Keynote Speaker: Anne Power Forde SC, former judge of the European Court of Human Rights.
Date: Thursday, 16 April 2015.
Location: UCD Sutherland School of Law.
Attendance: Free
Abstract:
Debate about the meaning of family and its interconnected network of relationships, rights and responsibilities is current. Cultural and societal changes have had repercussions for the protective scope of the right to respect for family life under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights.
The definition of family under a State’s domestic law does not bind the European Court of Human Rights when determining what effective respect for family life requires. As ‘family life’ becomes increasingly diverse across Europe, the Strasbourg Court has developed a consolidated body of jurisprudence on the subject. This paper will consider some of the Court’s case law on what constitutes family life, including, marriage based family life, the de facto family life of cohabiting and same-sex couples, plus adoptive, blended and extended forms of family life. It will also include an examination of some recent judicial developments concerning genetic and surrogate parenthood and family life.
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