XIX PAN AMERICAN CHILD CONGRESS

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CPN 09/02/04

KEYNOTE LECTURERS AT THE XIX PAN AMERICAN CHILD CONGRESS  

* The XIX Pan American Child Congress was convened as an Inter-American Specialized Conference having as its central theme “The Family: Basis for the Integral Development of Children and Adolescents”. On the basis of such central theme, six major issues were established, each of which will be represented by a Keynote Address and a Working Group that will meet throughout the three days of the event.  

• “The Family as the Institution with Primary Responsibility for the Protection, Upbringing, and Integral Development of Children and Adolescents”.[1]

(Wednesday, 27 October, 10:00 to 11:00 AM in a Plenary Session)  

• “Evolution of the Child’s Relationship with the Family”

(Wednesday, 27 October, 11:35 AM to 12:35 PM in a Plenary Session)   

• “Children’s Rights and their Relation to the Different Types of Families”

(Thursday, 28 October, 10:00 to 11:00 AM in a Plenary Session)  

• “The Doctrine of Integral Protection and Current Family Law”

(Thursday, 28 October, de 11:35 to 12:35 PM in a Plenary Session)  

• “Family Violence and its Impact on Child Development”

(Friday, 29 October, 10:00 to 11:00 AM in a Plenary Session)  

• “Promoting a Culture of Respect for Children’s Rights: The Roles of the Family, the State, Civil Society and the Media”

(Friday, 29 October, 11:35 AM to 12:35 PM in a Plenary Session)