After almost seven decades of evolution, how can EU law and EU legal institutions be re-imagined to tackle enduring equality in a way that is sustainable? What is the process by which this can take place, and what values should inform this process?
In this talk, Prof. Iyiola Solanke will suggest that this process needs to prioritise de-colonisation and promote both cognitive justice and conviviality as core values to create democratic institutions capable of promoting long term social justice.
Building on Professor Solanke’s lecture, Nozizwe Dube will provide a critical response, reflecting on how these ideas intersect with her own research on structural inequality and discrimination in EU equality law. Her insights will further illuminate the pathways for reimagining EU law and institutions to create a more inclusive legal order for Europe and the global constituencies it impacts.
Iyiola Solanke is Jacques Delors Professor of European Union Law at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Somerville College. Her research focuses on anti-discrimination law and on institutional change, in relation to both law and organisations.
Nozizwe Dube is a PhD candidate in Maastricht University’s Department of International and European Law.