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Conference Venue:
Kings College,
London Waterloo Campus,
Franklin-Wilkins Building,
Stamford Street,
London SE1 9NH www.famlawandpractice.com
Patron: Baroness Hale of Richmond
INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FORFAMILY LAW, POLICY
AND PRACTICEIN ASSOCIATION WITH KINGS COLLEGE LONDON
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Conference Rapporteurs:
Sir Peter Singer Formerly a High Court Judge of the Family Division, England and Wales
Edward Devereux Harcourt Chambers, London
Assistant Rapporteurs:
Oliver Woolley 1 Garden Court
Charlotte Trace 29 Bedford Row
Caroline Korah Dawson Cornwell
Kirsty Lea 7 Bedford Row
Samantha Jones 7 Bedford Row
Andrew Powell 4 Paper Buildings
James Netto Dawson Cornwell
Tom Beak Kingsley Napley
Student Ambassadors:
Adiba Bassam
Caterina Scarabello
Olivia Lewis
We are grateful to the charity Action Against Abduction(formerly PACT) and to Professor Glenn Gebhard, School of
Film and Television, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angles,USA, for their assistance and support in showing the film
Sarah Cecelie to the delegates of our conference.
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Wednesday 6th July 2016
8.00 REGISTRATION
8.50 WELCOME AND CONFERENCE OPENING
Professor Marilyn Freeman, PhD, Co-Director, International Centre for Family Law, Policy and Practice
9.00 PLENARY SESSION
Chair: Sir Mathew Thorpe, formerly Head of International Family Justice, England and Wales
9.10 The Honourable Chief Justice Diana Bryant AO, Family Court of Australia
40 Years of Innovative Family Law
9.40 Judge Laurence Ryan, Principal Family Court Judge, New Zealand
One Judge, One Family The Future of Case Management?
10.10 Professor Mark Henaghan, University of Otago, New Zealand
New Zealand Relocation Decisions and International Proposals for Change
10.40 Professor Rollie Thompson, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada
The Relocation Presumptions Debate
11.10 MORNING BREAK
11.30 PARALLEL SESSIONS
SESSION A
Chair: BarbaraConnolly QC,7 Bedford Row
SESSION B
Chair: ZenobiaDu Toit, Attorney,Miller Du ToitCloete, South Africa
SESSION C
Chair: DavidWilliams QC,4 Paper Buildings
SESSION D
Chair: SimonBlain, Partner,Penningtons
SESSION E
Chair: ProfessorPeter de Cruz,Liverpool JohnMoores University
Paper 1 Colin Rogerson,Solicitor, DawsonCornwell, London
Current Trends in UKSurrogacy Law andthe Case For Reform
Dr. Phil Stahl, ChildCustody Evaluator,Arizona, USA
Cognitive Bias TheGreatest Risk toObjectivity in ChildCustody Disputes
Associate ProfessorYehiel Kaplan,Faculty of Law,
University of HaifaCustody Rightsof Children inTheir Culture: TheSignificance ofReligious Law
Professor ThomasOldham, John H.Freeman Professor
of Law, Universityof Houston LawCenter Faculty
Why a New UniformEquitable Distribution
Jurisdiction Act IsNeeded to ReduceForum Shopping inU.S. Divorce Litigation
Professor SusanEdwards, Universityof Buckingham
Protecting Childrenand Vulnerable Adultsfrom Witchcraft andSpirit PossessionRelated Accusationsand Victimisation
Paper 2 Pamela Scriven QCand Andrea Watts,1 Kings Bench
ChambersThree Person Babiesand the future ofDonors in Family Law
Dr. Yoav Mazeh,Associate Professor,Faculty of Law, Ono
Academic College,Israel
Normalising Post-Divorce Parenthood:Using Damages to SetStandards for ParentalBehaviour
Dr. Merel Jonkerand AssociateProfessor Jet
Tigchelaar, UtrechtUniversity LawSchool
State Involvement inReligious Upbringing
Dr. Frances Burton,Co-Director,International
Centre for FamilyLaw, Policy andPractice
Still not Family?Cohabitants inEngland and Wales in2016
Associate ProfessorElisabeth GordingStang, Oslo and
Akershus UniversityCollege of AppliedSciences, Norway
Children in Prison The Norwegian ChildUnit
Paper 3 Dr. Monica Navarro-Michel, Universityof Barcelona
Lesbian Couples andKnown Donors. Are
Three Parents betterthan Two?
Dr. Maria Moscati,University of Sussex
Culture, Same-SexCouples and DisputeResolution
Thos Hodgson,Barrister, EdmundBarton Chambers,Sydney
The Rights of
Grandparents inParenting Proceedings:
An AustralianPerspective
Professor WendySchrama, UCERF,University ofUtrecht
Marriage and informal
cohabitation: towardsa care-based system?
Julien Foster,Barrister, 1 GardenCourt
Child Protection inPractice: Preserving
Culture, ChallengingPractices
1.00 LUNCH
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2.00 PLENARY SESSION
Chair: Professor Stephen Gilmore, Kings College, London
2.10 Professor Ann Estin, University of Iowa College of Law
Global Childhood
2.40 Professor Rhona Schuz, Co-Director of the Centre for the Rights of the Child, Shaarei Mishpat Law School, Israel
Ritual male circumcision a violation of childrens rights?
3.10 AFTERNOON BREAK
3.30 PARALLEL SESSIONS
SESSION A
Chair: Anne-MarieHutchinson,OBE, QC, Partner,Dawson Cornwell
SESSION B
Chair: SirMathew Thorpe,formerly Head ofInternational FamilyJustice, England
SESSION C
Chair: Lilia Szarski.Clinical Supervisorand Trainer,Australia
SESSION D
Chair: PamelaScriven QC, 1 KingsBench Walk
SESSION E
Chair: ProfessorMarielle Bruning,Leiden University
Paper 1 Neelam Sarkaria,former Head ofCriminal Justice
Unit, CrownProsecutionService, andDetective ChiefSuperintendentGerry Campbell,Taskforce OCUCommander andDeputy PolicingLead for ForcedMarriage, HonourBased Violenceand Female Genital
MutilationSafeguarding Girls atRisk of FGM and otherHarmful TraditionalPractices
Dr. Lesley Allport,Lesley AllportDispute Resolution
(LADR), and ActingChair of ProfessionalStandardsCommittee ofCollege ofMediators
Justice or Just Us?An Exploration of theGovernment Initiativeto Encourage theResolution of DisputesOutside the CourtSystem
Denise Carter, OBE,Head of MediationServices,
InternationalFamily Law GroupLLP, Covent Garden,London
Is Mediation Treated asSecond Class Justice?
Professor Peterde Cruz, LiverpoolJohn Moores
UniversityParental Behaviour,Child Protectionand the Removal ofChildren from theirFamilies: Evaluatingthe Threshold for StateIntervention in 21stCentury Britain
Dr. Karin CarmitYefet, University ofHaifa
RethinkingFatherhood in Israel.Towards a new Child-Oriented Model
Paper 2 Teertha Gupta QC,4 Paper Buildings
FGM and ForcedMarriage LegalDeterrents
His Honour MichaelHorowitz QC,retired Circuit CourtJudge
The Inter-face betweenthe Arbitration Act1996 and the Instituteof Family Law
Arbitrators FinancialClaims Scheme
Mediating Cross-Border Family Conflict:Enhancing ResolutionThrough ParentingCoordination
Debra K. Carter,PhD, Clinical
and ForensicPsychologist,NationalCooperativeParenting Center,Florida, USA
Professor DouglasN. Frenkel, MorrisShuster PracticeProfessor of Law,University ofPennsylvania LawSchool
Professor ThaliaKruger, Universityof Antwerp, andCharlotte Mol, LegalResearch MastersStudent, Universityof Utrecht
The Best Interests ofAbducted Children:How Do Courts Know,Or Do They?
Professor OlgaKhazova, Instituteof State and Law,Moscow
The Best Interestsof the Child andModernised Family
Paper 3 Sulema Jahangir,Dawson Cornwell
Stranded Spouses
Rachael Kelsey,SKO FamilyLaw Specialists,Edinburgh, andSuzanne Kingston,Withers
Arbitration: The nextfrontier in disputeresolution in family
law: The use ofarbitration in childand financial cases, a
practical perspectivefrom the UK
Dr. Maire NiShuilleabhain,University CollegeDublin
Traversing DisciplinarySilos: Marriage, PrivateInternational Law andthe ECtHR
Dr. Machteld Vonk,University of LeidenLaw School
Childrens Rights inMulti-Parent Families:Developing a Child-Centred Approachto Family Life for theFuture
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5.00 PLENARY SESSION
Chair: Judge Mary ODwyer, Family Court, Wellington, New Zealand
5.10 Professor Judy Cashmore, Sydney Law School, and Dr. Nicola Ross, University of Newcastle Law School,Australia
Adoption Reforms in Australia: A Comparative Look
5.35 Professor Julia Sloth-Nielsen, University of Western Cape, South Africa
Ending Child Marriage: Initiatives from Southern Africa
6.00 END OF DAY
Welcome reception 7 Bedford Row. All are welcome to attend.6.45 8.30pm
Delegates are requested to wear their conference badges at the reception.
Dress Code: Lounge suit or smart-casual dress.
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Thursday 7th July 2016
9.00 PLENARY SESSION
Chair: The Honourable Chief Justice Diana Bryant AO, Family Court of Australia
9.10 Professor Patrick Parkinson, School of Law, University of Sydney The Future of Marriage
9.40 Associate Professor Lisa Young, Murdoch University, Western Australia
The Need for Certainty in Australian Family Property Law
10.10 Professor Linda Elrod, Richard S. Righter Distinguished Professor of Law and Director of the WashburnUniversity School of Law, Children and Family Law Center, Topeka, Kansas, USA.
The New Uniform Law on Family Law Arbitration
10.40 Associate Professor Nicola Taylor, Director, The Childrens Issues Centre, University of Otago, New ZealandThe Impact of New Zealands 2014 Family Justice Reforms on Childrens Welfare and Best Interests
11.10 MORNING BREAK
11.30 PARALLEL SESSIONS
SESSION AChair: Colin Smith,Former NationalChair of the UKFamily MediatorsAssociation
SESSION BChair: Anne-MarieHutchinson,OBE, QC, Partner,Dawson Cornwell
SESSION CChair: AssociateProfessor BruceSmyth, AustralianNational University
SESSION DChair: ColinRogerson, Solicitor,Dawson Cornwell
SESSION EChair: AssociateProfessor NicolaTaylor, Director, TheChildrens IssuesCentre, Universityof Otago, NewZealand
Paper 1 Ursula Rolke,International SocialService, GermanBranchThe German CentralContact Point for
Cross-Border FamilyConflicts andMediation
David Williams QC,4 Paper BuildingsHabitual residence:states of mind therelevance of adultintent and the childs
state of mind
Professor RachelBirnbaum, KingsUniversity Collegeat the University ofWestern Ontario,Canada and
Professor NicolasBala, QueensUniversity, Ontario,Canada Views ofthe Child Reports:Reports of CanadianLawyers and MentalHealth Professionalson Interviews withChildren
Dr. Marjolein Vanden Brink, UtrechtUniversity LawSchoolLegal Gender Identityand The Law of
Parentage
Fiona MacKenzie,Principal MacKenzieElvin, Barristers andSolicitors, Tauranga,New Zealand andPhD Candidate,
University of Otago,New ZealandFeminism andFeminist Theoryas they relate toMotherhood andFamily Law
Paper 2 Professor Dr. AnnaNylund, Universityof Tromso, Norway
Does SettlementTrump the BestInterests of the Child?
A Critical Analysis ofNorwegian Child-Custody Mediation
Edwin Freedman,JD. Attorney. Tel-Aviv, Israel
Habitual Residenceunder the 1980 HagueChild AbductionConvention
Rachel Treloar, PhDCandidate, SimonFraser University,CanadaThe Interrelationshipof Money and Genderin Parents Account ofHigh-ConflictPost-SeparationDisputes InvolvingChildren: A Relational
Autonomy Lens
Dr. Claire Fenton-Glynn, University ofCambridge
Revisiting Parenthoodin the 21st Century
Dr. MarthaHayes Sampson,University ofChesterConsiderations ofGender in Divorce
Across Jurisdictions
Paper 3 Lilia Szarski, ClinicalSupervisor andTrainer, Victoria,AustraliaThe Language of
Children in Mediationof Family Law Disputes
Professor Betty deHart, University ofAmsterdamNormative Frameson Children, Family
and Belonging in theLegal Regulations ofInternational ParentalChild Abduction
Martin Widrig,Research Assistantat Chair ofConstitutional Lawof Prof. Eva Maria
Belser, University ofFribourg, SwitzerlandFundamentalPrinciples underlyingChildrens HumanRights and theirimplications for FamilyLaw Policy
Dr. Ayelet Blecher-Prigat, ShaareiMishpat LawSchool, Israel
Joint Parenthood
as a Distinct LegalCategory in FamilyLaw
Mikiko Otani,Toranomon Lawand EconomicOffices, TokyoThe Mother-Child
Relationship, andGender in Japan
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1.00 LUNCH
2.00 PLENARY SESSION
Chair: Mr. Justice Moylan, Judge of the Family Division of The High Court of England and Wales
2.10 Anne-Marie Hutchinson, OBE, QC, Partner, Dawson Cornwell
FGM and Cutting an International Response
2.40 Professor Liz Schneider, Brooklyn Law School, New York Integrating Experiences of Intimate Violence into Inequality
3.10 AFTERNOON BREAK
3.30 PARALLEL SESSIONS
SESSION A
Chair: Ruth Kirby,4 Paper Buildings
SESSION B
Chair: RachelLangdale QC ,7 Bedford Row
SESSION C
Chair: Dr. FrancesBurton, Co-Director,ICFLPP
SESSION D
Chair: MargaretCasey, QC, NewZealand
SESSION E
Chair: ProfessorStephen Gilmore,Kings College,London
Paper 1 Avril Cryan LL.M,Researcher, Ireland
Legal Responses to
Polygamy and theChallenges Ahead forIreland
Dr. GhislaineLanteigne, LegalResearcher,
Toronto, CanadaRelocation in Englandand in Canada: TheWork and Views ofMediators
Astrid Martalas,Psychologist, SouthAfrica
Dispute Resolutionin South Africa:Facilitation KeepsFamilies Out of Court
Professor Dr.Marina Wellenhofer,Goethe University,
Frankfurt am MainThe ModernisedFamily and theSperm Donor (From aGerman Perspective)
Kieran Walsh,University ofPortsmouth
Good For Democracy,Bad for Families? TheReferendum as aFamily Law ReformMechanism
Paper 2 Hannah Camplin,Student Law Clinic,Westminster LawSchool
The relationshipbetween Student LawClinics, Litigants in
Person and family lawdispute resolution inEngland and Wales
Megan Gollop,University of Otago,New Zealand
Family Adjustmentto the Outcome of aRelocation Dispute:Parent Perspectives
Kirsikka Salminen,LL.M. DoctoralCandidate,University ofHelsinki, Finland
Mediation and ChildRelated Disputes
Who Protects a ChildsRights in Mediation?
Assistant ProfessorElena Falletti,Universita CarloCatteneo-LICU,Castellanza, Italy
Birth abroad byContract: The
International Law onSurrogacy
Associate ProfessorLucinda Ferguson,University ofOxford
A PeculiarlyFamily Law Modelof Statutory
Interpretation?
Paper 3 Judge MaryODwyer, FamilyCourt, Wellington,New Zealand
Family Violence Cases:The Courts Approachin New Zealand
Zenobia Du Toit,Attorney, Miller DuToit Cloete, CapeTown, South Africa
Relocation in SouthAfrica
Sandra Hitchcock,M.A., Mediator,South Africa
Innovative CrossBorder DivorceMediation in a GlobalWorld: Joe and Jody. ACase Study
Barbara ConnollyQC, 7 Bedford Row
The Creation of theModern Family butat What Cost?
Zhao Ningning,Partner, JinchengTongda & Neal,Shanghai
Solutions to Cross-Border Enforcement ofFinancial Issues andChild Arrangements inChina
5.00 PLENARY SESSION
Chair: Mr. Justice Moylan, Judge of the Family Division of The High Court of England and Wales
5.10 Associate Professor Bruce Smyth, Australian National University The High Conflict Post-Divorce Share-Time Family
5.35 END OF DAY
House of Lords Reception7.009.00pm
Please arrive by 6.45pm to allow sufficient time to clear security systems.
Delegates must bring their invitations and photo ID with them to the House of Lords.
Dress Code: Lounge suit or smart-casual dress. Black tie is not required. (Men require jacket and tie, women smart casual, but no
jeans, denim or similar).
Please see the conference webpage for full information about this event www.famlawandpractice.com
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Friday 8th July 2016
9.00 PLENARY SESSION
Chair: Henry Setright QC, 4 Paper Buildings
9.10 Professor Marilyn Freeman, Co-Director International Centre for Family Law, Policy and Practice, and PrincipalResearch Fellow Westminster Law School
The Long-Term Effects of Abduction
9.40 Professor Linda Silberman, Martin Lipton Professor of Law, New York University School of Law
All Grown up? Assessing the Hague Child Abduction Convention after 35 Years
10.10 The Honourable Chief Justice Diana Bryant, AO, Family Court of Australia and Professor Nick Bala, QueensUniversity, Ontario, Canada
The Guide to Good Practice on Art 13(b) of the Hague Convention: A Progress Report
10.40 Dr. Ann Wollner, Manager, Legal Unit, International Social Services, Australia
International Parental Child Abduction Holistic Approach About Time!
11.10 MORNING BREAK
11.30 PARALLEL SESSIONS
SESSION A
Chair: AssociateProfessor LisaYoung, MurdochUniversity, Australia
SESSION B
Chair: AssociateProfessor NicolaTaylor, Director, TheChildrens IssuesCentre, Universityof Otago, NewZealand
SESSION C
Chair: Dr. AnnWollner,International SocialServices, Australia
SESSION D
Chair: Liz Picker,Edmund BartonChambers, Sydney
SESSION E
Chair: HHJ JaneProbyn, CircuitJudge
Paper 1 Professor MarthaFineman, Robert W.Woodruff Professor
of Law, Emory Law,Atlanta, Georgia,USA
Vulnerablity Theory
Sally Nicholes,Nicholes FamilyLawyers, Australia
and Tim North SC,Australia
Who is a parent in theAustralian Federationand do its lawsconcerning parentageand families in ourmodern world giverise to conflictingoutcomes or fail to payappropriate regardto each childs rightto know his or her
identity?
Ranjit Malhotra,Lawyer,Chandigarh, India
Need for India to Signthe Hague Conventionon Child Abduction
Dr. Lucy-AnnBuckley, NationalUniversity of
Ireland, GalwayPrenuptial Agreementsin Ireland: BalancingFairness and
Autonomy
Dr. Adiva Sifris,Monash University,Melbourne
Who Ought To BeThe Parents? TheRecognition ofParentage of Childrenconceived throughCommercial Surrogacy
Arrangements
Paper 2 Professor EvaRyrstedt, Faculty ofLaw, University ofLund, Sweden
Understanding theNeeds of the Elderly;In the Context ofthe Theories ofVulnerability andNormative Patterns
Professor FedericaGiardini, Universityof Padua, Italy
Are the Children AllEqual Before theLaw? The Italian Casein a ComparativePerspective
Mr. KaoruMagosaki, Director,Hague ConventionDivision, ConsularAffairs Bureau,Ministry of ForeignAffairs, Japan
Efforts and Challengesof Japan in theImplementation ofthe 1980 Hague Child
Abduction Convention
Professor Nadia-Cerasela Anitei,Dunarea de JosUniversity, Romania
Tradition, Reformand HarmonisationTrends in Mattersof Matrimonial
Agreement inRomanian PrivateInternational Law
Professor HfefnaFridriksdottirUniversity ofIceland
Surrogacy in theNordic Countries
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Paper 3 Professor NancyDowd, David H.Levin Chair inFamily Law andDirector, Centeron Children andFamilies, Universityof Florida LevinCollege of Law
A Case for
DevelopmentalEquality: TheIntersection ofVulnerabilities Theoryand Identities Theoryin Childrens Equality
Peter Dunne,Trinity UssherFellow, PhDCandidate in Law,Trinity College,Ireland
Parent-ChildRelationships in LegalGender Recognition
Clare Renton, 29Bedford Row
Undertakings andinternational childabduction
(Fmr) JudgeMarjorie T.Uyengco-Nolasco,Managing Partner,Nolasco andAssociate LawOffices, Philippines
I Love You, I Hate You,But How Can I leaveYou? The Philippine
Experience on HowSpouses TerminateTheir Marriage ina Country WithoutDivorce throughPsychologicalIncapacity
Dr. Ruth Zafran,Radzyner School ofLaw, Israel
Siblings-RelationshipDeserving LegalRecognition: The Caseof Old and NewFamilies
1.00 LUNCH
2.00 PLENARY SESSION
Chair: The Right Hon the Baroness Hale of Richmond, Deputy President of The Supreme Court of theUnited Kingdom
2.10 Dr. Rob George, University College, London, and Harcourt Chambers
The Inherent Jurisdiction of the High Court: Old Dogs, New Tricks?
2.40 Professor Stephen Gilmore, Kings College, London Family Law and Legal Method: A Critical Perspective
3.10 AFTERNOON BREAK
3.30 PARALLEL SESSIONS
SESSION A
Chair: ProfessorLiz Kelly,CWASU, London
MetropolitanUniversity
SESSION B
Chair: Sir PeterSinger, (Fmr)High Court
Judge of theFamily Division,England andWales
SESSION C
Chair:Marcus ScottManderson,
QC, 4 PaperBuildings
SESSION D
Chair: Dr.Frances Burton,Co-Director,
InternationalCentre for FamilyLaw, Policy andPractice
SESSION E
Chair: ProfessorMarielleBruning, Leiden
University
SESSION F
Chair: The HonLord Brailsford,Judge of the
SupremeCourts, Scotland
Paper 1 AssistantProfessor IremCaglar, OzyeginUniversity LawSchool, Turkey
A Legal Analysisof Beslemekik: AType of Domestic
Abuse in Turkey
DJ KevinNg, FamilyJustice Courts,Singapore
Charlie andthe Puddle: TheIntegration ofSocial Science andLaw in the Family
Justice Courts ofSingapore
Laura Carpaneto,Researcherand Lecturer,InternationalLaw andInternationalOrganisations,University ofGenoa, Italy
The Role ofParty Autonomyin EU PrivateInternationalLaw InstrumentsConcerningFamily Matters
Philip MarcusLL.M, Judge(Retired)JerusalemFamily Court,Israel
New Families:Normative andFunctional
Principles
ProfessorMarielleBruningand SimonaFlorescu, PhDCandidate,Leiden LawSchool
Enhancing the
Role of Childrenin ProceedingsBefore theEuropean Court ofHuman Rights
The HonourableChief JusticeDiana BryantAO, FamilyCourt ofAustralia;
Judge LaurenceRyan, PrincipalFamily Court
Judge, NewZealand
Judge JudithKreeger, SeniorCircuit Judge,Florida, USA
Re-StructuringFamilies: aParadigm for the21st Century
Paper 2 ShiranReichenberg,Advocate; PhDCandidate,Faculty ofLaw, HebrewUniversity,JerusalemThe Children thatNo-One Sees:
Access to Justicefor Young Girls Exclusion FromYouth Court
AssociateProfessor MariaForsman, UmeaForum forStudies on Lawand Society,Sweden
LegalRepresentationfor Child AbuseVictims in Sweden
Dr. MerelJonker andDr. ChristinaJeppensen deBoer, UtrechtUniversity LawSchool
What ComesFirst, ReturnProceedings orConciliation
Attempts?
Sarah Atkins,TeachingFellow,University ofPortsmouth
Forced Povertyand PoliticisedMarginalisation:Raising Familiesin the Irish AsylumSystem
Kartica vande Zon, LL.M,PhD Candidate,Leiden LawSchool
Access to Justicefor Children inFoster Care
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Paper 3 Dr. MaddyCoy, Childand WomanAbuse StudiesUnit, LondonMetropolitanUniversity
An Evaluationof a Programme
for Albanian-speaking WomenExperiencingViolence inLondon
Mr. HassanElhais, SeniorPartner,Al RowaadAdvocates,Dubai
Enforcement ofForeign Orders inthe UAE
StephenCullen andKelly Powers,Attorneys,Miles andStockbridge,Washington DC,USA
What You Need
to do in the UK towin your HagueCase in the USA
Dr. LeaMwambene,University ofWestern Cape
What is The Futureof Polygymy(Polygamy) in
Africa?
Maria de Jong de Kruijf,Lecturer andPhD Candidate,LeidenUniversity
The Participationof Children in
Alternative Care
Procedures andthe PerceivedFairness of theirParticipationon ProceduresConcerning aPlacement inSecure ResidentialCare
PLENARY SESSION
5.00 Chair: Professor Mark Henaghan, University of Otago, New Zealand
5.10 Philippe Lortie, First Secretary, The Permanent Bureau, The Hague Conference on Private International LawThe Application of the 1996 Convention to Unaccompanied and Separated Children
5.40 Closing address: Professor Marilyn Freeman PhD, Co-Director, ICFLPP
5.50 CLOSE OF CONFERENCE
Conference Dinner at The Oxford and Cambridge Club, London.Address to be given by Sir James Munby, President of the Family Division of the High Court, London7.30pm reception
Dress Code: Lounge suit or smart-casual dress. Black tie is not required. (Men require jacket and tie, women smart casual, but no
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