Best Interests of the Child - Biography 1 | Page 16

Dr Partskhaladze has a proven track record of providing strategic
support

to

government

partners in

developing

and

implementing

sustainable programmes to reach highly vulnerable groups, convening and
effectively coordinating work of state and non state actors in child care and
social protection sectors.

Bragi GUDBRANDSSON
Mr Bragi Guđbrandsson is the Director General of the Government
Agency for Child Protection Iceland. He has been actively involved
nationally and internationally in children ́s rights, child abuse and
neglect issues for two decades. Mr Guđbrandsson has worked extensively
within the framework of the Council of Europe (CoE). Currently he
serves as the Chair of the Lanzarote Committee. His previous work
include drafting the CoE Rec (2005)5 on the rights of children living in
residential institutions and the CoE Rec (2011)12 on children´s rights
and social services friendly to children and families. He is the author
of the CoE publication on “Children at Risk and in Care” (2006) and
co-author of the CoE publication “Protecting Children from Sexual
Violence” (2010). Mr Guđbrandsson is a member of the Expert Group on
“Children at Risk” within the Council of the Baltic Sea States since 2002.

Astrid HIRSCHELMANN
Astrid Hirschelmann est née en 1971 à Bonn en Allemagne. Elle a
mené ses études en Psychologie à l’Université Toulouse le Mirail et y a
soutenu en 1999 sa thèse de doctorat sur le passage à l’acte meurtrier,
ses fonctions, son sens et son rapport avec la (non)pathologie. Depuis
2000, elle est Maître de Conférences à l’Université Rennes2 où elle
enseigne

la

psycho-criminologie.

Elle

est

actuellement

directrice

adjointe du Centre interdisciplinaire d’analyse des processus humains
et sociaux (CIAPHS, EA 2241) et dirige l’Institut de Criminologie et
Sciences Humaines.

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