Protecting Children's Rights in Civil, Criminal and International Law – Under a Touch of Digitalization

Doc. dr. Marius C. Mensah is a Research Fellow at the Law Faculty of the University of Maribor. He is born in Benin, completed elementary and high schools studies in Ottawa, Canada and International legal studies in Moscow. He successfully defended his PhD degree in 2015 on the regulations of the use of natural resources in West Africa under the conditions of Climate Change. Assistant prof. dr. Mensah has acquired extensive experience from living in multicultural societies and speaks English, French, Russian, Slovenian and two African languages. His fields of Expertise include International Law, Maritime Piracy, Migration, Environmental Law, Climate Change & Sustainable Development. He is the author of a book ‘‘ECOWAS: Ecology, Nature Management, & International Law” and has written more than 20 scientific articles in English, Russian and French. Doc. dr. Mensah participates in different academic activities including Moot Court Competitions: ‘‘ALL EUROPEAN INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN AND REFUGEE LAW MOOT COURT COMPETITION’’ organised by the law faculty of the University of Ljubljana and conferences organised by International Institutions, e.g. CHATHAM HOUSE, the European Commission, U.N. Association of Slovenia.

Maribor, Slovenia. E-mail: cocou.mensah@um.si