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HRPC Berlin Symposium - Programme
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1st Annual International Symposium on Human Rights in Patient Care
November 10-11, 2017
Thursday 9 November |
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19:30 – 20:30 |
Welcome Reception |
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Venue TBD |
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Friday 10 November |
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09:00 – 09:10 |
Welcome and Introduction |
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Sue Babich, Indiana University Fairbanks School of Public Health |
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Kasia Czabanowska, ASPHER/Maastricht University |
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Judy Overall, ASPHER HRPC Initiative / IU Fairbanks SPH |
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09:10 – 09:30 |
Keynote Address – Human Rights in Patient Care and EU Law |
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Andre den Exter, Jean Monnet Chair European Union Health Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands |
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09:30 – 10:30 |
Panel debate – What is HRPC? |
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Short introduction to Human Rights in Patient Care (HRPC) concept, principles and target audiences; panel discussion of HRPC initiative successes by HRPC Core Network members |
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Introduction, concept and Moderators |
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Judy Overall, ASPHER HRPC Initiative / IU Fairbanks SPH |
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Tamar Ezer, Yale University, United States of America |
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HRPC Core Network Panel: |
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HRPC Practitioner Guides Violeta Zopunyan, Center for Rights Development, Yerevan, Armenia |
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HRPC Legal Fellowships Tamuna Dekanosidze, Georgia Young Lawyers Association, Tbilisi, Georgia |
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HRPC Academic Network and Schools Iryna Senyuta, Danylo Halytskyi Lviv National Medical University/ Foundation of Medical Law and Bioethics of Ukraine |
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HRPC Junior Faculty Scholars Javier García Amez, Oviedo University / Asturias Health Service, Spain |
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HRPC Community of Practice Dmytro Klapatyi, Danylo Halytskyi Lviv National Medical University/ Foundation of Medical Law and Bioethics of Ukraine |
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Panellists on new initiatives: |
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Indiana Univeristy + ASPHER Partnership Sue Babich, IU Fairbanks SPH |
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Practitioners’ Guide Translations Asma Imam, Al-Quds University, Palestine (Arabic) Suncana Roksandic Vidlicka, University of Zagreb, Croatia (Croatian) |
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Public Health Reviews: Special Issue on Human Rights in Patient Care |
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Tamar Ezer and Judy Overall, Guest Editors |
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10:30 – 11:00 |
Coffee break |
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11:00 – 12:00 |
Thematic Session 1: HRPC and Women’s Health – Women in Long-term Care Workshop |
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Gender-related aspects and issues regarding informal long term care (LTC) among the countries of the Region; mapping of gender- related barriers in accessing and receiving LTC services; gender- related LTC aspects that can be addressed using HRPC mechanisms; identifying and distinguishing between violations / abuses that may be HRPC violations and those that are not and how to determine; examples of HRPC remedies and non-HRPC remedies |
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Moderators: Tamar Ezer and Kasia Czabanowska |
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Topics covered: |
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Gender and Long-Term Care (LTC): an Unequal Distribution |
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Aasa Níhlen, World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe |
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Human Rights in Patient Care and LTC: Potential Violations and Remedies – ASPHER HRPC Core Network |
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Tamar Dekanosidze, Strategic Litigation Lawyer, Georgia Young Laywers Association (GYLA) |
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Gender Barriers in Access to Long-Term Care |
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Valia Kalaitzi, Maastricht University, Department of International Health |
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Reflections and summary |
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12:00 – 13:15 |
Lunch |
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13:15 – 13:30 |
Introduction to Afternoon Thematic Sessions and Agenda |
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Sue Babich and Kasia Czabanowska |
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13:30 – 14:30 |
Thematic Session 2: HRPC, Law and Ethics |
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Differences and similarities among disciplines of human rights, medical law, and bioethics in the arena of delivery of health care services; examples of potential violations/abuses in delivery of health services and possible remedies available in each discipline; discussed within context of debate over vaccines and vaccinations |
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Moderators: Judy Overall and Tamar Ezer |
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Speakers: |
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Peter Schröder-Bäck, Professor, Maastricht University, the Netherlands / President, EUPHA Section on Public Health Ethics |
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Jan Hartman, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland |
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Ross Silverman, Indiana University Fairbanks School of Public Health and School of Law |
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Maya Peled-Raz, University of Haifa School of Public Health / Center for Health, Law and Ethics, Israel |
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14:30 – 15:30 |
Thematic Session 3: HRPC and Migration |
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Need for effective solutions for migration issues in health care and public health at the levels of public health, medical, and legal training and in the field, shaped under a human rights approach; data and real cases; identification of human rights in patient care involved in access and care by migrant populations; effective non-legal barriers to access to health services; HRPC and legal tools and procedures against discrimination in access to care; parallel actions to improve the situation |
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Moderators: Robert Otok and Kasia Czabanowska |
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Roumyana Petrova-Benedict, Senior Regional Migration Health Advisor, IOM MHD RO Europe |
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Oliver Razum, Dean, School of Public Health, University of Bielefeld, Germany |
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David Larios, Vice-President, Spanish Health Lawyers Association |
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15:30 – 16:00 |
Coffee Break |
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16:00 – 17:00 |
Panel debate: HRPC Patients, Providers, and the State – country perspectives |
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National level experiences regarding activities to protect/enforce protections of patient/provider human rights in patient care; use of international and regional human rights mechanisms and advocacy campaigns; State responsibilities, actions and/or inactions |
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Moderators: Judy Overall and Tamar Ezer |
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Speakers: |
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Armenia: Mariam Torosyan, Center for Rights Development |
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Georgia: Tamar Dekanosidze, Georgia Young Lawyers Association |
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Spain: Javier García Amez, Oviedo University / Asturias Health Service |
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Ukraine: Dmytro Klapatyi, Danylo Halytskyi Lviv National Medical University / Lviv Regional Charity Fund "Medicine and Law” |
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Israel: Maya Peled-Raz, Haifa School of Public Health |
Lithuania: Kristina Selli, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences | |
17:00 – 17:15 |
Adjourn for the Day |
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Saturday, 11 November |
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09:00 – 09:15 |
Welcome and Reflections from Day 1 |
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Sue Babich and Kasia Czabanowska |
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09:15 – 10:15 |
Thematic Session 4: LGBTQ Perspective – HRPC and Transgender Health Care |
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Change of transgender (trans) health care from a psychiatric assessment model towards an informed consent approach and recognition of gender transition as a human right; legal gender recognition without medical requirements; short advocacy video on trans issues filmed by the HRPC Core Network Team in Ukraine; research on genetic testing in cis and trans patients; international and country-specific experiences and best practices; strategies for strengthening human rights perspectives in trans health care and the protection of human rights in patient care using HRPC principles and mechanisms. |
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Moderators: Tamar Ezer and Irina Senyuta |
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Speakers: |
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Amets Suess Schwend, Andalusian School of Public Health, Spain |
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Dmytro Klapatyi, Danylo Halytski Lviv National Medical Universtiy /Lviv Charity Fund “Medicine and Law”, Ukraine |
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Michelle Panting, Maastricht University, the Netherlands |
Perspectives and examples from other session participants |
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Reflections and summary |
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10:15 – 10:45 |
Coffee break |
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10:45 – 11:30 |
Plenary discussion with all participants |
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How do we feel at the end of the day? Testing what we learned |
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Moderators: Sue Babich and Kasia Czabanowska |
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11:30 – 12:00 |
Wrap-up and final remarks |
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Judy Overall and Tamar Ezer |
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12:00 |
Adjourn |
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Kasia Czabanowska and Sue Babich |
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