W O R K S H O P
L i t i g a t i o n ,
A c c o m m o d a t i o n
P a r t i c i p a t i o n
a n d
M i n o r i t y
Organisers: Patti Lenard (University of Ottawa), Avigail Eisenberg (University of Victoria), Neus Torbisco and Marisa Iglesias (Universitat Pompeu Fabra).
Thursday May 23
Room 20.233 (Campus Ciutadella – Jaume I Building )
Session III. 2.15h-4.15pm: Courts, Minorities and Cultural Claims
Session I. 9.30-11.30am: Accommodating (or not) religious beliefs in Europe
George Letsas (University College London): ‘Accommodation of (Religious)
Beliefs under the ECHR: Eiwida v United Kingdom’
Discussant: Avi Astor (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)
Alison Mawhinney (Bangor University): ‘Religious accommodation and the
changing nature of the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion in
human rights law’
Discussant: Avigail Eisenberg (University of Victoria)
Coffee break: 11.30-12pm
Session II. 12-1pm: Litigation strategies and Human Rights: The British
Experience
Thomas Poole (London School of Economics): ‘Rights, Interests, and
Constitutional Politics’
Discussant: Nico Krisch (Icrea & Hertie School of Governance, Berlin)
Lunch Break: 1-2pm
Maleiha Malik (King’s College London): ‘Minority Legal Orders in the UK: Minorities,
Pluralism and Law’
Discussant: Christine Straehle (University of Ottawa)
Ilenia Ruggiu (Università degli Studi di Cagliari): ‘Begging as Roma cultural practice in
Italy: uses and misuses of cultural defense’
Discussant: Camil Ungureanu (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)
Coffee break: 4.30-5pm
Session IV. 5-7pm: Courts and cross-cultural (mis) communication
Patti Tamara Lenard (University of Ottawa):‘‘Evaluating R v NS: Sincerity and the
fragility of trust in Canadian Muslim communities’
Discussant: Marisa Iglesias Vila (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)
Neus Torbisco Casals (Universitat Pompeu Fabra) ‘Courts and Culture: Judicial
(Mis)representations in Religious Conflicts’
Discussant: Avigail Eisenberg (University of Victoria)
8pm: Dinner