Location:
Room S.R-A.001, University of Antwerp City Campus, Lange Winkelstraat 9, 2000 Antwerp
Programme:
9.30: Welcome and registration
10.00: Ongoing and needed research on filiation in international and comparative law
Ilaria Pretelli, Legal Adviser at the Swiss Institute of Comparative Law and Visiting Professor, Université Paris-Saclay
10.15: Talking about filiation: starting with terminology
Rachele Zamperini, post-doctoral researcher, Swiss Institute of Comparative Law
& Tine Van Hof, post-doctoral researcher and Visiting Professor, University of Antwerp
10:30: Discussion on needed research
11.00: Children’s rights in third party reproduction and surrogacy
Mia Dambach, Executive Director, Child Identity Protection (CHIP)
11.15: Migrant Women in the Context of Reproductive Exploitation
Anna Zobnina, Strategy and Executive Director, European Network of Migrant Women
11.30: The role of the European Union in filiation, movement and rights
TBC
11.45: Discussion
12:30: Lunch
13:30: The right to non-discrimination in Filiation (First Just Bonding results)
Paulina Twardoch, Professor, University of Silesia in Katowice
13:45: The child's right to family life (First Just Bonding results)
Laura Carpaneto, Professor, University of Genoa
14:00: Q&A on Just Bonding research
14:30: Panel: experiences of lawyers and civil servants
Steve Heylen, Civil Status officer; Vice-president EVS; Chair Burgerzaken Vlaanderen
Maurice Goffart, Civil Status officer, Antwerp
Silvia Pfeiff, Lawyer, Brussels
15:40: Learning from Adoption
Aukje Mens, INEA Netherlands
16: 00: Discussion
16:45: Closing remarks
Thalia Kruger, Professor, University of Antwerp
17:00: End