Guest of Honour:
The Honourable Chief Justice Chan Sek Keong,
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Singapore
Special Speaker:
Somaly Mam (with kind sponsorship of Lexis Nexis)
(CNN Hero, US State Department “Heroes of Anti-Trafficking” award, Award “Mimosa D’Oro”, Festival du Scoop Prize,
France, Excmo Ayuntaniento de Galdar Concejalia de Servicio Sociale, Spain, Award “Principe de Asturias for
International Cooperation 1998” Spain, Regis University Honorary Doctorate of Public Service, USA,
TIME Magazine People Who Mattered 2008)
This Conference aims to promote discussion on a wide range of contemporary issues involving children and the law in the Asia Pacific region and beyond. It follows on from the two earlier successful events held in 2003 and 2005. It brings together not just experienced family practitioners and academics specialising in the area of child law, but also policy-makers who are in a position to shape policies pertaining to children and other professionals who work with children. Apart from examining current issues of concern, the Conference also seeks to encourage new ideas and promote exchange and sharing of information among practitioners of different jurisdictions, in particular Australia, India, Japan, Malaysia, the United Kingdom and Singapore.
Doing our bit for the Planet.
In keeping with the clean and green reputation of Singapore, we are pleased to announce that the Children and the Law Conference 2009 in Singapore will be an eco-friendly green Conference. We have done away with cumbersome conference satchels and voluminous folders of conference papers. All registered delegates will instead be given online access to Conference papers and materials one week ahead of the Conference up to one month after the Conference on our Conference website. As a record of the Conference, delegates will also receive a CD-Rom of conference papers in a specially designed foldable reusable green conference tote (which also doubles up as your shopping bag and means more luggage space for your souvenirs!).
Accreditation: This conference is accredited with the Law Society of Hong Kong with their kind support. Hong Kong legal practitioners will acquire 13 CPD points for attendance of the conference in Singapore.
Programme Overview:
21 May 2009 (5.00pm-7.00pm)
- Welcome Address: President, Law Society of Singapore
- Official Opening of Conference: President, LAWASIA
- Keynote Address: The Honourable Chief Justice Chan Sek Keong
- Cocktails and Networking Session
22-23 May 2009 (9.00am-5.00pm)
- Implementation of the Hague Convention: Practical Issues and Lessons Learnt
- Child Abduction: The Child Perspective and Problems of non-Conventional Countries
- The Child’s Voice : Representation for Children and Specialists Courts
- Custody, Care and Control and Access: Theory vs. Practice, Parents vs. Non-parents
- The Abused Child: Battling Child Labour and Child Prostitution
- Relocating the Child: Parental Movement and International Adoptions
- More than the Order : Effective Enforcement and Related Issues
- The Child Expert : Dispelling the Mystery
- Being Special: Providing for Children with Special Needs
- The Family Lawyer Forum: Cross-border Perspectives
For conference updates, expressions of interest and queries on advertising opportunities, please contact us at cpd@lawsoc.org.sg or at 6530 0230/239.