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Sessions Schedule
Imagining the future of child justice : calling what’s next!
| Master of Ceremony and Moderator | Vijaya Ratnam Raman | Justice Specialist UNICEF | ||||||
| Imagining the future of child justice | ||||||||
Scenario 1 | Moderator: | Sanjay Khanna | Strategic Foresight expert | |||||
| Title: | Gathering Forces | |||||||
Speakers: | Barry Goldson | Professor Emeritus School of Law and Social Justice The University of Liverpool, UK | Theme: criminological perspective, action towards abolitionism | |||||
| Angela Vasile | Child Youth Advisory Group member | |||||||
| video | Robert Muggah | Specialist in cities, security, migration and new technologies. Co-founded the Igarapé Institute | Theme: Multidimensional Risks facing cities: Climate change, urban security | |||||
Scenario 2 | Title: | Fragmented Energy | ||||||
Speakers: | Ton Liefaard | Vice-Dean for Education of Leiden Law School, full Professor of Children’s Rights and UNICEF Chair in Children’s Rights at Leiden University. | ||||||
| Alexandra Maria Dan | Child Youth Advisory Group member | |||||||
| Exploring Child Justice Scenarios in the Global Context | ||||||||
Speakers: | Maria Luciana Axente | Romania-UK Responsible AI Lead PWC | ||||||
| Alexandra Martins | Head, UNODC Global Programme to End Violence Against Children | |||||||
| Action in Access to Justice: calling what’s next! | ||||||||
| Moderator: | Marielza Oliviera | Director for Partnerships and Operational Programme Monitoring Communications and Information, UNESCO | ||||||
Speakers: | Kirsten Di Martino | Senior Child Protection Adviser, UNICEF | ||||||
| Agnes Cynthia Amoding | United Nations Pathfinders young activist Uganda | |||||||
| Maaike de Langen | Program Lead, Justice for All, Pathfinders for Peaceful, Just and Inclusive | |||||||
| Tatyana Teplova | Head of Division, Policy Coherence for SDGs, Senior Counsellor, Gender, Justice and Inclusiveness chez OECD-OCDE | |||||||
| John Groom | Media and technology lawyer – Senior Associate at Baker McKenzie | |||||||
| Daniella Mandel | Tax Associate at Baker McKenzie | |||||||
| Jane Klinger | Sr. Corporate Counsel, Ethics & Integrity Investigations, Salesforce | |||||||
| Closing | ||||||||
Speakers: | Sophie Barbey | Deputy Director Of Operations, Terre des hommes | ||||||
| Marta Pascual | President International Association of Youth and Family Judges and Magistrates (AIMJF) | |||||||
| Olivia Rope | Executive Director, Penal Reform International | |||||||
| Macholi Chris Benard | Child Youth Advisory Group member | |||||||
| Title: | International training on the Third Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child a Communications Procedure (OPIC) | |||||
| Introduction | Child Rights Connect | |||||
| Presentation: | Ann Skelton | Member of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child and Coordinator of the Committee’s Working Group on Individual Communications | Themes: What is the OPIC? What are its mechanisms? – Recent trends – Jurisprudence highlights | |||
Group 1 | Title: | Advancing towards the ratification of the OPIC: Why and How? | ||||
| Cordinated by: | Beatriz Santaemilia and Olivia Solari | Child Rights Connect | ||||
| Presentation: | Beatriz Santaemilia | Theme: Added value of the OPIC | ||||
| Speaker: | Theme: Experiences of ratification/non-ratification | |||||
| Open discussion | Ann Skelton | |||||
Group 2 | Title: | The OPIC: strategic use and effective implementation by children’s rights defenders, including children | ||||
| Cordinated by: | Leire Ibáñez and Lola Sánchez | Child Rights Connect | ||||
| Presentation: | ||||||
| Speaker: | Anna Batalla | Petitions Unit, OHCHR | Theme: Strategic use of the OPIC | |||
| Open discussion | Benoît van Keirsbilck | Member of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, Anna Batalla and Child Rights Connect | ||||
International Workshop
Int. Workshop 8
| Title | Dealing with child returnees from conflict zones: Short-term response and long-term planning | |
| Organiser | Irina Urumova and Dimitry Nurumov, Revanta BV, Legal Policy Research Center – Kazakhstan | |
| Type | Panel Discussion | |
| Language | English | |
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Int. Workshop 9
| Title | Participation and Co-Creation in youth justice settings (England and Wales) | |
| Organiser | Anne-Marie Douglas, Peer Power Youth | |
| Type | Panel Discussion | |
| Language | English | |
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Int. Workshop 10
| Title | Protecting children form torture and other ill-treatment in detention: challenges and best practices | |
| Organiser | Laure Elmaleh, OMCT (World Organisation Against Torture) | |
| Type | Panel Discussion | |
| Language | English and French | |
| Description | Download | |
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Int. Workshop 11
| Title | Children in street situations and access to justice- challenges and new policy in Brazil | |
| Organiser | Eduardo Rezende Melo, AIMJF | |
| Type | Panel Discussion | |
| Language | English | |
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Int. Workshop 12
| Title | Know your rights, claim your rights and join the movement to change child justice systems | |
| Organiser | CYAG | |
| Type | Working group | |
| Language | English | |
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