lunchtime seminars 

The Lunchtime Seminar Series plays host to prominent visiting academics and practitioners in the human rights field. These guests deliver one hour seminars addressing specific topical, current and cutting edge issues relevant to their areas of expertise. The seminars take place over the lunch hour from 1- 2 pm, at the Irish Centre for Human Rights, and are open to the general public.

UPCOMING SEMINARS

PAST SEMINARS

• 26 March 2013 - Dr. Evelyne Schmid, ' Social and Cultural Rights in International Criminal Law'.
• 13 March 2013 - Commandant Sean Ridge, 'United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) on the Israeli occupied Golan Heights'.
• 6 March 2013 - Dr. Kevin O'Sullivan, 'Action for Justice'? Rights, Needs and Humanitarian NGOs in Europe, 1968-85.
• 26 February 2013 - Mark McLoughlin, Director/Producer of Blood Rising, and Elia Escobeda Garcia, Human Rights Defender 'Screening of 'Blood Rising' followed by a Q&A session' (hosted with the support of Front Line Defenders).
• 25 February 2013 - Mr. Aonghus Kelly (LLM), 'Chasing Justice in Iraq and the Balkans'.
• 21 February 2013 - Niamh Reilly, 'Women's Reproductive Rights: Irish Context and International Human Rights Norms'
• 23 January 2013, 30 January 2013, 6 February 2013, 13 February 2013 & 20 February 2013 - Semahagn Gashe Abebe (PhD), 'Lunchtime Seminar Series in International Trade and Human Rights',  Further information : on the course content, objective, learning outcomes and the speaker are available here. 
• 8 February 2013 - Dr. Eliot Ross Albers, Executive Director, International Network of People who Use Drugs; Mr. Richard Elliott, Executive Director, Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network; Ms. Rebecca Schleifer, Advocacy Director, Health and Human Rights Division, Human Rights Watch; Mr Rick Lines, Executive Director, Harm Reduction International and Co-director, International Centre on Human Rights and Drug Policy (Moderator),  'Drug Users, HIV and Human Rights .
• 3 October 2012 - Michiel Pestman, speaking in relation to his work as defense counsel for Nuon Chea before the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia.
  
• 17 April 2012 - Valentina Azarov, "Re-formalising the Notion of Statehood in International Law: Palestinian Statehood and the Composites of International Legal Personality."
• 4 April 2012 - Mark Mullin, "Representing Refugees in Galway - the work of the Refugee Legal Service."
• 14 March 2012 – Michelle Farrell, “Bare Life’, ’Precarious Life’ and the Possibility of Human Rights.”
• 6 March 2012 - Tom O’Sullivan, “A Personal Account of the Challenges of Working for the UNHCR in South Sudan.”
• 29 February 2012 – Peter Fitzmaurice, “The Right to Non-refoulement from Conflict.”
• 21 February 2012 – Daragh Murray, “The Principle and Practice of Universal Jurisdiction: Lessons Learned from PCHR's Experience.”
• 3 February 2012 - Nick Danziger, "Humanity in War."
• 2 December 2011 - Alejandra Castillo, " Seeking Justice for Genocide in Guatemala.”
• 28 November - Fanny de Weck, " Protection against  refoulement under the European Convention on Human Rights and the United Nations Convention against Torture: A comparison of the individual complaints procedures."
• 22 November - Dr Vinodh Jaichand, “Making the Case for a UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Land.”
• 21 November 2011 - Dr Giulia Pinzauti, " The Crime of Terrorism in International Law."
• 7 November 2011 - Eamon Mac Aodha, "The Irish Human Rights Commission - Tens Years On: Achievements and Challenges for the Future."
• 24 October 2011 - Dr Fiona de Londras, "Privatised Sovereign Performance, Counter-Terrorism and Endangered Rights."
• 19 October 2011 - Siobhán Cummiskey, "Equal Rights Litigation and Travellers."
• 6 April 2011 - Dr. Miša Zgonec-Rožej, “The UN asset-freezing regime for suspected terrorists.”
• 11 April 2011 - John Jones  “The law of extradition  and war crimes”
• 18 April 2011 - Kjell Anderson "The Problem of the Jew Next Door: Perpetrators and Victims of Genocide"
• 18 March 2011 - Geoffrey Harris; "Promoting 'our' values: is the EU up to the challenge?"
• 15 March  2011 - Juan Ramon Chinchilla & Rudy Hernandez; “Defending Human Rights in Honduras”
•  21 February 2011, Sir Michael Wood -- 'Human rights and humanitarian law in the practice of a Foreign Ministry lawyer'
• 10 February 2011 - Ambassador Daithi O'Ceallaigh - The Human Rights Work of  a Diplomat
• 1 January 2011 - Dr. Philip Clark: Power, Politics and Justice in Post-Genocide Rwanda.
•  29 November 2010: Professor Michael D. Higgins  'Current human rights issues in Colombia'.
• 17 November 2010: Damon Barrett; “Colombia: Drug war myopia and the human rights lens”. 
• 13 October 2010: Prof. William Schabas: 'International Law and Practice on Capital Punishment'.
• 31 March 2010, Ziya Meral,  "Politics and Ethics of Acknowledgment of Historical Atrocities."
• 15 March 2010, Matt Pollard; "Detention by International Forces: Legal Frameworks from the Copenhagen Process"
• 12 March 2010, Bill Oberly; 'Exonerating the Wrongfully convicted through DNA Testing'
• 4 March 2010, Her Excellency Catherine Muigai Mwangi, Ambassador of Kenya to Ireland: ’ Does the Bill of Rights in the Draft Kenyan Constitution Reflect both African and International Best Practice?’
• 1 February 2010; Rick Lines, ' A vehicle for indirect penal reform’? Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights.'
• 29 January 2010, Colm O'Cuanachain, Policy Director, Amnesty International ’ Human Rights Education’

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