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Criminalising Surrogacy

Programme at a glance: HERE This conference is part of a wider project that examines the existing rules criminalising actions relating to surrogacy in more than 25 jurisdictions from five continents. Ethical concerns about surrogacy have given rise to increasing calls to ban the practice and criminalise actors involved in it, including surrogates, intended parents and agencies, as well as medical and legal practitioners. This is in stark contrast, however, to the jurisprudence of many higher...

3 Sep , 2024

(Co-organised) Lunchtime Seminar: Good doctors in the age of AI? Ethics at the intersection of medicine, AI, and Christian theology

Lunchtime Seminar Title: Good doctors in the age of AI? Ethics at the intersection of medicine, AI, and Christian theology Co-organisers: Medical Ethics and Humanities Unit, HKUMed Centre for Medical Ethics and Law, HKU St. John’s College, HKU   Abstract: AI is a rapidly developing technology, but does it raise fundamentally new ethical questions, or does it push us to renegotiate established ethical insights so we can apply them in a changed situation? How should medical students,...

2 Sep , 2024

International Humanitarian Law and The Immunity of Hospitals in Gaza

Abstract:International Humanitarian Law (IHL), specifically Article 18 of the IV Geneva Convention, affords special protection to civilian hospitals. This special protection is waived, however, under certain circumstances specified in Article 19. Such conditions to waive the special protection of hospitals are now being used by Israel to justify the attack on civilian hospitals and healthcare institutions in Gaza. This paper critically evaluates Article 19 and the conditions for the removal of...

16 Jul , 2024

Professor Craig PURSHOUSE

Craig is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Law and a Research Fellow at the Centre for Medical Ethics and Law at the University of Hong Kong. His research interests are in medical law and torts and he has published on a diverse range of medical law topics including consent, reproductive negligence, conversion therapy, the medical treatment of children, the protection of autonomy and surrogacy.

15 Jul , 2024
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