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Thursday 27 November 2008, Peter Frogatt Centre, Larmour Lecture Theatre,  5.30pm
 The Stephen Livingstone Memorial Lecture 2008
Murray Hunt, Joint Committee on Human Rights, Westminster is presenting this lecture.
A Human Rights Centre Event

Previous events

Monday 13 October 2008, Room 27.101, 27 University Square, 1.00pm
“Women's Reproductive Rights”
Dr Wendy Savage
A Human Rights Centre Event

Friday 17 October 2008, Elmwood Hall, 1.00pm,  co-sponsor with Amnesty International
Annual Amnesty International Lecture 
Dr Mary Robinson  
A Human Rights Centre Event

Tuesday 28 October 2008, Senate Room, 2.30-6.00pm
“Advancing Travellers’ Housing Rights through Litigation” 
Speakers include: Tim Jones (Barrister); Sinead Lucey (Irish Human Rights Commission/ formerly Legal Consultant to the Irish Traveller Movement Legal Unit); Alyson Kilpatrick (Barrister); Geraldine Scullion (formerly Legal Director of European Roma Rights Centre)
A Human Rights Centre Event

Wednesday 24th September 2008 Seminar room 1, Institute of Governance, 1.00 p.m.
"A Charter of Rights for the island of Ireland"
Professor Colin Harvey QUB, Ms Suzanne Egan University College Dublin, Professor Rachel Murray University of Bristol
Powerpoint Presentation
A Human Rights Centre Event

Friday 27th June 2008 Seminar room 1, Institute of Governance, 10.30 p.m.
"Violence Against Women Roundtable"
Professor G.Kristian Miccio Roundtable Programme 
A Human Rights Centre Event

Monday 23 June 2008 Seminar room 1, Institute of Governance, 2 p.m.
"The Bill of Rights and Women, what comes next?"
Professor Fionnuala NiAolain & Professor Monica McWilliams Seminar Programme 
A Human Rights Centre Event

Wednesday 14th May 2008  Seminar Room 1, Institute of Governance - 1.30 p.m.
"Torture Team: Guantanamo, the Lawyers and Criminal Responsibility under International Law"
Professor Philippe Sands University College London
A Human Rights Centre Event

Wednesday 9th April 2008 Peter Froggatt Centre, Room 206 - 4.10 p.m.
"The Right to Privacy for consensual homosexual acts in private in Northern Ireland"
Professor Jeff Dudgeon Notes from Talk
A Human Rights Centre Event

Thursday 6th March 2008 ** Peter Froggatt Centre, Room 211 - 1 p.m.
"Discipline, Taxonomy and Method: Seven ConcentricCircles of International Criminal Justice"
Professor Paul Roberts University of Nottingham
A Human Rights Centre Event

Tuesday 4th March 2008 Seminar Room 1, Institute of Governance - 1 p.m
“How Do Human Rights Provide a Foundation for (Irish) Society?”
Mr. Sean Love Director Amnesty International Irish Section
A Human Rights Centre Event

Tuesday 26th February 2008 ** Seminar Room 1, Institute of Governance - 1 p.m.
“Complicity or Impunity: States' Responsibility for the Human Rights Effects of Their Foreign Policy”
Professor Sigrun Skogly University of Lancaster
A Human Rights Centre Event

16th February 2008 10am, Seminar Room 1, Institute of Governance
"Accountability in Transition"
Dame Nuala O'Loan Former Police Ombudsman
A Human Rights Centre Event

24th January 2008 1 p.m., Seminar Room 1, Institute of Governance
"Human Rights as a Framework for Negotiating/Protecting Cultural Differences ? An Exploration in the Case-Law of the European Court of Human Rights"
Professor Eva Brems from University of Ghent  Powerpoint Presentation
A Human Rights Centre Event

Monday 10th December 2007 6.00p.m, Peter Froggatt Centre, Room 307
  "A Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland: The Story so Far"
Chris Sidoti (Chair of the Bill of Rights Forum), Prof. Colin Harvey (Director, Human Rights Centre, Queen's University Belfast) and Dr Anne Smith (Transitional Justice Institute, University of Ulster)
A Human Rights Centre Event

Friday 1st June 2007, 1.00pm  G10N Seminar Room Lanyon Building
"Economics and Human Rights - Making the Connections"
Inez McCormack, Chair of the North/South Participation and Rights Project  
A Human Rights Centre Event

Friday 25 May 2007 Human Rights & Human Trafficking Conference
A Human Rights Centre Event

8 May 2007
"Developments in the UN's Human Rights Machinery following the Establishment of the Human Rights Council"
Chris Sidoti, Director of International Service for Human Rights (Geneva)
A Human Rights Centre Event

2 May 2007
" Whats wrong with the European Convention on Human Rights?"
Professor Steven Greer, University of Bristol
A Human Rights Centre Event

22 March 2007
"A Human Rights Act for Australia: Why, What and When"
Professor Spencer Zifcak, School of Law, La Trobe University (Australia)
A Human Rights Centre Event

16 March 2007
'Human Rights, the "Rule of Law" and the future of transitional justice'
Professor Kieran McEvoy, Queen's University Belfast
A Human Rights Centre Event

21 March 2007
Slavery Past & Present: A Human Rights Centre Roundtable on the Occasion of the Bicentenary of the Abolition of the Slave Trade by the United Kingdom. 
With Speakers Dr Jean Allain, Dr Tom Obokata & Dr Nini Rogers
A Human Rights Centre Event

5 March 2007
"Human Rights and Irish Foreign Policy"
Eamonn Mac Aodha, Director, Human Rights Unit, Department of Foreign Affairs
A Human Rights Centre Event

 27 February 2007
"Asylum and Incarceration"
Shami Chakrabarti, Director, Liberty
A Human Rights Centre Event

6 February 2007
"Change and devolution of criminal justice and policing in Northern Ireland - international lessons."
Aideen Gilmore, Research and Policy Officer with the Committee on the Administration of Justice (CAJ)
A Human Rights Centre Event

14 December 2006
Public Seminar on Imprisoning Children
Professor Monica McWilliams, Professor Phil Scraton, Dr Una Convery, Dr Linda Moore and Professor Barry Goldson. This series of presentations is hosted by the Institute of Criminology and Criminal Justice in association with the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission and the Human Rights Centre, Queen's University Belfast
A Human Rights Centre Event

8 December 2006
'The Scottish Commissioner for Human Rights Bill'.
Professor Alan Miller, Director of McGrigors Rights
A Human Rights Centre Event

24 November 2006
"Building Human Rights Based Approaches"
Patrick Twomey, International Human Rights Network
A Human Rights Centre Event

7 November 2006
"The Hidden Art of International Criminal Trial Practice"
Dr Rosemary Byrne, Trinity College Dublin
A Human Rights Centre Event

17 October 2006
Launch of the International Human Rights Law Video Library
A Human Rights Centre Event

16 October 2006
"Human Rights and US Foreign Policy"
Professor Julie Mertus, American University, Washington DC,
A Human Rights Centre Event

16 October 2006
"Customary International Humanitarian Law: Why Is It Relevant Today?"
Professor Louise Doswald-Beck
A Human Rights Centre Event

6 June 2006
Minority Rights Law: Purposes, Principles & Practice"
Dr Joshua Castellino, National University of Ireland, Galway
A Human Rights Centre Event

24 May 2006
"Representative Policing, a Discussion on a Draft Tool Kit for the United Nations"
Professor Tom Hadden, School of Law, Queen's University Belfast
A Human Rights Centre Event

25 May 2006
"Human Rights in Irish Foreign Policy"
Éamonn MacAodha, Director of the Human Rights Unit, Department of Foreign Affairs
A Human Rights Centre Event

2nd May 2006
Human Rights - Agenda for Change
Training session organised by QUB Human Rights Centre and NICVA
A Human Rights Centre Event

27th April 2006
"The Role of Judges in the Development of Constitutions"
Inaugural Lecture Professor Brice Dickson, School of Law, Queen's University Belfast
A Human Rights Centre Event

25th April 2006
'Trade to Live or Live to Trade? The World Trade Organization and Human Rights'
Professor Sarah Joseph, Castan Centre for Human Rights Law, Monash University
A Human Rights Centre Event

9th March 2006
' Governing After the Rights Revolution'
Inaugural Lecture Professor Colin Harvey, School of Law, Queen's University Belfast
A Human Rights Centre Event

6th March 2006
Child and Family Law: Human Rights Development
QUB Human Rights Centre and SLS Joint Seminar
A Human Rights Centre Event

27th February 2006
Criminal Evidence and Human Rights: An Update on Recent Developments
QUB Human Rights Centre and SLS Joint Seminar
A Human Rights Centre Event

23rd February 2006
'Deference and the Human Rights Act 1998 in the Northern Ireland Court of Appeal'
Mr John Larkin QC, Barrister
A Human Rights Centre Event

16th February 2006
Safe in Their Hands? The Law Lords and Human Rights
Professor Brice Dickson, School of Law, Queen's University Belfast
A Human Rights Centre Event

8th February 2006
First Cases at the International Criminal Court
Professor William Schabas, Irish Human Rights Centre, University of Galway
A Human Rights Centre Event

20th January 2006
The Nature, Impact and Future of Section 75 Northern Ireland Act 1998
A Human Rights Centre Event