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