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23 April 2019
Categories: Legal News , Family , Child law , Profession
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Global family conference

Family lawyers, academics and social scientists are invited to submit papers for the World Congress on Family Law and Children's Rights conference in Singapore, 19-22 July 2020. They should submit abstracts under the conference theme, ‘2020 vision: through the eyes of a child’ by 31 July 2019. Areas for submission are listed on the conference website and include: new approaches to family justice, exploitation of children, international families, protecting especially vulnerable children, social media and children, and several more. The conference is held every four years. More information, including how to submit abstracts, can be found here.

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