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International Association of Women Judges
9TH BIENNIAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

March 25-28, 2008

Justice for All:
Access, Discrimination, Violence and Corruption

Final Conference Program | Programa General Final (Espanol)

Panelist Biographies

Welcome, Opening Ceremony Hon. Graciela Dixon, President of the IAWJ and Former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Panama
Hon.Nelly Cedeno de Paredes, Panama, President of AMAJUP, Bienvenida

Keynote Speaker

Dra. Aura Emerita Guerra de Villálaz, Supreme Court of Panama, First President of AMAJUP, Desigualdad, Inequidad y Corrupción, Su persistencia en el Siglo XXI

Panel A: The Hague Family Conventions: Providing Access Internationally for the Protection of Children

Hon. Jan Doogue, New Zealand, Chair of Drafting Committee for the International Family Maintenance Convention, The Hague Conference on Private International Law, moderator

Hon. Henrietta Wolayo, Uganda, Deputy Registrar High Court, Challenges in International Legal Protection of Children: A Perspective from Uganda

Ignacio Goicoechea, Legal Liaison Officer for Latin America, The Hague Permanent Secretariat, Building an International Child Protection System

Jenny Degeling, The Hague Permanent Secretariat, The Hague Conference on Private International Law

Panel B: The HIV Pandemic and the Courts: Recognizing the Challenges and Impact of HIV/AIDS on Women's Property rights, Inheritance, and All Forms of Violence

Anne Goldstein, IAWJ Human Rights Education Director, moderator

Hon. Stella Arach-Amoka, Uganda, New Steps for JEP in a time of HIV/AIDS

Representatives of JEP from Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda

Panel C: Access to Justice for Women Members of Indigenous, Rural and Religious Communities

Hon. Jane Mathews, Australia, moderator

Hon. Patricia Hennessy, Canada, The Canadian Process for Resolving Claims for Physical and Sexual Abuse of Aboriginal People in Residential Schools

Hon. Fatma Senol, North Cyprus, Turkish Cypriot Women; Women Who Refuse To Live Their Lives As Shadows PowerPoint

Hon. Gita Mittal, High Court, Delhi, India, Indigenous and Rural Communities: An Indian Scenario

Panel D: Economic Discrimination and Remedies in the Courts

Hon. Leslie Alden, USA, moderator

Hon. Graziana Campanato, Italy, Italian Law and Issues of Married Women and their Sons

Hon. Christina Camina, Argentina, Employment, Discrimination and Gender Inequality

Hon. You-sook Min, South Korea, Military Service and Sex Discrimination

Hon. Sheila Greckol, Canada, Law as it Affects Women's Economic Interests in Canada

Panel E: Links between Discrimination and Violence against Women: New Trends in Jurisprudence

Hon. Elena Highton de Nolasco, Argentina, moderator

Hon. Shelma Lombardi de Kato, Brazil, Introducing the New Domestic Violence Act in Brazil

Hon. Joyce Aluoch, Kenya, Kenya's new Sexual Offensives Legislation and the Role of Judges PowerPoint

Hon. Marianne de Rooij, Netherlands, Recent Legal Measures to Combat Violence Against Women in Europe PowerPoint

Rosa Celorio, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights ("IACHR") of the Organization of American States, Discrimination and Violence against Women in the Inter-American System of Human Rights: Legal Developments

Panel F: Access to Justice: Judges and the Public

Hon. M.Lucy Mailula, South Africa, moderator

Hon. Brenda Murray, USA, "Access to Justice: What Some Judge Are Doing and What All Judges Should Be Doing for Female Offenders"

Hon. Claire Houngan Ayemonna, Benin, Outreach in Benin: A Twinning Project between Canada and Benin

Hon. Shiranee Tilakawadane, Sri Lanka, Should Judges Be Catalysts for Change: The Example of Sri Lanka?

Hon. Selma Herrera Kivers, Panama, The Impact of the Jurisprudence of Equality Program on Women in Panama PowerPoint

Panel G: Trafficking: Addressing the International Fight Against Exploitation

Hon. Daniela Tomova, Bulgaria, moderator

Hon. Susana Medina, Argentina, Trafficking: Addressing the International Fight Against Exploitation: The Shadow of the world

Hon. Barbara Mobley, USA, The Face of Trafficking…are we looking? PowerPoint

Hon. Patricia Goliath, South Africa, Human Trafficking: Africa Regional Perspective PowerPoint

Panel H: Mediation in and through the Courts

Judge Aidelena Pereira Véliz, Panama, Moderator

Hon. Gladys Alvarez, Argentina, Mediation as a Policy of Supreme Courts in Latin America Spanish PowerPoint

Hon. Eusebia Munuo, Tanzania, The Customary Law Aspects of Mediation In Tanzania.

Hon. Carolyn Parr, USA, Mediation in the U.S.: Multiple Doors to Justice

Panel I: Fighting Corruption in the Courts: Stories from the Trenches

Lady Brenda Hale, UK, moderator

Hon. Mary Ang'awa, Kenya

Hon. Esmerelda Arosemena de Trotino, Panama, Luchando Contra La Corrupcion en las Cortes PowerPoint

Anne T. Goldstein, IAWJ

Other 2008 Publications by IAWJ members, associations, and sponsors

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International Association of Women Judges 9TH BIENNIAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE March 25-28, 2008 Justice for All: Access, Discrimination, Violence and Corruption