Dates: 19-21 November 2025
Venue: Palazzo de Piro, Mdina, Malta
Overview
Children are not “human becomings” but human beings with a moral status equal to adults. Yet, despite this, their thoughts, concerns, and experiences are too often muted by an overly protective lens. This colloquium places Article 12 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989) at the center, affirming children’s right to be heard in all decisions that affect them. Coinciding with World Children’s Day (20 November), the colloquium offers an interdisciplinary platform to reimagine participation: listening to children as people today, not tomorrow. It invites educators, legal scholars, practitioners, policymakers, ethicists, theologians, and young people to explore frameworks and practices that recognize children as present agents in school, civil society, family, church, and policy spaces.
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Organisers
The Colloquium is convened by the Department of Moral Theology and the Department of Pastoral Theology, Liturgy and Canon Law at the Faculty of Theology, University of Malta, in partnership with the Malta Foundation for the Wellbeing of Society.
Registration
Follow this link >> REGISTER HERE << and choose the option that suits you.
Join speakers and attendees for the closing dinner on Friday 21 November (evening)
Practical Information
Convenors
Rev. Prof. Raymond Zammit
Rev. Prof. Carl-Mario Sultana
Rev. Dr Kevin Schembri
