Centre for Children’s Rights Seminar Series
School of SSESW, Queen’s University Belfast

In Conversation with Judge Tony Fitzgerald - Children’s Rights-Based Approaches to Judicial Proceedings

Judge Tony Fitzgerald is a New Zealand District Court Judge with a Youth Court designation and a Family Court warrant. In his judgements, Judge Fitzgerald has been incorporating articles of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and the Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities. In conversation with Judge Fitzgerald, will present some of these judgements, demonstrating how the UNCRC and UNCRPD can enhance the judicial process. In his presentation, he will touch on the challenge of engaging lawyers in using the UNCRC and other human rights instruments in their arguments in his Court as well as wider systemic issues.

All welcome! To attend, RSVP Evie Heard: sheard01@qub.ac.uk