This workshop explores feminist judging amid gendered democratic backsliding in Central and Eastern Europe. Judges from the European Court of Human Rights and feminist scholars will discuss key rulings on gender equality, reproductive rights, and LGBTQ+ rights.
The aim of this workshop is to bring together scholars and judges as part of a conversation on whether feminist judging can offer answers at a time of gendered democratic backsliding, in particular in Central and Eastern Europe. Two distinguished judges from the European Court of Human Rights will offer their perspective on the Court’s advances on gender equality in recent years. The team behind the Feminist judgments in Central and Eastern Europe Project will present their work redrafting key gender equality judgments drawn from seven jurisdictions: Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Hungary, Romania, Poland, and Serbia. Substantive themes covered include violence against women, reproductive rights, Roma rights, the recognition of same-sex marriage and transgender rights, gender stereotyping in the media, and more. A number of additional distinguished feminist scholars will round up the workshop, offering insights drawn from comparative jurisdictions.
This activity is funded by the EUI Widening Europe Programme. The EUI Widening Europe Programme initiative, backed by contributions from the European Union and EUI Contracting States, is designed to strengthen internationalisation, competitiveness and quality in research in Widening Countries, and thus foster a more cohesive European Higher Education and Research Area.
This is a closed-door event which takes place in Sala degli Stemmi, Villa Salviati. To follow via Zoom, register through the link below.