International Closing Plenary

International Opening Plenary
International Closing Plenary
International Training

OPIC International Training

Title Introduction Presentation
International training on the Third Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child a Communications Procedure (OPIC) Child Rights Connect Ann Skelton
Member of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child and Coordinator of the Committee’s Working Group on Individual Communications
Themes: What is the OPIC? What are its mechanisms? – Recent trends – Jurisprudence highlights
Group 1
Title Cordinated by Presentation Speaker Open discussion
Advancing towards the ratification of the OPIC: Why and How? Beatriz Santaemilia and Olivia Solari
Child Rights Connect
Beatriz Santaemilia
Theme: Added value of the OPIC
Theme: Experiences of ratification/non-ratification Ann Skelton
Group 2
Title Cordinated by Presentation Speaker Open discussion
The OPIC: strategic use and effective implementation by children’s rights defenders, including children Leire Ibáñez and Lola Sánchez
Child Rights Connect
Anna Batalla
Petitions Unit, OHCHR
Theme: Strategic use of the OPIC
Theme: Experiences of ratification/non-ratification Benoît van Keirsbilck
Member of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, Anna Batalla and Child Rights Connect
International Workshops
Session Title Organiser Type Language Download Video
Int. Workshop 8 Dealing with child returnees from conflict zones: Short-term response and long-term planning Irina Urumova and Dimitry Nurumov, Revanta BV, Legal Policy Research Center – Kazakhstan Panel Discussion English Download View Video
Int. Workshop 9 Participation and Co-Creation in youth justice settings (England and Wales) Anne-Marie Douglas, Peer Power Youth Panel Discussion English Download View Video
Int. Workshop 10 Protecting children form torture and other ill-treatment in detention: challenges and best practices Laure Elmaleh, OMCT (World Organisation Against Torture) Panel Discussion English and French Download View Video
Int. Workshop 11 Children in street situations and access to justice- challenges and new policy in Brazil Eduardo Rezende Melo, AIMJF Panel Discussion English Download View Video
Int. Workshop 12 Know your rights, claim your rights and join the movement to change child justice systems CYAG Working group English Download View Video