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International Plenary Opening
Sessions Schedule
| OPENING | ||||||||
| Master of Ceremony and Moderator | Femi Oke | Professional moderador and International Journalist | ||||||
Speakers: | Barbara Hintermann | Director General of Terre des Hommes and Child Right Institute Board member | ||||||
| Marta Pascuale | President International Association of Youth and Family Judges and Magistrates (AIMJF) | |||||||
| David Fathi | Secretary General, Penal Reform International | |||||||
| Child and Youth Advisory group representative | ||||||||
| Video | Voices of World Leaders: Equal access to Justice is everyone matters! | |||||||
| PANEL SESSION | ||||||||
| Title: | Ensuring access to justice for all children: towards non-discriminatory and inclusive child justice systems | |||||||
| Moderator: | Femi Oke | Professional moderador and International Journalist | ||||||
Speakers: | Najat Maalla M’jid | UN Special Representative of the Secretary General on Violence against Children | Theme: Global Picture on access to justice | |||||
| Xavier McElrath-Bey | Co-Executive Director, Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth (CFSY) | Theme: Discrimination due to ethnic origin | ||||||
| Clifton Cortez | Global Adviser on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) World Bank | Theme: Discrimination due to gender identity and sexual orientation | ||||||
| Theoni Koufonikolakou | Greek Ombudsperson for Children’s Rights, Chair of the European Network of Ombudspersons for Children (ENOC) | Theme: Discrimination due to migration background | ||||||
| Mikiko Otani | Chair person Committee on the Right of the Child | Theme: Resilient child justice systems | ||||||
| Huw Williams | Professor in Clinical Neuropsychology Co-Director – Centre for Clinical Neuropsychology Research (CCNR) School of Psychology, College of Life and Environmental Sciences University of Exeter UK | Theme: Discrimination due to Mental Health conditions | ||||||
| Janos Bertok | Deputy Director, Public Governance, OECD | |||||||
| Action on Access to Justice: Examining Child Detention from Every Angle | ||||||||
| Moderator: | Cedric Foussard | Global initiative and World Congress On justice with Children Coordinator | ||||||
| video: | Henrietta Fore | Executive Director UNICEF | ||||||
Speakers: | Sagie Davidovich | SparkBeyond CEO | Theme: Reinventing Social Impact: Child Detention | |||||
| Angela Vigil | Pro bono Director and Partner Baker Mckenzie | |||||||
| Manfred Nowak | Human rights lawyer, Secretary General of EIUC/Global Campus, Former Independent Expert for the Global Study on Children Deprived of Liberty | Theme: The unintended consequences of child detention | ||||||
| Virginia Gamba | Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict | |||||||
| Video: | Animated Film on the United Nations Global Study on Children Deprived of Liberty | |||||||
Baker McKenzie’s 8th Annual Children’s Rights Summit will bring together criminal justice experts, lawyers, community leaders, and volunteers from a year-long project stemming from last year’s Children’s Rights Summit – Real Rights. A series of exchanges will examine issues of equity and equality in the justice system―discussions will feature the lived experiences of young people of color, legal lessons learned from the Real Rights project, and a conversation about the path forward to a more just reality for young people everywhere.
The Children’s Rights Summit brings together voices from across the globe and across disciplines – this is by design. Great thinkers help solve challenging problems – we welcome you to join this series of conversations
International Workshops
| Title | Youth experiences of discrimination across the globe: dismantling cycles of intolerance and nurturing cycles of inclusion & equality | |
| Organiser | Kristen Hope, Tdh | |
| Type | Panel Discussion | |
| Language | English | |
| Description | Download | |
| Video | View Video | |
| Title | Promoting Alternative Solutions to Deprivation of Liberty | |
| Organiser | Alex Kamarotos, Executive Director DCI. | |
| Type | Panel Discussion | |
| Language | English | |
| Description | Download | |
| Video | View Video | |
| Title | Equality and Non-Discrimination in the Child Justice System- Principle, Practice and Global Perspectives | |
| Organiser | Dr. Yannick van den Brink, Associate Professor of Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam | |
| Type | Panel Discussion | |
| Language | English | |
| Description | Download | |
| Video | View Video | |