IBA Annual Conference Rome 2018
7 Oct - 12 Oct 2018
Session Room R, Level -1
Session information
State-sponsored or state-condoned violence against women, LGBTI and other minorities. Do there need to be changes to the patriarchal base of human societies and what steps can be taken to protect targeted persons?
Wednesday 10 October (1430 - 1545)
Session Room R, Level -1
Committee(s)
LGBTQI+ Law Committee
(Lead)
Crimes Against Women Subcommittee
Family Law Committee
Human Rights Law Committee
Description
State-sponsored or state-condoned violence against women, LGBTI and other minorities. Do there need to be changes to the patriarchal base to human societies? What steps can be taken to protect targeted persons, and what improvements can there be to our social and legal systems. Is violence against minorities an implicit breach of international law? Do we need more than just reporting remedies? This session will explore mechanisms including litigation in support of legal changes that can be brought to bear to change violence against the weak and/or vulnerable.
Session / Workshop Chair(s)
| David Ryken | Ryken and Associates, Auckland, New Zealand; Co-Chair, LGBTQI+ Law Committee |
| Neelim Sultan | 1 MCB Chambers, London, England; Co-Chair, Human Rights Law Committee |
Speakers
| Hon Justice Edwin Cameron | Constitutional Court of South Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa |
| Olufunmi Oluyede | TRLPLAW Solicitors, Lagos, Nigeria; LPD Council Member, LPD Council |
| Honey Tan | Tan Law Practice, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| Justice Raul Zaffaroni | Inter-American Court of Human Rights, San Jose, Costa Rica |