A joint initiative between the University of Bergen
and CMI – Chr. Michelsen Institute
How has human rights law and the European Court of Human Rights developed the right to personal identity?
Photo: Council of Europe In her presentation, Jill Marshall examines how human rights law, particularly the European Court of Human Rights, has developed the right to personal identity under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights. Building on previous work, she focuses on the Court’s case law relating to children, analyzing how personal identity is protected and interpreted.
Marshall critiques the role of human rights law in shaping personal identities from birth and explores what the Court has achieved and could achieve in this area.
Moderator: Ana Côrtes
The lecture is free and open to all.
The seminar is part of the RDV series, a collaboration between the Centre for Research on Discretion and Paternalism and the Centre on Law and Social Transformation at the University of Bergen. The RDV-webinar series is an interdisciplinary webinar where national and international researchers are invited to talk about their pioneering research on topics regarding law, democracy, and welfare. It is also part of the PhD course on Gendered Autocratization at the Department of Government, UiB.
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Jill Marshall is Professor of Law, at Department of Law and Criminology, Royal Holloway, University of London, and co-directs the interdisciplinary Centre for the Study of Emotion and Law (CSEL). She also leads the Rights and Freedoms research cluster and postgraduate research within her department. She is a qualified lawyer.
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Jill Marshall is Professor of Law, at Department of Law and Criminology, Royal Holloway, University of London, and co-directs the interdisciplinary Centre for the Study of Emotion and Law (CSEL). She also leads the Rights and Freedoms research cluster and postgraduate research within her department. She is a qualified lawyer.
Her work focuses on the relationship between law and living well, human flourishing, what it means to be free, with a focus on girls’ and women’s human rights. She has written widely on these topics and is the author of three books and one edited collection. Current projects include conceptually distinguishing pregnancy and giving birth from motherhood, baby boxes and secret births, deception and identity in the metaverse, and freedom of religion, expression, and identity through dress.
Bergen Global is a joint initiative between the University of Bergen and Chr. Michelsen Institute that addresses global challenges.
