11th February 2021  / Time : 9.45 – 17.00  CET

 

LA CHILD online Conference “Legal Aid for Children in criminal proceedings: child-friendly legal aid in focus” 

 

On February 11th, we invited academics and practitioners of criminal justice, child rights and legal aids to attend the conference “Legal Aid for Children in Criminal Proceedings: child-friendly legal aid in focus”. The main objective of this conference was to provide an overview of the access to legal aid in the EU and in different national contexts as well as sharing recommendations and best practices regarding this crucial topic.

 

The online conference was organised by the Law Institute of the Lithuanian Centre for Social Sciences together with the LA child project partners from (DCI-Belgium and the Centre for Integrated Legal Services and Practices (CILSP) Albania). We were delighted to gather almost 200 participants from all over the world, including representatives of the European Commission, European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA), the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).

 

Presentations were delivered by several prominent experts, law professionals, practitioners specialising in the field of legal assistance for minors, members of the academic community and representatives of key international organizations and institutions, such as the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child, European Commission, the European Criminal Bar Association, the UNODC, the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Republic of Lithuania and many others.

 

It was thrilling to see that an online international conference covering the issues of quality legal aid for minors attracted not only a group of brilliant speakers but also an interested large audience of participants.

 

Click here to read the Agenda

2nd December 2020 8pm UK time

 

Online – Register here 

 

Covid 19, technology and legal aid ILAG Webinar

8-8.10pm UK   ILAG Chair Alan Paterson welcomes the audience and hands  over to Rebecca Sandefur ( ASU, ABF, Editor Law and Society review ) as Moderator to introduce Roger Smith, the keynote speaker.

8.10-8.25    Roger Smith presents (pre-recorded) paper  which has been  made previously available on the ILAG website.

8.25-8.55    A range of panellists will discuss the paper for 7 minutes each –  Ms Anika Holterhof ( UNODC ), Diogo Esteves ( Brazil, Public Defenders Office ), John Boersig ( CEO, ACT Legal Aid ).

8.55- 9.45   Discussion by panellists and audience members conducted by Moderator.

10.00pm  Wrap up from Alan Paterson. Link to June 2021 ILAG  conference  and lead up to conference.

March 2020

 

Vilnius

 

Kick-off meeting in Vilnius at the Lithunia Institute of Law in presence of the partners.