The Interdisciplinary Research Laboratory on the Rights of the Child (IRLRC) in the Faculty of Law, Civil Law Section at the University of Ottawa invites you to its International Online Conference 2021 under the theme: Children’s Access to and Participation in Justice: Critical Assessment.

Simultaneous interpretation will be provided during the whole conference.

Register here.

Program:

8:30 | INTRODUCTION

• Mona PARÉ | Professor, University of Ottawa (Canada)

8:40 | PRESENTATION

• Thierry MOREAU | Professor, Université catholique de Louvain (Belgium)

The Risk of Negative Effects of Children’s Participation in Justice

9:20 | PANEL DISCUSSION

PANEL #1 – Comparative Research: Children’s Participation in Judicial Child Protection Proceedings

• FRANCE: Caroline SIFFREIN-BLANC | Lecturer, Vice-Dean, Aix-Marseille Université (France)
• The NETHERLANDS: Mariëlle BRUNING | Professor, Leiden University (The Netherlands)
• BELGIUM: Coline MOREAU | Ph.D. Candidate, University of Ottawa (Canada)
• QUÉBEC (Canada): Mona PARÉ | Professor, University of Ottawa (Canada)

10:30 | HEALTH BREAK

10:45 | PRESENTATION

• Ursula KILKELLY | Professor, University College Cork (Ireland)

Children’s Access to Justice: Scrutinizing the Growing International Momentum

11:30 | PANEL DISCUSSIONS

PANEL #2 – Roles of Actors in Justice

• Marine BRAUN | Consultant in Children’s Rights

‘And You, Are You Listening to Me?’ Transition towards a Communication Adapted to the Child in the Justice System

• Amira MAAMERI | Ph.D. Candidate, Université de Bordeaux (France) & University of Ottawa (Canada)

The Relationship between the Child and the Judge

• Kathryn HOLLINGSWORTH | Professor, Newcastle University (UK)

Towards Judgments for Children: A Conceptual Framework and Practical Application

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PANEL #3 – International Justice

• Charlotte MOL | Ph.D. Candidate, Utrecht Centre for European Research into Family Law (The Netherlands)

Achieving Child-Friendly Justice: The Impact of Article 12 CRC on the Case-Law of the ECtHR in Family Law Proceedings

• Sara L. AUSTIN | Founder & CEO, Children First Canada

The CRC Third Optional Protocol and the Opportunity for Ratification

• Ursula KILKELLY | Professor, University College Cork (Ireland)

 

More information: https://droitcivil.uottawa.ca/interdisciplinary-research-laboratory-rights-child/may-20-27-2021-irlrc-international-conference