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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.law [at] m
 cgill.ca. \n\nAbstract:\n\nUnder the Inter-American Human Rights System\, 
 individuals have a right to access reproductive technologies. This is so i
 n virtue of the 2012 Inter-American Court of Human Rights landmark reprodu
 ctive rights decision in Artavia Murillo v. Costa Rica where the Court hel
 d that a complete ban on reproductive technologies and assisted reproducti
 ve technologies\, in particular\, interferes with the right to a private a
 nd family life\, which comprises the decision to become a parent\, as well
  the option and access to the means to materialize that private decision. 
 The Court also held that banning access to ARTs discriminates against infe
 rtile couples who cannot afford to travel abroad to get treatment. In spit
 e of the Artavia Murillo ruling\, the legal status of surrogacy agreements
  in State Parties to the Convention is uncertain.\n\nIn this presentation\
 , I will examine whether surrogacy is compatible with the Inter-American S
 ystem of Human Rights. The core question is whether a complete ban on comm
 ercial or altruistic surrogacy is compatible with the American Convention 
 on Human Rights. I will examine this issue through a close exploration of 
 the comparative case law and regulatory frameworks in this matter.\n\nThe 
 speaker:\n\nMartín Hevia is Executive Dean of the School of Law\, Universi
 dad Torcuato Di Tella (Buenos Aires\, Argentina).  He earned his doctorate
  in law in 2007 at the University of Toronto (where he was awarded the Ala
 n Marks Medal to the Best Graduate Thesis)  and his law degree in 2001 at 
 the Torcuato Di Tella University. Professor Hevia is a legal consultant to
  the Argentine Legal Congress and has been a legal consultant on the refor
 m\, actualization\, and unification of the Civil and Commercial Codes (201
 2–2013) and has been consulted as an Expert for the World Health Organizat
 ion Public Health Law Consultation Group.\n\nHis papers have been publishe
 d in international journals such as Harvard Journal of Health & Human Righ
 ts\, Texas Law Review\, International Review of Intellectual Property and 
 Competition Law\, Florida Journal of International Law\, Canadian Journal 
 of Law & Jurisprudence\, and International Journal of Gynecology and Obste
 trics. 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 Treasurer of 
 the Iberoamerican Association of Law Schools.\n\nThis seminar is accredite
 d by a recognized provider for 1.5 hours of continuing legal education.\n
 \n \n
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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:/law/channels/event/legal-status-surrogacy-agreeme
 nts-and-american-convention-human-rights-265602
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