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News archive School of Law celebrates 10th Anniversary of the Charter of Fundamental Rights

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School of Law celebrates 10th Anniversary of the Charter of Fundamental Rights

Dr Padraic Kenna, NUI Galway, Marguerite Angelari, J.D. (OSJI) conference organisers, with Michael O’ Neill BL Head of Legal, Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission.

Jan 28 2020 Posted: 10:47 GMT

The European Union Charter of Fundamental Rights is now ten years old. The Charter brings into European and Irish law a range of human rights – in such areas as equality, access to justice, respect for privacy and home, and a range of socio-economic rights. The Charter, in its entirety, addresses, and is applicable to, the institutions, bodies, offices and agencies of the Union, and Member States when they implement EU law.

To mark the 10th Anniversary of the Charter the School of Law NUI Galway arranged, together with the Irish Centre for European Law (ICEL), and Open Society Justice Initiative (OSJI), a major conference in December 2019, with speakers from across all areas law of EU and human rights law and a range of EU Member States.

Panel discussions were chaired by The Hon Mr Justice Nial Fennelly, The Hon Mr Justice Aindrias Ó Caoimh, and the Hon Mr Justice Tony O’ Connor.

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Pictured above are Dr. Stephen Brittain BL. Director ICEL, Dr Padraic Kenna NUI Galway, Marguerite Angelari, J.D. (OSJI) The Hon Mr Justice Nial Fennelly (formerly of the Supreme Court), Professor Michael O’Flaherty, Director of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, Anna Van Duin, University of Amsterdam, Professor Jeff Kenner, University of Nottingham and Vice President of the Global Campus of Human Rights, Venice, Italy.