Workshops, Trainings and Consultations

The European Parliament and Defence for Children International organised an expert online session with Professor Nowak and representatives from the European Commission, European Parliament, Members States and Civil Society Organisations. More than 80 participants joined the discussion, moderated by Saskia Bricmont, member of the European Parliament. This session provided the space to discuss how recommendations […]

The EU Council Working Parties on Development invited Manfred Nowak to present the Global Study main findings and recommendations. An informal exchange of views followed to his presentation. Also COHOM Delegates were invited to join this discussion. Agenda: https://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document/CM-1611-2020-INIT/en/pdf    

This workshop hosted by the University of Nottingham and led by Professor Aoife Nolan and Professor Manfred Nowak examined child rights-specific strategic litigation related work as a tool for legal and social change. Karabo Ozah, Director of the Centre for Child Law in Pretoria, Claire Tixiere, from the European Centre for Constitutional and Human Rights,

On the 19th February 2020 Manfred Nowak was invited to the Sub-regional launch in Asia to present the Global Study. The focus of this event was to discuss how to effectively implement the recommendations of the UN Global Study on Children Deprived of Liberty from a regional perspective in East Asian countries. This session also

Manfred Nowak and other child rights experts from UNICEF and the CRC Committee participated in a two-day planned workshop taking place during the 17th and 18th of February 2020. During the first day, panelists shared their expertise on children deprived of liberty in institutions, children detained with their parents, as well as children without parental

On the occasion of the 17th lecture, the University of Strathclyde invited Manfred Nowak to present the main findings and recommendations of the Global Study on Children Deprived of Liberty. Video of the lecture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEeHqZvXBrg  Written speech: https://www.celcis.org/files/3815/8254/5797/2020_Vol_19_No_1_Nowak_M_The_UN_Global_Study_on_Chil dren_Deprived_of_Liberty.pdf    

On 28th December 2020 the regional Office of Defence for Children International in the Middle East and North Africa held an online regional workshop on children deprived of liberty focusing on the recommendations from the Global Study and how to incorporate them in national plans and policies. Furthermore, the participants discussed the current situation of

The Global Campus of Human Rights, the African Master in Human Rights and the University of Pretoria, hosted a sub-regional launch of the Global Study. The focus laid on how to effectively implement the recommendations of the Study from a regional perspective. By bringing together multiple stakeholders such as members of the Southern African Development

On 30th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, the BIM invited to a press conference taking place at the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) in Vienna. Manfred Nowak and Helmut Sax, presented the key findings and main recommendations of the Study with a specific focus on Austria. Young

The event marked the official release of the Global Study. During the press conference, Manfred Nowak gave a first account of the entirety of the Global Study and attended to a wide range of questions by the press and the media. Video of the Press conference on UN Web TV: http://webtv.un.org/watch/global-study-on-children-deprived-of-liberty-press-conference-geneva-18-november-2019/6105423168001/