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  1. The conference received financial and other support from Kent Law School, the University of Westminster, Social & Legal Studies, and in particular from the Modern Law Review. This support is gratefully acknowledged.

  2. [2002] 1 A.C. 45.

  3. [2004] 2 A.C. 557.

  4. Jepson v. Chief Constable of West Mercia [2003] E.W.H.C. 3318; Vo v. France (2005) 40 E.H.R.R. 12.

  5. E.g. McCann v. Birmingham City Council [2004] E.W.H.C. 2156 (Admin.).

  6. McGlinchey v. U.K. (2003) 37 E.H.R.R. 41 (article 3); R. (on the application of P.) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department [2001] 1 W.L.R. 2002; R. (on the application of C.D.) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department [2003] 1 F.L.R. 979; C.F. v. Secretary of State for the Home Department [2004] 2 F.L.R. 517 (article 8).

  7. Re. M. (Care: Challenging Decisions by Local Authority) [2001] 2 F.L.R. 1300; P. v. United Kingdom (2002) 35 E.H.R.R. 31; though cf. Re. L. (A Child) (Care: Assessment: Fair Trial) [2002] 2 F.L.R. 730; Re. V. (A Child) (Care: Pre-Birth Actions) [2005] 1 F.L.R. 627; Re. J. (A Child) (Care Proceedings: Fair Trial) [2007] 1 F.L.R. 77.

  8. See http://www.leaf.ca; though see also Razack (1991); Duclos (1992).

  9. [2006] 2 A.C. 91.

  10. At the time of writing, the case was being appealed to the European Court of Human Rights.

  11. [2007] 1 F.L.R. 295.

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  1. A.H.R.C. Research Centre for Law, Gender and Sexuality, Kent Law School, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 7NS, UK

    Emily Grabham

  2. Kent Law School, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 7NS, UK

    Rosemary Hunter

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Grabham, E., Hunter, R. Special Issue – Encountering Human Rights: Gender/Sexuality, Activism and the Promise of Law. Fem Leg Stud 16, 1–7 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10691-007-9070-1

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