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FJC Europe Funded by the EU FJC Europe

European Alliance
for Hope and
Empowerment

We are the European Network of multidisciplinary approach
of genderbased, domestic violence and child abuse and
Family Justice Centers

International conference Leuven

PROGRAM FRIDAY NOVEMBER 24, 2023

8.30
REGISTRATION

9.00
‘WARMING UP’
By Pascale Franck en Dries Wyckmans (Belgium)

9.30
IN-DEPTH SESSIONS

  1. ‘What if… your intimate partner has a psychopathic personality? A critical look at the impact of psychopathy on partner relationships’ (English, streaming provided)
    By Professor Kasia Uzieblo, PHD (Belgium)
  2. ‘The intersectoral approach to honour-related violence within the Family Justice Center Limburg’ (English)
    By Sonja Cebulski, operational coordinator FJC Limburg, Department of Justice and Enforcement and Kris Lukasczyk, Police zone Carma (Belgium)
  3. ‘Child focus in cases of domestic violence’ (Dutch)
    By Liv Leeman, VECK (Flemish Expertise Center on Child Abuse) and child therapist at the CAW (Center for General Welfare) Oost-Brabant (Belgium)
  4. ‘An introduction to the phenomenon of siblings violence’ (Dutch)
    By Eva van Kelecom, PHD researcher, LINC, KULeuven (Belgium)

10.45
TIME FOR COFFEE

11.15
IN-DEPTH SESSIONS

  1. ‘What if… your intimate partner has a psychopathic personality? A critical look at the impact of psychopathy on partner

relationships’ (Dutch)
By Professor Kasia Uzieblo, PHD (Belgium)

  1. ‘The intersectoral approach to honour-related violence within the Family Justice Center Limburg’ (Dutch)
    By Sonja Cebulski, operational coordinator FJC Limburg, Department of Justice and Enforcement and Kris Lukasczyk, Police zone Carma (Belgium)
  2. ‘Child focus in cases of domestic violence’ (English, streaming provided)

By Liv Leeman, VECK (Flemish Expertise Center on Child Abuse) and child therapist at the CAW (Center for General Welfare) Oost-Brabant, and Kim Van Hoorde, project coordinator Handle with Care, VECK (Belgium)

  1. ‘An introduction to the phenomenon of siblings violence’ (English)
    By Eva van Kelecom, PHD researcher, LINC, KULeuven (Belgium)

12.30
LUNCH

13.15
‘JUSTICE, HOPE, AND HEALING: THE ROLE OF THE US DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE IN SUPPORTING FAMILY JUSTICE CENTERS’
By Susan Williams, Consultant and former Deputy Director of the US
Department of Justice Office for Victims of Crime.

13.45
‘THE IMPORTANCE OF PEER GROUP SUPPORT IN THE FAMILY JUSTICE CENTER’
By Karen Casier, operational coordinator and Katrien Monsecour, case
manager, FJC Mechelen (Belgium)

14.15
‘LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE ROLLOUT OF FAMILY JUSTICE CENTERS IN FRANCE’
By Dr. Ghada Hatem, director FJC Paris en coordinator network ‘Maison
des Femmes’ (France)

14.45
TIME FOR COFFEE

15.15
‘STARTING UP A FAMILY JUSTICE CENTER AND MAKING IT SUSTAINABLE’
By Mary-Claire Landry, consultant, Alliance for Hope International (United
States)

15.45
PREMIERE OF THE FILM ABOUT THE FAMILY JUSTICE CENTERS IN FLANDERS

16.00
‘THE IMPORTANCE OF THE ROLLOUT OF THE FAMILY JUSTICE CENTERS IN FLANDERS’
By Zuhal Demir, Flemish Minister of Justice and Enforcement

16.30
‘WRAPPING-UP’
By Pascale Franck and Dries Wyckmans