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 | PRESENTATION

• Nicholas BALA | Professor, Queen’s University (Canada)

Children’s Access to Justice in Canada

9:10 | PANEL DISCUSSIONS

PANEL #1 – Civil and Criminal Procedures

• Nicholas BALA | Professor, Queen’s University (Canada)

Children’s Participation in Family Dispute Resolution in Canada

• Blandine MALLEVAEY | Lecturer, Université catholique de Lille (France)

Children’s Access to Family Justice in France

• Philippe BONFILS | Professor, Université Aix-Marseille (France)

Children’s Access to Justice in Criminal Proceedings in France

• Caterina TEMPESTA | The Office of the Children’s Lawyer (Canada)

Legal Representation as a Necessary Element of Children’s Access to and Participation in Family Justice

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PANEL #2 – Institutions with a Role in Justice for Children

• Daniella BENDO | Assistant Professor King’s University College at Western (Canada)
• Christine GOODWIN-DE FARIA | Assistant Professor, Teaching Intensive, Trent University (Canada)

Exploring Participation as a Form of Justice in Child and Youth Serving Institutions in Canada

• Deborah McMILLAN | Children’s Commissioner for Jersey (Jersey)

Children’s Access to Justice in Jersey – Role of Actors in Child Friendly Justice

• Jean-Frédéric HÜBSCH | Ph.D. Candidate, University of Ottawa (Canada)

Students’ Access to Justice in School Discipline in Ontario, Canada: Ensuring Fairness Through More Meaningful Participation

10:10 | HEALTH BREAK

10:20 | PRESENTATION

• Ton LIEFAARD | Professor, Leiden University (The Netherlands)

Children’s Access to Justice: How to Overcome Critical Barriers and Become More Inclusive?

11:20 | PANEL DISCUSSION

PANEL #3 – Special Attention to Groups of Children

• Diane BÉ | Ph.D. Candidate, University of Ottawa (Canada)

Participation of Children Exposed to Domestic Violence in Court Proceedings in Ontario, Canada

• Fanny JOLICOEUR | Ph.D. Candidate, Université du Québec à Montréal (Canada)

The Voice of Indigenous Children: The Interest of the Child by and for Children

• Stephanie RAP | Assistant Professor, Leiden University (The Netherlands)

The Rights to Effective Participation of Refugee and Migrant Children: Views of Professionals on Hearing Children in Asylum Procedures

• Raymond ARTHUR | Professor, Northumbria University (UK)

Access to Justice: Children Detained Under the Mental Health Act 1983

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PANEL #4 – Systemic Barriers

• Kamel KHIARI | Professor, Université Sainte-Anne (Canada)

Children’s Access and Participation in Justice Confronted to National Specificities

• Elzéar Michel NKOUÉ | Lecturer, Université de Yaoundé (Cameroon)

Obstacle to Indigenous Children’s Justice in Cameroon

• Malika SAHER | Lawyer, Fondation du Dr. Julien & Tatyanna DIEGO (Canada)

Equipping Children to Implement Their Participation Rights in Court Cases

12:10 | CONCLUDING PRESENTATION

• Adeline GOUTTENOIRE | Université de Bordeaux (France)

 

 

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