A joint initiative between the University of Bergen
and CMI – Chr. Michelsen Institute
Past events
Criminalization of queer sexuality: political drivers and health
With (tbc*), Lise Rakner (UiB), Leo Arriola (UC Berkely), Getnet Tadele (University of Addis Abeba), Adrian Jjuko (Univeristy of Pretoria/Hrapf), Alan Msosa (Universty of York), Ayo Sogunro (Univeristy of Pretoria), Rudo Chigudu (Univeristy of Pretoria). Chair: Malcolm Langford (UiO).
Beyond Virtue & Vice: Rethinking sex, health and criminal law
In this seminar – which is part of the Bergen Exchanges on Law & Social Transformation – we will discuss the criminal regulation of sex, gender and reproduction across countries, and how human rights actors can think differently about recourse to criminal law as a remedy for violations. Among the issues to be discussed is gestational surrogacy.
Law, politics and adolescent sexual and reproductive health
While connections between politics, law and health are widely accepted they are harder to pin down scientifically. How can we establish evidence of impact?
Sally Engle Merry: Annual Lecture on Law & Social Transformation
Annual Lecture: From Human Rights to Local Justice and the Quiet Power of Indicators
Human Rights and Fair Priorities in Health
Norman Daniels (Harvard University, USA) presents his keynote lecture: “Human Rights and Fair Priorities in Health”, followed by a roundtable discussion
Litigating health rights – what happened with the mega-judgments
A panel disussion with (tbc*): Alicia Ely Yamin (Georgetown University), Paola Bergallo (University of Torcuato Di Tella) and Sudhir Krishnaswamy (Azim Premji University and Center for Law & Policy Research).
Abortion Lawfare
Roundtable with Alicia Yamin (chair), (tbc*) Paola Bergallo (Di Tella University, Argentina), Máiréad Enright (Birmingham Law School). Ruth Rubio Marin (University of Sevilla); Mindy Roseman (Yale University)
Children’s Climate Litigation
A panel discussion with (tbc*) Catalina Vallejo, Esmeralda Colombo, Nicolas Orago, Conrado Hubner Mendez/Danielle Rached, Jørn Øyrehagen Sunde, Cesar Rodrigues-Garavito (Skype) .
Samouni Road – Life & Death on the Gaza Strip
LawTransform in cooperation with BIFF invites you to an exclusive screening of the award-winning documentary SAMOUNI ROAD (2018).
Coral Whisperers: Breathing law into life
Irus Braverman (University at Buffalo School of Law) will present her work on coral reefs, and the scientists who work with them.
Global Challenges, Uncertainty and Complexity
Bergen Summer Research School Debate: What is the right thing to do? How can we know? And who is that “we” who know and define what is right?
Business and Human Rights
Bergen Summer Research School: Security in the Food Supply Chain
Rethinking Society for the 21st Century
Bergen Summer Research School: Launch of the IPSP report
Higher Education as a Global Challenge
Bergen Summer Research School Debate: The digital age has created new possibilities for education, which makes it possible to be educated on-line – but what challenges come with this opportunity?
Challenging patriarchy on campus
Bergen Summer Research School Keynote: The dilemmas and complexities of tackling Gender-Based Harm in universities.
The Jekyll and Hyde aspects of breastfeeding
Bergen Summer Research School Keynote: Although the benefits of breastfeeding considerably outweigh potential risks, breast milk is also the source of infections transmissible to the breastfed infant.
