A Child-Centered Approach to Justice: Ibero-American Perspectives for a Regional Agenda

December 2, 2025 | 8:00–10:00 a.m. (EST) / 7:00–9:00 a.m. (CDMX) / 10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. (ARG) / 2:00–4:00 p.m. (CET)

In June 2025, during the fifth World Congress on Justice with Children, members of the Ibero American Alliance on Access to Justice launched a new research initiative focused on one of the most sensitive and urgent issues: children’s access to justice. This effort resulted in an initial analysis centered on one of the populations most at risk of exclusion, with the objective of advancing an Ibero-American regional agenda focused on child-centered justice.

The report, A Child-Centered Approach to Justice: Ibero-American Perspectives for a Regional Agenda, highlights existing challenges and good practices, and proposes a roadmap to advance towards child-centered justice as part of the commitment to leave no one behind, in line with the 2030 Agenda.

​Building on the premise that the report is a strategic initiative proposing a concrete agenda to close the justice gap affecting children through a people-centered, evidence-based, and intersectional approach—but also grounded in the certainty that viable alternatives, inspiring experiences, and political conditions exist to transform justice systems—this webinar will have the following objectives:

• Present the thematic report.
• ​Promote the foundations and methodology of the work.
• ​Highlight the specific regional characteristics of this age group and the challenges they face.
• ​Gather comments and input to inform a future regional agenda.
• ​Seek financial and political support to encourage and replicate good practices in the region, to make access to justice for children a reality.
• ​Emphasize the importance of regional approaches, such as the Ibero-American and African Alliances for People-Centered Justice, in promoting global impact.

English and Spanish interpretation will be provided.

Speakers

• (Moderator) Jennifer Davidson, Executive Director, Institute for Inspiring Children’s Futures at the University of Strathclyde and Lead, Global Working Group on SDG 16+ Justice for Children
• María Fernanda Rodríguez, Lead Technical Secretariat of the Ibero-American Alliance, Former Vice-Minister of Justice of Argentina, co-author of the report
• Nicolás Espejo Yaksic, Guest Lecturer in Law, Leiden University, and co-author of the report
• Florencia Abed Dickson, Co-Director of the Civil Association for Equality and Justice (ACIJ)
• Adriana Lander, (ILANUD) and Silvana Greco, (AIDEF), Members of the Ibero-American Technical Working Group on Restorative Juvenile Justice
• Cedric Foussard, Expert Advisor on Justice for Children, Institute Inspiring Children’s Futures at the University of Strathclyde

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