Opening Ceremony
Prof. Dr. Bruno Staffelbach, President of the University of Lucerne
Prof. Dr. Margit Wasmaier-Sailer, Dean of the Department of Theology, University of Lucerne
Prof. Dr. Robert A. Di Vito, Chair of the Department of Theology, Loyola University Chicago

Moderation:
Prof. Dr. Peter G. Kirchschlaeger, Director of the Institute of Social Ethics ISE, University of Lucerne
Prof. Dr. Zalman Rothschild, Center for Comparative Constitutional Law and Religion, University of Lucerne

Parallel Sessions:
Presentation and discussion

Session I: Climate and Rights of the Child
Dr. Gonca Kuru, Maltepe University, Faculty of Law

Session II: Sports-Ethics and Rights of the Child
Dr. Ana Laura Edelhoff, Institute of Social Ethics ISE, University of Lucerne

Session III: The Child’s Right to an Open Future
Dr. Sule Sahin Ceylan, Department of Public Law, Marmara University, Turkey
 

• Dr. Doris Reisinger, University of Frankfurt**
• Prof. Dr. Astrid Kaptijn, University of Fribourg
• Dr. Nora Scheidegger, Max Planck Institute

Moderation: Prof. Dr. Adrian Loretan, Director of the Center for Comparative Constitutional Law and Religion, University of Lucerne

* The public discussion will be held in German. / Die öffentliche Diskussion wird auf Deutsch geführt.

** Due to the announced strike of the Deutsche Bahn, Dr. Doris Reisinger had to cancel her participation last minute.

Discussion (Diskussion)

Prof. Dr. Katherine Kaufka Walts, Director of the Center for the Human Rights of Children, Loyola University Chicago

Keynote: Children and Moral Agency
Prof. Dr. Cristina Traina, Avery Cardinal Dulles, S.J., Chair in Catholic Theology, Fordham University

Keynote: How Do We Decide What is in the “Best Interest” of the Child?
Prof. Dr. Emily Buss, University of Chicago Law School

Parallel Sessions:
Presentation and discussion

Session I: Identities and Education
Elizaveta Ebner, Institute of Social Ethics ISE, University of Lucerne
Stefanie Uhl, Institute of Social Ethics ISE, University of Lucerne

Session II: Digital Transformation and Rights of the Child
Prof. Dr. Sara Rubinelli, Professor of Health Sciences with a focus in Health Communication, University of Lucerne

Session III: Family Law, Children’s Rights, and Religion
Prof. Dr. Mary Anne Case, University of Chicago Law School

Session IV: Participation
Maria del Rocio Franch, University of Zurich, Media, Law and Children Rights

Session V: Against Parental Rights: Reconstructing the Constitutional Balance of Powers in Secondary Education
Roman Zinigrad, The American University of Paris

Break

Panel Discussion: The Duty-Bearers of the Rights of the Child

• Dr. Guelcan Akkaya, University of Applied Sciences Lucerne – Social Work
• Prof. Dr. Elena Namli, Uppsala University
• Nicole Hinder, Director Child Rights Advocacy, UNICEF Switzerland and Liechtenstein

Moderation: Prof. Dr. Hille Haker, Richard McCormick S.J. Endowed Chair of Catholic Moral Theology at Loyola University Chicago*