Europe Conference on International Justice for Children Strasbourg, 17-18 September 2007

21 Jul 2007 |

Extracts from the concept paper: Improving children’s access to justice, both at national and international level, is one of the objectives of the programme “Building a Europe for and with children”.

Conference aims:
1. Examine the functioning of international monitoring mechanisms dealing with children rights
2. Raise awareness of international law professionals

3. Provide a platform for an exchange of views between members of various monitoring bodies from different regions in the world

4. Identify issues that could be put forward at the 27th Conference of European Ministers of Justice (Lanzarote, 25-26 October 2007).

Council of Europe

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Concept paper: http://www.coe.int/t/(…)/JusticeChildrenConceptpaper_en.doc

Interested experts and members of organisations wishing to attend are invited to send the attached form to the conference Secretariat as soon as possible, but no later than 30 August 2007. http://www.coe.int/t/(…)/JusticeExpressionofInterest_en.doc

Around 60 participants:

1. Judges of relevant international courts
2. Members of treaty-based monitoring committees and commissions
3. Ombudspersons
4. Representatives of NGOs, international law firms and academia
5. Intergovernmental organisations

Organising team:

Programme manager and head of the co-ordination unit, Elda Moreno, elda.moreno@coe.int

Project advisor, Daniela Ercolani, daniela.ercolani@coe.int