Recent years have seen a rise in the importance of religion in both the private and the public spheres, as well as an increase in demands for full equality by disempowered groups such as women and gays. The combined effect of these two phenomena has been an escalation in the conflict between claims of religious...
Category: <span>Session III</span>
“READER MEETS AUTHOR“ OF “DISCRIMINATION AS STIGMA“ BY IYIOLA SOLANKE. PART 2/2: MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL RESPONSES
“Meets Author Roundtable“ to discuss recently released book: “Discrimination as Stigma“ by Iyiola Solanke. Equality Law Scholars from diverse regions and perspectives will each address the comparative law approach to discrimination offered in the book and how it relates to their own region and research. The regions include: Hong Kong, the United Kingdom, Brazil and...
30 YEARS OF THE BRAZILIAN CONSTITUTION: THE NEED TO TAKE STOCK
On the eve of the thirtieth anniversary of the Constitution, it is urgent to take stock of this reality. The 1988 Constitution structures the welfare state model with a view to eradicating inequalities based, above all, on the strengthening of the social order and the protection of human rights. In this sense the prospective meaning...
BETWEEN COMPELLED SPEECH AND SUBSIDIZED SPEECH: INSTITUTIONAL PERSPECTIVES
What are the legal and ethical limits on the state‘s discretion in using financial means to either incentivize or penalize ideologically contentious speech? Throughout the liberal world, state support of private activities—artistic creation, academic inquiry, welfare provision, etc.—invokes disputes as to the legitimacy of conditions imposed upon recipients, that require them to either express support...
RIGHTS, GOVERNANCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN A DATA INTENSIVE AGE
In the inexorable march of digital technology, one‘s identity is constantly being shaped, measured and defined by fellow citizens, private enterprises and public authorities. This affects the understanding of ourselves as voters, of others as honest citizens, and of heroes of bygone days which we once held dear in our hearts. While individuals‘ lives are...
SECRECY AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN NATIONAL SECURITY LAW
This panel seeks to examine issues surrounding secrecy in security-related public law cases. Specifically, the panel will focus on exploring how UK courts have managed secrecy, and the potential implications for state accountability. The panel is chaired by Dr Hayley Hooper, and Dr Fergal Davis will act as a discussant.
EMERGENCY, LEGALITY AND RESISTANCE IN ASIA
This panel explores relationships between sovereign prerogative, legality and rights in different Asian contexts. Eva Pils and Rawin Leelapatana apply long-standing theorisation about exceptional state power to contemporary politics in China and Thailand respectively. Pils draws on Frankel‘s conception of the “dual state“ to analyse the reversion to arbitrary displays of state power in China....
GOVERNING TECHNOLOGY UNDER INTERNATIONAL AND EUROPEAN LAW: ENHANCING SECURITY WHILST SAFEGUARDING RIGHTS (?)
Cutting-edge technologies may have a beneficial impact, including in terms of enhanced security and democracy. Yet, distinctive elements of the current technological era, such as the raising role of private actors and the growing automation, challenge traditional legal categories and raise new regulatory concerns. International and EU law are continuously confronting with a whole array...
HUMAN RIGHTS PERFORMANCE IN TAIWAN
In the past three decades, Taiwan has made a great stride in protecting human rights since democratization. This is all the more remarkable given the emergence of democratic backsliding around the globe and should be attributed not only to the government, including all three branches but also to civil society. This panel comprises four students...
STRUCTURAL PRINCIPLES FOR PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW
Traditional accounts of the ‘structural’ principles of international law are ‘positivistic‘ and ‘voluntarist‘, suggesting that: a) law and morality are conceptually distinct; and b) no international obligations can exist without state consent. Each paper in this panel challenges these orthodoxies in different ways. Whether by assessing the limits of legitimate democratic rule, the need to...