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A. Section Profile
The Civil Liberties and Human Rights Section invites participation from members interested in a wide range of issues related to its remit: this includes international human rights law, comparative human rights and all areas of domestic human rights protection. It welcomes papers concerned with the philosophical foundations of human rights and in recent years has had a particular concern with the constitutional protection of human rights, focusing on the Human Rights Act. It provides a forum for members interested in any of these areas to meet and give papers, generally of work in progress, with a view to stimulating debate. The emphasis is placed on providing plenty of space for lively discussion, rather than receiving long, formal papers. The Section always meets at the Annual Conference and in some years has held an additional meeting at another time of year. It aims to be inclusive and so contributions from any academic angle or point of view are very welcome, as are members at advanced or early stages in their academic careers.
B. Section Convenor
Professor Helen Fenwick Department of LawUniversity of Durham
50 North Bailey
Durham DH1 3ET.
Email: H.M.Fenwick@durham.ac.uk
Deputy Convenor
Professor Gavin PhillipsonDepartment of Law
University of Durham
50 North Bailey
Durham DH1 3ET.
Tel: +44 (0)191 334 2805
Fax: +44 (0)191 334 2801 gavin.phillipson@durham.ac.uk)
C. Section News
- Call for Papers on Civil Liberties and Human Rights for the 2010 SLS Conference - Published Saturday October 02 2010.
D. Provisional Conference Programme
2010 Conference at Southampton
Session 1: September 13th 14.00 - 15.30 Room Nuffield C
1A. Julie de Rooy (Swinburne University, Australia
Discrimination on grounds of philosophical beliefs: is it time for a (climate) change in Australia?
1B Charlotte Skeet (Sussex)
Women's Rights and the Human Rights Act 1998: Ten Years On
1C Ronagh McQuigg (Queen's University Belfast)
The Human Rights Act 1998 and Domestic Violence
Session 2: September 13th 16.00 - 17.30 Room Nuffield C
2A. Richard Stone (Lincoln)
The Expansion of Proportionality (full title tbc)
2B. Aaron Baker (Durham)
Proportionality and Autopoiesis: Can Human Rights Law Listen to the Social Sciences?
2C. Derek O'Brien (Oxford Brookes)
Judicial review under the HRA following the judgment of the ECHR in Gillan and Quinton v UK
Session 3 September 14th 09.30- 11.00 Room Nuffield C
3A. Alex Williams (Durham)
'The public-private divide after ten years of the HRA'.
3B. Merris Amos (Queen Mary, London)
The impact of the s.7 victim test on the effectiveness of the Human Rights Act"
3C. David ODwyer (Limerick)
An analysis of Art 8 of the ECHR and the HRA in relation to the National DNA Database - the case for a universal database
Session 4 September 14th 14.00 - 15.30 Room Nuffield C
4A. Virginia Mantouvalou ( Leicester)
Social Rights as Constitutional Essentials
4B. Fergal Davis (Lancaster)
The declaration of incompatibility and a proposed retreat from juridification.
4C. David Erdos (Oxford)
The nature and causes of Bill of Rights Institutionalization worldwide
Previous Conferences
- Oxford 2003.
- Sheffield 2004.
- Strathclyde 2005.
- Keele 2006.
- Durham 2007.
- London 2008.