Events Calendar
Here you can find upcoming public events with Child Rights Connect’s Secretariat involvement. In addition, you can find updated information on the sessions and pre-sessions of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child.
The International Journal of Children’s Rights UNCRC 30th Anniversary Conference
20 June, 2019 @ 10:00 am - 21 June, 2019 @ 5:00 pm CEST
Thirty Years of Children’s Rights Scholarship: Taking Stock and Thinking Ahead
This conference will provide an opportunity for children’s rights scholars from across the globe to reflect on developments in children’s rights scholarship since the adoption of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. It will cover a range of issues, including juvenile justice, education, family relationships, child participation, health and well-being, poverty and immigration.
Discussions will be informed by a series of short reviews by leading and up-and-coming scholars from across the world who will reflect on key theoretical, empirical and methodological contributions to children’s rights research over the past three decades. This will help to reveal gaps in knowledge and identify opportunities and priorities for further scholarship.
Our Programme Manager Ilaria Paolazzi will be participating.
| Day 1 Thursday 20th June
Chair: Kirsten Sandberg |
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| 11.00-11.10 | Introductions | Laura Lundy and Helen Stalford |
| 11.15-12.00 | Children’s Rights Theory | Karl Hanson (University of Geneva)
Noam Peleg (UNSW, Sydney) |
| 12.00-12.45 | Poverty/socio-economic rights | Aoife Nolan (Nottingham University)
Kirrily Pells (UCL) |
| 1.30- 2.15 | Education | Ann Quennerstedt (Orebro University)
Zoé Moody (University of Geneva) |
| 2.15-3.00 | UNCRC Incorporation | Simon Hoffman (Swansea University)
Rebecca Stern (Uppsala University) |
| 3.00-4.00 | Open Discussion | Discussant: Roberta Ruggiero |
| Day 2 Friday 21th June
Chair: Professor Julia Sloth-Nielson |
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| 11.00-11.15 | 30 years, 30 cheers!:
Celebrating the UNCRC |
Michael Freeman |
| 11.15-12.00 | Child Participation
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Kay Tisdall (Edinburgh University)
Christina McMellon (Glasgow University) (TBC) |
| 12.00-12.45 | Child Migration | Ellen Desmet (Ghent University)
Ruth Brittle (Nottingham University) |
| 1.30- 2.15 | Family | Conor O’Mahony (University College Cork)
Lydia Bracken (University of Limerick) |
| 2.15-3.00 | Juvenile Justice | Ton Liefaard (Leiden University)
Nessa Lynch (University of Wellington) |
| 3.00-4.00 | Open Discussion | Discussant: Claire Fenton-Glynn |