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Table of contents
Welcome and opening remarks
- Ms Sarah Cohen, Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Canada in Washington, DC
- Ms Rachael Kelsey, President of the IAFL
- Dr Christophe Bernasconi, Secretary General of the HCCH
- Mr Philippe Lortie, First Secretary at the HCCH
Session 1 –Setting the scene: The harmful effects of international child abduction and international family relocation as a potential tool to help prevent it
- The Washington Declaration on International Family Relocation – 15 years Later
- Diana Bryant, former Chief Justice of the Family Court of Australia and Member of the IHNJ, Chair of the Board of the 9th World Congress on Family Law & Children’s Rights and Chair of the Drafting Committee for the March 2010 Washington Declaration on International Family Relocation
- The impact of child abduction and relocation on children
- Dr. Ruth Zitner, Psy.D.
- The impact of depriving children of parental contact
- Dr. Jorge Guerra, Member of the International Association for the Maintenance of the Best Interest of the Child (IAMBIC), International Council on Shared Parenting (ICSP)
- Overview of international family relocation
- Professor Robert George KC, University College London, King’s Counsel at Harcourt Chambers
Session 2 - International family relocation - State of play
- HCCH Conventions
- Philippe Lortie, First Secretary at the HCCH
- HCCH Tools
- Laura Martinez-Mora, First Secretary at the HCCH
- A GlobalARRK study of how applicant parents experience relocation proceedings to return to the country they consider home
- Dr. Nishat Hyder-Rahman, Postdoctoral Fellow, MSCA Impact Fellowship Programme, Vakgroep privaat- en economisch recht (PREC)
- Relocation under Canada’s Divorce Act
- Geneviève Laurence, Counsel, Family Law and Youth Justice Policy Section of the Department of Justice Canada
Session 3 - States with specific relocation procedures
- Canada
- Justice Gwen B. Hatch, Associate Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench of Manitoba (Family Division), Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Member of the IHNJ
- Chile
- Javiera Verdugo Toro, Lawyer, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- South Africa
- Ronaldah Lerato Karabo Ozah, Director of Centre for Child Law, University of Pretoria
- United Arab Emirates
- Awatif Al Khouri, IAFL Fellow, and Dr. Hassan Elhais, Co-Chair of the IAFL Relocation Committee, IAFL Fellow
Session 4 - States that follow case law or guidelines in relocation cases
- Australia
- Diana Bryant, former Chief Justice of the Family Court of Australia and Member of the IHNJ, Chair of the Board of the 9th World Congress on Family Law & Children’s Rights and Chair of the Drafting Committee for the March 2010 Washington Declaration on International Family Relocation
- India
- Anil Malhotra, Secretary of the IAFL Relocation Committee, IAFL Fellow
- Ankit Malhotra , Advocate, LL.M.(London), Felix Scholar
- United Kingdom (England & Wales)
- Lord Justice Stephen Cobb, Court of Appeal Judge, Royal Courts of Justice, London
- United States of America
- Hiram Puig-Lugo, Associate Judge, Superior Court of the District of Columbia, Washington D.C., Member of the IHNJ
Session 5 - States that follow case law or guidelines in relocation cases
- Argentina
- Judge Marcela Sandra Trillini, Judge in charge of the Family Court No 9, San Carlos de Bariloche, Río Negro, Member of the IHNJ
- France
- Anthony Manwaring, Magistrat de liaison, Embassy of France in Washington DC
- Hungary
- Soma Kölcsényi, IAFL Fellow
- Spain
- Lola Lopez-Muelas, President of AEAFA, IAFL Fellow
Session 6 - States that utilise best interests assessments as guidelines in relocation cases
- Brazil
- Judge Guilherme Calmon Nogueira Da Gama, Vice-President, Regional Federal Court of the Second Region, Rio de Janeiro, Member of the IHNJ
- Germany
- Judge Martina Erb-Klünemann, Judge of the Family Court, District Court of Hamm, Member of the IHNJ
- Mexico
- Judge Oscar Gregorio Cervera Rivero, Family Magistrate, Superior Court of Justice of Mexico City, Member of the IHNJ
- Netherlands
- Judge Annette C. Olland, Family Law and International Child Protection Division, District Court of The Hague, Member of the IHNJ
Session 7 - Research & Policy work on international family relocation
- International Social Service (ISS)
- Marc Bauer, Deputy Director, ISS Germany
- Asociación Internacional de Juristas de Derecho de Familia (AIJUDEFA)
- Patricia Kuyumdjian de Williams, President of AIJUDEFA, IAFL Fellow
- International Academy of Family Lawyers (IAFL)
- Anna Worwood, Co-Chair of the IAFL Relocation Committee, IAFL Fellow
- Global Research on Relocation
- Professor Marilyn Freeman, Co-Director, International Centre for Family Law, Policy and Practice; Principal Research Fellow, University of Westminster; Chair, International Association of Child Law Researchers (IACLaR); 4PB Door Tenant; IAFL Associate Fellow
- Professor Nicola Taylor, Faculty of Law, University of Otago, New Zealand; Secretary, International Association of Child Law Researchers (IACLaR); IAFL Associate Fellow
Session 8 - The use of alternative dispute resolution and other services in cases of international family relocation
- Reunite
- Alison Shalaby, CEO reunite
- Overview of a mediation training initiative for Central Authorities under the 1980 Child Abduction and 1996 Child Protection Conventions
- Marzia Ghigliazza, International family lawyer, cross-border family mediator, IAFL Fellow
- GlobalARRK
- Roz Osborne, CEO GlobalARRK
- Mediation experience
- Alexander Jones, Lawyer / Mediator
Concluding remarks
- Philippe Lortie, First Secretary at the HCCH
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