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