Workshop organized by the Max Planck Research Group of Family and Succession Law in Muslim Countries Hamburg Date: 1 – 5 April 2015 Venue: Centre Jacques Berque pour les Études en Sciences Humaines et Sociales (Rabat, Morocco)
Wed 1.4.2015, 19:00: Welcome speech and dinner by the organizational team
Thursday 2 April 2015
Fundaments and Systematization
9.00-9:15: Introduction 9:15-10.45: The Best Interests of the Child in Premodern Islamic Juristic Discourse and Practice 10:45-11:00: Coffee break 11:00-12:00: Terminology and definitions: laying the ground for a comparative discourse 12.00-13:30: Lunch 13:30-14:30: Classification of custody rules 14:30-15:30: Classification of guardianship rules 15:30-15:45: Coffee break Specific issues 15:45- 16:45: Extent, revocation and end of custody and guardianship 19:00: Dinner
Friday 3 Aril 2015
9:00-10:00: The Impact of religion on parental care 10:00-11:00: Gender aspects in parental care 11:00-11.15: Coffee break
Actors shaping parental care
11:15-12.15: The best interests of the child in the framework of international child law conventions 12:15-12.45: The best interests of the child: Implications for cross-border abduction cases 12:45-14.00: Lunch 14:00-15:00: The role of the legislator in shaping parental care and the concept of BIC 15:00-16:00: The role of the judiciary in shaping parental care and the concept of BIC 16:00-16:15: Coffee break 16:15-17:15: Parental care and BIC in majority and minority Muslim jurisdictions 19:00: Dinner
Saturday 4 Aril 2015
Comparative summary and outlook
9:00-10:15: Comparative summary 10:15-10:30: Coffee break 10:30-12:30: Outlook
