| Session/Event |
Speakers/Participants |
Session recording |
| Opening plenary session
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– H.E. Mr Edgars Rinkēvičs, President of the Republic of Latvia
– Ms Olena Zelenska, First Lady of Ukraine
– H.E. Ms Evika Siliņa, Prime Minister of The Republic of Latvia
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| 1st Panel: Children’s firsthand testimonies and stories
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– Ms Olena Zelenska, First Lady of Ukraine
– Ms Andra Levite, First Lady of the Republic of Latvia (2019-2023)
– Ms Daria Herasymchuk, Advisor – Commissioner of the President of Ukraine for Children’s Rights and Rehabilitation
– Ukrainian children
– Ms Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga, President of the Republic of Latvia (1999-2007)
– Ms Sandra Kalniete, Member of The European Parliament
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| 2nd Panel (Part I): Abduction of Ukrainian children by Russia. Political and Legal aspects
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– Mr Egils Levits, President of the Republic of Latvia (2019-2023), Special representative for International law and State responsibility
– Mr Jim O’Brien, Assistant Secretary for Europe and Eurasia (USA)
– Mr Roberts Zīle, Vice president of European Parliament
– Ms Kerry Kennedy, President of Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights
– Mr Shan Patel, Moderator, Senior Adviser on the Prosecution of International Crimes of European Union Advisory Mission Ukraine
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| 3rd Panel (Part II): Abduction of Ukrainian children by Russia. Political and Legal aspects
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– Ms Inese Lībiņa-Egnere, Minister of Justice of Latvia
– Mr Andriy Yermak, Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, Head of the Coordination Council for the Protection and Safety of Children as a consultative and advisory body under the President of Ukraine
– Ms Elisa von Joeden-Forgey, the Lemkin Institute, Co-Founder and Executive Director
– Ms Cecilie Hellestveit, Fellow at the Norwegian Academy of International Law
– Mr Christopher “Kip” Hale, Moderator – Chief of Staff of the Atrocity Crimes Advisory Group for Ukraine
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| 4th Panel: What is done and what can be done? Returning and Support
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– Ms Iryna Suslova, Representative of the Commissioner for Children’s Rights of Ukraine
– Ms Mariam Lambert, Co-Founder – ground Director, Orphans Feeding Foundation
– Ms Darya Kasyanova, Head of the Ukrainian Child Rights Network
– Ms Liene Dambiņa, Chairman of the Board of the Children’s Hospital Foundation
– Mr Nathaniel Raymond, Executive director of the Yale Humanitarian Research Lab
– Mr Maksimas Milta, Moderator, Ukraine Country Director of the Reckoning Project
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| 5th Panel: What is done and what can be done? Accountability and awareness
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– Ms Zanda Kalniņa-Lukaševica, Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Latvia, the Representative of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
– Ms Katrin Göring-Eckardt, Vice president of Bundestag
– Ms Mariia Mezentseva, Member of the Parliament of Ukraine
– Ms Olena Khomenko, Vice-President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Chairperson of the Special Committee on Ukrainian Children
– Ms Yulia Usenko, Prosecutor General Office
– Mr Maksimas Milta, Moderator, Ukraine Country Director of the Reckoning Project
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| Closing remarks
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– Mr Egils Levits, President of Latvia (2019-2023), Special representative for International law and State responsibility
– Ms Daria Herasymchuk, Advisor – Commissioner of the President of Ukraine for Children’s Rights and Rehabilitation
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