The University of Ulster Law School at the Magee Campus in Derry/Londonderry will celebrate ten years of successful operation with an International Conference on the Rights of the Child. The conference, entitled „The Children‟s Convention at 21: The Rights of The Child Come of Age?‟, will feature leading key-note participants from academia, the judiciary, statutory agencies and the NGO sector, including Prof. Javaid Rehman (Professor of Islamic Law and International Law, Brunel University), Ms Patricia Lewsey (Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People) and Ms Emily Logan (Ombudsman for Children, Republic of Ireland).
It will also feature a large range of presentations from international participants organised into thematic panels such as „Cultural Relativism and the Rights of the Child‟, „Parental Interests vs Children's Rights, „Citizenship, Migration and the Rights of the Child‟ and „The Voice of the Child‟.
It will also feature a judicial panel discussion involving notable important judicial figures in the field of Family Law.
Further details on the conference schedule, registration, etc. can be obtained at the conference website http://www.socsci.ulster.ac.uk/law/conf1/index.html or through the conference secretary at childrensrights@ulster.ac.uk.