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Join Fordham Law School for the OUTLaws Symposium 2022, where lawyers, organizers, and activists will discuss the current state of LGBTQIA+ rights globally and hear from those working within the international human rights system. The event will include three panels focusing on the regression of rights, collaboration between NGOs and grassroots organizations, and the history of SOGI and the human rights systems.
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This year, the OUTLaws Symposium aims to bring together lawyers, organizers and activists involved in the international human rights system to discuss the state of LGBTQIA+ identity around the globe. We will be focusing on the current global trend of anti-LGBTQIA+ legislation and hear from regional experts on why this type of legislation has become so popular and what can be done to combat it. We will also look at the ways in which regional and international organizations and activists work together LGBTQIA+ issues and how their relationship can be strengthened. Finally, we will hear from lawyers working within the international human rights system on the history of LGBTQIA+ rights and their current work at the international level.
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11 – 11:30 a.m. | Welcome Remarks Dean Matthew Diller , Dean and Paul Fuller Professor of Law, Fordham Law School Brandon Small , OUTLaws President, Fordham Law School Georgianna Bonondona , OUTLaws Speaker and Symposium Chair
11:30 a.m. - 12:45 p.m. | Panel 1: Regression of rights: Countries taking contemporary anti- LGBTQIA+ legislative measures and why (1.5 diversity CLE) Joy Chia , Executive Director, Astraea Adrian Jjuuko , Ugandan Human Rights Lawyer and Advocate; Executive Director, Human Rights Awareness and Promotion Forum (HRAPF) Igor Ostrowski , Partner, Dentons Nadine Smith , Co-founder and CEO, Equality Florida Moderator : Elisabeth Wickeri , Executive Director, Leitner Center for International Law and Justice; Adjunct Professor, Fordham Law School
12:45 - 1 p.m. | Break
1 - 2:15 p.m. | Panel 2: Domestic voices on the International Field: How NGOs, the HRC and Grassroots organizations can collaborate on LGBTQIA+ issues (1.5 diversity CLE) Devon Matthews , Rainbow Railroad Zuleika Rivera , LGBTI Program Officer, International Institute on Race, Equality and Human Rights Linx Alexander Arango Schmitt , Panamanian Trans and Human Rights Activist; Co-Founder, Gen= Dominique St. Vil , Executive and Administrative Director Organisation Trans d’Haiti (OTRAH) Haiti Moderator : Jennifer Gordon , Professor of Law, Fordham Law School
2:15 – 3 p.m. | Lunch Break
3 – 4:15 p.m. | Panel 3: The History of SOGI and the Human Rights Systems: Exploring the ways in which the HRC and the regional human rights systems have emphasized SOGI/LGBTQIA+ issues (1.5 diversity CLE) Giovanna Gilleri , Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Departmental Centre for Law and Pluralism, University of Milan- Bicocca (Italy) Fanny Cata Gomez Lugo , Senior Director of Campaigns & Advocacy Programs, Women’s Equality Center (WEC) Sahar Moazami , UN Program Officer, OutRight Action International Yvee Oduor , Operations Manager, Gay and lesbian coalition of Kenya (GALCK) Moderator : Paolo Galizzi , Clinical Professor of Law; Director, Sustainable Development Legal Initiative, Fordham Law School
4:15 p.m. | Closing Remarks
CLE credit for this program is approved in accordance with the requirements of the New York State CLE Board for a maximum of 4.5 non-transitional diversity, inclusion, and elimination of bias credits.
Nottingham and moving to Imperial College London. Whilst at Imperial College London, Prof. Galizzi was awarded a prestigious Fellowship by the European Union (Marie Curie Fellowship) to pursue academic research in the United States on climate change law and policy and initially joined Fordham as a Visiting Professor (Marie Curie Fellow) in 2004. At the end of his visit, in 2008 Prof. Galizzi was offered a full-time position at Fordham Law School as an Associate Clinical Professor of Law and was later promoted to Clinical Professor of Law in 2012.
Since joining Fordham, Prof. Galizzi has founded and directed the Sustainable Development Legal Initiative (SDLI) and later, thanks to a generous donation of PVH Corporation, the Corporate and Social Responsibly Program (CSR) within the Leitner Center for International Law and Justice. He also directed Fordham’s Summer in South Korea and continues to direct Fordham’s Summer Program in Ghana.
human rights law: further details can be found at https://en.unimib.it/giovanna-gilleri
Fanny Cata Gomez-Lugo Senior Director, Campaigns & Advocacy Programs, Women’s Equality Center (WEC) Fanny Cata Gomez-Lugo is the Senior Director of Campaigns & Advocacy Programs at Women’s Equality Center (WEC). Prior to this, she was Director of Policy and Advocacy at Synergía – Initiatives for Human Rights and she worked as the human rights specialist coordinating the execution of the legal work, projects, and activities of the Rapporteurship on the Rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex Persons (LGBTI) at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), between 2012 and 2016.
Jennifer Gordon Professor of Law, Fordham Law
School Research and Teaching Areas Giovanna Gilleri Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Departmental Centre for Law and Pluralism, University of Milan I am a postdoctoral research fellow at the Departmental Centre for Law and Pluralism, University of Milan- I hold a PhD in international human rights law from the EUI, an LLM in from SOAS, and a combined LLB+LLM from the University of Trieste. Prior to joining the EUI, I was land rights intern at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations; legal intern at the European Court of Human Rights; and research fellow at the University of Trieste. I research in the theory and practice of gender and human rights law from the perspective of critical legal feminist, queer and psychoanalytical studies. Other areas of interest include human rights indicators and comparative
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Adrian Jjuuko Executive Director of Human Rights Awareness and Promotion Forum (HRAPF), Political Determinants of Sexual and Reproductive Health Project Adrian Jjuuko is a Ugandan human rights lawyer and advocate. He is the Executive Director ofHuman Rights Awareness and Promotion Forum (HRAPF). He is the current Chair of the Legal Committee and former coordinator of the Civil Society Coalition on Human Rights and Constitutional Law, which coordinated civil society efforts to nullify Uganda’s Anti- Homosexuality Act and which won the US State Department’s Human Rights Defenders Award
His research interests are in the areas of: LGBTI rights, the right to health, and children’s rights.
If you would like to donate to Adrian’s organization, Human Rights Awareness and Promotion Forum, please click here.
Devon Matthews Rainbow Railroad Devon comes to Rainbow Railroad with most recent experience as the Manager of Fellowship Programs at Engineers without Borders Canada, where her work involved the strategic oversight and execution of four programs based in sub-Saharan Africa. Devon brings with her years of experience in facilitation, activism, coaching, immigrant services, participatory research, and non-profit fundraising. Devon holds numerous professional certifications in project management, social systems leadership, and professional coaching — she also holds a BA(honours) from Dalhousie University where she specialized in International Development. When not at Rainbow Railroad, Devon can be found writing, reading, organizing, and consulting in Toronto and abroad.
If you would like to donate to Devon’s organization, Rainbow Railroad, please click here.
Sahar Moazami UN Program Officer, OutRight Action International Sahar Moazami currently serves as a UN Program Officer at OutRight Action International, an NGO working to promote and protect the rights of LGBTIQ people globally. Sahar is a New York bar admitted attorney with a focus on international human rights law. As a UN Program Officer, they have successfully led campaigns to push for more inclusive language within official UN documents, including a resolution on extrajudicial executions, and more recently, a resolution on strengthening elections. Sahar works to create a more inclusive ‘women, peace and security’ agenda, focusing on queering the Security Council as OutRight’s representative within the NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security. They work alongside civil society partners to bring visibility to LGBTIQ issues at the UN, and co-lead
American University Washington College of Law at Lesbianas Independientes Feministas Socialistas (LIFS), a lesbian organization in Lima, Peru where she served as a member of its legal team and conducted workshops on LTB rights for Peruvian civil society. Additionally, she was a research assistant at the Academy on Human Rights and International Law and the Anti-Torture Initiative. Zuleika was an intern at the Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL) and the Study for the Defense of Women’s Rights (DEMUS), among other NGOs.
Zuleika received her law degree from American University Washington College of Law, where she focused on human rights and gender. She also holds an M.A. in International Relations from the School of International Service of American University and a B.A. in Political Science and Public Affairs from Syracuse University. She is admitted to practice law in the District of Colombia.
If you would like to donate to Zuleika’s organization, Race and Equality, please click here.
Nadine Smith Co-founder and CEO, Equality Florida Nadine Smith is the co- founder and CEO of Equality Florida, the state's largest organization dedicated to ending discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
A former award-winning journalist turned organizer, Nadine was one of four national co- chairs of the 1993 March on Washington. She was part of the historic oval office meeting between then - President Clinton - the first such meeting between a sitting President and gay community leaders. She served on the founding board of the International Gay and Lesbian Youth Organization, which celebrates 30 years in 2014. She is s a Florida Chamber Foundation Trustee, board member for Green Florida and served on President Obama's National Finance Committee. In 2013, was named one of the state's "Most Powerful and Influential Women" by the Florida
Diversity Council. She was also given the League of Women Voter's Woman of Distinction Award earlier this year. She currently serves on the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Florida Advisory Committee. Nadine also recently received the Keys to the City of Saint Petersburg in 2021.
She lives in St. Petersburg with her wife Andrea and son Logan.
If you would like to donate to Nadine’s organization, Equality Florida, please click here.
Dominique St. Vil Executive and Administrative Director Organisation Trans d’Haiti (OTRAH) Haiti A founding member of the Organisation Trans d’Haiti (OTRAH) Dominque St. Vil became Executive and Administrative Director in 2020. OTRAH promotes the recognition, visibility, and development of Haiti’s transgender and transexual community by challenging discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation. Dominque leads OTRAH’s advocacy, collaboration, and civic education initiatives. He works directly with trans individuals to ensure their effective and efficient civic participation and to lay the foundations for an affirming, fair, united and inclusive Haitian society.
Dominique strives to create and maintain a strong network of trans organizations throughout the country so that all trans Haitians can access important resources and information. Dominque and OTRAH also lead programs to promote physical and mental wellbeing with an emphasis on the prevention of sexually transmitted infections and mental health assistance.
Previously he served as a logistical and technical advisor to the Lesbian, Bisexual and Trans wing of kouraj pou Pwoteje Dwa Moun, best known as Kouraj. With KPPDM and OTRAH, he has represented Haitian civil society and LGBTQI communities at conferences and events throughout Latin American and the Caribbean. Dominque has also completed extensive
secretarial training and coursework in law. Additionally, he has taken coursework in cross- cultural competency at the University of Rhode Island. Dominique is also in the 2021-22 Human Rights Advocates Program at Columbia University.
If you would like to donate to Dominique’s organization, Organisation Trans d'Haiti, please click here.
Elisabeth Wickeri Executive Director, Leitner Center for International Law and Justice; Adjunct Professor, Fordham Law School Elisabeth Wickeri is Executive Director of the Leitner Center for International Law and Justice at Fordham Law School and Adjunct Professor of Law. Elisabeth teaches courses in public international law, comparative legal frameworks, and carries out fieldwork, research, and writing on legal developments in Asia. Her publications have appeared in the Fordham International Law Journal, the Drexel Law Review, China Perspectives, and the China Rights Forum. She also serves as a law lecturer and course director with the Center for International Humanitarian Cooperation at Fordham University, and Adjunct Professor at the NYU School of Continuing and Professional Studies.
Elisabeth received her J.D. from New York University School of Law, where she was an Executive Editor for the Review of Law & Social Change. She received her B.A. in History, cum laude, from Smith College, and also studied at the Hopkins-Nanjing Center for Chinese and American Studies in Nanjing, China.
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