Program

November 22nd
Simultaneous translation French-German-English during plenary sessions

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Time Duration Institutions/themes Speakers
9:00 Opening Introduction of conference themes and goals
20 min ICSP Edward Kruk, Chantal Clot-Grangeat & Oliver Hunziker, Angela Hoffmeyer
10 min Council of Europe Gabriella Battaini-Dragoni
Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe
9:45 Plenary s1 Legal Presumption of Shared Parenting as a Children’s Right
Shared parenting and UN CRC
20 min Upholding the rights of the child to a family: the perspective of the Council of Europe Regina Jensdottir
Head of Children´s Rights Division of the Council of Europe
20 min Child at the center of all decisions: Child well-being and best interest of the child Jean Zermatten
Former President of United Nations Committee for Children’s rights (2007-2013)
20 min Shared-Parenting and UN Convention on the Rights of the Child Edward Kruk
Associate Professor of Social Work
University of British Columbia – Canada
10:45 Break
11:15 Plenary s2 Shared parenting as a fundamental right of legal presumption
20 min Shared Parenting as a legal presumption and its application in the legal practice. A mere trend in the legal evolution of some countries, or a real mechanism to reduce conflicts between parents? José Manuel de Torres Perea
Professor of Civil Law
University of Málaga – Spain
20 min The parental consensus model: a reinforced parental responsibility focused on children’s needs Marie-France Carlier
Judge at Namur Family Court (division of Namur and Dinant) – Belgium
20 min How do we respect children’s voices regarding their residential arrangements after parental separation in judicial hearings? Josiane Bigot
President of the National Convention of Child Protection Associations (CNAPE)
Former judge at the Family Court of the Court of Appeal of Colmar – France
12:15 Social attitudes and knowledge about shared parenting
40 min Round table 1:

Attachment theory, shared-parenting and the involvement of both parents in children’s lives

Blaise Pierrehumbert
PhD, former Privat-Docent in psychology
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University Hospital Lausanne, Switzerland

Michael Lamb

Professor of Psychology
University of Cambridge – United KingdomModerator: Chantal Clot-Grangeat
Ph.D., Psychologist – France 
Vice-president of ICSP
13:00 Lunch

14:30-17:00: Workshops (3 rooms in parallel)

17:00-18:00: Posters session (1 room).

18:30: Lecture at Jardin des Sciences (University of Strasbourg) by Pr. Adeline Gouttenoire.

19:30: Town Hall reception


November 23rd
Simultaneous translation French-German-English during plenary sessions

9:00-11:30: Workshops (3 rooms in parallel)
11:30-12:30: Panel Discussions.


Room 1: French panel: Legislation on Shared Parenting in France  by: Philippe Latombe – Member of the Parliament, Régine Barthélémy – Lawyer, member of the board of the National Council of Bars – and Monia Scattareggia – Manager of Themis, organisation for Children’s Rights in Strasbourg [chair: Michel Grangeat, university Grenoble Alpes and Chantal Clot-Grangeat, Vice-president of CIRA/ICSP].

Room 7: Nordic Panel: Benefits and Challenges in Gender Equality and Shared Parenting. An overview of the shared parenting situation will be presented in the Nordic countries and the new reform being introduced in Denmark on April 1st 2019 with double residence and a new family court. In the panel will be Matts Hertsberg, Chairman of PappaBarn (Sweden) – Heirmir Hilmarsson, Chairman of Freldrajafnretti (Iceland) – Eivind Meland, Representing Mannsforum (Norway) – Jesper Lohse, ICSP Board and Chairman of the Danish Fathers Association (Denmark) and Chair Christine Simon, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health – USA

 

Room 8: Panel Shared Parenting and Family violence. Shazia Choudhry – Department of Law, University of London, Council of Europe expert for the Violence against Women division, Oliver Hunziker, ICSP Vice-President and President of GeCoBi a Swiss federation of associations promoting children’s rights after separation, Edward Kruk, University of British Columbia, ICSP President and Scientific Chair of ICSP Vancouver 2020. [chair: Malin Bergström, University of Stockholm, Sweden).

 

13:00 Plenary 3: Shared parenting, gender equality and work-life balance [Hildegund Sünderhauf and Jesper Lohse]
20 min Increasing family diversity: A parenting challenge or a threat to child well-being? Lessons from the Families and Societies Project Livia Olah
Associate Professor, Dept. of Sociology, Stockholm University – Sweden
20 min Work-life balance: Paternity Leave in OECD countries Christine Simon
Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health – USADerrick Gordon
Associate Professor of Psychiatry (Psychology Section), Yale University School of Medicine – USA
20 min Fathers on leave caring alone for their children: Insights from Spain Gerardo Meil
Professor of Sociology, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid – Spain
20 min Young children’s health and well-being in shared parenting arrangements: The significance of the co-parenting relationship and other family factors Malin Bergström
Associate professor in epidemiology – Karolinska Institute and Chess, Stockholm University – Sweden
20 min Shared parenting and child well-being: Life satisfaction of Spanish adolescents in different family structures Lluis Flaquer
Emeritus Professor of Sociology, University Autònoma de Barcelona – Spain
20 min Extra-judicial parental plans Adeline Gouttenoire
Professor of Law – University of Bordeaux – France
15:00 Break
15:45 Plenary 4: Changing national laws and international regulations [Malin Bergström and Oliver Hunziker]
20 min Mandatory mediation and a legal presumption of shared parenting Hildegund Sünderhauf
Professor for family law and youth welfare law – Lutheran University of Applied Sciences, Nuremberg, Germany
10 min What Happens When There Is Presumptive 50/50 Parenting Time? Main results of Arizona’s New Child Custody Statute Evaluation William Fabricius (video edited by Michel Grangeat)
Associate Professor of Psychology
Arizona State University – USA
20 min Shared parenting within European Court of Human Rights case laws Kristina Pardalos
Judge (2009-2018) at and Vice-President of the first Section (2016-2018) of European Court of Human Rights – San Marino
40 min Round Table 2: Children’s rights and shared parenting in national legislation and legal practice: focusing on the French case Philippe Latombe
Member of the Parliament, FranceRégine Barthélémy
Lawyer, member of the board of the National Council of Bars, FranceMonia Scattareggia
Manager of Themis, organisation for Children’s Rights in StrasbourgModerator: Oliver Hunziker – ICSP Vice-president– Switzerland
20 min Conference Conclusions Edward Kruk, Sofia Marinho, Michel Grangeat
10 m Closing ceremony ICSP executive board delegates and conference staff