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Table of contents
Foreword
Fourth Global Meeting of the IHNJ and HCCH Judicial Roundtable
Welcome and opening remarks
- Professor Marilyn Freeman, Co - Director, International Centre for Family Law, Policy and Practice, and Principal Research Fellow, Westminster Law School, University of Westminster, London, England
Session 1 – Relocation
- Introduction by Session Chairperson Professor Rob George KC, Professor of Law and Policy, UCL Laws; Harcourt Chambers, London
- Relocation: An overview by Professor Rhona Schuz, Centre for the Rights of the Child and the Family, Sha’arei Mishpat Law School, Israel
- Relocation, International Child Abduction and Children’s Identities by Professor Marilyn Freeman (University of Westminster, England) and Professor Nicola Taylor (University of Otago, New Zealand)
- Italian Case Law on Relocation: An Overview by Professor Costanza Honorati, Professor of Private International Law, University of Milano -Bicocca, Italy
- Relocation Matters – A Practitioner’s Perspective from England and Wales by James Netto, Partner, International Family Law Group, and Chair of CALA (Child Abduction Lawyers Association)
Session 2 – Prevention
- Introduction by Session Chairperson Professor Nigel Lowe KC (Hon), Emeritus Professor of Law, Cardiff Law School, Wales
- Parenting Coordination as an Effective Dispute Resolution Mechanism to Potentially Prevent Child Abduction Post - Divorce or Separation by Dr. Astrid Martalas, Counselling Psychologist and Parenting Coordinator, Cape Town, South Africa
- OurFamilyWizard: Navigating Co - parenting Communication - A Neutral Space, Centred Around the Child's Needs and Wellbeing by Alicia Farran, Legal Associate, Our Family Wizard
- Better Safe Than Sorry – Preventing International Child Abduction by Pien Wubbeling, Legal Advisor, International Child Abduction Center (Center IKO), The Netherlands
- Bringing Mediation to More Families as a Means to Prevent Parental Child Abduction by Melissa Kucinski, Attorney and Mediator, USA
- The Wellbeing Imperative: Protecting the People who Protect the Rule of Law by Barbara Mills KC, 4PB
Session 3 – After-care
- Introduction by Session Chairperson Philippe Lortie , First Secretary, Permanent Bureau, The Hague Conference on Private International Law, The Hague, The Netherlands
- Supporting parents and children before, during and after abduction by Alison Shalaby, Chief Executive Officer, reunite International Child Abduction Centre, England
- After - care for children, left behind parents and taking parents: Towards a Comprehensive Approach to Support after International Child Abduction cases by Aagje Ieven, Secretary General, Missing Children Europe
- Beyond Return: Lessons from ISS Casework and Counselling by Viola Rentsch, Lawyer, International Social Services, Germany
- “MiPCAS” Online Parent Support Groups: MiKK's new initiative for those affected by parental child abduction and cross - border family disputes by Ischtar Khalaf - Newsome, Co - CEO and Head of Advisory Services, MiKK International Mediation Centre for Family Conflict and Child Abduction, Berlin, Germany
Session 4 – Enforcement
- Introduction by Session Chairperson Henry Setright KC , Barrister, 4PB, London, England
- Enforcement of Hague Orders and Provisional Remedy Orders in the USA by Kelly Powers, Deputy General Counsel and Principal, Family Law & Private Clients and Stephen Cullen, Principal and Head of Family Law & Private Clients, Miles & Stockbridge P.C., USA
- Enforcement of Hague Return Orders and of Provisional Measures under EU Legislation (Brussels IIb) by Professor Thalia Kruger, Professor of Private International Law, University of Antwerp, Belgium
- Enforcement of Hague Orders in Brazil: Legal Framework and Challenges by Janaina Albuquerque, Attorney, Brazil
- Enforcing Family Orders in the UAE - Where Are We Now? by Alexandra Tribe, Managing Partner, Expatriate Law
Closing remarks by the Meeting Chair, Professor Marilyn Freeman
International Child Protection and the Activities of the International Hague Network of Judges in Brazil by Guilherme Calmon Nogueira da Gama and Inês Virgínia Prado Soares