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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