A global conference in Uganda set to explore issues of children deprived of their liberty within the justice systems in Africa
7 NOVEMBER 2011 ADDIS ABABA : Together, the African Child Policy Forum (ACPF), a leading advocate on policy and dialogue on children in Africa, and Defence for Children International (DCI), a non- governmental organisation that promotes and protects children’s rights on a global, regional and local level, hosted a major international conference on child justice in Kampala, Uganda on 7-8 November 2011.
Over 300 delegates from all over the African continent and the wider world attended the “Deprivation of Children’s Liberty as a Last Resort”, which was held at the Speke Resort and Conference Centre in Kampala, Uganda.
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Dr. Sudip Chakraborty is an internationally known researcher in child labour.
His book "Child Labour in Rural Context" is widely acclaimed. He has written numerous articles on different dimensions of child labour in leading journals in India. His book "Rural Poverty and IRDP" reveals many shortcomings of India's largest anti-poverty programme of the eighties. His education in child rights started with his successful completion of an International Interdisciplinary Course in Child Rights at the University of Ghent in Belgium during 2004. His presentation on Economics of Child Labour at the Childhoods 2005, under the auspices of the University of Oslo in Norway in 2005, was appreciated by scholars across the globe. His presentations on children's issues, particularly on the perspectives of human rights in Sion (Switzerland), in Amsterdam (Netherlands), in Oxford University (UK), in Florida (USA), North Dakota (USA), Minnesota (USA), in Australia, in Delhi as well as in Kolkata, on several occasions are manifestations of his keen Interest and scholarship on the subject.
He was a Fulbright Visiting Scholar in the U.S.A during 2008.