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… PROGRAMME Children and young adults in contact with the law: Systemic vulnerabilities and institutional responses 16 April 2020 09.45-10.00 Opening 10.00-10.30 Keynote speech by Professor Ann Skelton, University of Pretoria and visiting professor Leiden University, member of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child 10.30-10.40 Q&A audience 10.40-10.50 Coffee / Tea break 10.50-12.40 Panel 1: Institutional responses to ‘hidden’ and ‘emerging’ vulnerabilities in the criminal justice system * Presenters: · Dr. Anna Pivaty, Radboud … Commission that drafted the Child Justice Act and the Children’s Act. Ann was the Director of the Centre for Child Law for ten years, and initiated its strategic impact litigation work. She is currently a Law Professor at the University of Pretoria, where she also holds the UNESCO Chair: Education Law in Africa. She is an internationally recognised researcher and has published widely on children’s rights, education law and restorative justice. In addition to teaching Child Law and Education Law at …