Programme

 

        
CRIMINAL JUSTICE RESPONSES TO VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN:
LINKING LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS
1:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Room C300, UBC Robson Square, 800 Robson Street, Vancouver, B.C.

               
WELCOME AND INTRODUCTORY REMARKS
Chair: The Hon. Mme. Justice Anne Rowles, the Court of Appeal of BC;Member of the Board of Directors of the International Centre for Criminal Law Reform and Criminal Justice Policy (ICCLR)

PANEL I: INTERNATIONAL AND LOCAL RESPONSES TO VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
Moderator: Annemieke Holthuis, Counsel, Criminal Law Policy Section, Department of Justice Canada

Presenters:

International Efforts and Initiatives

• Eileen Skinnider, Associate, ICCLR: The UN’s response to combating violence against women: Updating the “Model Strategies and Practical Measures”
• Yvon Dandurand, Senior Associate, ICCLR: Holding the Criminal Justice System Accountable
• Mark Lalonde, Director, Canpro Global: International Challenges in Police Responses to Violence Against Women: Post Conflict and Developing States

Local Efforts and Initiatives

• Brian Rendell, Director Legal Operations, Criminal Justice Branch, Ministry of the Attorney General of BC: BC's Criminal Justice Branch Strategy to Ensure an Effective Criminal Justice Response to Violence Against Women
• Thomas Taller, Senior Policy and Legislation Analyst, Victim Services and Crime Prevention Division, Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General: Coordinating the Provincial Response to Violence Against Women
• Insp. Richard Konarski, Operations Support Officer, Langley RCMP Detachment: Langley Domestic Violence Pilot - A Collaborative Victim-Centred Approach to Managing Risk

PANEL II: PROMISING PRACTICES IN COMBATING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
Moderator: Yvon Dandurand, Senior Associate, ICCLR

Panelists:

• Janine Benedet, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, University of British Columbia
• Vivienne Chin, Associate, ICCLR
• Jocelyn Coupal, Crown Counsel, Criminal Justice Branch, Ministry of the Attorney General of BC
• Shelagh Day, Director, Poverty and Human Rights Centre