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5 September 2025<\/h3>\n

Presentation by Lisa Grans on legal regulation in Europe of so-called ‘conversion therapy,’ European Conference on Domestic Violence 2025, Barcelona, Spain.<\/p>\n

25 August 2025<\/h3>\n

ROVU held its Concluding Event in Turku, presenting main conclusions and lessons learned.<\/p>\n

7 April 2025<\/h3>\n

ROVU organised a workshop for authors of a special issue coordinated by the project researchers.<\/p>\n

6-7 February 2025<\/h3>\n

Keynote by Lisa Grans on gender-based violence as a crisis, FRI Conference Social Justice and Crises: Queer-Feminist Theoretical Thoughts On Law, Neuch\u00e2tel, Switzerland<\/p>\n

29-30 October 2024<\/h3>\n

Presentation by Lisa Grans on questions of formality and timing in European human rights law in relation to the criminalisation of forced marriage, International research workshop\u00a0 on forced marriages and child marriages: Socio-legal perspectives, OsloMet, Oslo.<\/p>\n

28 June 2024<\/h3>\n

Poster presentation at the 2024 Annual Conference of the European Network on Gender and Violence.<\/p>\n

23 May 2024<\/h3>\n

ROVU submitted comments to the Ministry of Justice on the legislative project to further clarify the criminal liability for female genital mutilation in the Criminal Code.<\/p>\n

22 April 2024<\/h3>\n

ROVU submitted comments to the Ministry of Justice on the Working Group Report ‘Clarifying the Criminal Liability for Forcing a Person into Marriage’.<\/p>\n

11 April 2024<\/h3>\n

Poster presentation at the Many Gazes of Law: Plurality and Ordering<\/a> workshop, organised by the \u00c5bo Akademi University Minority Research Profile and Law School.<\/p>\n

4 April 2024<\/h3>\n

ROVU\/RELAY organised Roundtable “Approaches to vulnerability in Times of Crisis”, ISA 2024 Annual Convention, San Francisco, United States.<\/p>\n

13 November 2023<\/h3>\n

Panel presentation by Mikaela Heikkil\u00e4 and Maija Mustaniemi-Laakso on Approaches to Vulnerability in Times of Crisis at panel ‘Vulnerability in a Legal Context’, Conference on Conceptualising vulnerability in a time of human rights regression, University of Padova, Padova.<\/p>\n

27 October 2023<\/h3>\n

Presentation \u2018Criminalising forced marriage\u2019 by Lisa Grans of a paper coauthored with Maija Mustaniemi-Laakso at the conference Implementing the Istanbul Convention: The role of the educational and academic system, University of Milano-Bicocca and the Council of Europe, Milano.<\/p>\n

29 September 2023<\/h3>\n

Presentation ‘The conceptualisation of forced marriage in criminal law settings in Europe’ by Lisa Grans, Mikaela Heikkil\u00e4 and Maija Mustaniemi-Laakso at the European Human Rights Law Conference: Human Rights Law: Prospects, Possibilities, Fears and Limitations, Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge.<\/span><\/p>\n

13 September 2023<\/h3>\n

Presentation ‘Victims of forced marriage: Vulnerability to violence and the need for explicit criminalisation’ by Lisa Grans, Mikaela Heikkil\u00e4 and Maija Mustaniemi-Laakso at the European Conference on Domestic Violence, Reykjavik, Iceland.<\/p>\n

25 April 2023<\/h3>\n

The Director of the Poznan Human Rights Centre, Dr. Katarzyna S\u0119kowska-Koz\u0142owska, gave a guest lecture on \u2018The reception of the Istanbul Convention in Poland\u2019 at the \u00c5bo Akademi University Institute for Human Rights, Turku\/\u00c5bo, Finland. The visit was co-hosted by ROVU and the Minority research profile at \u00c5bo Akademi University.<\/p>\n

2 September 2022<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n

Elina Pirjatanniemi, Maija Mustaniemi-Laakso, Lisa Grans: Presentation of the conference paper \u2018<\/span><\/span>Protection and\u00a0<\/span>empowerment: Striking a\u00a0<\/span>balance between children\u2019s\u00a0<\/span>rights and parents\u2019\u00a0<\/span>obligations in the digital\u00a0<\/span>context<\/span>\u2019 , Conference of the Association of Human Rights Institutes (AHRI) Technology and the future of human rights<\/a>,\u00a0<\/em>University of Pretoria, South Africa, and online<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

30 May 2022<\/h3>\n

Guest lecture by Dr Swethaa Ballakrishnen (University of California) on accidental feminism, \u00c5bo Akademi University Institute for Human Rights, Turku\/\u00c5bo, Finland. <\/span>The guest lecture was co-organized with the Minority research profile at \u00c5bo Akademi University.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

20 April 2022<\/h3>\n
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Guest lecture by Aleksandra Gliszczy\u0144ska-Grabias (Polish Academy of Sciences) on polish abortion cases at the ECtHR, \u00c5bo Akademi University Institute for Human Rights, Turku\/\u00c5bo, Finland. The guest lecture was <\/span>co-organized with the Minority research profile at \u00c5bo Akademi University.<\/p>\n

19 February 2021<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n

Online workshop on\u00a0<\/span>approaches to vulnerability in times of crisis, \u00a0<\/span>19 February 2021, \u00a0\u00c5bo Akademi University Institute for Human Rights, Turku\/\u00c5bo, Finland.\u00a0<\/span>For more information<\/em>, see <\/span>here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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4-5 September 2020<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n

RELAY convened and chaired\u00a0panel \u2018<\/span><\/span>Vulnerability as a Tool to Include and Exclude\u2019 <\/span><\/span>at the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>AHRI 2020 Virtual Conference<\/span><\/span><\/a>, including the presentation \u2018Institutional Competition for Social Protection\u2019 by Viljam Engstr\u00f6m and the presentation \u2018Legal Approaches to the Vulnerability of Undocumented Migrants: D<\/span><\/span>e-agencification<\/span><\/span> or Empowerment?\u2019 by Mikaela Heikkil\u00e4<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

1-2 July 2020<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n

Mikaela\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Heikkil\u00e4<\/span><\/span>\u00a0&\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Viljam<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Engstr\u00f6m<\/span><\/span>: Presentation of the conference paper \u2018<\/span><\/span>Vulnerabili<\/span><\/span>sation<\/span><\/span>:\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Mainstreaming of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Enhanced Protection o<\/span><\/span>r<\/span><\/span>\u00a0Inflation of Rights?<\/span><\/span>\u2019 (by Viljam Engstr\u00f6m, Mikaela Heikkil\u00e4 and Maija Mustaniemi-Laakso),\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Workshop on Human Rights Overreach<\/span><\/span><\/a>, Erlangen (online), Germany.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

26\u201328 February 2020<\/h3>\n

Mikaela Heikkil\u00e4 & Maija Mustaniemi-Laakso: Presentation of the published article \u2018Disability and Vulnerability: A Human Rights Reading of the Responsive State\u2019 (IJHR), Development Days 2020 Conference: Inequality Revisited: In Search of Novel Perspectives on an Enduring Problem<\/a>, Helsinki, Finland.<\/p>\n

11 November 2019<\/h3>\n

Viljam Engstr\u00f6m: Presentation ‘Social Protection Policies: Enforcement of Socio-Economic Rights?’, Advanced Course on Justiciability of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: Theory and Practice, \u00c5bo Akademi University, Turku, Finland.<\/p>\n

7-11 October 2019<\/h3>\n

Maija Mustaniemi-Laakso: Presentation ‘Vulnerability as a Human Rights Principle: Comparing African and European Approaches’, AfriDoors Conference, School of Law, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia.<\/p>\n

25-27 September 2019<\/h3>\n

RELAY and SHUREA<\/a> coordinated panel ‘Rights and development in the mandate and work of international institutions’. Viljam Engstr\u00f6m, presentation: ‘The Emerging Social Protection Interest in the IMF: Time to Revisit ‘Conventional Truths’?.\u00a0<\/span> 4th Conference of the Law and Development Network\u00a0The Plurality of Law and Development<\/a>,\u00a0\u00a0Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany.<\/p>\n

19-20 September\u00a0 2019<\/h3>\n

Mikaela Heikkil\u00e4, Hisayo Katsui and Maija Mustaniemi-Laakso: Paper presentation ‘A Human-Rights Reading of the Responsive State: Universal and Particular Obligations in Addressing the Vulnerability of Persons with Disabilities’, A Workshop on the Politics of Public Health: Disability, Age, and Other Categories of Universal Human Vulnerability<\/a>, University of Lund, Sweden.<\/p>\n

5 November – 10 December 2018<\/h3>\n

Mikaela Heikkil\u00e4: The undergraduate course Vulnerabilities in Armed Conflicts<\/a> (5 credits) at \u00c5bo Akademi University.<\/p>\n

15-16 November 2018<\/h3>\n

Viljam Engstr\u00f6m, Mikaela Heikkil\u00e4 and Maija Mustaniemi-Laakso: RELAY coordinated thematic workshop ‘Constructing Vulnerable Identities’ at the\u00a015th ETMU Conference: Vulnerability, Resilience and Resistance in Diverse Societies<\/a>, \u00c5bo Akademi University, Turku, Finland.\u00a0For a description of the workshop and for further instructions, please see <\/span>here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

9-10 November 2018<\/h3>\n

Viljam Engstr\u00f6m: Presentation ‘Social Protection Floors as a Tool of Socio-Economic Protection: The Case of the IMF’ at Unpacking Economic and Social Rights Conference, University of G\u00f6ttingen, Germany.<\/p>\n

2-3 November 2018<\/h3>\n

Maija Mustaniemi-Laakso: Presentation ‘Conceptualising Vulnerability’ at the COST Action CA 16211 Reappraising Intellectual Debates on Civic Rights and Democracy in Europe<\/a> (RECAST) \u2013 First Workshop of the Working Group 3: Concepts<\/a>, University of Coimbra, Portugal.<\/p>\n

24 October 2018<\/h3>\n

Mikaela Heikkil\u00e4 and Maija Mustaniemi-Laakso: Brown bag lunch seminar ‘Who Is in and Who Is out? On the Different Understandings of Vulnerability’, Lunch seminar in Minority Studies, \u00c5bo Akademi University.<\/p>\n

19-21 September 2018<\/h3>\n

Viljam Engstr\u00f6m, Mikaela Heikkil\u00e4 and Maija Mustaniemi-Laakso: RELAY coordinated workshop ‘Vulnerability: An Interface between Law and Justice’ at the\u00a0Third conference of the Law and Development Research Network: INTERFACES<\/a>, Leiden University, the Netherlands.<\/p>\n

11-15 June 2018<\/h3>\n

Law and Development Research Network (LDRN) PhD Course 2018 Resilience and Equality: Questions for the North and the South<\/a>, \u00c5bo, Finland.<\/p>\n

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2 May 2018<\/h3>\n

Guest lecture<\/a> by\u00a0Dr. Stu Marvel\u00a0on\u00a0Institutional Vulnerability and Legal Frictions: Exploring Gender Identity, Reproductive Technology, and the\u00a0Children\u2019s Act\u00a0in Denmark, \u00c5bo, Finland.<\/p>\n

Dr. Marvel<\/a> is a Lecturer at the University of Leeds School of Law, Leeds, UK; Distinguished Scholar in Residence at Emory University School of Law; Visiting Assistant Professor at the Department of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Emory University Atlanta.<\/p>\n

16-22 April 2018<\/h3>\n

Viljam Engstr\u00f6m: Research visit to the International Monetary Fund\/World Bank Group Spring Meetings and the\u00a0Civil Society Policy Forum in Washington DC \/ United States.<\/p>\n

9 December 2017<\/h3>\n

Mikaela Heikkil\u00e4 and Maija Mustaniemi-Laakso: Paper presentation ‘Crossing (Legal) Boundaries: The Making of Rightful and Rightless Migrants’ at Workshop on Legal Transitions and the Vulnerable Subject: Fostering Resilience through Law’s Dynamism<\/span><\/a>, School of Law\/Vulnerability and the Human Condition Initiative, Emory University, Atlanta\/United States.<\/p>\n

6-14 December 2017<\/h3>\n

Mikaela Heikkil\u00e4 and Maija Mustaniemi-Laakso: Visiting scholars at the\u00a0School of Law\/Vulnerability and the Human Condition Initiative, Emory University, Atlanta\/United States.<\/p>\n

29 November 2017<\/h3>\n

Mikaela Heikkil\u00e4 and Maija Mustaniemi-Laakso: Lecture on ‘Human Rights and Vulnerability’ at Intensive Course on Contemporary Challenges to International Human Rights Law<\/a>, \u00c5bo Akademi University Institute for Human Rights, Turku\/Finland.<\/p>\n

12 October 2017<\/h3>\n

Elina Pirjatanniemi: Session on ‘Human Rights and Vulnerability’ in African Forum for Doctoral Research in Human Rights (AFRIDOORS), Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria.<\/p>\n

21 September 2017<\/h3>\n

Mikaela Heikkil\u00e4 and Maija Mustaniemi-Laakso: Paper presentation ‘Human Rights-Based Approach to the Vulnerability of Asylum-Seekers’ at the Law and Development Research Conference<\/a>, Antwerp\/Belgium.<\/p>\n

31 August – 1 September 2017<\/h3>\n

Viljam Engstr\u00f6m: Paper presentation ‘The IMF as a Rescuer in Economic Crises: Are Macroeconomics and Socioeconomic Rights Inevitably on a Crash Course?’, Oikeustieteen p\u00e4iv\u00e4t<\/a>, University of Turku, Turku\/Finland.<\/p>\n

29-30 May 2017<\/h3>\n

Mikaela Heikkil\u00e4 and Maija Mustaniemi-Laakso: Paper presentation ‘Juggling between Protection and Deterrence: In Search of a More Coherent Approach to Migrant Vulnerability’, Nordic Asylum Law Seminar<\/a>,\u00a0 University of Iceland, Reykjavik\/Iceland<\/p>\n

5 April 2017<\/h3>\n

Mikaela Heikkil\u00e4 and Maija Mustaniemi-Laakso: Paper presentation \u2018Rightful and Rightless Migrants: On the Categorisation of Migrants as a Source for Vulnerability\u2019, FRAME workshop: Human Rights and Vulnerability: Conceptualization, Contestation and Resilience<\/a>, Netherlands Institute of Human Rights,\u00a0Utrecht University, Utrecht\/The Netherlands.<\/p>\n

9 September 2016<\/h3>\n

Mikaela Heikkil\u00e4 and Maija Mustaniemi-Laakso: Paper presentation \u2018Acknowledging the Vulnerability of People on the Move: Towards a Coherent and Responsive EU Approach to Vulnerability\u2019, Conference: State Accountability for Vulnerability<\/a>, DCU Social-Legal Research Centre, Dublin\/Ireland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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