San Diego, California
Thomas Jefferson School of Law
Friday, MARCH 7, 2008
1:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Admission - Free
RSVP to rward@tjsl.edu
* More detailed info below
Southern California Haitian Adoption Reunion
Mission Bay Park
Saturday, March 8, 2008
Women and Children’s Rights in Haiti
Thomas Jefferson School of Law
Courtyard Building
2120 San Diego Ave., San Diego, California 92110
Friday, March 7, 2008 1:00 – 6:00 p.m.
Conference Schedule & Topics:
1:00 Welcome
Moderator: Professor Susan Tiefenbrun, Director Center for Global Legal Studies at Thomas Jefferson School of Law
1:15 Ambassador Raymond A. Joseph, Haitian Ambassador to the United States,
“Setting the Stage for Reform in Haiti: Children and Women’s Rights, Corruption, and
Security”
2:00 Deputy Rodon A. Bien-Aime, Senator to Haitian Parliament
“Children in Rural Districts of Haiti: Orphans and Abandoned Children Have Human
Rights Too”
2:45 Ms. Barbara Walker, Head of NGO Reach Out to Haiti
“Improving the Lives of Homeless Women in Prostitution and Children in Haiti”
3:30 Coffee Break – Drinks and snacks available
3:45 Professor Mohamed Y. Mattar, Executive Director of Protection Project at Johns Hopkins University
“Trafficking of Children in Haiti and Haiti’s New Trafficking Law”
4:30 Vera Valdivia, Law Student at Thomas Jefferson School of Law
“Children’s Rights, International Adoptions, and UNICEF in Haiti”
5:15 Concluding Remarks
Women and Children’s Rights in Haiti
Admission is Free to the Conference.
RSVP to Randy Ward at rward@tjsl.edu or 619.297.9700 ext. 1415
