Separated Children in Judicial Proceedings: European and International Avenues of Resource

30-31 March 2017, Blackhall Place, Dublin

Thank you for registering your interest in attending the Separated Children in Judicial Proceedings Conference, taking place in the President’s Hall, Blackhall Place on the 30th and 31st of March.

We invite you now to complete registration by choosing the relevant option below.

This promises to be a very interesting and important conference, facilitating the exchange of knowledge and good practices among key actors working with and for separated children.

Speakers at the event include, among others:

• Catherine Cosgrave, Immigrant Council of Ireland
• Professor Colm O’Cinneide, European Social Rights Committee
• Anna Austin, Registry, European Court of Human Rights
• Dr Niall Muldoon, Ombudsman for Children
• Saoirse Brady, Children’s Rights Alliance,
• Professor Ursula Kilkelly, School of Law, University College Cork
• Nuala Mole, Senior Lawyer and Founder, AIRE Centre, London
• Dr Aoife McMahon, Barrister-at-Law
• Gary Kiernan, General Manager, Office of Chief of Operations, Tusla
• Ms Dervla Browne, SC
• Grainne Lee, Barrister-at-Law

This event will focus on the use and application of international and European mechanisms of recourse for the protection of the rights of separated children, including the European Court of Human Rights, the European Social Charter, the Court of Justice of the European Union and the Third Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a Communications Procedure.

• Themes Include:
• Children litigating before the European Court of Human Rights, the Court of Justice of the European Union, the European Committee on Social Rights and the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child
• Children as European Citizens
• Children and imprisonment
• Children in cross-border relocation and abduction situations
• Children in public and private family law proceedings
• Child asylum seekers, separated and unaccompanied children
• Child victims of trafficking

Please contact Deirdre on 021 4903642 or with any questions or queries.

Maximum CPD Points Available: Thursday 5.75 points, Friday 6 points.