The Irish Association of Law Teachers (IALT) Conference 2022 sponsored by Matheson, was held in Queens University Belfast (QUB) on the 11th and 12th November 2022. The theme of the conference was The Law’s Capacity for Shaping the World: Inclusion, Exclusion and Omission.
Emily Dunne PhD candidate at the Maynooth University School of Law and Criminology, presented her research on Mediation and International Parental Child Abduction.
Emily’s presentation outlined the purpose of The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction and the role in protecting children from the effects of unlawful removal from their place of habitual residence. Emily’s research focuses on the perspective of the professionals both legal and mediators, who are working in this field and questions where mediation fits into the legal process and how it interacts with litigation today. Drawing on semi-structured interviews and data available, Emily offered her findings to date.
The habitual residence is deemed to be the best place to decide any custody disputes, therefore The European Council and the Brussels Ibis Regulation Recast of 2022 have set in place recommondations for mediation to support the parents at this complex time. Following on from the recognised worldwide success of family mediation, the legal education programmes place a strong emphasis on advocacy, negotiation, and alternative dispute resolution (ADR) skills. The value of such education programmes contributes to the inclusion of mediation in such cases.
Emily Dunne is a PhD Candidate and Tutor for Criminology and Dispute Resolution modules at Maynooth University.
Emily’s articles on mediation and cross-border parental child abduction:
The legal issues around international parental child abductions (rte.ie)
https://go.exlibris.link/dnQfFrpn
https://go.exlibris.link/tcvLlLHV