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The Global Arc of Justice: Sexual Orientation Law Around the World

Conference Focus: LGBT Rights in Latin America and The Caribbean

Los Angeles & West Hollywood, California
March 11-14, 2009
 

Featuring

Confirmed Participants

Omar Banos, AIDS Project Los Angeles (California)
Lee Badgett, Professor of Economics, U. Mass.-Amherst/The Williams Institute (Massachusetts)
Andrés Duque, blabbeando.blogspot.com, Latino Commission on AIDS (New York)
David B. Cruz, Professor of Law, USC School of Law & President, ILGLaw (California)
Boris Dittrich, Advocacy Director, LBGT Rights Program, Human Rights Watch (New York)
Douglas Elliott, Partner, Roy Elliott O'Connor LLP (Toronto)
Paula Ettelbrick, Executive Director, International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (New York)
Gary J. Gates, Senior Research Fellow, The Williams Institute (California)
Helmut Graupner, JD, Attorney at Law (Austria)
Aeyal M. Gross, Professor of Law, Tel-Aviv University Faculty of Law & Vice President, ILGLaw (Israel)
John Heilman, West Hollywood City Councilmember (California)
Nan Hunter, Professor of Law, Georgetown Law/ The Williams Institute (Washington D.C.)
Tamara Adrián Hernandez, Professor of Law, University of Caracas (Venezuela)
Holning Lau, Associate Professor of Law, Hofstra (New York)
Karon Monaghan, JD, Attorney at Law (UK)
Andrew Park, Senior Philanthropic Advisor, Wellspring Advisors (New York)
Germán Rincón Perfetti, JD, Attorney at Law (Columbia)
Darren Rosenblum, Associate Professor of Law, Pace Law School (New York)
Clifford J. Rosky, Associate Professor, University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law (Utah)
Robert Wintemute, Professor of Human Rights Law, Kings College London (UK)
Evan Wolfson, Executive Director, Freedom to Marry (New York)
Douglas Sanders (Thailand)
Saúl Sarabia, Lecture and Director of Critical Race Studies Program, UCLA School of Law (California)
Brad Sears, Executive Director, The Williams Institute (California)
Lara Stemple, Director of Graduate Studies, UCLA School of Law (California)
Monica Taher, Azteca America (California)
Kees Waaldijk, Faculty of Law, Leiden University (The Netherlands)
 

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Conference Description & Call for Papers

Together with the International Lesbian and Gay Law Association (ILGLaw), The Williams Institute on Sexual Orientation Law and Public Policy, at UCLA School of Law, will host “The Global Arc of Justice: Sexual Orientation Law Around the World” taking place in Los Angeles & West Hollywood, California, from March 11-14, 2009. The conference will bring together LGBT advocates from around the world to share knowledge and expertise on specific LGBT issues that cut across countries and regions. Working groups and plenary panels will be focused on the following topics:

• Overturning 377: Repealing Sodomy Laws in Former British Colonies and the Caribbean

• Implementing the Yogyakarta Principles

• Legal Recognition of Same-sex couples

• The Advancement of LGBT Rights by National Governments

• Regional Approaches to Advancing LGBT Rights: The EU and Mercosur Countries

• Transgender Issues Around the World

• Human Rights & Global Health: The Connection between LGBT Equality & the Fight Against HIV/AIDS

The conference schedule will also include paper sessions and panels based on submissions.  The deadline to submit is Monday, December 1, 2008. Please see the following link for more information:

Call for Papers
 

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Registration & Hotel Information

Registration rates for the conference are as follows:

A special “Angel Rate” to benefit a scholarship fund for international conference participants is available. The tax-deductible donation is $1,000 and includes a special VIP reception, host committee membership for the Gala Reception on Friday night, and recognition on all conference materials.

Regular, Student, and Angel Rates include the following:

Click here to Register Online (*available soon)

Click here to Register by Mail (*available soon)

The official Conference Hotel is the Ramada in West Hollywood. A special conference rate of $139/per night is available. The deadline to make your reservation is January 12, 2009. Reservations can be made by calling Zoey Caratas in Group Sales at (800) 845-8585, Ext. 518 or by sending an email to: info@ramadaweho.com. To receive the conference hotel rate, please mention "The Williams Institute" and/or "ILG Law" room block.

Cancellation Policy  - Registrants who are unable to attend the conference will receive a refund less a $50 administrative fee ONLY if a formal cancellation request is received by February 11, 2009. Cancellation requests must be emailed to bunnao@law.ucla.edu. The Williams Institute reserves the right to cancel any program and assumes to responsibility for personal expense. Participants are responsible for cancellation of any hotel reservations made, per hotel cancellation policy.
 

For further information and questions, contact:

Randy Bunnao
The Williams Institute
UCLA School of Law - Box 951476
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1476 U.S.A.
Email: bunnao@law.ucla.edu
Phone: (310) 825-8760
Fax: (310) 825-7270

Cosponsored by International Lesbian and Gay Law Association