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JUSTICE Human Rights Conference 2018

  • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer 28 Tudor Street London, England, EC4Y 0BH United Kingdom (map)
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One of the highlights of the human rights lawyer’s CPD calendar, the JUSTICE Annual Human Rights Conference offers a key opportunity to update your legal knowledge and gain valuable insight into the human rights issues of the year.

Morning Keynote Address: ‘Human Rights and the Environment’
Lord Carnwath of Notting Hill

Review of the Year
Karon Monaghan QC, Matrix Chambers

Morning Workshops
1. CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Chair: HH Peter Rook QC
Angela Rafferty QC, 18 Red Lion Chambers
Kirsty Brimelow QC, Doughty Street Chambers

2. JUDICIAL REVIEW (Fully booked)
Chair: Michael Fordham QC, Blackstone Chambers
Martin Chamberlain QC, Brick Court Chambers
Rosa Curling, Leigh Day

3. WOMEN’S HUMAN RIGHTS
Chair: Baroness Shami Chakrabarti CBE
Harriet Wistrich, Centre for Women’s Justice
Keina Yoshida, Doughty Street Chambers
Parosha Chandran, One Pump Court Chambers

Afternoon Workshops
4. IMMIGRATION, ASYLUM AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Chair: Sonali Naik QC, Garden Court Chambers
Jawaid Luqmani, Luqmani Thompson and Partners
Colin Yeo, Garden Court Chambers

5. PRIVACY, SECURITY AND SURVEILLANCE
Chair: Max Hill QC, 18 Red Lion Chambers, Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation
Jonathan Glasson QC, Matrix Chambers
Shaheen Rahman QC, One Crown Office Row, Barrister Chambers

6. LIFE, DEATH AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Chair: Victoria Butler-Cole – 39 Essex Chambers
Nathalie Lieven QC, Blackstone Chambers
Jocelyn Cockburn, Hodge, Jones and Allen
Parishil Patel QC, 39 Essex Chambers

Afternoon Keynote Address: ‘A year on from the Lammy Review: where are we now?’
The Rt Hon David Lammy MP

Join us to debate: ‘The Future of Access to Justice’
Lord Marks QC, Liberal Democrats
Bob Neill MP, Conservative Party, Chair of the House of Commons Justice Committee
David Lammy MP, Labour Party
Additional speakers to be confirmed

View the programme

Bookings

Now open for booking. JUSTICE members receive a significant discount.

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