Initial Submission on the Children and Family Relationships Bill 2014 to the Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

This submission has been produced through collaboration and through the formation of a Working Group to review the Children and Family Relationships Bill 2014. These members include: Barnardos, EPIC, the Law Centre for Children and Young People (Ireland), Gay and Lesbian Equality Network (GLEN), Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL), Immigrant Council of Ireland, Irish […]

The Children and Family Relationships Bill 2014: a Children’s Rights Perspective

The Children and Family Relationships Bill represents the most significant change in family law in a generation and attempts to reflect the social reality of contemporary family life in Ireland. The Minister for Justice, Equality and Defence, Alan Shatter TD, is to be commended for the development of the innovative legislative proposals under consideration. The […]

Protecting Children in Family Separation from a Psychological Perspective

A look in the psychological aspects and impacts of divorce and separation on children. The discussion of mediation, its foundations, and impacts with children are also included within this presentation. By: NORIKO ODAGIRITOKYO INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY https://www.dijtokyo.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/dij-forum_odagiri_190418.pdf