Scholars and practitioners from all over the world. Lectures, roundtables and panels. Focus: the legal determinants of inequality; lawfare by and related to migrants & refugees, sexual & gender minorities, and children; the effects of policing, criminal law and incarceration; judicial independence; lawfare over natural resources; climate change. See full program here!
Centre on Law & Social Transformation (LawTransform) advances interdisciplinary research on the potential of law as an instrument of social change. March 16, 18:00 – 21:00 Film & reflection: “Democrats” – Constitution-making in Zimbabwe April 6, 12:00 – 13:30 Taking custody in the best interest of the child? April 7, 08:30 – 09:30 Breakfast forum: […]
Book launch: Tina Søreide’s “Corruption and Criminal Justice” The Centre on Law and Social Transformation’s seminar series Why is criminal law regulation of corruption enforced so differently across countries? And if we could choose, what would optimal law enforcement solutions look like? In her book ‘Corruption and Criminal Justice’, Tina Søreide explains why economists and […]
Replacing Judge Scalia – why the battle to control the US Supreme Court is central for the 2016 elections and beyond Conservative heavyweight of the Supreme Court for 30 years, Antonin Scalia, passed away on February the 13. With the court neatly divided ideologically, the stakes for filling his vacancy are painstakingly high; the outcome […]
When should the state intervene in a family? At what stage is the risk to a child so great that the child should be removed from the parents’ care? What services could the state provide to help families that are struggling? Through international law and domestic legislation, many states are obliged to act in the […]
How do two former political enemies deliver a new constitution for Zimbabwe, a country governed by the infamous political leader, Robert Mugabe, for almost 30 years? “Democrats” won the 2015 Best Documentary Feature at the Tribeca film festival in New York. The film portrays how the Zimbabwean political elite fight the battle over the founding […]
There is a vacancy for a postdoctoral research fellow position with a focus on political and legal mobilization around sexual and reproductive rights in Africa. Closing date: March 31, 2016 Call for applications. The postdoctoral fellow will be at the Centre on Law & Social Transformation and administratively under the Department of Comparative Politics, University […]
Breakfast seminar on human rights perspectives and public health responses on the Zika epidemic in Latin America, 18 February in Bergen. See the detailed event here.
A screening of the movie “Sisters in Law” will be held at the Bergen Resource Centre on 22 January 6 p.m, followed by a panel debate on whether social change can be achieved through the court-room and to what extent gender matters for judicial decision-making. Click here to see the detailed event.
Camila Gianella, Researcher at the Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI)/Centre on Law & Social Transformation will presents findings from the Abortion Rights Lawfare in Latin America research project in Oslo 15 February. See the detailed event here.