TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2017 – The Effect of Constitutional Documents on Addressing Issues of Internal Conflict Regarding Culture and Religion (Plenary Session) (1:22:19)

8:45 – 10:00 am  The Effect of Constitutional Documents on Addressing Issues of Internal Conflict Regarding Culture and Religion (Plenary Session)

This session will explore the limits of formal legal instruments to resolve diversity issues facing the administration of justice. To what extent can Charter jurisprudence assist the administration of justice in assessing principles, law and best practices relating to diversity? What can be learned from the impact of the European Convention on Human Rights in EU member countries with national human rights constitutional or statutory legislation?

Chair

• The Honourable Justice Yves-Marie Morissette, Court of Appeal of Québec

Speakers

• Dean Jean-François Gaudreault-Desbiens, Université de Montréal
• Prof. Marie-Claire Foblets, Director of Law & Anthropology, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Saale