22 Mar 2019
Time for Change: Improving our justice system for child victims of sexual offences
Details
Date |
22 Mar 2019 |
Time |
09:00 - 17:00 |
Location |
Hilton Hotel Belfast |
Description
Koulla Yiasouma, Northern Ireland Commissioner for
Children and Young People, invites you to the above event.
Friday 22 March 2019 from 9.30am to 1pm, including registration
and lunch
Hilton Hotel, Belfast
The
majority of reported sexual offences in Northern Ireland are committed against
children and young people. This event will provide an opportunity to hear
The Right Honourable Sir John Gillen discuss the findings of his independent
Review into the law and procedures in serious sexual offences in relation to
child victims.
Mr
Bragi Guðbrandsson who pioneered the Barnahus child centred multi-agency model
which was developed in Iceland and is promoted by the Council of Europe will
also be speaking. Mr Guðbrandsson will begin his term as a member of the
United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child on 1 March 2019.
Places
are limited so please confirm your attendance via Eventbrite
by Friday 15 March 2019.
Interested in attending this event?