On Wednesday 25 September 2024 from 14:00-16:00 CEST, scholars and practitioners will gather online to speak at the Children’s Right to be Heard Seminar, the intention of which is to offer a space to reflect on the right of children to be heard and participate in the legal process. The event will be held in both English and Spanish (with simultaneous translation), bringing together experts from the Americas and the Netherlands. This is a public event; all who are interested in children’s rights and access to justice for children are very welcome to join.
Programme
14:00 Opening remarks
Marieke Hopman (Maastricht University)
14:05 Institutionalized adolescents and their right to be heard
Julieta Marotta (UNU-MERIT) & Laura Lora (Universidad de Buenos Aires)
14:25 Children in post-conflict peacebuilding and their right to be heard
Lucy Opoka (Leiden University)
14:45 Internationally abducted children & their right to be heard
Mayela Celis Aguilar (Maastricht University)
15:05 Family judges and the visibility of children in court
Alicia Taliercio (former Family Judge Prov. Buenos Aires)
15:25 Directors and the right of children to be heard
Natalia V. González García Cuerva (director of Hogar También son Nuestros)
15:45 Open dialogue
Moderator: Julieta Marotta (UNU-MERIT)
Location: Zoom
Meeting ID: 823 3862 0014
Password: 466263
Background
This event has been organised by UNU-MERIT's Assistant Professor Julieta Marotta, as part of the children’s rights research grant awarded to the research project on 'Childhood and legal capacity: The case of institutionalised adolescents in the City of Buenos Aires, Argentina'.
