14, 15 & 17th DECEMBER 2020

The Global Race project (2016-2020) investigates the reconfigurations of the race concept since 1945 in the scientific realm, state policies, and social movements.

The 3-day final conference of the project will gather French and international scholars who will examine various theories and practices regarding the use of racial and ethnic categories and will explore how controversies around race have unfolded in Europe and the Americas.

PANEL 4 | DEALING WITH RACE IN LAW

Chair: Sarah MAZOUZ, CNRS/CERAPS.

Sonia DESMOULIN-CANSELIER, CNRS/Université de Nantes.

“Genetic diversity and human groups in international bioethical regulation: Glossary and values of the work of the International Bioethics Committee of UNESCO”

Julie RINGELHEIM, FNRS/Université de Louvain.

“The Racial Conundrum in the Case-law of the European Court of Human Rights and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda”

Devon CARBADO, UCLA School of Law.

“The Legal Construction of Race”