Presentation

The Permanent Observatory for Portuguese Justice (OPJ) of the Centre for Social Studies (University of Coimbra) and the Directorate-General of Justice Policy (DGPJ) organize the Conference "The New Divorce Legal System and Parental Responsibilities", in which the new OPJ project "Study on the New Divorce Law" will be presented.

Program

10:00 – 10:30 | Opening Session
Alberto Martins, Minister for Justice
Boaventura de Sousa Santos, CES, University of Coimbra

10:30 – 13:00 | Session I – Study on the New Divorce Law and
Parental Responsibilities: effects and challenges

10:30 – 11:15 | Presentation of the OPJ project: Study on the New Divorce Law
Boaventura de Sousa Santos e Conceição Gomes, Permanent
Observatory for Justice/Centre for Judicial Studies, University
of Coimbra

11:15:00 – 11:30:00 | Coffee-break

11:30 - 13:00
Chair: Rui do Carmo, CEJ/Public Prosecutor
Guilherme de Oliveira, School of Law, University of
Coimbra
Anália Torres, Higher Institute of Business and Labour Sciences
(ISCTE-IUL)
Katharina Boele-Woelki, Utrecht University

13:00 – 15:00 | Lunch

15:00 – 18:00 | Session II – The New Divorce Legal System and
Parental Responsibilities in Action: between law and practice

Chair: André Miranda, Directorate-General of Justice Policy
Maria Saldanha Pinto Ribeiro, Portuguese Institute of Family Mediation
Beatriz Marques Borges, Investigating Judge
Rui do Carmo, Centre for Judicial Studies/Public Prosecutor

16:15:00 – 16:30:00 | Coffee-break

16:30 – 18:00
Chair: Ana Vargas, Directorate-General of Justice Policy
António Filipe, Portuguese Communist Party (PCP)
Helena Pinto, Left Bloc (BE)
Filipe Ávila, CDS/Popular Party
Francisca Almeida, Social-Democract Party (CDS)
Ana Catarina Mendes, Socialist Party (PS)

18:00 - 18:15 | Closing Session
Conceição Gomes, Centre for Social Studies,
University of Coimbra