THE COMMITTEE FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF OSLO’S HUMAN RIGHTS PRIZE – LISL AND LEO EITINGER’S PRIZE – INVITES YOU  TO ATTEND THE EITINGER SEMINAR 2007:

Shari'a and the Accommodation of Muslim Minorities under Secular Jurisdictions

Time: Tuesday 13th November, 14:00 – 16:00 a.m.
 Venue: The Seminar room, Norwegian Centre for Human Rights (Universitetsgt.22-24)

Invitees only: The seminar will not be open to the general public

We are proud to have this year’s winner of the University’s Human Rights Prize – Lisl and Leo Eitinger’s Prize, at the seminar:

Dr.  Khaled Abou El Fadl
Professor in Islamic Law at UCLA School of Law

The seminar will be conducted in English.

PROGRAMME

1400-1405     Opening by Director Geir Ulfstein  

1405-1515      Prize winner’s lecture

1530-1555       Open discussion

1600                 End of session

 

THE AWARD CEREMONY

Professor Khaled Abou El Fadl will receive the University of Oslo’s Human Rights Award- Lisl and Leo Eitinger’s Prize, at a ceremony in the Gamle Festsal at Law Faculty 5 p.m. on Monday 12th November 2007. The award ceremony is open to all.

During the ceremony, Professor Khaled Abou El Fadl will give a lecture on Islamic Law and Human Rights: Tension or Mutual Support?

 

The University of Oslo’s Human Rights Award - Lisl and Leo Eitinger’s Prize is given to persons or organisations for outstanding contributions in the field of human rights, or for exceptional clinical or research performance in victimology.The prize committee members are:

  • Haakon B. Benestad, Pro-rector, University of Oslo
  • Astrid Nøklebye Heiberg Professor (emeritus) of Psychiatry, University of Oslo
  • Ulrik Fredrik Malt Professor of Psychiatry, University of Oslo
  • Anne Julie Semb Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Oslo
  • Geir Ulfstein Professor of Law, University of Oslo