November 14th and 15th
Organized by CEAP, the first INTERNATIONAL AND INTERDISCIPLINARY CONGRESS ON PARENTAL ALIENATION AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE took place on November 14 and 15 in the Aula Magna of the School of Law of the University of Buenos Aires (UBA).
The opening remarks were addressed by Dr. Mauricio L. Mizrahi. The following psychiatrists, psychologists, judges, and lawyers who are experts in the field spoke in person and online.
Agenda
First day
8.15 am.
Accreditations.
9.00 am.
Opening remarks of the Congress by its president, Dr. Mauricio Luis Mizrahi.
FIRST MODULE
Moderator: Mercedes Ladereche
9.45 am.
10.15 am.
10.45 am.
Coffee break.
11.15 am.
Lecture by Philip Marcus, LL.M. (Israel, former Jerusalem Family Court judge), “The Need to Investigate the Economic and Human Costs of Family Breakdown and Alienation, Compared to the Costs of Prevention”.
11.45 am.
Presentation by David Ramírez Acuña (Costa Rica, Clinical Psychologist and Forensic Expert), “The Psychosocial Repercussions of Parental Violence in Children of Conflicted Divorced Parental Couples.”
12.15 pm.
Space for questions.
12.50 pm.
Lunch.
SECOND MODULE
Moderator: Adriana Parada
14.50 pm.
Lecture by Edward Kruk (Canada, Professor Emeritus of Social Work), “Confronting Denialism of Parental Alienation as a Form of Domestic Violence”.
15.20 pm.
15.50 pm.
16.20 pm.
Space for questions.
THIRD MODULE
Moderator: Kalanit Jalif
16.45 pm.
Words of the author of the "Handbook on Parental Alienation", by Sandra Veloso, Argentina, Family Court Judge.
17.15 pm.
Words from the author of the Treaty, Dr. Mauricio Luis Mizrahi, former Judge of the National Court of Civil Appeals.
18.00 pm.
Coffee break.
FOURTH MODULE
Moderator: Mercedes Ladereche
18.30 pm.
Presentation by Silvana Verónica Giachero (Uruguay, Psychologist, Psychotherapist), “Parental Alienation, a form of Child Abuse: Myths and Fallacies.”
19.00 pm.
19.20 pm.
Space for questions.
19.35 pm.
Coffee break
Second day
8.15 am.
Accreditations.
FIFTH MODULE
Moderator: Adriana Parada
9.00 am.
9.20 am.
9.40 am.
10.00 am.
10.20 am.
Space for questions.
10.50 am.
Coffee break.
SIXTH MODULE
Moderator: Kalanit Jalif
11.10 am.
11.30 am.
11.50 am.
Lecture by Sergio Dubove (Argentina, Lawyer), “Beyond Theory: “How to Litigate Parental Alienation.”
12.10 am.
12.30 am.
12.50 pm.
Space for questions.
13.30 am.
Lunch.
SEVENTH MODULE
Moderator: Kalanit Jalif
15.20 pm.
15.50 pm.
16.20 pm.
Mariana Gallego (Argentina, Attorney at law), “Analysis of criminal judgments in Argentina - the Bocca – Biasotti Case.
16.40 pm.
17.10 pm.
Coffee break.
17.40 pm.
18.10 pm.
Lecture by Mandy Matthewson (Australia, Psychologist), “Invisible Trauma, Lasting Impact: Abuse and Resilience in Adults Exposed to Parental Alienating Behaviors”.
18.30 pm.
Space for questions.
EIGHTH MODULE
19.00 pm.
19.30 pm.
End of the Congress.
The speakers will address, from their areas of expertise, topics such as high-conflict separations, false allegations of family violence, acute cases of parental alienation, the consequences of this family dysfunction on the psyches of affected children, the psychosocial repercussions of parental violence, parental alienation as parent-child abuse, legal responsibility for obstructions of contact between parents and children, the effectiveness of judicial reconnection measures, analysis of family violence laws and their impact on parent-child ties, how to litigate cases of parental alienation in judicial practice, the child's right to co-parenting, gender ideology as a driver of parental alienation, the denied evidence of parental alienation, among others. The Congress programme will be published in due course, with the order and topics to be addressed by each speaker.
Dr. Mauricio Luis Mizrahi will serve as President of the Congress. Dr. Alejandro Mendoza Amaro will be the international coordinator, Dr. Sergio Dubove will be the general organizer and national coordinator, and Germán Mauro will be the interprovincial coordinator. The General Secretariat and Treasury will be in charge of Dr. Kalanit Jalif Special collaborators include Dr. Mercedes Ladereche and Dr. Andrés Beccar Varela.
During the event, the “Treaty on Parental Responsibility” will be presented, authored by Dr. Mauricio Luis Mizrahi, a work that will soon be published by Editorial Astrea, in Buenos Aires. The presentation will be given by the Family Court judge, Dr. Sandra Veloso.
Registration for the Congress is free of charge, but you will need to first complete the registration form found on this page. The Congress will operate in two modes, in person and virtually.
Dada las importantes erogaciones que devengará el Congreso, se ruega a todos los interesados que en la medida de sus posibilidades realicen donaciones para poder financiar adecuadamente este acontecimiento. Para tales fines, se solicita que los fondos se transfieran a la cuenta bancaria CBU 0720810088000000432636, Alias ARENA.MIEL.AUGE. Se trata de una cuenta única, de manera que las transferencias tanto se podrán realizar en pesos como en dólares.
Es imprescindible que cada donación se comunique a la Secretaria y Tesorera del Congreso Kalanit Jalif, correo electrónico kalanitjalif@gmail.com ,con la expresa indicación del monto donado. De manera inmediata se les remitirá el correspondiente recibo y el agradecimiento por el aporte efectuado; sin perjuicio de que el nombre del donante figure en la lista de patrocinantes del Congreso.