Law and sexual minority freedom in Africa
Law@work, UCT Faculty of Law, is pleased to present a two-day course on sexual minority freedom in Africa - 28 to 29 April 2016
Gain some insight into this controversial, emotional and highly debatable topic! The aim of this two-day course is to introduce participants to the history, politics and law pertaining to sexual minority freedom in Africa. Also to develop a nuanced understanding of the political and legal issues that permeate this highly topical debate on equality.
Who will benefit from this course?
This course is aimed at activists, attorneys, advocates, legal advisors, government employees, aid donors and those affected by the ongoing persecution of LGBTI people in Africa.
Course outline:
• The sexual revolution, democracy and the emergence of the 'sexual citizen'
• Queer (legal theory) in Africa: transgression, performativity and rights
• The South African Constitution's 'sexual orientation' clause: a socio-political history
• Legal record of 'sexual orientation' in SA: decriminalization, same-sex life partnerships and civil unions
• Problematizing the South African Civil Union Act and Domestic Partnership Bill
• Legislated freedom and social persecution: 'corrective' rape as extra-judicial violence
• Same-sex marriage and the anti-social thesis: hetero-normalisation, patriarchy and the law
• The relationship between religion and unfair discrimination
• The position of LGBTI refugees in SA: how should the law respond?
• Considering queer freedom as a continental project: the African Union and jurisdictions of criminality
• Progress, plight and possibilities: the fight for sexual minority freedom in a capita selecta of jurisdictions (Botswana, Malawi, Uganda, Zimbabwe and Nigeria)
Course presenter:
Jaco Barnard-Naudé graduated with a BCom (Law) (cum laude) LLB (summa cum laude) LLD Pretoria MA UCT. He is an NRF rated researcher, a recipient of the UCT Fellows' Award, the Grotius Medal, the Santam Prize for Economics and the Gauteng Law Council Prize.
He completed a doctorate in critical legal theory with specific focus on adjudication in the South African law of contract in transformation. His research interests include postmodern and poststructural legal theory, law & sexuality, post-Apartheid jurisprudence and law & Literature.
He is an honorary fellow at Birkbeck Institute for Humanities, University of London and has spent time on research fellowships at the Max Planck Institute for Private International Law in Hamburg, Germany and the School of Law, Birkbeck College, University of London.
Registration details
Award of certificate:
A certificate of attendance will be awarded to those who attend the full two days of the course. Please ensure that you sign the attendance register every day.
Closing date for registration: One week prior to the course.
Registration and enquiries:
Please contact Law@work, UCT Faculty of Law:
Paula Allen on 021 650 5558
Andrea Blaauw on 021 650 5413
Ursula Lottering on 021 650 2041
Fax:021 650 5513
Email:az.ca.tcu@nella.aluap/az.ca.tcu@wuaalb.aerdna/az.ca.tcu@gnirettol.alusru
OR visit our website to download the registration form:www.lawatwork.uct.ac.za
Time: 09:00 - 17:00
Venue: Cape Town
Cost: R5,000 per delegate. Fee includes parking, tea, lunch, course materials.
More info:
Instructions regarding the programme and directions to the venue will be sent to you electronically a week prior to the event.