Authoritarian Constitutionalism

Judging democratic backlash

Many countries are currently experiencing a narrowing of democratic space.

Women on the Bench

What is it like to be a female judge? What are the incentives and obstacles that women face on the road to judgeship in different societies? And does it make a difference – to the operation of the court, its legitimacy or its judgments – whether there are women judges on a court – and how many they are?

Religion and Environmental conflict in Latin America

Evan Berry (American University, Washington D.C.) in conversation with Hans Geir Aasmundsen (UiB).

Corruption and Health

With Taryn Vian (Boston University), Monica Kirya (CMI), and Tina Søreide (NHH and LawTransform). Moderator: Sara Ekblom (LawTransform).

Researching Intersectionality

With (tbc*): Jayna Kothari (CLPR, India) Ciara O’Connell (Univeristy of Pretoria), Richard Sambaiga (UiB), Ingvild Skage (UiB/LawTransform), Maya Unnithan (University of Essex) Chair: Ruth Rubio Marin (Univeristy of Sevilla).

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.