Welcome and introduction to the conference
Bálint Molnár, Deputy Director, European Youth Centre Budapest, Council of Europe
Dr. Ingrid Breit, Team leader procedural rights and confiscation, DG Justice and Consumers, European Commission
Prof. Dr. Ton Liefaard is Vice-Dean for Education of Leiden Law School, full Professor of Children’s Rights and holds the UNICEF Chair in Children’s Rights at Leiden University, Leiden Law School
Session 1 | Special characteristics of interpreter merdiated hearings with children
Moderator: Prof. dr. Heidi Salaets, head of the Interpreting Studies Research Group, Faculty of Arts, KU Leuven
Introduction to the ChiLLS project
Prof. dr. Heidi Salaets, head of the Interpreting Studies Research Group, Faculty of Arts, KU Leuven
The perspective of the law
Stefan Aelbrecht, research assistant at the Interpreting Studies Research Group, Faculty of Arts, KU Leuven
The perspective of the interpreter
Prof. dr. Amalia Amato, Associate Professor at the department of Interpreting and Translation, University of Bologna
The perspective of the psychologist
Dr. György Virág, deputy director, National Institute of Criminolgy, Budapest
Questions & answers
Session 2 | Competences, responsibilities, challenges and opportunities in interpreter mediated hearings of children – children’s needs in legal language settings
Moderator: Dr. Katalin Balogh, lecturer German and the coordinator of the training on legal Interpreting and translation at the Faculty of Arts, KU Leuven
Presentation on the research findings – Belgium
Prof. dr. Heidi Salaets, head of the Interpreting Studies Research Group, Faculty of Arts, KU Leuven
Presentation on the research findings – Italy
Prof. dr. Amalia Amato & Prof. dr. Gabriele Mack, Associate Professors at the department of Interpreting and Translation, University of Bologna