Advisory Committees of the 5th World Congress on Justice With Children
Scientific Committee
Chair
Prof. Ann Skelton
Chairperson of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child
Caribbean
Dr. Annemarie Marchena-Slot
Associate Professor with tenure (Lector) in Children's rights, University of Curaçao dr. Moises da Costa Gomez
Ms. Hazel Thompson- Ahye
Independent Senator, Parliament of Trinidad And Tobago
Central America
Dr. Carlos Tiffer
Professor of the Postgraduate Programme in Criminal Sciences, School of Law, University of Costa Rica.
English-speaking Africa
Ms. Karabo Ozah
Director and Lecturer, Centre for Child Law, University of Pretoria
Hon. Prof. Robert Doya Nanima
Member of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC)
Europe
Prof. Isabel Lázaro
Director of the Legal Clinic, ICADE, Comillas Pontifical University ICAI-ICADE
Prof. Nadia Beddiar
Professor HDR in public law, Catholic University of Lille C3RD Research Center
Prof. Jennifer Davidson
Executive Director, Institute for Inspiring Children’s Futures, University of Strathclyde
Mr. Benoit Van Keirsbilck
Member of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child
Assoc. Prof. Ingun Fornes
Associate Professor Faculty of Law, University of Bergen and researcher at The Regional Centre for Research and Education in Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology
French-speaking Africa
Hon. Hermine Kembo Takam Gatsing
Member of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC)
Latin America
Dr. Nicolás Espejo Yaksic
Senior Researcher at the Centre for Constitutional Studies of the Supreme Court of Mexico
Mr. Luis Pedernera
United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child Vice Chair
Dr. Sofia Cobo Tellez
Research professor for INACIPE and the psychology faculty of the National Autonomous University of Mexico) and CIDENI member.
Middle East and North Africa
Ms. Dareen Salhieh
Palestinian Chief Public Prosecutor / Chief for the Family Protection From Violence And Gender base violence Prosecution
Dr. Essa Al-saadi
Dean College of Aviation and Technology and and Former Director of Juvenile Institutes in Kuwait
North America
Prof. Catherine Wiseman-Hakes
Assistant Clinical Professor, Rehabilitation Science and Speech Language Pathology, McMaster University
Angela C. Vigil
Pro Bono Partner and Executive Director of Global Pro Bono Baker & McKenzie LLP
Pacific and Oceania
Assoc. Prof. Faith Gordon
Director of the Interdisciplinary International Youth Justice Network, ANU College of Law, The Australian National University.
South Asia
Prof. Biraj Swain
Chief Minister’s Chair Professor- National Law University Odisha
Southeast Asia
Dr. Kattiya Ratanadilok
Director of the Justice Research and Development Institute at the Office of Justice Affairs, Thailand Ministry of Justice
Ms. Yuyun Wahyuningrum
Representative of Indonesia to the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR)
Conclusion
Prof. Ton Liefaard
Professor of Children's Rights and Head of the Department of Child Law and Health Law - UNICEF Chair in Children's Rights, Leiden University
Committee of Honour
Host
Ms. Sira Rego
Minister of Youth and Childhood of the Government of Spain
United Nations Bodies
Ms. Catherine Russell
Executive Director of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
UN Special Representatives
Dr. Najat Maalla M'jid
Special representative of the Secretary General on Violence against Children
Ms. Virginia Gamba
Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict
Dr. Najat Maalla M'jid
Special representative of the Secretary General on Violence against Children
International Organisations
Marie Louise Coleiro Preca
Former President of Malta
Mary Beth Goodman
OECD Deputy Secretary General
National Institutions
H.E Mr. Sultan bin Hassan Al-Jamali
Secretary-General of both the National Human Rights Committee and the Arab Network for National Human Rights Institutions
Ms. Jawaher Ebraheem AlSabah
Assistant Foreign Minister for Human Rights Affairs, Kuwait
Ms. Ángela María Buitrago
Minister of Justice and Law of the Government of Colombia
Alpha Sesay
Sierra Leone's Attorney General & Minister of Justice
UN Independent Experts
Prof. Manfred Nowak
Independent expert leading the UN Global Study on Children Deprived of Liberty
UN Special Rapporteurs
Mr. Gehad Madi
Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
Ms. Elisa Morgera
Special Rapporteur on climate change and human rights
Mr. Ben Saul
Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism
Dr. Alice Jill Edwards
UN Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Mama Fatima Singhateh
UN Special Rapporteur on sale, sexual exploitation and sexual abuse of children
Technical Support Committee
Dr. Alexandra Martins
Coordinator of the UNODC Global Programme to End Violence against Children.
Dr. Grace Agcaoili, esq.
UNICEF Justice for Children Global Technical Lead
Ms. Imma Guerras-Delgado
Coordinator of the Child and Youth Rights Unit at the Office of the High. Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
Ms. Tea Machaidze
Child Protection Officer, UN Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children (OSRSG VAC)
Dr. Xianhong Hu
Programme Specialist, Secretariat of Information for All Programme (IFAP), Communications and Information Sector, UNESCO.
Ms. Laura Ospina
Senior Program Officer for the Pathfinders for Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies at New York University’s Center on International Cooperation
Ms. Marie-Cécile Rouillon
European Commission's Coordinator for the Rights of the Child in the Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers
Agnes von Maravić
Head of the Council of Europe’s Children’s Rights Division
Steering Committee
Mr. Manu Krishan
Global Study Programme Coordinator (Head of Unit), Global Campus of Human Rights
Dr. Jorge Jiménez Martín
Vice President, International Association of Youth and Family Judges and Magistrates (IAYFJM)
Dr. Yann Colliou
Head of Access to Justice Programme, Terre des hommes Lausanne Foundation
Ms. Taghreed Jaber
Regional Director for Middle East and North Africa, Penal Reform International
Organising Team
Marta Gil González
Deputy Head Justice Programmes, Terre des hommes Lausanne Foundation
Mariana Pérez Cruz
Project Manager Global Initiative on Justice With Children, Terre des hommes Lausanne Foundation
Cédric Foussard
Global Initiative on Justice With Children Coordinator, Terre des hommes Lausanne Foundation
Child and Youth Advisory Committee
Jahswill Kalu
Member, 2025 Justice With Children Child and Youth Advisory Committee
Rahaf Abu Mayyaleh
Member, 2025 Justice With Children Child and Youth Advisory Committee
Salew P Kadena
Member, 2025 Justice With Children Child and Youth Advisory Committee
Samantha Rodríguez Santillán
Member, 2025 Justice With Children Child and Youth Advisory Committee
Alexandru Benzari
Member, 2025 Justice With Children Child and Youth Advisory Committee
Aseel Ibrahim
Member, 2025 Justice With Children Child and Youth Advisory Committee
Julie Victoria Franklin
Member, 2025 Justice With Children Child and Youth Advisory Committee
Carla Ammary
Member, 2025 Justice With Children Child and Youth Advisory Committee
Dhruv Bhatt
Member, 2025 Justice With Children Child and Youth Advisory Committee
Brian King
Member, 2025 Justice With Children Child and Youth Advisory Committee
Tariq Lawal
Member, 2025 Justice With Children Child and Youth Advisory Committee
Sanchit Maitra
Member, 2025 Justice With Children Child and Youth Advisory Committee
Ana Checa Martínez
Member, 2025 Justice With Children Child and Youth Advisory Committee
Lilas Kabi
Member, 2025 Justice With Children Child and Youth Advisory Committee
Lux Souto Maior
Member, 2025 Justice With Children Child and Youth Advisory Committee
Anghelina Severin
Member, 2025 Justice With Children Child and Youth Advisory Committee
Ailin Sanchez
Member, 2025 Justice With Children Child and Youth Advisory Committee
Victor R Herrera
Member, 2025 Justice With Children Child and Youth Advisory Committee
Anisa Alla
Member, 2025 Justice With Children Child and Youth Advisory Committee
Mélodie Constant
Member, 2025 Justice With Children Child and Youth Advisory Committee