Conference Programme
Sunday 11 July 2021
Official Opening of the 8th Family Law & Children’s Rights Conference 2020
| 18.00 – 19.30 | WELCOME RECEPTION (Stamford Foyer, Fairmont Singapore) |
Monday 12 July 2021 - Programme Day 1
| 08.45 – 09.10 | WELCOME & OPENING REMARKS
The Honourable Diana Bryant AO QC, Chair of the World Congress on Family Law and Children’s Rights |
| 09.10 – 09.55 | OPENING ADDRESS The Honourable Sundaresh Menon SC, Chief Justice of Singapore |
| 09.55 – 10.20 | PLENARY 1 Commissioner Reece Kershaw, Chief Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police |
| 10.30 – 11.00 | Morning Break & Refreshments |
| SESSION 1
11.00 – 12.15
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A. | Democracy for our Children |
| B. | Identity & Transparency | |
| C. | A2J & Resourcing | |
| D. | Concept of Family | |
| E. | SESSION AFP1: Online Child Sexual Exploitation prevention efforts through education in schools |
| SESSION 2
12.15 – 13.30
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A. | Child Refugees |
| B. | Surrogacy | |
| C. | Family Violence | |
| D. | Elder Care | |
| E. | SESSION AFP2: The Role of Industry in Online Child Sexual Exploitation Cases as the Challenges Continue to Increase |
| 13.30 – 14.30 | Lunch & Networking |
| SESSION 3
14.30 – 15.45
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A. | UNICROC |
| B. | Gender Determination | |
| C. | CEDAW (18) | |
| D. | Lawyers & Self-Care | |
| E. | SESSION AFP3: The Important Role of Collaboration and Coordination in the Fight Against Online Child Sexual Exploitation |
| 15.45 – 16.15 | Afternoon & Networking |
| SESSION 4
16.15 – 17.30
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A. | Mediation |
| B. | Intercultural Placements | |
| C. | Parental Alienation | |
| D. | Legal Definitition of Parent | |
| E. | SESSION AFP4: The role of the financial sector in Online Child Sexual Exploitation investigations |
Tuesday 13 July 2021 - Programme Day 2
| 08.30 – 09.15 | PLENARY 2 Mr Albert Franz Identity Theft: How I discovered My Secret Identity Mr Albert Frantz Concert Pianist, Fulbright scholar, TEDx speaker, Head of Mission Austria His personal story of finding out that he was donor conceived as an adult covered his successful search for his biological father. |
| SESSION 1
09.15 – 10.30
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A. | Indigenous families and mediation |
| B. | Inspiring Solutions to tragic cases | |
| C. | ‘ Best interests in varying contexts’ | |
| D. | Where the Child’s voice is seldom heard | |
| E. | Missing Children – International Centre For Missing & Exploited Children |
| 10.30 – 11.00 | Morning Refreshment & Networking |
| SESSION 2
11.00 – 12.15
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A. | Hague Convention |
| B. | Voice of the Child | |
| C. | Children & Medical Treatment | |
| D. | Cambodian Juvenile Justice | |
| E. | SESSION AFP5: The Family Left Behind |
| SESSION 3
12.15 – 13.30
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A. | Displaced Children |
| B. | Voice of the Child cont. | |
| C. | Children & Young People in Conflict With The Law | |
| D. | Trafficking | |
| E. | SESSION AFP6: Human Trafficking: the challenges and approaches to combat them |
| 13.30 – 14.30 | Lunch & Networking |
| SESSION 4
14.30 – 15.45
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A. | Parenting Coordination |
| B. | Children & Concept of Home | |
| C. | ‘Sharenting’ | |
| D. | Better Outcomes For Children After Divorce in Asia | |
| E. | Living in a Gendered World |
| 15.45 – 16.15 | Afternoon Refreshment & Networking |
| SESSION 5
16.15 – 17.30
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A. | Transnational Marriage & Jurisdictional Issues |
| B. | Siblings | |
| C. | Children & the Shadowy Side of Social Media | |
| D. | Risk Assessment | |
| E. | Protecting Vulnerable Children |
Wednesday 14 July 2021 - Programme Day 3
| 09.00 – 10.30 | PLENARY 3
Muki Gorar, Munizae Jahangir, Sohaila Abdulali |
| 10.30 – 11.00 | Morning Refreshments & Networking |
| SESSION 1
11.00 – 12.15
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A. | Hague 1980 |
| B. | Children With Disability | |
| C. | Online Sexual Exploitation | |
| D. | Right to Know | |
| E. | From Panic to Optimism – Division of Property |
| SESSION 2
12.15 – 13.30
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A. | Collaborative Law |
| B. | Children & Mental Health | |
| C. | Systemic Abuse, Talak & Child Marriage | |
| D. | Systemic Failure | |
| E. | Child Support |
| 13.30 – 14.30 | Lunch & Networking |
| SESSION 3
14.30 – 15.45
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A. | Other Forms of ADR |
| B. | Children, Law & Culture | |
| C. | A2J – Innovative Legal | |
| D. | Dealing with the Traumatised | |
| E. | Financial Support: Tips & Tools |
| 15.45 – 16.15 | Afternoon Refreshment & Networking |
| 16.15 – 17.15 | Plenary 4
Youth Forum |
| 17.15 – 17.30 | CLOSING CEREMONY |
| 19.30 | Hawker Dinner |