Moray House Annual Lecture 2020

THE MORAY HOUSE ANNUAL LECTURE 2020 WILL BE HELD ON WEDNESDAY 27TH MAY 2020 IN THE OUTREACH CENTRE, HOLYROOD ROAD. DOORS WILL OPEN AT 17:00, WITH THE LECTURE DUE TO START AT 17:30. A DRINKS RECEPTION WILL FOLLOW.This Annual Lecture is given in collaboration with the Observatory of Children's Human Rights Scotland. The Observatory of Children's Human Rights Scotland is a collaboration of organisations working to drive implementation of children's human rights. www.ed.ac.uk/education/observatory ABSTRACT With the Scottish Government's commitment to incorporating the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, the lecture draws on the global experiences from the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child about realising children's rights in law, policy and practice. The lecture will consider the challenges and opportunities of incorporation and, taking the example of Norway, the lessons and recommendations for implementation. BIOGRAPHY Kirsten Sandberg, Dr.juris, Professor of Law, University of Oslo, was a member of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child from 2011 to 2019, serving as the Committee’s chairperson 2013-2015. Her research focus is on child law and children’s rights, including the right to participation, child protection, education law, asylum-seeking children and environmental issues. She has served as acting Justice in the Supreme Court of Norway, worked in the Legal Department of the Norwegian Ministry of Justice and been a member of various committees and boards in the public sphere, including under the Norwegian Research Council. _Please note that this LECTURE WILL BE FILMED AND MADE AVAILABLE ON https://www.youtube.com/c/MorayHouseSchoolofEducation [https://www.youtube.com/c/MorayHouseSchoolofEducation] _