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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

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