CARIBBEAN PLENARY SESSION
Title: | Ensuring access to justice for all children: towards non-discriminatory and inclusive child justice systems in the Caribbean | ||||
Moderator: | Hazel Thompson-Ahye | Attorney-at-Law and Senator of Trinidad and Tobago | |||
Ensuring the voice of the child is heard in child justice matters | |||||
Speakers: | Diahann Gordon-Harrison | Children’s Advocate of Jamaica and National Rapporteur on Trafficking in Persons, ISPCAN Executive Councillor | |||
Khadijah Williams | Educator, Sociologist, social worker, Principal/ Director , Village Academy, Jamaica | ||||
Rachel Thurab | Senior State Counsel, children’s attorney- Solicitor General’s Chambers,Office of the Attorney- General and MInistry of Legal Affairs | ||||
Building resilient child justice systems in times of crisis and pandemics | |||||
Speakers: | Nazeera Ali | Master of the Supreme Court of Trinidad and Tobago, Family and Children Division | |||
Sharlene Jaggernauth | Master of the Supreme Court of Trinidad and Tobago,Family and Children Division | ||||
Marian Taylor | Children Probation Officer | ||||
Tackling violence within child justice systems and ensuring child- friendly approaches for child victims, offenders and witnesses | |||||
Speakers: | Claire Guy- Alleyne | Head, Child Protection Unit, Trinidad and Tobago Police Service | |||
Krystle Ahye | Attorney-at-law, restorative justice trainer | ||||
Hanif Benjamin | clinical therapist, clinical traumatologist, President/ CEOCentre for Human Development Ltd |