The Interdependence and Indivisibility of the UNCRC: Implementing and Understanding the Right to Play and the Convention
The child’s right to play has historically been overlooked in favour of other children’s rights. Yet, children’s rights are interrelated and interdependent. This symposium looks to investigate the relationship between the right to play and the Convention on the Rights of the Child as a whole. It will explore how implementation of the right to play assists in the implementation of other convention rights, and vice versa. This symposium is the first of its kind, applying the right to play to the broader children’s rights framework and reflecting on the impact this may have for advocacy, implementation and realisation of the right to play. The symposium includes contributions from academics, non-governmental organisations, advocates, and policy experts from across the globe, including the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child. Contributions will provide recommendations for policy and practice, as well as critical academic debate. The event will foster relationships for future collaboration and impact.
Date:
14 June 2023, 13:00 (Wednesday, 8th week, Trinity 2023)
Venue:
Bonavero Institute of Human Rights, Mansfield Road OX1 3TF
Venue Details:
Sir Joseph Hotung Auditorium
Speakers:
Dr Naomi Lott (University of Oxford),
Jonathon Sargeant (Australia Catholic University),
Michael Follet (OPAL),
Neil Coleman (OPAL),
Futhi Mbongwe (Play Africa),
Dr Sonali Nag (University of Oxford),
Hannah Simmons (University of Oxford),
Tim Gill (Independent Scholar),
Six Silberman (University of Oxford),
Ton Liefaard (University of Leiden),
Simone van der Hof (University of Leiden),
Faith Gordon (Australian National University),
John Potter (UCL),
Dr Imogen Goold (University of Oxford),
Adrian Voce OBE (Starlight Children's Foundation),
Sandy Cabrita Gulyurtlu (Starlight Children's Foundation),
Kelsey Graber (University of Cambridge),
Seamus Byrne (Leeds Beckett),
Lara Ibrahim (University of Oxford),
Fiona MacDonald (Open University),
Tristan Cummings (University of Cambridge),
Daniel Ogunniyi (University of Hull),
Aoife Daly (University College Cork),
Ed Kirton-Darling (University of Bristol),
Imogen Clark (Make Space for Girls),
Susannah Walker (Make Space for Girls),
Alice Ferguson (Playing Out),
Jonathan Herring (University of Oxford),
Antonia Layard (University of Oxford),
Philip Jaffe (UN Committee on the Rights of the Child),
Helen Stalford (University of Liverpool),
Shreya Atrey (Associate Professor of International Human Rights Law, Faculty of Law, University of Oxford),
Claire Raissian (NUI Galway),
Sally Atkinson-Sheppard (University of Westminster),
Govind Subedi (Tribhuvan University and Child Workers in Nepal),
Vinaya Kumar Jha (Tribhuvan University),
Louise Forde (Brunel University London)
Organising department:
Faculty of Law
Organiser:
Dr Naomi Lott (University of Oxford)
Organiser contact email address:
naomi.lott@law.ox.ac.uk
Host:
Dr Naomi Lott (University of Oxford)
Booking required?:
Not required
Booking url:
https://www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/event/interdependence-and-indivisibility-uncrc-implementing-and-understanding-right-play
Cost:
0
Audience:
Public
Editor:
Naomi Lott
