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Youth Justice 2008:
Measuring Compliance with International Standards
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Day One: Thursday April 3rd 2008
Boole Lecture Theatre 1
8.30 Registration and Tea/Coffee
9.15 Welcome and Conference Opening
Professor Caroline Fennell, Dean, Faculty of Law and Co-Director of the Centre for Criminal Justice and Human Rights, Faculty of Law, UCC
Councillor Donal J Counihan, Lord Mayor of Cork
9.30 Introduction to the Conference
Dr Ursula Kilkelly, Faculty of Law, University College Cork
International Children's Rights Standards: Setting the Context
09.50 Plenary Session 1: International Perspectives
Chair:Mr Cedric Foussard, Director, International Juvenile Justice Observatory, Brussels
Professor Chris Cunneen, Faculty of Law, University of New South Wales, Sydney
Juvenile justice in Australia: How well do we comply with international standards?
Mr Tapio Lappi-Seppala, National Research Institute of Legal Policy, Helsinkii
Nordic model of juvenile justice - as applied in Finland
11.00 Coffee/Tea
11.20 Plenary Session 2: International Perspectives
Chair: Mr Finbarr O'Leary, Deputy Chief Executive, Children Acts Advisory Board
Professor Barry Goldson, School of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Liverpool
From pre-emptive intervention to custodial detention: systemic human rights violations in English 'justice'
Dr Lesley McAra, Senior Lecturer, Centre for Law and Policy, University of Edinburgh
In the best interests of the child? Scottish youth justice in comparative context
12.30 The Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Mr Thomas Hammarberg
Youth justice based on child rights norms
1.15 Lunch
2.30 Parallel Session 1: Panels A - D in Boole Lecture Theatres 1, 2, 6, 5 See here for Abstracts
4.00 Coffee/Tea
4.30 Parallel Session 2: Panels E - H in Boole Lecture Theatres 2, 6, 1, 5 See here for Abstracts
6.00 Wine Reception with Jazz Manouche
Staff Common Room, North Wing, Main Quadrangle, UCC
Day Two: Friday April 4th 2008
8.30 Registration (Day two only) and Tea/Coffee
9.00 Parallel Session 3: Panels I - L in Boole Lecture Theatres 1, 6, 2, 5: See here for Abstracts
10.15 Plenary Session 3: The Irish Youth Justice System: Theory and Policy
Boole Lecture Theatre 1
Chair: Dr Shane Kilcommins, Centre for Criminal Justice and Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University College Cork
Dr Mairead Seymour, School of Social Sciences and Law, Dublin Institute of Technology
The Irish Youth Justice System
10.45 Irish Policy Makers and Service Providers: Challenges and Reform
Mr Michael Donnellan, Director, Irish Probation Service
Ms Michelle Shannon, National Director, Irish Youth Justice Service
Mr Louis Harkin, Assistant Garda Commissioner, An Garda Siochana
11.45 Coffee/Tea
12.15 Semi-plenary Session 1: Restorative Justice: Irish and International Developments
Boole Lecture Theatre 1
Chair: Ms Maura Butler, Law Society and Chair, Association for Criminal Research and Development
Mr David O'Mahony, Reader, Department of Law, University of Durham
Restorative Justice and Criminal Justice: Complementary or Competing Paradigms?
Mr Brian Fitzpatrick, Director, National Commission on Restorative Justice
Restorative Justice and Irish Perspective: Reflections on the work of the National Commission on Restorative Justice to date
12.15 Semi-plenary Session 2: Policing, Accountability and Youth Justice
Boole Lecture Theatre 2
Chair: Ms Sophie Magennis, Head of Policy and Research, Ombudsma n for Children's Office
Ms Niamh McKeague and Mr Michael O'Neill, Legal Advisors to An Garda Siochana Ombudsman Commission
The independent oversight of policing in Ireland and the place of children in the complaints and invesigation process
1.30 Lunch
2.30 Plenary Session 4: Youth Justice and Children's Rights
Boole Lecture Theatre 1
Chair: The Hon Mr Justice John MacMenamim, High Court (TBC)
Ms Emily Logan, Ombudsman for Children
Respecting the voice of the child
4.00 Conference Close
Conference Closing: Comments and Remarks
Mr Aidan Browne, Chief Executive, Children Acts Advisory Board
4.15 Finish