International conference on the occasion of the 90th anniversary of the Prison Department at the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Lithuania
" Penal enforcement system: present situation and future perspectives"
Programme
10 February 2009
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08.00 - 09.00 |
Registration, coffee
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09.00 - 09.40 |
Opening of the Conference. Welcome speeches: Minister of Justice of the Republic of Lithuania Remigijus Šimašius Chairman of the Seimas Committee on Legal Affairs Stasys Šedbaras Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the Republic of Lithuania Annemieke Ruigrok Head of UNODC Project Office for the Baltic States Signe Rotberga
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| 09.40 - 10.10 |
Penal System of Lithuania in 1919 - 2009. Recent achievements and challenges Director General of the Prison Department at the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Lithuania Saulius Vitkūnas
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| 10.10 - 10.30 |
Global Policies on Drugs and HIV in Prisons Head of UNODC Project Office for the Baltic States Signe Rotberga
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10.30 - 11.00 |
Coffee break
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11:00 - 11:30 |
Characteristics of the European prison populations by type and length of sentence Natalia Delgrande, Expert of Criminology, Institute in Criminology, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
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| 11.30 - 12.00 |
Recent Challenges and Future Perspectives of the Penal System of Northern Countries Northern Dimension Partnership Organisation, Head of Health in Prisons Group Ingrid Lycke Ellingsen
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| 12.00 - 12.30 |
Present Situation in the Penal Institutions of Lithuania Vladas Kasperūnas, Prison Department at the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Lithuania
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12.30 - 14.00 |
Lunch
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14.00 - 15.30 |
Panel Discussion "Modern Attitudes and Response to HIV and Drugs in Prison" Moderators: Ingrid Lycke Ellingsen, Prison Department, Norway; Bo Johansson, Prison Department, Sweden Participants: Ursula Scheben-Winkelhog, Neumünster prison, Germany; Catalina Iliuta, UNODC Romania; Olga Zeile, Ministry of Justice, Latvia; Anders Nystedt, Sweden
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15.30 - 16:00 |
Coffee break
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16.00 - 16.30 |
Fabienne Hariga, UNODC Vienna
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| 16.30 - 17.00 |
Reducing Drug Related Crime in European Prisons Heino Stöver, University of Bremen, Germany
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17.00 - 17.30 |
Closing of the Conference: Address of Director General of the Prison Department at the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Lithuania Saulius Vitkūnas Conclusions by the Head of UNODC Project Office for the Baltic States Signe Rotberga
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From 18.00 |
Dinner hosted by UNODC |
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