Leonard v.B. Sutton Colloquium

Leonard v.B. Sutton Colloquium:Human Rights and Reproductive Justice: International and Comparative Perspectives.

This year, the Leonard v.B. Sutton Colloquium will highlight the role of international and comparative human rights law in advancing reproductive justice, a topic at the forefront of legal and societal debates in many jurisdictions. The Colloquium papers will explore relevant developments in global, regional, and national human rights jurisprudence. We are privileged to host a diverse group of esteemed scholars who will share their insights from various legal systems around the world.

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Keynote Address - The Discriminatory Dimensions of Reproductive Health
Rebecca J. Cook, Professor Emerita, Faculty of Law, the Faculty of Medicine and the Joint Centre for Bioethics at the University of Toronto, and Co-Director, International Reproductive and Sexual Health Law Program.

Panel One - Reproductive Rights within Constitutional Frameworks: Legal Interpretations and Their Implications

• Empowering Women's Rights: Unleashing the Multilevel Power of Feminist Constitutionalism in Abortion Cases, Melina Girardi Facin, Federal University of Paraná
• The Constitutional Fight for the Complete Decriminalisation of Abortion: Nepal and the Rights-Based Approach in Comparative Perspective, Mara Malagodi, School of Law, University of Warwick
• Synthesis Theorisation, Gauri Pillai, University of Bristol Law School

Panel Two - Reproductive  Rights Through the Lens of Regional Human Rights Protection Instruments

• Inter-American Reproductive Autonomy, Rosa Celerio, George Washington University of Law
• Abortion and the European Court of Human Rights, Fiona de Londras, Birmingham Law School
• (Un)breathing Life into the Maputo Protocol: A Critique of the African Commission's Decision on Maternal Mortality, Satang Nabaneh, Human Rights Center, University of Dayton

Panel Three - Advancing Reproductive Justice: Ensuring Bodily Autonomy and Equity in Access in Healthcare

• From the Right to Choose to the Virtuous Victim: Advocacy for Reproductive Autonomy in the United States, Carole Petersen, William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawaii at Manoa
• This is Not a Tango - Latin America Conscientious Objection Clauses in Healthcare, Agustina Rámon Michel, Law School of the University of Palermo
• Intersex Rights & Reproductive Justice, Holning Lau, University of North Carolina School of Law

For more information on the Leonard v.B. Sutton Colloquiuim and to see a list of past Colloquia, please visit the Sutton Colloquium Page.

5 General CLE credits

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