Amparo y Justicia, together with the Intersectoral Group for the Prevention and Investigation of Homicides of Children and Adolescents, has launched a webinar series aimed at promoting the analysis of international models to improve the investigation of child deaths in Chile.
The webinar “Child Death Review Teams in the United Kingdom: Lessons for Multi-Agency Investigations” featured a presentation by Dr. Joanna Garstang, an international expert in child death review, and brought together over 80 professionals from public institutions, academia, and civil society.
Dr. Garstang presented the UK experience with Child Death Review Teams, a mandatory national system that reviews all deaths of children and adolescents to identify causes, risk factors, and lessons to help prevent future deaths. This model was created after critical gaps were identified in the UK, such as low forensic standards, lack of interagency coordination, and limited specialized training.
The system operates under a multidisciplinary, learning-focused approach, combining an immediate joint response with a retrospective analysis conducted weeks after the case. Today, it allows the UK to generate national data for evidence-based public policies and strengthen transparency and collaboration among actors in the child protection system.
The second webinar, titled “From Errors to Learning: Contributions of Forensic Pediatrics and the Kennedy Protocol in the United Kingdom,” will take place on Friday, November 21, at 12:00 PM (Chile time) and will be led by Dr. Marta Cohen, pediatric pathologist and head of the Histopathology Department at Sheffield Children’s Hospital. To participate, prior registration is required at the following link: bit.ly/Registro-ciclo-webinars.
