Challenges for Children’s Rights Symposium
At Thomas Jefferson School of Law
March 2, 2007
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Symposium Description:
The Center for Global Legal Studies at Thomas Jefferson School of Law is sponsoring a symposium titled “Challenges for Children’s Rights” on March 2, 2007. The symposium aims to examine some of the most difficult situations confronting children around the world and the children’s rights issues that arise in these contexts.
Using a thematic approach, the symposium will offer a look at a range of issues having a dramatic impact on children’s rights and welfare, including trafficking, armed conflict, migration, juvenile justice, HIV/AIDS, assisted reproduction, sorcery, and infant surgery.
The symposium will also explore existing remedies available to children who suffer such human rights abuses as well as alternative approaches for ensuring the rights and well-being of children.
The keynote speaker is Richard H. Weisberg, Walter Floersheimer Professor of Constitutional Law & Director of the Program in Holocaust and Human Rights Studies, Benjamin Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University, New York. His address is entitled: Wronged by Law: Children During the Holocaust
The program is intended for a wide audience, including academics, practitioners, students, and others interested in issues affecting the rights and welfare of children.