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Programme on International Rights of the Child, United Kingdom

Address	Main lines of research	Staff profile and disciplines	Networks
Programme on International Rights of the Child Faculty of Law Queen Mary and Westfield College University of London Mile End Road London E1 4NS United Kingdom Tel: +44 171 775 32 80 Fax: +44 171 981 8733 E-mail: G.VanBueren@qmw.ac.uk Web site: http://www.laws.qmw.ac.uk/html/pirc.html Geraldine Van Bueren Director	The Programme on International Rights of the child was established as the first university-based research centre focusing on all the aspects of the international rights of the child. The programme offers courses at masters and PhD level, organizes conferences and symposia and offers advisory, technical and and consultancy services in international law on the rights of the child. On-going projects: - Innocence and autonomy: children, sex and human rights - Children's right to a clean environment - Children's identity rights - Abused childhood - Protecting children against torture - Child criminal justice	Geraldine Van Bueren Director Eric Heinz Lawyer and project coordinator Malgosia Fitzmaurice Lawyer and project coordinator Katherine O'Donovan Lawyer and project coordinator Penny Stockwell Secretary E-mail: P.Stockwell@qmv.ac.uk Jaqueline Dufaur Finance	Defence for Children International, Geneva Publications

Last updated: 16 March 1999