The Right to Be Different: LGBTI Rights in South Africa

Date of Event

1-14-2016

Description

January 14, 2016

The Right to Be Different: LGBTI Rights in South Africa

Frederick K. Cox International Law Center Case Western Reserve University School of Law

Professor Pierre de Vos University of Cape Town

Professor Pierre de Vos, University of Cape Town, will hold a one hour lecture on LGBTI rights in South Africa, including same sex marriage. He will provide an overview of the South African Constitutional Court’s conceptualization of the LGBTI community’s “right to be different”, and will reflect on the court’s non-normative conception of equality.

Lecture Series

Frederick K. Cox International Law Center

Subject Headings

same sex marriage--South Africa; LGBTI--South Africa; South African Constitutional Court

Location

Case Western Reserve University School of Law

Document Type

Video

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