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Sessions Schedule
| Plenary title: | Ensuring inclusive and child-friendly access to justice for all children in Asia | ||||||
| Introduction | Plenary moderator: | Ha Ryong Jung (Michael) | Legal Officer, Legal Aid of Cambodia | ||||
Voices of children and youth | Speakers: | Dolivar | Tajikistan | Is a boy who was recently released from a correctional facility and has shared his voice through the World Congress on the challenges he has faced and on his aspirations and desires for a better future for all children. | |||
| Tajdar | Pakistan | Is the first child member of the National Commission on the Rights of the Child (NCRC) and an activist for child participation in his country, bringing the voices of children to the government level. He is also a member of the Child and Youth Advisory Group of the World Congress. | |||||
| Anh Duc | Vietnam | Are members of the Justice for Children Club at the Hanoi Law University, working towards mainstreaming discussions of child justice and children’s rights at their university and the wider communities to achieve a more child-friendly justice system. | |||||
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| Shakhriyor | Uzbekistan | Are members of the Street Law Project at the University of World Economy and Diplomacy, striving to provide legal empowerment to children and advocating on their behalf, in order to improve their ability to access justice. | |||||
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| Nominmaa | Mongolia | Has been raising awareness of the persisting social and gender inequalities that continue to hinder equal access to justice, and she has been advocating for the empowerment of girls and women. | |||||
| Yingkar | Kazakhstan | Has been empowering migrant youth and dismantling the stereotypes held against them by the local communities, in order to prevent discrimination and promote harmony. | |||||
Panel 1 | Title: | Resilient and equal access to justice for all children during times of COVID and crises | |||||
| Moderator: | Enakshi Ganguly | Co-Founder and Advisor, HAQ: Centre for Child Rights | |||||
Panelist: | Aung Myo Min | Minister of Human Rights, National Unity Government of Myanmar | |||||
| Sapana Pradhan Malla | Justice, Supreme Court of Nepal | ||||||
| Rommel Alim Abitria | Executive Director, Humanitarian Legal Assistance Foundation | ||||||
| Shabnaaz Zahereen | Child Protection Specialist, UNICEF Bangladesh | ||||||
Panel 2 | Title: | Child-friendly approaches to non-discriminatory and inclusive access to justice for all children | |||||
| Moderator: | Wanchai Roujanavong | Thailand’s Representative to and Former Chair of the ASEAN Commission on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children | |||||
Panelist: | Syed Mansoor Ali Shah | Justice, Supreme Court of Pakistan | |||||
| Yanghee Lee | Founder, International Child Rights Center and Professor Emeritus, Sungkyunkwan University | ||||||
| Farah Nini Dusuki | Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, University of Malaya | ||||||
| Jiang Min | Project Manager, Save the Children China | ||||||
| Reflection and closing | Discussant: | Mikiko Otani | Chair, UN Committee on the Rights of the Child | ||||
| Title | Strategies, Experiences, and Ways Forward in Asia for the Follow-up on the Global Study on Children Deprived of Liberty | |||||
Organisers | (1) Asian members of the NGO Panel for the GSCDL (led by Legal Aid of Cambodia, Child Rights Coalition Asia, and International Child Rights Center) | |||||
| (2) Korea NGO WG on Children Deprived of Liberty | ||||||
| Description | Download | |||||
Workshops Block A
Asia Workshop A1
| Title | The “This Life Model”: Holistic Interventions for Young People in Conflict with the Law and their Families (Programs, Research, and Communications) | |
| Organiser | This Life Cambodia | |
| Type | Training | |
| Language | English | |
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Asia Workshop A2
| Title | Approaches to Inclusive, Equal, and Effective Child Participation in Access to Justice | |
| Organiser | Child Rights Coalition Asia | |
| Type | Panel Discussion | |
| Language | English | |
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Asia Workshop A3
| Title | Unlocking Potential: the “Child First Offender Second” Approach, Preventing Youth Offending Behavior, and Innovative Restorative Justice Practices | |
| Organiser | Singapore University of Social Sciences Faculty | |
| Type | Panel Discussion | |
| Language | English | |
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Asia Workshop A4
| Title | Application of Vulnerability, Mental Health, and Rights Frameworks in Psycholegal Assessments of Children in Conflict with the Law | |
| Organiser | SAMVAD | |
| Type | Training | |
| Language | English | |
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Workshops Block B
Asia Workshop B1
| Title | Advocacy and Activation of Virtual Courts for Children: Reducing Deprivation of Liberty and Strengthening Justice Delivery During Crises | |
| Organiser | UNICEF Bangladesh | |
| Type | Training | |
| Language | English | |
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Asia Workshop B2
| Title | Child-Friendly Justice Framework: Pursuing Child-Centered Reform Through Properly Designed Data Collection, Analysis, and Utilization | |
| Organiser | Group Development Pakistan | |
| Type | Working Group | |
| Language | English | |
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Asia Workshop B3
| Title | Strategic Litigation and Enhanced Public Governance to Address Systemic Injustices Against Children Facing Poverty and Marginalization | |
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| Type | Panel Discussion | |
| Language | English | |
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Asia Workshop B4
| Title | Building the Next Generation of Child Justice Experts: University Curricular Approaches and Legal Empowerment of Children | |
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| Type | Panel Discussion | |
| Language | English | |
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