List of Participants
Name Organization and position
Azerbaijan
Avaz Gasanov Center of Humanitarian Researches, Head
Imran Valiyev NGO Centre of Legal and Economic Education, Head
Gurban Sadigov Council of Ministers of Azerbaijan Republic, Department on Problems of Refugees and IDPs, Migration and Work with International Humanitarian Organizations, Chief Referent
Galil Khalilov Border Service of Azerbaijan Republic, Head of Baku Check Point
Telman Mammedov Legislative Council of the State Committee for Working with Refugees and IDPs, Legal Adviser of the Head of the Committee
Armenia
Levon Nersisyan A.D. Sakharov Armenian Foundation for Protection of Human Rights, Director
Vigen Agekian Passport and Visas Department of MIA RA, Senior Inspector of the Zvartnotz Airport Group for Registration of Visas and Foreign Citizens
Argam Papoyan Department for Refugees and Migration of Population at the RA Government, Head of the Migration Department
Karen Stepanyan Ministry of National Security AR, Main Office, Deputy Head of the Department
Belarus
Anton Romanovsky Belarussian Red Cross, Head
Ludmila Martianova Belarussian Red Cross, Leading Specialist
Evgeny Kremko Ministry of Labor of the Republic of Belarus, Committee on Migration, Chief Referent of the Department on Refugees
Vladimir Galteev Ministry of Labor of the Republic of Belarus, Committee on Migration, Vice-president of the Committee
Alexander Reshetov Interpreter
Eduard Prakapovich Interpreter
Belgium
Michel Binon Belgian Permanent Appeals Commission, Judge
Denmark
Anne la Cour Vaagen Danish Refugee Council (DRC), Head of Section, Asylum Department
Mette S. Lassesen Danish Refugee Council (DRC), Project Coordinator
Valentina Ivanova Danish Refugee Council (DRC), Project Assistant, (Organizer)
Sine Ravn Danish Refugee Council (DRC) Project Assistant
Peter Davidson Danish Police, CDI
Estonia
Andrei Arjupin Legal Information Centre for Human Rights, Juridical department, Head of the Department
Heiki Kolk Information department of Estonian Border Guards and Ministry of Internal Affairs, officer
Anne Puusepp Citizenship and Migration Board, Head of the Asylum and Illegal Immigration Division
Georgia
Malkhaz Chemia NGO “Domus Mobilis”, Head
Zurab Burduli Georgian Young Lawyers Association (GYLA), Lawyer coordinator
Giorgi Chkheidze Georgian Young Lawyers Association (GYLA), Lawyer
Davit Japaridze Ministry for Refugees and Accommodation, Chief Adviser on Repatriation Problems
Gela Nikolaishvili Parliament of Georgia, Parliamentary Committee of Human Rights and National Minorities, Expert-consultant
Otar Keinashvili Parliament of Georgia, Deputy Minister for Refugees and Accommodation of Georgia
Kazakhstan
Zhemis Turmagam- Kazakhstan International Bureau for
betova Human Rights and Rule of Law, Head
Dzhasur Taipov Kazakhstan Refugee Legal Support (KRELS) Centre, Executive Director
Jannat Murunova Alma-aty Department of Migration and Demography, Deputy Chief
Gulsun Iskakova Alma-aty Department of Demography, Division of Refugees, Head
Kyrgyzstan
Violleta Jan Young Lawyers Association (YLA), coordinator
Zulfia Marat Kyrgyz-American Bureau on Human Rights and Rule of Law, coordinator
Cholponkul Arabaev State Agency for Migration and Demography, Director
Bakyt Kakchekeev State Agency for Migration and Demography, Leading Expert
Lithuania
Marius Urbelis Lithuanian Red Cross, Lawyer
Algimantas Varnelis Commissar-Director, Police Department of the Foreigners’ Registration Centre in Pabrade
Antanas Turcinas Ministry of Interior, Migration Department, Head of the Division on Aliens’ Affairs
Moldova
Alexei Barbaneagra Law Centre of University Advocates, Head
Yuri Motpan Ministry of Interior
Chiril Panteleev Ministry of Interior, Head of Department for Registration and Evidence of Population
Mihai Potoroaca NGO Society for Refugees
Natalia Surdu NGO Society for Refugees
Russia
Serguei Alexandrovsky Caritas Moscow, Russia, Lawyer
Tatiana Ivanova CIS Research Council on Forced Migration, Executive Secretary
Mihail Arutyunov International Assembly for Human Rights Protection, President
Alla Yastrebova Russian Red Cross Society, Head
Svetlana Gannushkina Civic Assistance Committee, Chairperson; “Memorial”, Human Rights Centre, Head of the “Migration Rights” Program
Margarita Petrosian “Memorial” Human Rights Centre, Lawyer
Olga Osipova Russian Lawyers Committee for the Defense of Human Rights, “Memorial” Human Rights Centre, Lawyer
Rushania Isangildina Regional Migration Service, Refugee lawyer
Victor Lopyrev Head of Moscow Region Migration Service, Head
Yuri Arkhipov Federal Migration Service, Head of Department for Organization of Immigration Control and Refugee Affairs
Valentina Tkachenko RF Ministry of Internal Affairs, Deputy chief of OVIR
AleksandrÒemnikov Federal Border Service, Vice-Chair of Border Control
Elena Zaks Civic Assistance Committee. (Organizer, Moscow seminar secretariat)
Irina Zolotarevskaya “Memorial” Human Rights Centre (Organizer, Moscow seminar secretariat)
Tajikistan
Muatar Khaidarova NGO Tadjik “Society and Law”, Head
Turkmenistan
Ludmila Petukhova Ashgabat City Club “Ynam”, Head
Gozel Parchamova Turkmenistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Department of International Law, Adviser
Ukraine
Volodymyr Yevintov Centre for Human Rights of the Ukrainian Legal Foundation, Head
Olexandr Piskun Migration Problems Research Centre, Chairman of Supervisory Council
Olena Malynovska State Committee of Ukraine for Nationalities and Migration, Head of Department on Refugees and Migration
Victor Ovsyannikov Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, Head of Passport Issuing, Registration and Migration Division,
Olexander Melnykov State Committee on Ukraine Border Guard, Head of the Board of Border Guard, General-major
Mykola Zamkovenko District Court of Kyiv, Judge
United Kingdom
Daniel Drake European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE), Project support officer
Clara Odofin European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE), Legal Officer, Co-ordinator of the European Legal Network on Asylum
Mark Phillips Refugee Lawyer
Rick Scannell Refugee Lawyer
UNHCR
Kirsti Floor UNHCR HQ Geneva, Switzerland
Christoph Bierwirth UNHCR Ankara, Turkey
Oldrich Andrysek UNHCR Chisinau, Moldova
Cecilia Chirila UNHCR Chisinau, Moldova
Luise Druke UNHCR Alma-aty, Kazakhstan
Anna Alekseeva UNHCR Moscow, Russia
International Organizations
Ovsanna Babayan IOM Yerevan, Armenia
Stephane Hankins* The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Budapest Delegation