The Oxford Children’s Rights Network is pleased to share with you our events for this coming term, which include a seminar series and film screening. Please have a look at our attached term card, also reprinted below in text form.
If you have any questions, concerns or would like further information, please do not hesitate to email us at [log in to unmask] or visit us online at oxfordchildrenssrights.org
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Lunchtime Speaker Series: Safeguarding and Enforcing Children’s Rights
(Mondays & Thursdays, in the Manor Road Building)
Please join us for lunch-time discussions with prominent scholars and experts in the field.
Week 5
Jonathan Herring (Professor of Law, University of Oxford)
Children’s rights and the vulnerability of childhood
18 February, 12:30-2:00PM, Manor Road Building, Seminar Room B
Week 6
Jason Pobjoy (Barrister, Blackstone Chambers)
Protecting Children under Refugee Law
22 February, 12:00-1:30PM, Manor Road Building, Seminar Room E
(in association with the Refugee and Migration Law Discussion Group)
Week 7
Laura Lundy (Professor of Education Law and Children’s Rights, Queen's University Belfast)
Interrogating Children’s Right to Participate in Public Decision-Making
29 February, 12-1:30PM, Manor Road Building, Seminar Room E
Kirsten Sandberg (Professor of Law, University of Oslo)
Enforcing Children’s Rights: ‘The Committee on the Rights of the Child’
3 March, 12:30-2:00PM, Manor Road Building, Seminar Room B
A sandwich lunch will be provided. RSVP is kindly requested, for catering purposes; please visit http://bit.ly/ocrnlunch to indicate your attendance and preferences. To guarantee lunch, please ensure you fill in this form no later than 12PM the day before (for Thursday seminars) or 12PM the Friday before (for Monday seminars).
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Film Screening Series
Please join us for documentaries on children’s rights, followed by short discussions with tea and biscuits provided.
£2 Fee | FREE with valid Oxford ID
Theme 1: Juvenile Detention (Weeks 1, 2)
"Prison Kids"
23 January, 13:00-15:00, Nissan Lecture Theare, St. Antonys College
"Growing Up Behind Bars" and “Ten"
31 January, 13:00-15:00, Nissan Lecture Theatre, St. Antonys College
Theme 2: Instilling Ideologies (Weeks 5, 7)
"ISIS in Afghanistan"
16 February, 19:00-20:30, JCR Theatre, St. Catherine's College
"Jesus Camp"
1 March, 19:00-20:30, JCR Theatre, St. Catherine's College
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