
Plenary Speakers

The Islamic View of Humanity
Tuesday 9 July, 9.15-10.15
Professor Emerita of Law, Richmond School of Law & Founder and Chair, KARAMAH: Muslim Women Lawyers for Human Rights
Azizah Y. al-Hibri

Natural Law, Cognitive Science and Human Rights
Thursday 11 July, 10.45-11.45
Photo: Georgetown Law/Sam Hollenshead
Agnes N. Williams Research Professor, Georgetown Law
John Mikhail

Human Rights Overreach
Monday 8 July, 10.45-11.45
Chair of Politics, Philosophy and Law and Director of the Yeoh Tiong Lay Centre for Politics, Philosophy and Law, King’s College London
John Tasioulas
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Diversity - Importance and Relevance
Friday 12 July, 9.15-10.15
Professor of Law, Gakushuin University, Toshima, Tokyo
Yoshiki Wakamatsu

Dignity: Challenges, Controversies & Promise
Friday 12 July, 10.45-11.45
Professor of Applied Ethics, University of Zurich
Peter Schaber

Title: to be confirmed
Monday 8 July, 09.15-10.15
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Elizabeth A. Long Professor of Law, Michigan Law & James Barr Ames Visiting Professor of Law at Harvard Law School
Catharine A. Mackinnon

The Future of Human Rights: An Ecological - Experimentalist Approach
Tuesday 9 July, 10.45-11.45
Executive Director of the Center for Law, Justice, and Society (Dejusticia), University of the Andes, Colombia
César Rodríguez-Garavito

Rescuing Human Rights: Challenges of Identity and Pluralism in an Age of Globalisation
Thursday 11 July, 9.15-10.15
Visiting Professor in International Law & Senior Research Fellow, Hirschman Centre for Democracy, Graduate Institute, Geneva
Neus Torbisco-Casals

Dignity: Challenges, Controversies & Promise
Friday 12 July, 10.45-11.45
Photo: Harald Sippel
Professor of Human Rights & Human Rights Policy, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg and former UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief (2010-16)
Heiner Bielefeldt

Dignity: Challenges, Controversies & Promise
Friday 12 July, 10.45-11.45
Professor of Modern and Contemporary Philosophy, University of Lausanne
Simone Zurbuchen
Sunday 7 July
12.00-20.00 Registration
Monday 8 July
09.00-09.30 Opening Ceremony
08.30-13.00 Special Workshops
09.30-10.30 Catharine A. Mackinnon, Title t.b.c.
10.30-11.00 Coffee Break
11.00-12.00 John Tasioulas, Human Rights Overreach
12.00-14.00 Lunch
14.00-16.00 Special Workshops & Working Groups
16.00-16.30 Coffee Break
16.30-18.30 Special Workshops & Working Groups
18.45-19.30 IVR Young Scholar Prize Lecture
19.30-21.30 Welcome Reception
Tuesday 9 July
08.30-13.00 Special Workshops
09.00-10.00 Azizah Y. al-Hibri, The Islamic View of Humanity
10.00-10.30 Coffee Break (Plenary Lectures)
10.30-11.00 Coffee Break (Special Workshops)
10.30-11.30 César Rodríguez-Garavito, The Future of Human Rights: An Ecological-Experimentalist Approach
11.30-14.00 Lunch
12.30-13.30 Meeting of IVR Section Heads
14.00-16.00 Special Workshops & Working Groups
16.00-16.30 Coffee Break
16.30-18.30 Special Workshops & Working Groups
18.30-20.00 Podium Discussion: Demokratie in der Krise? (in German)
Participants: Christine Abbt, Lukas Bärfuss, Matthias Mahlmann, Philippe Mastronardi
19.00-20.00 Panel Discussion: The Nature of International Law
Participants: Miodrag Jovanovic, Veronica Rodriguez-Blanco, Mortimer Sellers
Wednesday 10 July
08.00-10.00 Check-in for Excursions
10.00-16.00 Excursions
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18.00-19.00 Roundtable with IVR Book Prize Winner: Brian Tamanaha
19.15-20.15 Panel on the IVR Encyclopedia
Participants: Stephan Kirste, Mortimer Sellers, Leslie Francis, Matthias Mahlmann
Thursday 11 July
08.30-13.00 Special Workshops
09.00-10.00 Neus Torbisco-Casals, Rescuing Human Rights: Challenges of Identity and Pluralism in an Age of
Globalisation
10.00-10.30 Coffee Break (Plenary Lectures)
10.30-11.00 Coffee Break (Special Workshops)
10.30-11.30 John Mikhail, Natural Law, Cognitive Science and Human Rights
11.30-14.00 Lunch
14.00-16.00 Special Workshops & Working Groups
16.00-16.30 Coffee Break
16.30-18.30 Special Workshops & Working Groups
19.00-20.00 Panel Discussion on Academic Freedom
Participants: Adam Bodnar, Martina Caroni, Gökçe Çataloluk, András Sajó
Friday 12 July
08.30-13.00 Special Workshops
09.00-10.00 Yoshiki Wakamatsu, Diversity: Importance and Relevance
10.00-10.30 Coffee Break (Plenary Lectures)
10.30-11.00 Coffee Break (Special Workshops)
10.30-11.30 Heiner Bielefeldt, Peter Schaber, Simone Zurbuchen, Dignity: Challenges, Controversies and Promise
11.30-14.00 Lunch
14.00-16.00 Special Workshops & Working Groups
16.00-16.30 Coffee Break
16.30-18.30 Special Workshops & Working Groups
16.30-17.30 IVR General Assembly
19.30-23.00 Farewell Reception