IBA Annual Conference Sydney 2017
8 Oct - 13 Oct 2017
Room C2.6, Convention Centre, Level 2
Session information
LGBTI criminals: the British legacy
Monday 9 October (0930 - 1230)
Room C2.6, Convention Centre, Level 2
Committee(s)
LGBTQI+ Law Committee
(Lead)
Description
Why have so many members of the present and former British Commonwealth refused to decriminalise sodomy laws, criminalising private same-sex behaviour, and sanctioning state and private violence against such persons. Does this failure and the violence that therefore occurs amount to a crime against humanity in the making? Are such laws now acceptable in the modern world?
Session / Workshop Chair(s)
| Federico Godoy | Beretta Godoy, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Co-Chair, LGBTQI+ Law Committee |
Speakers
| Hon Justice Edwin Cameron | Constitutional Court of South Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa |
| Robert Khan | The Law Society of England and Wales, London, England |
| Hon Justice Michael Kirby AC CMG | Former Justice of the High Court of Australia, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Vice Chair, IBA's Human Rights Institute |
| Judge Monica maina Mbaru | High Court of Kenya, Other City, Kenya |
| Leonardo Raznovich | Intersectional Centre for Inclusion and Social Justice, Canterbury, England; Education Officer, LGBTQI+ Law Committee |
| David Ryken | Ryken and Associates, Auckland, New Zealand; Co-Chair, LGBTQI+ Law Committee |