Programme - Madrid
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Please note: Only in-person participants will be able to register for the parallel session workshops. Online participants will have access to a selection of workshops that will be livestreamed, but they cannot—and should not—register for any sessions.
The World Congress will unfold over three dynamic days.
- Day 1: Kick off with a half-day of conference sessions in the afternoon.
- Day 2: Dive into a full day filled with inspiring plenary sessions and hands-on workshops.
- Day 3: Conclude with a half-day of events in the morning.
Throughout the World Congress, participants will engage in a diverse range of activities, including thought-provoking plenaries, interactive workshops, valuable networking opportunities, and captivating performances.
The World Congress will take place across two main venues in Madrid:
Day 1 will be hosted at Auditorio Marcelino Camacho (Calle de Lope de Vega, 40).
Days 2 and 3 will be held at Universidad Pontificia Comillas (Calle de Alberto Aguilera, 23).
For more details on how to get to each location, visit the Logistics page.
All plenary sessions will be livestreamed with translations available in English, Spanish, French, and Arabic.
All times are listed in Central European Time (CET).
| Monday June 2 | Tuesday June 3 | Wednesday June 4 |
| Location: Auditorio Marcelino Camacho (Calle de Lope de Vega, 40 | Location: Universidad Pontificia Comillas (Calle de Alberto Aguilera, 23) | Location: Universidad Pontificia Comillas (Calle de Alberto Aguilera, 23) |
12:00-13:45 CET Registration | 8:00-9:00 CET Registration | 8:30-9:00 CET Registration |
14:00-14:15 CET Opening Performance: “Young voices for Climate Justice”- Theater Raizes | 9:00 –10:00 CET
| 9:00 –10:00 CET Parallel Sessions Block D (Simultaneous Sessions) |
14:15–14:25 CET Children's Opening- Inaugural Speech |
10:15- 11:15 CET Parallel Sessions Block A (Simultaneous Sessions)
| 10:30 –11:30 CET Parallel Sessions Block E (Simultaneous Sessions) |
14:25-14:55 CET World Congress Presentation | 11:45- 12:45 CET Parallel Sessions Block B (Simultaneous Sessions) | 12:00 –13:00 CET
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14:55-15:10 CET Host Welcoming | 12:45 –14:30 CET Networking lunch | 13:00 –14:00 CET Closing Plenary: Conclusion and Launch Global Declaration & 2025-2030 Strategy Justice with Children |
15:10-15:25 CET Greetings
| 14:30 –15:30 CET
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15:25–16:35 CET 1st International Plenary Towards Child-centred Justice | 16:00-17:30 CET Parallel Sessions Block C (Simultaneous Sessions) | |
17:00-18:30 CET 2nd International Plenary Preventing and Responding Violence Against Children in Justice Systems | 17:00-19:00 CET Child & Youth Special Session (Closed Session – Exclusively for Children) |
Monday, June 2, 2025
| Time | Event |
| Location | Auditorio Marcelino Camacho (Calle de Lope de Vega, 40) |
12:00-13:45 | Registration |
| 13:50 - 14:00 Opening Conducted by Thaís Armengol, Investigative Journalist & Criminologist | |
14:00-14:15 | Opening Performance |
| 14:15-14:25 | Children's opening- Inaugural Speech Mélodie, Child and Youth Advisory Committee member |
14:25-14:50 | World Congress Presentation
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| 14:50-14:55 | Inaugural Message María Dolores Carrillo Márquez, Vice-Rector for Institutional Relations, Organization, and General Secretariat - Comillas Pontifical University |
| 14:55-15:05 | Host Welcoming Sira Rego - Minister of Youth and Childhood of Spain |
| 15:05-15:15 | Greetings
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| 15:15-15:25 | Introduction Manuel Olmedo Palacios, Secretary of State for Justice - Spain |
| 15:25-16:35 | First International Plenary Session Moderators: Taghreed Jaber, Regional Director of Middel East and North Africa-Penal Reform International & Drhuv, Child and Youth Advisory Committee member
ES|FR|EN|AR |
16:35-17:00 |
Coffee Break
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17:00-18:30 | Second International Plenary Session Moderator: Najat Maalla M’jid – United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence Against Children
ES|FR|EN|AR |
18:40-20:00 | Networking Cocktail - Auditorium Marcelino Camacho Launch of Reimagine Justice for Children Agenda Toolkit – AECID and UNICEF
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Tuesday, June 3, 2025
Time | Event | ||
| Location | Universidad Pontificia Comillas (Calle de Alberto Aguilera, 23) | ||
08:00-09:00 |
Registration
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09:00-10:00 | Third International Plenary Session Room: Aula Magna Moderator: Leo Ratledge, Co-Director at Child Rights International Network - CRIN
| Regional Plenary : Iberoamérica [Spanish] Room: Conference Room Moderator: Luis Pedernera, former President and UNCRC member & Victor, Child and Youth Advisory Committee member
| Regional Plenary : Asia- Oceania EN|FR Room: Aula Garcia Polavieja Moderator: Grace Agcaoili, Justice for Children Global Lead
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10:00-10:15 |
Change of room | ||
10:15-11:15 | Parallel Session Block A ( Multiple simultaneous sessions) | ||
11:15-11:45 |
Coffee Break | ||
11:45-12:45 |
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12:45-14:30 |
Lunch Break
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14:30-15:30 | Fourth International Plenary Session ES|FR|EN|AR Room: Aula Magna Moderators: Philip Jaffé, Member of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child & Anghelina, Child and Youth Advisory Committee member
| Regional Plenary : Europe [English] Room: Conference Room Moderators: Imma Guerras, Coordinator of the Child and Youth Rights Unit - Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) & Uxia Fernández Fernández, child member of the Spanish State Council for the Participation of Children and Adolescents
| Regional Plenary : Africa EN|FR Room: Aula Garcia Polavieja Moderator: Themba Mahleka, Senior Program Officer, Justice for All, African Alliance
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15:30-16:00 |
Coffee break
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16:00-17:30 | |||
17:00-19:00 | Child and Youth Special Session (Closed Session – Exclusively for Children)
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Wednesday, June 4, 2025
Time | Event | ||
| Location | Universidad Pontificia Comillas (Calle de Alberto Aguilera, 23) | ||
08:30-09:00 |
Registration
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09:00-10:00 |
Parallel Sessions Block D ( Multiple simultaneous sessions)
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10:00-10:30 |
Change of room & coffee time (Note: WE2 Youth Experential Learning Labs (YExLS) PPROChild Simulation will start at 10:10) | ||
10:30-11:30 |
Parallel Sessions Block E ( Multiple simultaneous sessions)
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11:30-12:00 |
Coffee break | ||
12:00-13:00 | Fifth International Plenary Session Theme: Digital Justice and Artificial Intelligence & Children’s Rights ES|FR|EN|AR Room: Aula Magna Moderators: Manu Krishan - Global Campus Human Rights & Daniel Rodríguez Fernández De Marcos, child member of the Spanish State Council for the Participation of Children and Adolescents
| Sixth International Plenary Session Theme: CRC General Comment 27 on children’s rights to access to justice and effective remedies’ Room: Conference Room Moderator: Jennifer Davidson, Executive Director -Institute for Inspiring Children’s Futures, University of Strathclyde
| Regional Plenary: MENA Theme: The Future of Justice with Children in the 2025–2030 Agenda: MENA EN|AR Room: Aula Garcia Polavieja
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13:00-14:00 | Closing Session of the V World Congress on Justice with Children Room: Aula Magna, with a live retransmission in the Conference room and in the García Polavieja Room
Brief messages about the next steps and the 6th World Congress:
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| 14:30-16:00 | Youth Experiential Learning Lab - Youth Justice Simulation - PPRO Child (Quick snack provided for YEXLS Registered Participants only from 14:00 to 14:30) | ||
Day 2: Tuesday, June 3, 2025
| Time | Event | |
| Location: Universidad Pontificia Comillas (Calle de Alberto Aguilera, 23) | ||
| 8:00-9:00 | Registration | |
| Main Agenda | Tech & Art Room Agenda | |
| 9:00 –10:00 |
| Event: Play, Learn, Prevent: LEGISLAND Board Game For Reducing Anti-social Behavior Among Youth - Moldova's Experience Organised by: Terre des hommes Moldova [English] Speakers:
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| 10:00-10:15 | Change of room | |
| 10:15-11:15 | Parallel Sessions (Multiple simultaneous sessions) Block A | Assessing Places of Detention: Tools for Community Stakeholders
Organised by Juvenile Justice Advocates International [English] Speaker: Douglas Keillor Evaluaciones para detención: herramientas para la comunidad y sociedad civil Organised by Juvenile Justice Advocates International [Spanish] Speaker: Douglas Keillor |
| 11:15-11:45 | Coffee break | |
| 11:45-12:45 | Parallel Sessions (Multiple simultaneous sessions) Block B | Art Exhibit Reflections of Dignity
Exposición de arte: Reflejos de Dignidad Speaker: Douglas Keillor |
| 12:45-14:30 | Lunch | Event: The Power Of Mentoring In Preventing Violence Against Children Starts: 13:30 until 14:30 Organised by: Aproximar, Cooperativa de Solidariedade Social [English]
Speakers:
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| 14:30 –15:30 |
| Event: Tribunalia: Juego Para El Acceso A La Justicia De Niños, Niñas Y Adolescente Organised by: Fundación Crea Equidad ES|EN Speakers:
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| 15:30-16:00 | Coffee break | Event: Data MOSAIC TOOL – Demonstration Organised by Penal Reform International, Tierra de hombres España, Terres des hommes Hungary and SAPI. [English]
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| 16:00-18:00 | Parallel Sessions (Multiple simultaneous sessions) Block C | Art Exhibit Reflections of Dignity Exposición de arte: Reflejos de Dignidad |
Day 3: Wednesday, June 4, 2025
| 09:00- 10:00 | Parallel Sessions (Multiple simultaneous sessions) Block D | Evaluaciones para detención: herramientas para la comunidad y sociedad civil Speaker: Douglas Keillor |
| 10:00-10:30 | Coffee break | |
| 10:30-11:30 | Parallel Sessions (Multiple simultaneous sessions) Block E | Assessing Places of Detention: Tools for Community Stakeholders
Speaker: Douglas Keillor |
| 11:30-12:00 | Coffee break | |
| 12:00-13:00 |
| Event: La familia en el centro: experiencias artísticas, educativas y de mediación Organised by: Associació Projecte Nius [Spanish] Speakers:
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Day 2: Tuesday, June 3, 2025
| Time | Event | |
| Location: Universidad Pontificia Comillas (Calle de Alberto Aguilera, 23) | ||
| 8:00-9:00 | Registration | |
| Main Agenda | Children’s Room Agenda | |
| 9:00 –10:00 |
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| 10:00-10:15 | Change of room | |
| 10:15-11:15 | Parallel Sessions (Multiple simultaneous sessions) Block A | |
| 11:15-11:45 | Coffee break | |
| 11:45-12:45 | Parallel Sessions (Multiple simultaneous sessions) Block B | |
| 12:45-14:30 | Lunch | Starts: 13:30 until 14:30 Event: Engaging Youth In Shaping Child-Centered Justice: A Foresight Workshop Inspired By Futures Gamification Organised by: Thailand Institute of Justice [English] Speakers:
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| 14:30 –15:30 |
| Event: From Silent Victims To Legal Actors: Beyond Paper Promises To Real Remedies For Children's Rights Organised by: De Waele Advocatuur [English] Speakers:
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| 15:30-16:00 | Coffee break | |
| 16:00-18:00 | Parallel Sessions (Multiple simultaneous sessions) Block C | Event: Child and Youth Special Session (Children only) 17:15-18:00 - “Dancing children’s rights to justice” with Maria Moscati 18:00-19:00 - Child & youth social gathering |
Day 3: Wednesday June 4, 2025
| 09:00- 10:00 | Parallel Sessions (Multiple simultaneous sessions) Block D | Event: EnACT Centering Survivors In Justice System Reforms Through Engaging Intergenerational Co-Creation
Organised by: Terre des hommes Lausanne [English] Speakers:
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| 10:00-10:30 | Coffee break | |
| 10:30-11:30 | Parallel Sessions (Multiple simultaneous sessions) Block E | |
| 11:30-12:00 | Coffee break | |
| 12:00-13:00 |
| Working session on developing learn-by-doing activities with the Youth Experiential Learning Lab and Youth Leaders |
Closed Meetings
- Ministerial Roundtable
Date: 3rd June
Time: 10:30 - 12:30
Format: Hybrid
Location: Press Conference Room (Ground Floor)
High-Level Ministerial Roundtable hosted by the UN Special Representative of the Secretary General on Violence against Children, as chair of the UN Task Force on Children Deprived of Liberty and co-organised with the Global Initiative on Justice with Children and the Working Group on SDG 16+ Justice for Children led by University of Strathclyde.
- Drug Commission Meeting
Date: 3rd June
Time: 13:00 - 14:30
Format: Hybrid
Location: Sala de juntas (5th floor)
Expert Consultation organized by the Global Commission on Drug Policy on Children's Rights and Drug Policy Reform