Oct 17, 2011
ISIL Dialogue on European Consensus
This Thursday, October 20th, the Irish Society of International Law will hold a dialogue on European consensus entitled “HOW TO DISREGARD CONSENSUS? CORPORAL PUNISHMENT, TRANSSEXUALS AND ABORTION”. It will take place at 6pm in the Arbitration Room, 1st Floor, Distillery Building, 145-151 Church Street, Dublin 7. The main speaker will be Kanstantsin Dzehtsiarou and I (Fiona de Londras) will be acting as discussant. This informal seminar will consider the role of European consensus in decision-making at the European Court of Human Rights and whether internal consensus – i.e. consensus within an individual country – or a broader interna-tional trend, can justify a departure from commonly accepted standards amongst states parties to the ECHR. Discussion will focus on three cases: Tyrer v UK (which concerned corporal punishment), Goodwin v UK (transsexuals’ rights) and A, B and C v Ireland (abortion).
Attendance is free to ISIL members and membership will be available at the door (€30 per annum/€15 conc.). The price for non-members is €10. Certificates of attendance for CPD purposes will be available. To confirm your attendance please email info@isil.ie
