A morning of talks on the subject of abortion law reform

Fri, 09 Mar 2018 11:29:00 GMT - Thu, 08 Mar 2018 14:29:00 GMT, 11.30

At Aula Maxima Lower

Organised by Irish Centre for Human Rights

The Irish Centre for Human Rights, NUI Galway, invites you to attend a morning of talks on the subject of abortion law reform


on Friday, March 9th 2018 from 11.30am – 2pm


 As the mooted date for a referendum on Article 40.3.3 of the Constitution draws closer, the ICHR has drawn together a number of prominent human rights advocates and academics to consider the challenges and possibilities of abortion law in a post-Eighth Amendment Ireland


Speakers include:


   Professor Carol Sanger, Barbara Aronstein Black Professor of Law at Columbia Law School and author of About Abortion: Terminating Pregnancy in the 21st Century;


Les Allamby, Chief Commissioner Northern Irish Human Rights Commission;


Dr Eilionóir Flynn, Director of the Centre for Disability Law and Policy , NUI Galway;


Dr Claire Murray, School of Law, University College Cork;


Professor Siobhán Mullally, Director, Irish Centre for Human Rights, NUI Galway.


 


 


       The ICHR is delighted to present this event in association with NUIG's Gender ARC.


Please find link below for registration -

https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/about-abortion-the-law-and-politics-of-reform-tickets-43025789294


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