Celebrating the IRLRC: Looking back & looking forward
Conceived in 2007 and launched in 2009, the Interdisciplinary Research Laboratory on the Rights of the Child (IRLRC) represents over 15 years of work and collaboration between university researchers and other partners representing a wide range of disciplines and research areas around children's rights. As the IRLRC enters a new chapter as a network of researchers, it is time to take stock of the lab's work and discuss opportunities for the future.
Mona Paré, Professor at the Faculty of Law (Civil Law Section) and Director of the IRLRC, will present the evolution of this laboratory over the years, as well as highlights of initiatives undertaken by the IRLRC and its members.
This presentation will be followed by a more forward-looking part with a lecture by Professor Karl Hanson of the University of Geneva and Director of the Centre for Children's Rights Studies, who will discuss the importance of a critical approach in this interdisciplinary field of research and present emerging themes in the area of children's rights.
- 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. | Bimodal presentations on Zoom followed by a discussion
- 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. | Cocktail lunch for those attending in person (Fauteux Hall | FTX202)
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Advancing Children’s Rights Studies
with Professor Karl Hanson
Children’s rights studies occupy a distinctive space both within academia and in relation to the social and legal agendas concerned with the advancement of children’s rights. Starting with an exploration of why a critical perspective on children’s rights is important, this presentation will examine theorizations and methodological approaches in this interdisciplinary field. It will also reflect on emerging research themes, adopting a broad geographical lens and engaging with a diversity of themes and perspectives.
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Karl Hanson is Director of the Centre for Children's Rights Studies and Full Professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Geneva, Switzerland. He teaches in the Master interdisciplinaire en droits de l’enfant and in the Master of Advanced Studies in Children's Rights. Additionally, he lectures on children's rights at the Faculties of Law of both the University of Geneva and the University of Zurich. His research and publications focus on interdisciplinary children’s rights theories, working children and child labour norms and policies, child protection and juvenile justice. Karl Hanson is a Vice-chair of the University of Geneva’s Ethics Research Committee. He is Chair of the Children’s Rights European Academic Network (CREAN) and a co-editor of the journal Childhood.