Human Rights for All?
09:30 | Registration
10:00 | Opening Remarks
Simon Donagh BL, Chair, Human Rights Committee
10:15 | Session One: Prisoners and Conditions of Detention
Chair: Mr Justice Micheál O' Higgins
Speakers:
David Perry BL
Brian Storan BL
Saoirse Brady, Irish Penal Reform Trust: Dignity Denied: The Impact of the Prison Overcrowding Crisis on the Rights of People in Custody
11:30 | Tea & Coffee Break
11:45 | Session Two: Child Protection
Speakers:
Chair: Margaret Ward, Former RTE Reporter, Editor and Political Advisor
Maeve Cox BL
Dermot Simms, Retired District Court Judge and Chair of the Association of Guardians ad Litem of Ireland
Noeleen Blackwell, Human Rights Lawyer
13:00 | Lunch Break
13:30 | Session Three: Current International Human Rights Concerns
Chair: Nuala Egan SC
Speakers:
Colm O' Dwyer SC
Dr. Rania Muhareb, Maynooth University School of Law / Irish Human Rights University of Galway
Prof. Siobhán Mulally, United Nations Special Rapporteur on Trafficking in Persons
Senator Frances Black
15:00 | Human Rights Award Presentation
15:15 | Closing Remarks
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