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North America

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Sessions Schedule

Title:A Time of Reckoning: Toward Non-Discriminatory Child Justice in the face of Racism, Ethnocentrism, Intolerance and Systemic Barriers
Session 1
Title:Targeted Populations: Black youth in the US and Indigenous youth in Canada
Moderator:Angela VigilPro Bono Partner and Exec Director, Baker McKenzie
Speakers:
Kris HenningThe Blume Professor of Law; Director of the Juvenile Justice Clinic and InitiativeTheme: Black youth in the US
Joel KealeyCounsel for Justice, Ottawa CanadaTheme: Indigenous Youth – Canada and the USA
Session 2
Title:Targeted Issues:
Moderator:Diane GeraghtyDirector Civitas Child Law Center, Loyola University Chicago – USA
Speakers:
Lisa JacobsCenter for Criminal Justice Research, Policy and Practice, Loyola University, Chicago
Theme: Challenging jurisdictional boundaries at the entry and end of child justice
Iliana PujolsPolicy Director, Connecticut Juvenile Justice Alliance
Moderator:Marsha LevickLegal Director, Juvenile Law Center
Speakers:
James DoldFounder and Director of humanrightsforkids.org
Theme: What COVID should have taught us: Transforming from an urgent problem to a chronic one
Ricky WatsonDirector of National Juvenile Justice Network
Melissa RobertDefense lawyer, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada

Workshops Block A

    NA Workshop A1
    TitleTelling the Whole Story: trauma and injustice that Black children experience in America and the power of their resilience despite the odds
    OrganiserDr. Aleksandra Chauhan, South Carolina Commission on Indigent Defense
    TypePanel Discussion
    LanguageEnglish
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    NA Workshop A2
    TitleBuilding a child-friendly justice for children in the context of international migration
    OrganiserLinda Helena Maclú Zorrero, Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación de México
    TypePanel Discussion
    LanguageEnglish
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    Workshops Block B

      NA Workshop B1
      TitleDebunking restorative justice: towards a more inclusive justice
      OrganiserJudge Lise Gagnon, AIMJF
      TypeWorking Group
      LanguageEnglish
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      NA Workshop B2
      TitleThe Child’s Preference in Custody Cases
      OrganiserChild Custody Evaluation Services of Philadelphia, Inc
      TypeCertified Training
      LanguageEnglish
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      NA Workshop B3
      TitleReforms in Child Justice in Three States
      OrganiserElizabeth Clarke, Juvenile Justice Initiative
      TypePanel Discussion
      LanguageEnglish
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      NA Workshop B4
      TitleBrain Injury & Children in contact with the law
      OrganiserProf. Huw Williams, University of Exeter
      TypePanel Discussion
      LanguageEnglish
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      International Workshop

        Int. Workshop 4
        TitleAccess to justice for indigenous children
        OrganiserSRSG VAC
        TypePanel Discussion
        LanguageEnglish
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