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A. Section Profile

This section will embrace sessions designed to test the demand for new sections and papers for which there is no space elsewhere.

B. Section Convenor

JP Tribe
KPMG Lecturer in Restructuring

Kingston Law School
Kingston University
Kingston Hill
Kingston upon Thames
Surrey, England, KT2 7LB
Tel 020 8547 2000

Email: J.Tribe@kingston.ac.uk

C. Section News

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D. Provisional Conference Programme

2010 Conference at Southampton

Session 1: September 13th 14.00 - 15.30 Room Law 4055

Chair: John Tribe (Kingston)

1A    Phillip Morgan (Southampton)

         Doublethink and District Judges - High Court Precedent in the County Court

1B   Eilionóir Flynn (National University of Ireland Galway)

        From Rhetoric to Action: Implementing the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities - the role of National Disability Strategies

1C   Rebecca Cox (Robert Gordon)

       Childhood Obesity - a child protection issue?

Session 2: September 13th 16.00 - 17.30 Room Law 4055

Chair: John Tribe (Kingston)

2A    Nezir Akye?ilmen (Selçuk University, Konya-Turkey)

         Human Rights Dimensions of Turkey EU Relations

2B    Murat Tumay (Glasgow)

         The possible impact of 2010 draft constitutional amendments on human rights and democracy in Turkey

Session 3 September 14th 09.30 - 11.00 Room Law 4055

Chair: John Tribe (Kingston)

3A   Chris Gallavin (University of Canterbury, NZ)

       The admissibility of prior consistent statements in sexual cases: a human rights  appraisal.

3B   Jesse Elliot (UWE)

        The Role of Consent in Human Trafficking

3C   Daniel Fenwick (Durham)

         Rights-based recognition of Women's reproductive choices: development of abortion rights under the European Convention on Human Rights?

Previous Conferences

- Oxford 2003.
- Sheffield 2004.
- Strathclyde 2005.
- Keele 2006.
- Durham 2007.
- London 2008.

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