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Wednesday, March 11

 

8:00 am - 9:00 am

  Registration
     

9:00 am - 3:00 pm

  Working Group: Implementation of the Yogyakarta Principles
     
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm   Lunch Break
     
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm   Working Group: Implementation of the Yogyakarta Principles (cont.)
     
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm   Working Group: Strategies for Advancing the Rights of Same-Sex Couples,
     
    *The Opening Plenary Event is Free and Open to the Public - Please visit the Registration Page to RSVP (space is limited):
     
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm  

Opening Plenary: LGBT Rights In Latin America, followed by Desert Reception

     
     

9:30 pm

  Out in West Hollywood Cocktail Party
 
 

Thursday, March 12

 
9:00 am- 10:20 am   Working Group: Implementation of the Yogyakarta Principles (cont.)
   

Concurrent Sessions I

   

Latin American Track - Brazil: Judicial Recognition of Same-Sex Couples and Their Families
Regional Track - Coming to America: LGBT Travel, Immigration, & Asylum
Global Track - Families Redefined: Kinship Groups that Deserve Benefits

     
10:40 am- 12:00 pm   Working Group: Implementation of the Yogyakarta Principles (cont.)
    Concurrent Sessions II
    Latin American Track - Chile & Peru
Regional Track - LGBT Jurisprudence of the European Court of Justice & the European Court of Human Rights
Issue Track - Safe Schools for LGBT Students & Teachers
     
12:30 pm - 1:45 pm   Lunch Plenary Panel: Human Rights & Global Health: LGBT Equality & the Fight Against HIV/AIDS
     
2:00 pm - 3:15 pm   Concurrent Sessions III
    Latin American Track - LGBT Rights in Argentina
Global Track -
Global Perspectives on Transgender Rights
Issue Track - Stayin' Alive: Same Sex
Pensions on Three Continents
     
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm   Working Group Report Out: Implementation of the Yogyakarta Principles
     
4:45 pm - 6:15 pm   Afternoon Plenary: International LGBT Human Rights: The Yogyakarta Principles
 
 

Friday, March 13

 
9:00 am - 10:20 am   Working Group: Strategies for Advancing the Rights of Same-Sex Couples (cont.)
    Concurrent Sessions IV
    Latin American Track - The Carribean, Cuba, & Puerto Rico
Regional Track - LGBT Rights in North America
Issue Track - The Rights of Transgender and Intersex People
     
10:40 am- 12:00 pm   Working Group: Strategies for Advancing the Rights of Same-Sex Couples (cont.)
    Concurrent Sessions V
   

Latin American Track - Trans-Films (this panel will conclude at 12:10 pm)
Regional Track - LGBT Rights in Africa
Global Track - Universal Rights v. National Cultures
Issue Track - Out at Work: Employment Discrimination Against LGBT Persons

     
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm   Lunch
     
    *The Friday Afternoon Schedule (1-6:30PM) is Free and Open to the Public - Please visit the Registration Page to RSVP (space is limited):
     
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm   Plenary: Supreme Court Perspectives on LGBT Rights
     
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm   Concurrent Sessions VI
    Latin American Track - Regional Efforts to Advance LGBT Rights
    Regional Track - 5th Annual Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Moot Court Competition: Don't Ask, Don't Tell
    Global Track - Repealing Sodomy Laws in Former British Colonies
     
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm   Plenary: National Leaders: What National Governments Are Doing to Advance LGBT Rights
     
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm   Williams Institute Annual Gala Reception and Awards Ceremony
 
 

Saturday, March 14

 

9:00 am - 10:20 am

  Concurrent Sessions VII

 

  Latin American Track - Columbia
Regional Track - LGBT Rights in Eastern Europe: Belarus, Hungary & Poland
Global Track - Comparative Approaches to Couples Rights
Issue Track - Combating Stigma, Preventing HIV, & MSM Populations
     

10:40 am- 12:00 pm

  Concurrent Sessions VIII
    Latin American Track - Bolivia, Nicarauga, & Venezuela
Regional Track - LGBT Rights in Asia
Global Track - The Law of Small Change in the New World
Issue Track - Decriminalizing Queer Sexuality
     

12:20 pm - 1:50 pm

  ILGLaw Luncheon & Awards Ceremony
    Plenary: California Marriage
     

2:00 pm - 2:45 pm

  Working Group Report Out: Strategies for Advancing the Rights of Same-Sex Couples
     

2:45 pm - 3:30 pm

  Closing Remarks
     

4:00 pm

  Closing Celebration
     
     
   
 

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