Abstracts, papers and presentations

Prior to the conference abstracts of presentations will be posted at this webpage.

After the conference papers and power point presentations will be posted.

 

Session 1: Equality and freedom for whom? LGBTI-challenges to international and regional human rights law

Chair: Professor Anne Hellum, Department of Public and International Law, UoO

Michael O’Flaherty

Professor of Law, National University of Ireland

Dianne Otto

Professor of Law, University of Melbourne

Rikki Holtmaat

Professor of Law, Leiden University

Commentators

 

Session 2: Regional human rights perspectives on the development of LGBTI rights the role of international, regional and national Courts

Chair: Ingunn Ikdahl, Associate Professor, Department of Public and International Law, University of Oslo

Mads Andenæs

Professor of Law, University of Oslo

Annika Rudman

Associate Professor of Law, University of Stellenbosch

Vikram Kolmannskog

Dr. Philos

Malcolm Langford

Senior researcher CMI

 

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

Silvan Agius

Policy Coordinator (Human rights), Ministry for Social Dialogue, Consumer Affairs and civil Liberties, Malta

Hans Ytterberg

Former Ombudsman against Discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation, Sweden

Lene Løvdal

The Equality and Anti-discrimination Ombud

Commentators

 

 

 

Session 4: Trans* and intersex persons’ right to recognition, identity and autonomy in international and national Law

Chair: Professor Kirsten Sandberg, Chair of the Child Rights Committee, Professor of Law, UoO

Marco Perolini

Amnesty International’s expert on discrimination

 

Alex Sharpe

Professor of Law, Keele University

Mette Hartlev

Professor of Law, University of Copenhagen

Anniken Sørlie

PhD Candidate in Law, University of Oslo

 

 

Session 5: Children’s right to self-determination and the right to protection against unnecessary medical intervention: comparative perspectives

Chair: Ragnhild Hennum, Professor and Pro-Rector of the University of Oslo  

Kirsten Sandberg

Chair of the Child Rights Committee, Professor of Law, University of Oslo

Konstanze Plett

Professor of Law, University of Bremen

Teresia Mumbua Matheka

Magistrate Court in Kenya

Commentators

 

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