Time: 18:00-19:30 The increasing judicialization of politics and social struggles in Latin America over the past decades – from demands for transitional justice, and constitutions recognizing indigenous rights, to judicialized environmental conflicts and an ‘epidemic’ of health rights litigation – is also reflected in the scholarship in and on the region. But while the body […]
Time: 12:30-13:30 Across the globe, “morality” issues such as homosexuality and abortion have become high stake politics, constituting rallying points for political mobilization and contestation in the political braches as well as in the courts. Abortion related questions play a central political role in in Latin America, issues of same sex relations do the same […]
Time: 10:10-11:10 Across the world we see a clampdown on organizations reporting on human rights, and a much used strategy in the repertoire of coercive measures is to introduce new NGO-legislation tightening the conditions for organizations that are considered political, including restrictions on foreign funding. Cases include Russia, India, Egypt, Angola, Kenya and many other. […]
Time: 11:20-12:20 Human rights challenges are ample and worsening also in developed democracies, and in the past year, the development in the United States have raised particular concern. In this panel we raise some of the issues that are particularly worrying, ranging from basic civil rights concerns to human rights implications of the profound inequalities […]
Mexico is one of the world’s most violent countries, but the violence is not evenly distributed across the territory (as is also the case in many other countries) the reasons for this is not well understood. In a large research project Karina Ansolabehere and her colleague are investigating the patterns of violence in different Mexican […]
Time: 09:00-10:00 Many African countries are leading the global charge in clamping down on democracy, adopting legal restrictions on key civil and political rights that form the basis of democratic rule, including freedoms of association, speech, and information; the ability to choose political leaders; rule of law with recourse to independent courts; and rights and […]
Time: 10:10-11:30 What are effective institutional solutions to the problem of gender based violence? Common strategies have been to use the law to criminalize gender violence, increase penalties, put more people in jail. Is this effective? Is the criminal law the best tool? In Latin America #NiUnaMenos – the ‘not one less’ movement – challenges […]
Time: 12:40 – 13:30 While rule of law may be a central feature of democracy, law – and rule by law – is also central in authoritarian states. Most of our thinking about law is focused on democratic societies, as are most methods for doing legal and socio-legal research. To research law and legal institutions’ functioning […]
Time: 14:30-15:30 This session presents findings from a pilot study of the debates on homosexuality in African newspapers as part of the LawTransform project on Political Determinants of Sexual and Reproductive Health in Africa (GLOBVAC). The data gathering process has been based on the technique of web scraping media articles, and will illustrate how large-scale […]
Child Marriage Laws in Africa
Child marriage features high on the international agenda both as a human rights violation and because of its negative effects on sustainable economic development. The issue is critical within the debates on gendered violence, girls’ education and women’s participation in the work force. What are the drivers of child marriage law reform in Africa and […]