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Speaker: Jonathan Todres, Professor of Law and Distinguished University Professor, Georgia State University College of Law
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 pm EDT
Location: online Webinar via Zoom
This program will only be offered online. 1.0 hour Indiana CLE (Distance Education) credit will be available (pending approval), but you must register for the Zoom Webinar using the link below. Following registration, you will receive an email with a link to join the Webinar. The lecture will not be available via telephone.
E-mail certificates will be provided certifying attendance for those wishing to apply for CLE credit outside of Indiana.
- Link to Register:
https://iu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_UrWne8r9TiuLiOGs4wc95w
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- Watch the Recording:
Lecture Description: This presentation will provide an overview of the legal framework for addressing child trafficking. It will also examine limitations and gaps in current responses to child trafficking. Finally it will discuss what is needed to build a more comprehensive response to the problem, so that we can prevent child trafficking from occurring.
About the Speaker:
Jonathan Todres is a Distinguished University Professor and Professor of Law at Georgia State University College of Law. His research focuses on children’s rights and child well-being. He has authored numerous publications on a range of topics, including child trafficking, the implementation of children’s rights law, human rights education, and legal and cultural constructs of childhood. He is co-editor of The Oxford Handbook of Children’s Rights Law (Oxford University Press, 2020), and co-author of Preventing Child Trafficking: A Public Health Approach (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019) and Human Rights in Children’s Literature: Imagination and the Narrative of Law (Oxford University Press, 2016). Professor Todres serves as a regular advisor to nongovernmental organizations working to address human trafficking and other children’s rights issues. He is also a member of the Board on Children, Youth, and Families of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. In 2018, he served as a Fulbright Scholar in residence at University College Cork in Ireland. He holds a J.D. from Columbia Law School and a B.A. (International Development) from Clark University, and he served as a U.S. Peace Corps volunteer in Thailand.
