{"id":8045,"date":"2018-02-23T10:37:14","date_gmt":"2018-02-23T18:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=8045"},"modified":"2018-03-03T20:49:41","modified_gmt":"2018-03-04T04:49:41","slug":"international-constitutional-and-human-rights-lawyer-joins-project-advisory-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=8045","title":{"rendered":"International constitutional and human rights lawyer joins Protection of Conscience Project Advisory Board"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>News release\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>For immediate release<\/p>\n<p class=\"author\">Protection of Conscience Project<\/p>\n<p>The Protection of Conscience Project welcomes\u00a0Dr. Iain Benson,\u00a0Professor of Law, University of Notre Dame Australia, Sydney\u00a0and\u00a0Extraordinary Professor of Law, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein South Africa to the <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.orgproject\/board-01.aspx\">Project Advisory Board<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, the father of seven children, Professor Benson is an academic, lecturer and practising lawyer specialising in pluralism and human rights.\u00a0 His particular focus is on freedoms of association, conscience and religion, the nature of pluralism, multi-culturalism and relationships between law, religion and culture. He has been involved in many of the leading cases on rights of association, conscience and religion in Canada and abroad for two decades.\u00a0 As a barrister he has appeared before all levels of court and his work has been cited by the Supreme Court of Canada and the Constitutional Court of South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>He was one of the drafters of the South African Charter of Religious Rights and Freedoms (signed by all major religions in that country in September 2010) and remains closely involved in advancing the Charter in that country and similar projects elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p>Author of over 40 academic articles and book chapters, he is co-editor with Barry W. Bussey, of\u00a0<em>Religion<\/em> <em>Liberty and the Jurisdictional Limits of Law <\/em> (Toronto: Lexis Nexis, 2017) and authored <em>Living Together with Disagreement: Pluralism, the Secular and the Fair Treatment of Beliefs by Law <\/em>(Ballan Australia: Connor Court, 2012). His scholarly work is referred to in many books and articles.<\/p>\n<p>He teaches Legal Philosophy, Legal History, Public International Law, Human Rights and Contemporary Legal Issues. He works in English and French, dividing his time between Australia (where he now lives) and France, South Africa and Canada (in the latter two of which he has appointments).[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nd.edu.au\/sydney\/schools\/law\/staff\/iain-benson\">Faculty profile<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Contact:<\/strong><br \/>\nSean Murphy, Administrator<br \/>\nProtection of Conscience Project<br \/>\nprotection@consciencelaws.org<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>The Protection of Conscience Project is a non-profit, non-denominational initiative that advocates for freedom of conscience in health care. The Project does not take a position on the morality or acceptability of morally contested procedures. Since 1999, the <\/em><em>Project has been supporting health care workers who want to provide the best care\u00a0 for their patients without violating their own personal and professional integrity.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News release\u00a0 For immediate release Protection of Conscience Project The Protection of Conscience Project welcomes\u00a0Dr. Iain Benson,\u00a0Professor of Law, University of Notre Dame Australia, Sydney\u00a0and\u00a0Extraordinary Professor of Law, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein South Africa to the Project Advisory Board. 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