CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
Workshop on Some Comparative Themes between Iranian and European Legal Systems
Day 1: Privacy and the Law: Comparative Aspects
30th November 2007
9:30am – 4.30pm
Day 2: Procedural Justice: Comparative Aspects
1st December 2007
9:30am – 4:30pm
The Council Chamber, British Institute of International and
Comparative Law, Charles Clore House, 17 Russell Square,
London, WC1B 5JP
Day 1: Privacy and the Law: Comparative Aspects
30th November 2007
9:30am – 4.30pm
The Council Chamber, British Institute of International and Comparative Law, Charles Clore House, 17 Russell Square, London, WC1B 5JP
9:30 – 9.55Registration and Coffee
9.55 – 10.00: Welcome Speech
Dr. Nisrine Abiad, The British Institute of International and Comparative Law
First Session:Privacy and Legislation
Chair: Dr. Mohammad Rasekh, ShahidBeheshtiUniversity
10:00-10:30Privacy under the European Regulations
Simon Davies – LondonSchool of Economics
10:30 -11:00Right to Privacy in International Human Rights Law and in Iranian Legal System
Dr. Reza Eslami – ShahidBeheshtiUniversity
11:00 -11:30Privacy in Islamic Jurisprudence and Iranian Law
Dr. Habibi Mojandeh – MofidUniversity
11:30 – 12:00Coffee Break
Second Session:Privacy and the Media
Chair: Dr. Reza Eslami, ShahidBeheshtiUniversity
12:00 -12:30Privacy and the Media in the UK
Prof.Eric Barendt – UniversityCollegeLondon
12:30 -13:00Privacy and Iranian Law of the Press
Dr. Mohammad Zarei – ShahidBeheshtiUniversity
13:00 -13:30Q&A
13:30 –15:00Lunch
Third Session:Case Studies
Chair: Dr. Laya Joneydi, TehranUniversity
15:00 - 15:30Privacy and Family Law: the Child, the Courts and the Community
Prof. Christine Piper – BrunelUniversity
15:30-16:00The Privacy Protection Bill: A Dead Embryo or An Aborted Pregnancy?
Dr. Mohammad Rasekh – ShahidBeheshtiUniversity
16:00-16:30Q&A
Day 2: Procedural Justice: Comparative Aspects
1st December 2007
9:30am – 4:30pm
The Council Chamber, British Institute of International and Comparative Law, Charles Clore House, 17 Russell Square, London, WC1B 5JP
9:30 – 10:00Registration and Coffee
First Session:Defining the Issues
Chair: Miss Adineh Abghari, The BritishInstitute of International and Comparative Law
10:00 - 11:00 Introduction to Procedural Justice
Judge Stefan Trechsel – International Tribunal for the Former Yogoslavia
11:00– 11:30Coffee Break
Second Session:Requirements of Procedural Justice in civil cases
Chair: Dr. Habibi Mojandeh, MofidUniversity
11:30 -12:00 Procedural Justice and Civil Procedure in the Netherlands and European Law
Prof. Frans J.A. Van der Velden, University of Utrecht
12:00 - 12:30 Principle of Independence and Impartiality of the Judge: A Comparative Study
Dr. Laya Joneydi – TeheranUniversity
12:30-13:00Q&A
13:00–14:00 Lunch
Third Session:Requirements of Procedural Justice in Criminal cases
Chair: Prof. Frans J.A. Van der Velden, University of Utrecht
14:00- 14:30Influence of the European Convention on Human Rights on the Law of Criminal Evidence in England and Wales
Prof.Andrew Choo – WarwickUniversity
14:30-15:00Procedural Justice and the Iranian Criminal Procedural Code
Dr. Ali Saffary – Shahid Beheshti Univeristy
15:30-16:00Presumption of Innocence: A Comparative Study of International Human Rights, Shiite Fiqh and the Iranian Legal System
Dr. Seyed Mohammad Ghari Fatemi – ShahidBeheshtiUniversity
16.00-16:30Q&A