University of Southampton

(Lecture Room B, Nuffield Theatre[1])

Monday 13 September 2010

PROGRAMME


Human Rights and Comparative Law


09.00: Arrival and welcome

09.30: General Introduction

09.45: United Kingdom Perspectives (Chair: Ed Bates)
Professor Ian Cram (University of Leeds) –‘Control orders, the Human Rights Act and comparative law'

10.15: Discussion

10.30: French Perspectives (Chair: Claudina Richards)
(i) Dr Marie-Luce Paris (University College, Dublin) – ‘Taking the Constitution Seriously: A Question of Priority under the New French Constitutional Review’(ii) Dr Myriam Hunter-Henin (UCL) - ‘Additional Constitutional Review for France: A valuable addition to Human Rights Protection?’
11:10 Discussion

11.25: Coffee

11.40: ‘Strasbourg’ Perspectives (Chair: Geoffrey Samuel)
(i) Dr Ed Bates (University of Southampton) & Kanstantsin Dzehtsiarou (University College, Dublin) – ‘The European Convention on Human Rights and Comparative Law’
(ii) Professor Stefan Sottiaux (K.U.Leuven) – ‘’Bad Tendencies’ in the ECtHR’s Hate Speech Jurisprudence'

12.20: Discussion

12.30: General observations and closing discussion



[1] Adjacent to the School of Law.