28.02.2023Workshop (I) by Visiting Professor Dr. Lydia Bracken

The URPP “Human Reproduction Reloaded” has the pleasure to invite you to the workshop “The best interests of the child in assisted human reproduction” by Visiting ProfessorDr. Lydia Bracken from the University of Limerick, Ireland.

The workshop will take place on 28 February 2023 from 9.15-11.45 am (KOL-N-1)

You can also book office hours with Dr. Bracken on 1 March 2023. Please contact her directly via E-Mail.

In this workshop, participants will engage with the concept of the best interests of the child and how it applies to the legal regulation of assisted human reproduction (AHR). The workshop will begin with an overview of the foundational development of the best interests principle as it is enshrined in Article 3 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) and will consider the main criticisms that have been levied against the best interests principle. Thereafter, participants will consider how to identify an appropriate conceptual framework for the application of the best interests principle that addresses these criticisms. This conceptual framework will then be applied to consider specific issues that arise when applying the best interests principle in the context of AHR treatment such as the ‘weaponising’ of best interests and whether the best interests principle can or should be applied to determine who should have access to AHR treatment in the first place.