the end of the week he was drinking his milk, starting to make requests and had stopped bed-wetting.
"We hypothesize that his refusal to eat was his way of saying no to additional violence."
Interviewed by IRIN, the mother said Gilbert had been refusing to eat and had had temper tantrums which she had thought were capricious. In the hospital she had learned that these were the result of their traumatic experiences, and that she should comfort her children and play with them. She had noticed this helped them more than punishments.
Another mother with a child being treated for SAM, Carole Imandi, told IRIN her elder brother had been killed in front of her during the recent violence in Bangui.
"I often have flashbacks about my brother and the way that they killed him," she said. "I lost my appetite and couldn't care for the child when it had difficulties eating.
"I've learned a lot from a group I attended here at the hospital. I learned that instead of dwelling on bad experiences and problems, it's better to play with my child because my behaviour affects him too."
She also said she now realized it was important to vary the child's diet, giving him vegetables, potatoes and eggs, instead of just rice, beans and soya every day.
A father of a 10-month child at the Complexe told IRIN: "My wife abandoned me, leaving me to look after our three children. During the worst of the violence we saw many corpses and fled to the bush. After that, I saw the child's behaviour had changed. He had lost his appetite, cried at night and wet his bed and was more babyish than before."
However, the father also said he did not have enough money to feed his children properly.
Trauma one of several risk factors
ACF is not suggesting that poverty and lack of access to food are not critical factors leading to malnutrition.
The malnutrition rate, according to ACF, is much higher in "Muslim enclaves" than elsewhere in CAR. ACF country director Nicholas Fuchs said this was because people do not have proper access to markets and are mostly unemployed in these places.
Duverger's findings suggest that trauma compounds the effects of extreme poverty, adding to the risk of malnutrition developing.
ACF collected 1,008 individual counselling sheets at the Complexe Pediatrique in Bangui between October 2013 and March 2014, and found that 688 children (68 percent) refused to eat, either because of psychological distress or medical complications; 75 percent of parents had been exposed to traumatic factors and 50 percent had been force-feeding their children or punishing them violently.
"It's hard to condemn parents by saying their stress is causing childrens' malnutrition," Duverger commented.
"But I would say definitely a high level of stress can prevent parents providing adequate care for a child, which can lead to malnutrition."
Detailed studies appear to be lacking on links between trauma caused by violent events and malnutrition. The researcher P. Engle (who has researched several studies of child nutrition for UNICEF) writes that "the response to emergencies needs to include not only food and health but also care", which she defines as "the behaviours and practices of caregivers that provide the food, stimulation and emotional support necessary for children's healthy growth".
In a 2005 study, Conceptual Models of Child Malnutrition, researcher Cecile Bizouerne (an adviser to ACF) asks whether the illness is often a consequence of a deficient affective relationship between mother and child, and concludes "there is no unique answer to the question."
She points out that the etymology of the term "kwashiorkor" itself (a type of malnutrition where the patient has oedemas and discoloured hair) suggests the mother and child bond can be a possible cause of the symptoms.
(In the Ashanti language "kwashhiorkor "is used to describe first born children neglected by mothers in favour of younger children.)
Duverger believes other risk factors for malnutrition in CAR, besides trauma and extreme poverty, include the high incidence of one parent families, and traditional beliefs.
She hypothesizes that most of the children admitted to the clinic have previously been treated by traditional healers, pointing to the "fetishes" they typically wear around their necks as evidence.
"These healers cannot cure the children," she said, "but because children are taken to them first they are often in a very bad state by the time they reach here."
Recovery process
The Complexe Pediatrique is the only hospital in Bangui offering free treatment for SAM with children who also have medical complications, and the only one integrating psychosocial dimensions with a specialized counselling team, (consisting of Duverger and 10 other "care practice" local staff).
The NGO treated 4,664 children with SAM in Bangui between last October and March.
Putting these children on the road to recovery can take several weeks. Once they are stabilized and feeding normally they are discharged from the hospital but continue attending outpatient clinics once a week, until they regain their target weight. ACF also supplies the most vulnerable families of malnourished children with food coupons for three months.
Initially children are admitted to a ward and after their condition has stabilized they spend much of their time in a play space (a large tent equipped with toys) where their feeding is monitored and the staff advise parents on care practices.
"When they first come here we tell the parents the children's recovery is up to them," care worker Privat Kala told IRIN. "We try not to condemn their habits, but instead propose to them a new way of tackling the symptoms and understanding the causes."
Modern psycho-social counselling is virtually unknown in CAR except where a few organizations - ACF, Save the Children (SCF), UNICEF and Cooperazione Italiani - employ counsellors.
A child protection adviser for SCF, Julie Bodin, told IRIN her organization is working with children aged 5-18 in CAR, and "facing the same psychosocial issues as ACF, but at a later stage in their development".
She said SCF does not have detailed psychosocial data on these children but her general impressions support Duverger's findings.
"We plan to hire a psychologist here," she added. "As people leave the displacement sites to go home and we move from an emergency phase to a post-conflict phase, we are finding ourselves more involved in discussions with parents about psychosocial issues."
There is currently no counselling aimed at the carers of 0-6 month-old children, a gap that Duverger hopes donors can fill.
In the longer term the country needs more psychiatrists and psychologists, she argues.
"There is currently only one qualified psychologist for the whole CAR population of 4.6 million people", she said.
"Donors have expressed an interest in expanding psychosocial programmes but underestimate the time it takes to rebuild family bonds. It takes expertise to train the staff and monitor the activities, which unfortunately are often seen as not cost-effective enough.
"It's also hard for a lot of people to understand the importance of psychosocial aspects as opposed to life-saving treatments... but when you spend only a few days talking to the families, you realize that eating is not only physiological. It is also a question of having the right mental disposition."
[ This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations. ]


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On Thursday, May 22, NBC hopes to liven up spring and summer with Season 8 of its comedy competition show, "Last Comic Standing," from executive producers Page Hurwitz, Wanda Sykes and Javier Winnik.
The host of this new and (NBC hopes) improved version is JB Smoove ("Curb Your Enthusiasm"), and Canadian comedian Russell Peters ("Comics Without Borders") joins fellow celebrity judges Keenen Ivory Wayans and Roseanne Barr.
The 13-episode series opens up with auditions (which were invitation only), and then the top 100 comics compete for 20 slots. The lucky ones then move into a semifinal round, which will whittle them down to 10. In subsequent challenge rounds, they compete in sketch, improv and stand-up, working both individually and in teams.
The eventual winner takes home a prize package that includes an NBC talent deal and a half-hour scripted project to be developed by Universal Television.
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Here are some of the people you will meet:
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Doctors treat individual patients one-on-one for a specific disease or injury. Thus, patients need medical care only part of the time, when they are ill. Public health professionals, on the other hand, monitor and diagnose the health concerns of entire communities and promote healthy practices and behaviors in individuals to keep our populations healthy. Communities need public health all of the time in order to stay healthy.
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- promotes healthy lifestyles to prevent chronic diseases such as cancer, heart disease, and diabetes
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Musulbes signed a contract with the German club Aalen, for which he wrestled 2 years ago.
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Musulbes won the matches not easily; appeared in bad shape.
On Saturday, he wrestled Stefan Kehrer - 2006 European bronze medalist, 2009 Dave Schultz winner:
He won 1:0, 1:0 clinch, 1:0 clinch. In the second period, he needed 20 seconds to score from the clinch.
Notice that in the German league, they wrestle 3 of 5 periods, not 2 of 3 as in Fila.
On Sunday, he faced Johannes Kessel, 21, the guy who represented Germany at 96 at the 2010 europeans and worlds placing 12th and 21st respectively:
The match lasted 5 periods!! Musulbes won 1:0, 1:0, 0:1 (passivity wanring), 0:3, 3:1.
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Ticket #3891 (closed Bug: fixed)
[IE7] Font color selector not working after using automatic option
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Description (last modified by garry.yao) (diff)
To reproduce:
- Open nightly Ajax sample
- Add some text
- Select text and apply a font colour (not automatic)
- Notice colour application worked
- Re-select the text and apply automatic font colour
Result: the automatic option is not applied. From this point onwards, using the font colour will produce unexpected results.
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comment:2 Changed 6 years ago by garry.yao
- Resolution set to fixed
- Description modified (diff)
WFM, Could you provide more details?
comment:5 Changed 6 years ago by damo
This is still reproducible in the nightly build.
Following the original steps exactly reproduces the issue.
After using automatic, notice that trying to apply a different colour now doesn't work.
comment:6 Changed 6 years ago by fredck
- Keywords Confirmed IE added; WorksForMe removed
- Milestone set to CKEditor 3.0
Definitely confimed with IE7 and the trunk Ajax sample.
comment:7 Changed 6 years ago by garry.yao
- Status changed from new to assigned
- Owner set to garry.yao
Changed 6 years ago by garry.yao
- Attachment 3891.patch added
comment:10 Changed 6 years ago by garry.yao
- Status changed from assigned to closed
Fixed with [3922].
comment:11 Changed 6 years ago by tobiasz.cudnik
- Status changed from closed to reopened
- Keywords Review- added; Review+ removed
- Resolution fixed deleted
I'm still able to reproduce it on FF3.5, following steps in description. After selecting automatic, there's no chance to set normal color. It results in following code:

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After failed try to apply color to first "o".
comment:12 Changed 6 years ago by fredck
- Status changed from reopened to closed
- Resolution set to fixed
Please do not reopen a ticket for regressions opening a dedicated ticket for it instead.
comment:13 Changed 6 years ago by tobiasz.cudnik
- Keywords Review+ added; Review- removed