BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260710T045127EDT-84186SAVKr@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20260710T085127Z DESCRIPTION:91ºÚÁÏÍø's Research Group on Health and Law and the Centre for Hu man Rights and Legal Pluralism welcome Martín Hevia\, executive dean of th e Faculty of Law at Universidad Torcuato Di Tella (Buenos Aires\, Argentin a).\n\nThe presentation will be in English. The event is free\, but regist ration is obligatory as spaces are limited. Kindly RSVP to rghl [dot] law [at] mcgill [dot] ca. \n\nAbstract:\n\nUnder the Inter-American Human Righ ts System\, individuals have a right to access reproductive technologies. This is so in virtue of the 2012 Inter-American Court of Human Rights land mark reproductive rights decision in Artavia Murillo v. Costa Rica where t he Court held that a complete ban on reproductive technologies and assiste d reproductive technologies\, in particular\, interferes with the right to a private and family life\, which comprises the decision to become a pare nt\, as well the option and access to the means to materialize that privat e decision. The Court also held that banning access to ARTs discriminates against infertile couples who cannot afford to travel abroad to get treatm ent. In spite of the Artavia Murillo ruling\, the legal status of surrogac y agreements in State Parties to the Convention is uncertain.\n\nIn this p resentation\, I will examine whether surrogacy is compatible with the Inte r-American System of Human Rights. The core question is whether a complete ban on commercial or altruistic surrogacy is compatible with the American Convention on Human Rights. I will examine this issue through a close exp loration of the comparative case law and regulatory frameworks in this mat ter.\n\nThe speaker:\n\nMartín Hevia is Executive Dean of the School of La w\, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella (Buenos Aires\, Argentina).  He earned h is doctorate in law in 2007 at the University of Toronto (where he was awa rded the Alan Marks Medal to the Best Graduate Thesis)  and his law degree in 2001 at the Torcuato Di Tella University. Professor Hevia is a legal c onsultant to the Argentine Legal Congress and has been a legal consultant on the reform\, actualization\, and unification of the Civil and Commercia l Codes (2012–2013) and has been consulted as an Expert for the World Heal th Organization Public Health Law Consultation Group.\n\nHis papers have b een published in international journals such as Harvard Journal of Health & Human Rights\, Texas Law Review\, International Review of Intellectual P roperty and Competition Law\, Florida Journal of International Law\, Canad ian Journal of Law & Jurisprudence\, and International Journal of Gynecolo gy and Obstetrics. He is the author of Reasonableness and Responsibility: A Theory of Contract Law (2013)\, His papers have been quoted by Argentine courts such as the National Civil and Commercial Law Chamber. He is the T reasurer of the Iberoamerican Association of Law Schools.\n\nThis seminar is accredited by a recognized provider for 1.5 hours of continuing legal e ducation.\n\n \n DTSTART:20170215T150000Z DTEND:20170215T163000Z LOCATION:NCDH 202\, Chancellor Day Hall\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 1W9\, 36 44 rue Peel SUMMARY:The Legal Status of Surrogacy Agreements and the American Conventio n on Human Rights URL:/channels/event/legal-status-surrogacy-agreements- and-american-convention-human-rights-265602 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR