8th international EFJCA Conference | 30 November & 1 December 2026 | Portlaoise (Ireland)

Day 2 - 1 December

Femicide, Risk Assessment and Risk Management, and Forced Suicides

09.00-9.30
Registration

09.30–09.40
Welcome and introduction
Bert Groen, Marna Carroll and Pascale Franck

09.40–10.20
The Family Justice Response to Allegations of Domestic Abuse: The Findings of a Six Country Empirical Study in Europe
Shazia Choudry, Professor of Law at the University of Oxford

10.20–11.00
Are DARDRs a feminist endeavour or a tool of the State?
Connecting multi-agency practice, fieldwork and policy
Davina James-Hanman, Violence against Women Consultant

11.00–11.15
Q&A with the keynote speakers

11.15–11.30
Coffee break

Panel — Research, justice and practice
Moderator: Frances Fitzgerald

• 11.30–11.45 | Suicide research in cases of domestic and gender-based violence- FARR Van Daelen, FARR
• 11.45–12.00 | Jack Menke: TBC
• 12.00–12.15 | Femicide and justice- Jolande Ter Avest
• 12.15–12.30 | Risk assessment and risk management in cases involving severe domestic violence and potential femicide- Joëlle Tetart, Coordinator of DIViCo for the judicial district of Liège
• 12.30–12.45 | Moderated discussion and audience Q&A

12.45–14.00
Lunch break

Sexual Violence, Exploitation and Emerging Forms of Abuse

14.00–14.25
The Support Needs of Survivors of DSGBV: Developing Integrated, Best Practice Responses within the Criminal Justice System
Susan Leahy, Centre for Crime, Justice and Victim Studies, School of Law, University of Limerick

14.25–14.50
The role of pornography in fuelling violence against women & girls: A focus on sexual strangulation
Ruth Breslin, Director SERP

14.50–15.15
Non-fatal strangulation in the context of domestic abuse – long term health consequences of domestic abuse
Catherine White, Professor Catherine White, Medical Director, Institute for Addressing Strangulation

15.15–15.30
Coffee break

15.30–15.55
Screening for domestic violence: new recommendations for screening in Ireland
Ann-Marie McCarthy

15.55–16.20
Technology-facilitated gender-based violence and engaging men and boys
Maria Bjarnadottir

16.20–16.30
Conference closing
Bert Groen, Marna Carroll and Pascale Franck