Encountering Human Rights
Programme and Session Details
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Session Details
Below is a list of sessions for the conference.
"Anti-Social Behaviour", Gender and Human Rights
- Caroline Hunter, Centre for Social Inclusion, Sheffield Hallam University.
- Lorraine Birch, Unison.
- Maya Sikand, Two Garden Court Chambers, London.
- Bethan Harris, Two Garden Court Chambers, London.
- Chair: Helen Carr, Law School, University of Kent.
Reproductive Rights and Human Rights
- Audrey Simpson, Director – Family Planning Association, Northern Ireland.
- Rachel Roth, US, Soros Justice Fellow.
- Barbara Hewson, Hardwicke Building, London.
- Chair: Sally Sheldon, Law School, Keele University.
Crossing Borders: Rights Discourses in Scotland
- Helen Baillot, Scottish Refugee Council, Glasgow.
- Sharon Cowan, School of Law, University of Edinburgh.
- Patrick Stoakes, Equality Network, Edinburgh.
- Chair: Noel Whitty, Law School, University of Strathclyde.
Democracy's Empire and the Dis-charge of Human Rights
- Tshepo Madlingozi, Department of Legal History, Comparative Law and Legal Philosophy, University of Pretoria, South Africa
- Sari Kouvo, Rule of Law, Human Rights and Gender Advisor to the EU Special Rapporteur for Afghanistan
- Chair: Stewart Motha, Law School, University of Kent.
Resourcing, Activism and Human Rights
- Jane Standing, Chief Executive Officer, Kairos in Soho
- Sharminder Ubhi, Director, Ashiana
- Kaveri Sharma, Legal Advisor, Newham Asian Women's Project
- Chair: Tania Pouwhare, Women’s Resource Centre, London.
Strategies in Action: Sexuality and Asylum in the UK
- Barry O'Leary, Wesley Gryk Solicitors, London
- S. Chelvan, Mitre House Chambers, London
- Chair: Toni Johnson, Kent Law School.
Multiculturalism and Human Rights
- Jasvinder Sanghera, Director: Karma Nirvana Refuge, Derby
- Adwoa Kwateng-Kluvitse, FORWARD, London
- Jill Marshall, School of Law, Queen Mary, University of London
- Chair: Rupa Reddy, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.
Gender, Human Rights and Land Claims
- Chair: Brenna Bhandar, Law School, University of Reading.
Gender and Criminal Justice
- Vanessa Munro, King's College London
- Clare McGlynn, Durham University
- Michelle Madden Dempsey, Oxford University.
- Chair/Discussant: Dr Nicole Westmarland, Chair: Rape Crisis (England & Wales)
Third Party Interventions and Expert Evidence
- Chair: Andrea Jarman, Law School, University of Westminster.
Gender and Human Rights and the European Union
- Heli Askola, University of Cardiff
- Lesley Irvine, University of Kent
- Annette Lawson, National Alliance of Women’s Organisations
- Samantha Velluti, University of Liverpool
- Chair: Susan Millns, University of Sussex
Gender and Human Rights under the European Convention on Human Rights
- Barbara Hewson, Barrister, Hardwicke
- Jennifer Temkin, University of Sussex
- Ivana Radacic, UCL
- Anastasia Vakulenko, University of Dundee
- Chair: Susan Millns, University of Sussex
Legal Activism
- Sharon Cowan (University of Edinbugh)
- Krishnadas Sukumaran
- tbc
- Chair: Matthew Weait