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Protecting Children’s Rights: From Legal Protections to Real Change

November 5, 2026
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
America/New_York
Columbia Law School, 435 W. 116 St., New York, NY 10027 807
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Join us for a conversation on how law, human rights mechanisms, and advocacy can help protect children from violence, abuse, and injustice. Drawing on experiences from Africa and Asia, the discussion will explore efforts to end corporal punishment, address abuses in juvenile detention, and examine the challenges of turning legal protections into meaningful change for children.

  • Speaker:  Dr. Sonia Vohito, Human Rights Consultant and Former WHO and UNICEF Consultant
  • Moderator:  Maroun Maalouf, SJD, Lecturer in Law and Supervising Staff Attorney, Smith Family Human Rights Clinic, Columbia Law School

 

  • When: Thursday, November 5, 2026, 12:30–1:30 PM
  • Where: Jerome Greene Hall, Room 807, Columbia Law School

Lunch will be served.
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