
GJICL Conference 2014: Schedule
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Morning
9:15 - 11:15 |
Plenary Session on Children & International Criminal Justice
Hatton-Lovejoy Courtroom (open to public)
Welcome:
Panel:
Moderator:
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11:15 - 11:30 |
Break |
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11:30 - 12:20 |
Introduction of Keynote Speaker
Keynote Address
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The conference will continue through the afternoon, via workshop sessions open only to expert invitees. Topics to be discussed:
Regulatory Framework (Child-specific and child-related crimes, such as recruitment and use of children, sexual violence / trafficking, education, attacks on hospitals / denial of humanitarian access; legal instruments / jurisprudence other than rome statute; children’s rights and human rights law; humanitarian law; law of peace / weapons control treaties; gravity: charging and sentencing)
Witnesses, Testimony, and Witness Protection (Identifying and preparing child witnesses, in general, and with relation to specific offenses like sexual violence, against girls and boys; living conditions of children in conflict/postconflict zones; support and witness protection issues; enhancing child witness reliability / challenging of factfinding reparations)
Global Child (Children’s vulnerability/victimhood/agency; developmental factors / difficulty of drawing age line; children’s convention: rights and best interests; child protection and child participation: issues of consent; children in militias / conflict zones: roles and experiences; child-friendly dissemination and education)