Thursday 11 December 2014
08:30-08:45 |
Coffee and registration |
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08:45-09:00 |
Welcome speechPro-Rector of the University of Oslo professor Ragnhild Hennum and Project leader professor Anne Hellum Department of Public and International Law, UoO |
09:00-11:45 |
Session 1:Equality and freedom for whom? LGBTI-challenges to international and regional human rights lawChair: Professor Anne Hellum, Department of Public and International Law, UoO
Michael O’Flaherty, Professor of Law, National University of Ireland: Human rights law as applied to LGBTI people: Background and implications of the Yogyakarta principles. Who and what do the Yogyakarta principles protect? (35 minutes) Dianne Otto, Professor of Law, University of Melbourne: Queering Gender in International Law (25 minutes) Rikki Holtmaat, Professor of Law, Leiden University: CEDAW and LGBTI Rights; can CEDAW be used to enhance the human rights of LGBTI persons? (25 minutes) 10:25 - 10:40 CoffeeCommentators: Conceptualizing gender in international human rights discourse Agnes Bolsø, Professor, Department of Interdisciplinary Cultural Studies, NTNU (10 minutes) Violeta Neubauer, Vice-Chair of the CEDAW Committee (10 minutes)
General discussion |
11:45-13:15 |
Session 2:Regional human rights perspectives on the development of LGBTI rights the role of international, regional and national courtsChair: Associate professor Ingunn Ikdahl, Department of Public and International Law, UoO
Mads Andenæs, Professor of Law, University of Oslo: The Development of LGBTI Rights in the European Human Rights Convention (20 minutes) Annika Rudman, Associate Professor of Law, University of Stellenbosch: Development of LGBTI Right under the African Human Rights Charter (20 minutes) Vikram Kolmannskog, Dr. Philos: The Development of LGBTI Rights in Indian courts (20 minutes) Malcolm Langford, Senior researcher CMI: Lawfare on LGBTI Rights: Global Trends and Patterns (20 minutes)
General discussion |
13:15-14:15 |
Lunch break |
14:15-17:00 |
Session 3:Law in Action: Sexual orientation and gender identity in anti-discrimination and equality laws and policies.Chair: Associate professor Vibeke Blaker Strand, the Norwegian Center of Human Rights, UoO
Ronald Craig, The Equality and Anti-discrimination Ombud: Mechanisms and characteristics of discrimination (25 minutes) Silvan Agius, Policy coordinator (Human Rights) Ministry for Social Dialogue, Consumer Affairs and Civil Liberties, Malta: Maltese strategies for ensuring promotion of LGBT-rights through legislation and institutions (25 minutes) Hans Ytterberg, former Ombudsman against Discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation, Sweden: Strategies for Sexual Orientation Reform in Sweden (20 minutes) 15:25 – 15:40 CoffeeLene Løvdal, The Equality and Anti-discrimination Ombud: The Act on prohibition of discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression: individual and structural discrimination (20 minutes) Commentators: Legal strategies for the protection of LGTBI rights May-Len Skilbrei, Professor IKRS, UoO (10 minutes) Oddvar Thorbjørnsen, Legal Advisor, LLH (10 minutes)
General discussion |
Friday 12 December 2014
08:45-09:00 |
Coffee and registration |
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09:00-12:30 |
Session 4:Trans* and intersex persons’ right to recognition, identity and autonomy in international and national lawChair: Professor Kirsten Sandberg
Marco Perolini, Amnesty International’s expert on discrimination, Leader of Amnesty International’s report, “The state decides who I am: lack of legal recognition for transgender people in Europe” (35 minutes) Alex Sharpe, Professor of Law, Keele University: Sexual Intimacy, Gender Variance and the Criminal Law (35 minutes) Mette Hartlev, Professor of Law, University of Copenhagen: Legal gender recognition in Denmark (25 minutes) 10:35 – 10:50 CoffeeAnniken Sørlie, PhD Candidate in Law, University of Oslo: Legal gender recognition and legal gender in Norwegian law (25 minutes). Commentators: Legal gender recognition in Norway: challenges and aims Luca Dalen Espseth, Counselor on Gender Diversity: The National Association for lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender people (LLH) (10 minutes) Silvan Agius, Policy coordinator (Human Rights) Ministry for Social Dialogue, Consumer Affairs and Civil Liberties, Malta (10 minutes)
General discussion |
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12:30-13:15 |
Lunch break |
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13:15-15:45 |
Session 5:Children’s right to self-determination and the right to protection against unnecessary medical intervention: comparative perspectivesChair: Professor Ragnhild Hennum
Kirsten Sandberg, UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, Professor of Law, University of Oslo: Children with LGBTI parents and LGBTI children, under the Convention on the Rights of the Child. (25 minutes)fff Konstanze Plett, Professor of Law, University of Bremen: Children’s right to self-determination in light of the German Civil Status Act (25 minutes). Theresia Mumbua Matheka, Magistrate Court in Kenya: Intersex children: reflections on the basis of experiences from her work as a magistrate (25 minutes). 14:30 – 14:45 CoffeeCommentators: (Title to be announced) Esben Esther Pirelli Benestad, Professor of Sexology, UoO (10 minutes) Tove Lundberg, PhD-fellow, Lund University (10 minutes)
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15:45-17:00 |
Session 6: Summing up panelChair: Professor Anne Hellum Violeta Neubauer, Vice-Chair of the CEDAW Committee Kirsten Sandberg, UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, Professor of Law, University of Oslo Elena D'Angelo, Project Officer UN Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute Michael O'Flaherty, Professor of Law, National University of Ireland Inger Kristin Haugsevje, Head Board Member LLH Stein Wolff Frydenlund, Steering Committee Member TGEU, Head Trans Political Committee, LLH |