Monday 21 November, 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm Cercle Cité, 2 rue Genistre, Luxembourg Tuesday
International Conference Children in Armed Conflict: How can they be protected in a Multilateral International Framework? Co-organised with the Universities Network for Children in Armed Conflict (UNETCHAC), under the patronage of the Italian Embassy in Luxembourg.
The two-day conference will focus on the importance of finding ever more integrated solutions for strengthening the protection of children affected by armed conflict in many countries in different geographical areas and exposed to situations of extreme threat that strongly jeopardize the full enjoyment of their essential rights, their development and life opportunities as well as their psychophysical integrity.
The institutional opening session on 21 November will include speeches by a number of distinguished national and international figures. We are honoured to have the participation of HRH the Grand Duchess, Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn, and Ms. Virginia Gamba, UN Special Representative for Children in Armed Conflict. A drinks reception will follow. Pre registration will be required (details to be communicated).
The conference on 22 November will encompass a series of panels including both international experts and student rapporteurs from within the network who have been engaged in research projects. The panels will broadly treat the themes of Education, Migration, the Gender Perspective, and Accountability. A special roundtable will also be devoted to the Report of the OSCE Moscow Mechanism mission, published last July, on the violations of International Humanitarian Law, Human Rights Law and International Criminal Law perpetrated in Ukraine.
We are further very pleased to invite you to a photographic exhibition by Mohamed Keita, entitled ‘Women and Girls in Sub-Saharan Africa: Transforming Education for a Sustainable Future’, which may be visited on the third floor of the Maison du Savoir during the week of the conference