Confirmed panels

Confirmed panels

 

I. Intersex and Temporality

II. Intersex and Law: Present Problems and Future Directions

III. Law and Intersex 2: Unequal ‘Treatments’ and New Comparators

IV. The protection of intersex persons by international law

Multi-disciplinary Perspectives on Intersex Activism - This panel has been cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances. 

 

I. Intersex and Temporality 

Chair: Michelle Anklan (Minnesota State University, Mankato) 

1. Time Matters for Intersexed Bodies: Between Socio-medical Time and Somatic Time; Limor Meoded Danon (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) 

2. Harms to the Child, in their ‘Being’ and ‘Becoming’, arising from ‘Normalising’ Genital Surgeries; Sorcha Uí Chonnachtaigh (Keele University) 

3. Queer Temporalities and the Futureless Moment of Hypospadias ‘Repair’; David Andrew Griffiths (University of Surrey) 

4. Liquid Gender | Sculpting for a Multipolar Gender Image; Fabian Vogler (Independent Artist) 

 

II. Intersex and Law: Present Problems and Future Directions 

Chair: Dr Susannah Cornwall (University of Exeter) 

1. The Right to Personal Autonomy of Persons with Variations of Sex Characteristics; Pieter Cannoot (Ghent University) 

2. Mapping the Transition to “Informed Consent” Models for Medical Interventions on Persons with Intersex Conditions (or other Differences in Sex Development); Dr Jameson Garland (Uppsala University) 

3. Why are Intersex Surgeries still happening? Jurisdiction, Scale and Temporality; Dr Mitchell Travis (University of Leeds) and Dr Fae Garland (University of Manchester) 

4. Legislating for Intersex Rights: Opportunities and Limitations; Dr Tanya Ní Mhuirthile (School of Law and Government, Dublin City University)

 

III. Law and Intersex 2: Unequal ‘Treatments’ and New Comparators

Chair: Dr Mitchell Travis (University of Leeds)

1. Comparing the Legitimacy of Genital Surgery in Transgender and Intersex Minors: An Alternative Ethical Perspective; Edmund Horowicz (Edge Hill University)

2. Sex and Gender in the Family Court; Aileen Kennedy (University of New England, Australia)

3. Bodily Rights and Gifts: Intersex, Religion, and Human Rights; Dr Susannah Cornwall (University of Exeter)

4. “Inform and guide”: the role of activism in shaping the legal protection of intersex rights; Stefano Osella (European University Institute)

 

IV. The protection of intersex persons by international law

Chair: Benjamin Moron-Puech (University Panthéon-Assas).

1. Prohibition of Non Consented Sex Assignment Surgeries in Public International Law; Benjamin Pitcho (Member of the Paris Bar and of the Bar Council)

2. Recognition of Third Gender and its Consequence for Sexed or Gendered Rules; Mila Petkova (Member of the Paris Bar)

3. Deletion of Sex Markers on Identity Documents; Benjamin Moron-Puech (University Panthéon-Assas)

4. Open discussion on ‘What can International Law do for Intersex’; Facilitated by panel members as well as Daniela Truffer and Markus Bauer (StopIGM.org)