Program - Day 1
***Please note this program is still subject to change.
| HANOI TIME (GMT+7) | MELBOURNE TIME (GMT+11) | |||
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| OPENING | 8:30AM-8:40AM | 12:30PM-12:40PM | Introductions and Zoom Instructions | Professor Sarah Biddulph, Director, Asian Law Centre, Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne, Australia Dr Le Lan Chi, School of Law, Vietnam National University Hanoi, Vietnam |
| 8:40AM-8:45AM | 12:40PM-12:45PM | Welcome from The iSEE Institute | Bui Thu Ha, Deputy Director, The iSEE Institute, Vietnam | |
| 8:45AM-8:50AM | 12:45PM-12:50PM | Welcome from Melbourne Law School | Professor Pip Nicholson, Dean, Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne | |
| 8:50AM-8:55AM | 12:50PM-12:55PM | Welcome from Vietnam National University Hanoi | Associate Professor Nguyen Thi Que Anh, Dean, School of Law, Vietnam National University Hanoi, Vietnam | |
| 8:55AM-9:00AM | 12:55PM-1:00PM | Welcome from UNDP, Vietnam | Mr Patrick Haverman, Deputy Representative, UNDP, Vietnam | |
| KEYNOTE SPEECH | Chairperson: Professor Sarah Biddulph, Director, Asian Law Centre, Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne, Australia | |||
| 9:00AM-9:20AM | 1:00PM-1:20PM | Legalisation of Same-sex Marriage in Countries | Evan Wolfson, Attorney and Founder of Freedom to Marry Global, USA | |
| PANEL 1: LEGALISATION OF SAME-SEX MARRIAGE: OTHER COUNTRIES | Chairperson: Professor Sarah Biddulph, Director, Asian Law Centre, Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne, Australia | |||
| 9:20AM-9:30AM | 1:20PM-1:30PM | Legalization of Same-sex Marriage in Canada | Mr SeĢbastien Lafrance, Public Prosecution Service of Canada, Canada | |
| KEYNOTE SPEECH & PANEL 1 DISCUSSION | 9:30AM-9:45AM | 1:30PM-1:45PM | Discussion | |
| PANEL 2: LEGALISATION OF SAME-SEX MARRIAGE: TAIWAN | Chairperson: Dr La Khanh Tung, School of Law, Vietnam National University Hanoi, Vietnam | |||
| 9:45AM-9:55AM | 1:45PM-1:55PM | Contemporary Taiwanese Society: LGBT Rights and the Road to Marriage Equality | Mr Doan Khoa, Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; International Bar Association (London Office) | |
| 9:55AM-10:05AM | 1:55PM-2:05PM | A Legal Approach on the Recognition of Same-sex Marriage in Taiwan | Ms Hoang Thao Anh, Hue University, Vietnam | |
| 10:05AM-10:15AM | 2:05PM-2:15PM | Queer Vadis: Marching Beyond SOGIESC Equality's Incipient Gains, Lessons from American and Taiwanese Queer Legal Histories | Mr Luis Jose Geronimo, Director, House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal, Supreme Court of the Philippines, The Philippines | |
| PANEL 2 DISCUSSION | 10:15AM-10:30AM | 2:15PM-2:30PM | Discussion | |
| PANEL 3: LEGALISATION OF SAME-SEX MARRIAGE: INDIA | Chairperson: Dr Ngo Minh Huong, School of Law, Vietnam National University Hanoi, Vietnam | |||
| 10:30AM-10:40AM | 2:30PM-2:40PM | The Fundamental Right to Marry in India: Viewing Same-Sex Marriages through the Lens of Constitutional Morality | Professor Shruti Bedi, Panjab University, India | |
| 10:40AM-10:50AM | 2:40PM-2:50PM | Same-sex Relationships and Marriage in India: Analysis and Path Forward | Mr Saif Rasul Khan, NERIM Law College, India | |
| 10:50AM-11:00AM | 2:50PM-3:00PM | The Interaction of LGBT+ Rights Claims with Indian Family Law | Mr Akshat Agarwal, Yale University, USA | |
| 11:00AM-11:10AM | 3:00PM-3:10PM | Decriminalization of Section 377 viz-a-viz Same-Sex Marriage in India: Continuing Battle of LGBT+ Community | Professor Lovepreet Kaur, Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab, India | |
| PANEL 3 DISCUSSION | 11:10AM-11:25AM | 3:10PM-3:25PM | Discussion | |
| PANEL 4: LEGALISATION OF SAME-SEX MARRIAGE: VIETNAM | Chairperson: Mrs Nguyen Thuy Duong, School of Law, Vietnam National University Hanoi, Vietnam | |||
| 11:25AM-11:35AM | 3:25PM-3:35PM | The Right to Marriage of Same-sex and Transgender People in Vietnam: Practice and Legal Issues | Mr Dang Viet Dat, Academy of Politics Region 4, Can Tho city, under Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics, Vietnam | |
| 11:35AM-11:45AM | 3:35PM-3:45PM | Legalization of Same-sex Marriage in Some Countries and Lessons for Vietnam | Ms Khuc Thi Trang Nhung, Ha Noi Procuratorate University, Vietnam | |
| 11:45AM-11:55AM | 3:45PM-3:55PM | The Issues relating to Same-sex Marriage Legalization in Vietnam | Mr Nong Duc Tai, People's Security Academy, Vietnam Nguyen Thu Nguyet, Academy of International Studies, Vietnam | |
| 11:55AM-12:05PM | 3:55PM-4:05PM | Disadvantages and Advantages of Vietnam on the Road to the Legalization of Same-sex Marriages | Mrs Nguyen Trinh Thi Hong, Hue University of Law, Vietnam | |
| 12:05PM-12:15PM | 4:05PM-4:15PM | Same-sex Marriage in Vietnam: Possibilities and Challenges | Mr Nguyen Anh Duc, School of Law, Vietnam National University Hanoi, Vietnam Associate Professor Vu Cong Giao, School of Law, Vietnam National University Hanoi, Vietnam | |
| PANEL 4 DISCUSSION | 12:15PM-12:30PM | 4:15PM-4:30PM | Discussion | |
| CLOSE OF DAY 1 | 12:30PM | 4:30PM |