Family lawyers, academics and
social scientists are invited to submit papers for the World Congress on Family
Law and Children's Rights conference in Singapore, 19-22 July 2020. They should
submit abstracts under the conference theme, ‘2020 vision: through the eyes of
a child’ by 31 July 2019. Areas for submission are listed on the conference
website and include: new approaches to family justice, exploitation of
children, international families, protecting especially vulnerable children,
social media and children, and several more. The conference is held every four
years. More information, including how to submit abstracts, can be found here.
23 April 2019
Global family conference
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