Conference Program
The program has been constructed with a mixture of
keynote addresses and workshops.
*denotes contributors not finally confirmed at the time
of publication of the Conference program brochure.
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Sunday 3 August 2008
1200 – 1800 Registration
1300 – 1330 Introduction and Welcome
The Hon. Justice Stuart Fowler AM Family Court of Australia
Aboriginal Welcome to their Land - Indigenous Dance Group
1330 – 1415 Opening
Chair: The Hon. Alastair Nicholson AO RFD QC
Speakers
The Hon. Robert McClelland
Attorney-General of Australia
The Hon. Darren Hughes Minister for Statistics, New Zealand
Associate Minister for Social Development and Employment and Deputy Leader of the House in the New Zealand Parliament
The Hon. Desley Boyle
Queensland Minister for Tourism, Regional Development and Industry
Member for Cairns
Councillor Val Schier, Mayor of Cairns
1415 – 1515 Plenary 1: Children
Chair: The Hon. Justice Stanley Jones AO
Supreme Court of Queensland, Cairns
Speakers
The Hon. Ted Mullighan, QC
Former Justice of the Supreme Court of South Australia.
Author of the 2008 Report resulting from the Commission of Inquiry into Children in State Care and the Children on the APY Lands
The Protection of All Our Children
The Hon. Darren Hughes
The NZ initiative in Abolishing the Use of Parental Force in correcting Children
1515 – 1545 AFTERNOON TEA
1545 - 1645 Plenary 2: The End of Child Labour in our Time:
Next steps
Chair: Mr John B Trew
Speaker
Ms Maria Alcestis A. Mangahas Chief Technical Adviser/Programme Manager
Mekong Sub-regional Project to Combat Trafficking in Children and Women International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour International Labour Organization
1645 - 1745 Plenary 3: Children and their Rights
Chair: Ms Sally Nicholes
Speaker
Professor Paul Roth
Faculty of Law University of Otago, New Zealand
The Difficulty of Regulating Child Labour in Developed Countries: A New Zealand Approach.Margaret DouglasCEO, Save the Children Australia
Convenor
A presentation by children of their views
1800 – 2000 WELCOME RECEPTION Hosted by Cairns City Council
Monday 4 August 2008
0830 – 0930 Plenary 4: Trafficking in Children
Chair:
The Hon Justice Stuart Fowler AM
Speakers
His Honour Chief Federal Magistrate John Pascoe
Federal Magistrates’ Court of Australia
Trafficking in Unborn Children
Judge Corinne E. Dettmeijer-Vermeulen
Dutch National Rapporteur on Trafficking in Human Beings
Human trafficking, prostitution, forced labour and the unaccompanied minor. The importance of data collection and the role of a rapporteur
Commentary:
Federal Agent Brad ShalliesSuperintendent, National Coordinator Cyber SafetyHigh Tech Crime Operations, Australian Federal Police
0930 – 1030
Plenary 5: Constructive Corporate Engagement:
Exploitation of Children: Strategies for Intervention in the Cocoa Industry
Moderator: Ms. Trish Hyde, Chief Executive Officer, Confectionery Manufacturers of Australasia (CMA)
Mr. John B. Trew, CARE USA’s Senior Technical Advisor in Child Labor and Education.
Ms. Isabelle Adam, General Secretary for the European Cocoa Association (ECA), based in Brussels.
Ms. Anita Sheth, Save the Children Canada’s Senior Analyst, Advocacy, Policy & Research.
1030-1100 MORNING TEA
1100 – 1230 Plenary 6: Children and Labour: Further aspects
Chair: The Hon. Alastair Nicholson AO RFD QC
Speakers
Ms Sharan Burrow, President Australian Council of Trade Unions and International Trade Union Confederation
How can international trade unions assist in the fight against child labour and child exploitation?
Mr Graeme Innes AM
Human Rights Commissioner and Commissioner Responsible for Disability Discrimination
Monitoring the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child in Australia
Mr Nick D. Mills
Director Regional Proyecto Primero Aprendo
CARE Centroamérica, Oficina de Managua Eradication of Child Labor Through Education: Myth or Reality ?
1230 – 1330 LUNCH
1330 – 1500 Plenary 7: Children and Labour: Non-Government Organisation Perspectives
Chair: His Honour Judge Patrick Mahony DCNZM
Former Principal Family Court Judge, Family Court of New Zealand
Speakers
The Rev. Tim Costello AO
CEO, World Vision, Australia
Children and Chains: The fight to combat labour exploitation of children
Mr Bill Bell
Head of Protection, Save the Children UK
Child labour and children on the move
Mr Ramesh Puri
Country Program Director for Solomon Islands
Children, young people and sexual exploitation in the Solomon Islands
Mr John B Trew
Senior Technical Advisor
Child Labor and Education, CARE USA
Evidence based solutions for combating child labour
1500 – 1530 AFTERNOON TEA
1530 – 1630 Plenary 8: HIV AIDS and Children
Chair: His Honour Judge Patrick Mahony DCNZM
Speaker
Professor Eddie Mhlanga,
Nelson Mandela School of MedicineUniversity of Kwa-Zulu Natal
A South African perspective on the effects of HIV/ AIDS on surviving breadwinner children
1630 – 1800 CONCURRENT WORKSHPS
| Workshop 1 (Meeting Rm 1& 2) |
Workshop 2 (Meeting Rm 3) |
| Chair: Mr Michael Habermann |
Chair: Ms Margaret Harrison |
Assoc Professor David McCallum
Aboriginal Child Removal in Australia – Past and Present
Mr Nepali Sah
Getting Children out of Work and Into School: Protecting Children from Exploitation, an NGO Intervention Model in Nepal
Ms Natalie Van der Waarden
Regulation of Child Employment in Australia
Ms Sheba Saeed
Child Beggars of Lahore Ms Krupa Thakrar A review of the Impact of the Cape Town prin-ciples on Policy on the Ground and On Practice Amongst Child Protection Organisations
Ms Catherine
Chang Stopping the Demand for Trafficking of Children
Ms Sola Park
Adolescent Prostitution in Korea
Mr Grant Taylor
The Role Played by Child Helpline International |
Professor Rajul Joshi
Child Labour in Restaurants and Eateries: a Case Study of Pune City
Mr Bernard Kiura
Non-Formal Education: The Missing Link in the Elimination of Worst Forms of Child Labour in Kenya.
Ms Andrea Perkins
Child Soldier Recruitment from a Global Perspective: Consequences of State Failure and the Obscurity of Human Rights in Complex Political Emergencies )
Dr Susan Turner
Child Employment, Child Work and Child Labour: Why the Words Matter
Ms Sukanya Podder
Children in Armed Conflicts and International Engagement: Translating Rhetoric to Reality
Mr John Van Kooy
Child Labour in Urban Settings: World Vision’s Support for ‘Ragpicker’ Children in Northern India.
Associate Professor Mario Vinkovic
Child Labour from the EU perspective
Dr Sallie Yea
Issues with Exit, Rehabilitation and Reintegration of Female Minors Sex Trafficked in the Philippines |
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| Workshop 3 (Meeting Rm 4) |
Workshop 4 (Meeting Rm 5) |
| Chair: The Hon Alastair Nicholson |
Chair: The Hon. Justice Colleen Moore Family Court of Australia |
The Lasallian Foundation experience with Children in The importance of culture to indigenous children
20 minute Film
Speakers: Speakers: Brother Paul Smith AM
Mr James Sebastine Nanban |
The importance of culture to indigenous children – the need to recognise Torres Strait Island traditional adoption practices.
Speakers:
Mr James Sebastine Nanban
Mr McRose Elu
Mr Paul Ban |
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Tuesday 5 August 2008
0800 – 0900 Plenary 9: Exploitation of children
Chair: The Hon. Justice Colleen Moore
Speakers
Ms Bernadette McMennamin AO,
CEO Child Wise Australia (ECPAT)
The fight against sex tourism and child trafficking
Ms Julie Gale
Founder Kids Free 2BKids
The sexualisation of children
Brother Paul Smith AM
CEO, Lasallian Foundation
Passive and Active Exploitation
0900 – 1000 Plenary 10: The Protection of Children, Part 1
Chair: The Hon. Justice Rodney Burr AM
Speakers
The Hon. Justice Diana Bryant
Chief Justice
Family Court of Australia
A new approach to the litigation of cases involving children – reducing the tension
Her Honour Judge Rosemary Riddell
Family Court of New Zealand
A legislative approach to the protection of children of separating couples from family violence – the New Zealand experience
1000 – 1030 MORNING TEA
1030 – 1130 Plenary 11: The Protection of Children, Part 2
Chair: The Hon. Stuart Fowler AM
Speakers
His Honour Judge Patrick Mahony DCNZM,
Former Principal Family Court Judge
Family Court of New Zealand
Children’s Rights and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCROC)
Dr. John Tobin
Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Melbourne
Judging the judges: Do they adopt the Rights Approach in Matters Concerning Children?
1130-1300 Plenary 12: Indigenous Children
Chair: The Hon. Philip Ruddock
former Minister for AboriginaL Affairs and former Attorney-General of Australia
Speakers
Professor Mick Dodson AM
Director, National Centre for Indigenous Studies College of LawAustralian National University
Mr Brian Butler, Indigenous Leader and Elder
Assoc. Professor Gracelyn Smallwood AM
Advisor to the Vice Chancellor of James Cook University on Indigenous Affairs
Commentary
The Hon. Ted Mullighan QC
1300 – 1400 LUNCH
Tuesday 5 August 2008
1400 – 1500 Plenary 13: Cyber Safety and Children
Chair: Ms Sally Nicholes
Speakers
Ms Julie Inman Grant
Director of Internet Safety and Securit
y
Microsoft Asia Pacific
Dr Judith Slocombe
CEO Alannah and Madeline Foundation,
National Centre Against Bullying
Federal Agent Brad Shallies
Superintendent
National Coordinator Cyber Safety
High Tech Crime Operations
Australian Federal Police
1500-15.30 Plenary 14: Child Employment: An Australian Perspective
Chair: Ms Margaret Harrison
Speaker
Professor Andrew Stewart
John Bray Professor of Law
University of Adelaide
A model framework for regulating the employment of children in Australia, child labour laws in Australia and how they could be improved
1530 – 1600 AFTERNOON TEA
1600 – 1700 CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS
| Workshop 5 (Meeting Rm 1 & 2) |
Workshop 6 (Meeting Rm 3) |
| Chair: His Honour Chief Federal MagistrateJohn Pascoe |
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ILO-IPEC Greater Mekong sub regional project to combat trafficking in children and women: labour migration |
What is best practice in the fight against child sex tourism and trafficking |
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| Workshop 7 (Meeting Rm 4) |
Workshop 8 |
| Chair: Ms Margaret Harrison |
Chair: Assoc. Professor David McCallum |
Ms Jayney Sutcliffe and Ms Amanda Lee-Rossfrom
Cairns Regional Domestic Violence Service
Domestic violence and children’s rights |
Mr Fredrick Guluma
Child Labour, a Threat to Future Skilled Manpower in Uganda.
Ms Varshini Murali, Ms Subhadra Banda and Ms Vidya Narayanswarmy
Rescue: Will That Be All ? A Critique of the Child Labour rehabilitation policy in India
Professor Caroline Nicholson
The Child Labor Dilemma in South Africa
Dr Riffat Sardar
The Protection of Children from Exploitative Forms of Child Labor Through Legal reform.
Ms Prospera Tedam
Child Domestic Labor – An African Perspective |
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1715 – 1745 PLENARY 15
Chair: The Hon Alastair Nicholson AO RFD QC
Ms Suraya Pakzad
Afghan Women’s Leader Founder “Voice for Women Organisation” Herat, Afghanistan
Recipient 2008 Women of Courage Award from the US Secretary of State, Condoleeza Rice, for work with women and children, including setting up covert schools for girls under the Taliban regime.
1745 – 1815 Closing
Speakers
The Hon. Alastair Nicholson AO RFD QC
The Hon. Justice Stuart Fowler AM
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