European Responses to Violence Against Children Wednesday 28 May 2014 The Chapel, Foresight Centre, University of Liverpool FINAL PROGRAMME 10.15-10.45: Registration and Coffee 10.45-11.00: Welcome, Introductions and Setting the Scene (Helen Stalford and Ingi Iusmen) 11.00-11.30: SETTING THE SCENE - AN OVERVIEW OF EUROPEAN-LEVEL ACTIVITY RELATING TO VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN (Chair: Helen Stalford)  Rebecca O’Donnell: ‘The role and the impact of the EU in advancing children’s protection rights’  A snapshot of Council of Europe Campaigns relating to Violence Against Children 11.30-1.00: PROTECTING CHILDREN ACROSS BORDERS: EUROPEAN RESPONSES (Chair: Rebecca O’Donnell)  Bharti Patel: 'Addressing child trafficking and transnational child exploitation'  Andy Elvin: 'Co-ordinating Child Protection Across Borders' 1.00-2.00: 2-3.30: LUNCH CHILDREN’S EXPERIENCES OF VIOLENCE IN INSTITUTIONAL SETTINGS – EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVES (Chair: Cath Larkins)  Investing in Children Young Persons Reference Group – ‘Young People’s Experiences of Violence in Juvenile Justice Settings’  Kevin Browne, 'The Risk of Harm to Young Children in Institutional Care - A Study of 33 European Countries'  Kartica van der Zon – ‘Autonomy rights for Children in Foster Care who are subjected to violence – A Dutch Perspective’ 3.30-3.45: BREAK 3.45-5.15: CHILDREN, VIOLENCE AND THE ONLINE ENVIRONMENT – EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVES (Chair: Kevin Browne)  Young People's Advisory Group, Safeguarding Teenage Intimate Relationships (STIRitUP) Project - 'The incidence, impact and dynamics of online/offline experiences of partner violence and control within young people’s lives'  David Santos – ‘Violent Media and Adolescents’ Lifestyles’  Veronica Donoso – ‘Protecting children against mobile internet and online violence – some findings of comparative EU projects’ 5.15-5.45: OPEN PANEL DISCUSSION: HOW DOES ACTION AT EUROPEAN LEVEL REALLY ADDRESS VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN? (Chair: Ingi Iusmen) Reports on the seminars proceedings will be compiled by David Santos and Kartica van der Zon Summary papers and a list of key resources will be available on the website in advance of the seminar: http://www.liv.ac.uk/law/research/european-childrens-rights-unit/esrc/seminar-two/ Confirmed Speakers:          Ellis Deguzman and Thomas Dixon, Liam Cairns and Felicity Shenton, Investing in Children, UK. Andy Elvin, Chief Executive, Children and Families Across Borders (the UK Branch of International Social Service Network) Professor Kevin Browne, Director of the Centre for Forensic and Family Psychology, University of Nottingham Young People's Advisory Group, Safeguarding Teenage Intimate Relationships (STIRitUP) Project Bharti Patel, Chief Executive ECPAT UK Rebecca O’Donnell, Co-Founder of Brussels-Based Children’s Rights Consultancy, Child Circle. Veronica Donoso – Senior Researcher, KU Leuven – Interdisciplinary Centre for Law and ICT (ICRI) and iMinds David Santos, Research Assistant, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid Kartica van der Zon, Research Fellow, University of Leiden, Netherlands