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SUMMARY:Equality before the law\, irrespective of language and culture? - 
 Ann Corsellis OBE.JP\, Vice-President\, Chartered Institute of Linguists
DTSTART:20090526T160000Z
DTEND:20090526T170000Z
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CONTACT:Ewa Illakowicz
DESCRIPTION:Globalisation and movement of people are producing increasing 
 numbers of individuals who cannot communicate adequately in the language o
 f the country in which they are living. Higher infant mortality and miscar
 riages of justice are among the risks affecting other-language-groups when
  essential public services\, such as health\, social and legal services\, 
 cannot be delivered effectively because service providers and clients do n
 ot share a language. This new social reality has starkly exposed how\, des
 pite warnings from the professions involved\,  existing language teaching\
 , systems and practice leave countries ill-equipped for the C21.\n\nThis s
 eminar presentation looks at the issues raised in the criminal justice sys
 tem\, with particular reference to language factors\, in order to meet dom
 estic and European legal requirements to support the principle of equality
  across Europe and judicial co-operation between member states.\n\nIt is a
  summary of what is being done\, including by five successive internationa
 l projects supported by the EU Commission\, to find rapid\, reliable solut
 ions in the following areas:\n•identifying target skills and systems\n
 •analysing existing skills realistically\n•training and assessing publ
 ic service interpreters\, translators and bilingual professionals\n•esta
 blishing a regulated language profession\n•training public service perso
 nnel to work with interpreters and translators and across cultures\n•tra
 ining trainers\n•establishing international collaborations\n•involving
  academics\n
LOCATION:Room GS5\, New Faculty Building\, Faculty of Education\, 184\, Hi
 lls Road
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