Symposium Towards a Gender Recognition Framework for Ireland
- 01 Jul 2010
On Friday 14 May 2010 the Centre for Criminal Justice and Human Rights, University College Cork will host a Symposium Towards a Gender Recognition Framework for Ireland.
Symposium
Towards a Gender Recognition Framework for Ireland
Friday 14 May 2010
Brookfield Health Sciences Complex, U.C.C., Room G05, 10.30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The Renewed Programme for Government, agreed in October 2009, includes a commitment to introduce gender recognition legislation in Irish law under the ‘Equality’ heading. The purpose of this half-day symposium is to contribute to the debate leading to the drafting of such legislation. In particular, we hope to learn from the experience of the drafting of the Gender Recognition Act, 2004 in the UK and to highlight the human rights issues which require consideration in the drafting process. From an Irish perspective, we hope to identify the existing protections available to trans and intersex persons under Irish law and to emphasize the need to introduce gender recognition legislation.
Programme for the Day
10:30 Conference Opening:
Professor Irene Lynch-Fannon, Head of College of Business and Law, UCC
Mary White TD, Minister of State for Equality, Human Rights and Integration
10:40 Session 1: Experience From Abroad
Chair: Professor Martha Fineman, Feminist Legal Theory Project, Emory University, USA
Professor Stephen Whittle, School of Law, Manchester Metropolitan University
‘Principles Above Policy: Reading One’s European Obligations Carefully’
Professor Andrew Sharpe, School of Law, Keele University
‘The Gender Recognition Act 2004: Lessons to Learn’
12:00 Coffee Break
12:30 Session 2: Current Law in Ireland
Chair: Dr. Mary Donnelly, Faculty of Law, UCC
Ms. Eilís Barry, Barrister at Law
‘Towards a Gender Recognition Framework in Ireland: The Potential of the Equality Legislation’
Mr. Michael Farrell, Solicitor, Free Legal Advice Centres; Irish Human Rights Commission
‘The Foy Case - What it Means and What Happens Next.’
Dr. Tanya Ní Mhuirthile, Faculty of Law, UCC
‘Framing Gender Recognition for Ireland’
14:00 Conference Close
Further information is available from Ms Noreen Delea, Faculty of Law, UCC, Cork Tel. (021) 490 2728. E-mail: ccjhr@ucc.ie
Delegate Fee: €20.00 CPD Points: 3 hours
A booking form is located here
Symposium location and Car Parking Maps are located here
The symposium forms part of an Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences thematic project, on Gender Equality, Religious Diversity and Multiculturalism in Contemporary Ireland. Further details of the project are available at:
http://www.ucc.ie/en/lawsite/staff/smullally/IRCHSSthematicproject/#d.en.71573
