Human Rights

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• Post Traumatic Stress Disorder - POSTPONED

  Monday 7 July 2008 from 18:30 to 20:00

  We regret that due to circumstances beyond our control, this seminar has been postponed - new date will be announced shortly Doors open: 6.00pm Conference commences 6.30pm Location: The Spy Room, …

  
  

• Prisoners' rights to health and community care in detention and upon release

  Thursday 12 June 2008 from 10:00 to 17:00

  Specialist Support Training 2007/08 run by the Legal Services Commission Course Provider: Doughty Street Chambers Course Contributor(s): Paul Bowen, Aswini Weereratne, Stephen Cragg, Phillippa …

  
  

• Truth and Justice?

  

  Wednesday 7 May 2008 from 18:00 to 20:00

  On behalf of Doughty Street Chambers and the International Centre for Transitional Justice of New York we are presenting a seminar entitled 'Truth and Justice?' on Wednesday 7th May 2008. The …

  
  

• An Introduction to Prisoners' Rights (half day)

  Monday 21 April 2008 from 09:00 to 13:00

  Specialist Support Training 2007/08 run by the Legal Services Commission Course Provider: Doughty Street Chambers Course Contributor(s): Quincy Whitaker, Laura Dubinsky, Alison Gerry and …

  
  

• Ordinary Residence Disputes

  Tuesday 8 April 2008 from 18:30 to 20:00

  PLEASE NOTE - THIS SEMINAR HAS BEEN POSTPONED - NEW DATE WILL BE ADVISED SHORTLY Community Care Law Reports seminar Speakers: Simon Bull, assistant borough solicitor, Bracknell Forest DC …

  
  

• Pakistan's false democracy - POSTPONED

  

  Thursday 14 February 2008 from 18:00 to 20:00

  Please note : due to unforeseen circumstances, this seminar has had to be postponed     Speaker: Brad Adams, Asia Director of Human Rights Watch The seminar is presented jointly by …

  
  

• Contracting out human rights obligations: 'public functions' after YL v Birmingham City Council

  Wednesday 19 September 2007 from 18:30 to 20:00

  Speakers: Murray Hunt (legal adviser to the Joint Committee on Human Rights) and Ian Wise (Doughty Street Chambers) Chair: Jean Gould, legal officer with Help The Aged Venue: Garden Court …

  
  

• Accountability for International Crimes in Sudan: the role of the International Criminal Court

  Wednesday 18 July 2007 from 18:45 to 20:45

    REDRESS, Goodenough College and Doughty Street Chambers present a seminar Speakers: Mariana Goetz, ICC Programme Adviser, REDRESS Abdelsalam Hassan, Human Rights Lawyer …

  
  

• Diplomatic assurances and the Russian Guantanamo detainees

  Thursday 26 April 2007 from 18:00 to 20:00

  Speaker : Carroll Bogert, Human Rights Watch Chair : Joseph Middleton, Doughty Street Chambers CPD accredited : 1.5 hours

  
  

• Dangerous Ambivalence : UK policy on torture since 9/11

  Thursday 16 November 2006 from 18:30 to 20:30

  Speakers: Keir Starmer QC , Doughty Street Chambers Bill Sampson, torture survivor Ben Ward, Associate Director, Europe & Central Asia division, Human Rights Watch There will be a short …

  
  

• The Human Rights Law Conference 2006

  Thursday 26 October 2006 from 09:00 to 17:00

  8th Annual Conference Venue : Savoy Place, London WC2R 0BL Beyond the hostile headlines New developments in practice Key issues include: Under the microscope - what are the most significant …

  
  

• CCLR Practitioner seminar - Charging and Benefits

  Tuesday 24 October 2006 from 18:30 to 20:00

  VENUE Doughty Street Chambers, London WC2 SPEAKERS Desmond Rutledge, barrister, Garden Court Chambers Pauline Thompson, policy officer, Age Concern England CHAIR Stephen Cragg, Doughty …

  
  

• Protecting rights and delivering justice

  Monday 18 September 2006 from 17:00 to 20:00

  INTER-REGIONAL CONFERENCE ON JUSTICE SYSTEMS AND HUMAN RIGHTS venue: Palacio do Itamaraty, Brasilia 18 - 20 September 2006 Organised by: British Council, Human Rights Centre University of Essex and …

  
  

• "The Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe: Putting human rights first?" All you have wanted to know about the OSCE

  Thursday 11 May 2006 from 18:00 to 19:00

  Speakers : Susie Alegre - Counter-Terrorism Adviser, Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe Joseph Middleton , barrister, …

  
  

• Human rights: transforming services?

  Monday 27 March 2006 from 09:30 to 17:00

  Human rights: transforming services? International and domestic speakers met with social care practitioners, law professionals, policy makers and users of social care services this week to discuss …

  
  

• Bringing Sudan's Killers to Account : Darfur and the ICC

  Thursday 8 December 2005 from 18:00 to 20:00

  Seminar : Bringing Sudan's Killers to Account : Darfur and the ICC in conjunction with Human Rights Watch   speaker : Leslie Lefkow, researcher with the Africa division of Human …

  
  

• EU Charter of Fundamental Rights: An Introduction

  Wednesday 7 December 2005 from 18:00 to 20:00

  Speaker: Jonathan Cooper, Doughty Street Chambers

  
  

• Sexual Violence, the Congo and International Justice

  Monday 14 November 2005 from 18:00 to 19:00

  Speaker : Juliane Kippenberg, NGO Liaison for the Africa Division of Human Rights Watch venue : Churchill Room, Goodenough College, Mecklenburgh Square, London WC1N 2AB …

  
  

• Judicial Review: Trends & Forecasts 2005

  Wednesday 12 October 2005 from 09:30 to 16:00

  PLP's Judicial Review conference is a unique event set up by practitioners, for practitioners, that brings together a mix of both claimant and defendant lawyers. The latest up-to-date information on …

  
  

• EU Charter of Fundamental Rights: An Introduction

  Tuesday 11 October 2005 from 18:00 to 20:00

  Speaker: Jonathan Cooper, Doughty Street Chambers

  
  

• LSC Training Course: Human Rights and their Impact on Children

  Monday 26 September 2005 from 10:00 to 15:00

  This course will show how the Human Rights Act, Article 8 of the ECHR and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child have revolutionised the law relating to children. The seminar will …

  
  

• Business and Human Rights: Recent Initiatives at the UN and Developments in Private International Law

  Wednesday 13 July 2005 from 18:00 to 19:30

  Speakers: Lisa Misol, Human Rights Watch; Sapna Malik, Leigh Day & Co. Chair: Richard Hermer, Doughty Street Chambers

  
  

• The Commission for Equality and Human Rights - Where now for human rights protection in the UK?

  Tuesday 12 July 2005 from 18:00 to 19:30

  Speaker: Francesca Klug, Academic Expert, Doughty Street Chambers; Professorial Research Fellow, Centre for the Study of Human Rights, LSE; and Member of the Commission for Equality and Human …

  
  

• EU Charter of Fundamental Rights: An Introduction

  Tuesday 28 June 2005 from 18:00 to 20:00

  Speaker: Jonathan Cooper, Doughty Street Chambers

  
  

• LSC Training Course: Social Welfare and Human Rights: The Asylum Support System

  Wednesday 22 June 2005 from 13:30 to 18:00

  This seminar is aimed at practitioners working in social welfare and/or immigration. The seminar will examine the asylum support scheme in the UK and relevant human rights, including: Changes to …

  
  

• LSC Training Course: Access to the Administrative Court: Judicial Review and HRA Claims

  Wednesday 8 June 2005 from 13:30 to 18:00

  This seminar will consider all aspects of making applications in the Administrative Court, including some of the practical problems that can arise. It will cover: Issuing judicial review …

  
  

• Reparation for crimes against humanity and war crimes in Iraq

  Tuesday 26 April 2005 from 18:00 to 19:00

  Speakers: Phil Shiner, Public Interest Lawyers; Professor Nick Grief, Associate Tenant, Doughty Street Chambers and Raymond Steele Professor of Law, Bournemouth University. Chair: Joseph Middleton, …

  
  

• Anti-Social Behaviour Orders - Recent Developments and Future Challenges

  Wednesday 20 April 2005 from 18:00 to 19:00

  Speakers: Peter Lownds, Doughty Street Chambers; James Welch, Liberty; Jim Skelsey, BSB Law.  

  
  

• Corporate Accountability for Foreign Government Actions under US Law: The Alien Tort Statute - Recent Developments and Future Prospects

  Thursday 10 March 2005 from 17:30 to 19:30

  A joint seminar with the British Institute of International and Comparative Law and Clifford Chance. Speakers : Richard Hermer, Doughty Street Chambers; Rae Lindsay, Clifford Chance; Alex Vines, …

  
  

• LSC Training Course: Judicial Review and Human Rights Claims in Mental Health

  Monday 7 March 2005 from 09:30 to 14:00

  Decisions concerning the detention, treatment, discharge, transfer and after-care of persons suffering mental disorder engage profound public law and human rights issues. This course is aimed at …

  
  

• The Asylum Support System

  Tuesday 7 December 2004 at 13:30

  This seminar is aimed at practitioners working in social welfare and/or immigration. The seminar will examine the asylum support scheme in the UK and relevant human rights, including: Changes to …

  
  

• International Justice Mechanisms - Are they working?

  Monday 6 December 2004 from 18:00 to 19:30

  Speaker: Richard Dicker, Director of International Justice Program, Human Rights Watch Chair: Quincy Whitaker, Doughty Street Chambers

  
  

• LSC Training Course: Access to the Administrative Court: Judicial Review and HRA Claims

  Tuesday 23 November 2004 from 13:30 to 18:00

  This seminar will consider all aspects of making applications in the Administrative Court, including some of the practical problems that can arise. It will cover: Issuing judicial review …

  
  

• LSC Training Course: Children and the Human Rights Act

  Wednesday 17 November 2004 from 13:30 to 20:00

  This seminar is aimed at all practitioners whose clients include children. It will show how the Human Rights Act, Article 8 ECHR and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child have …

  
  

• The US Election Results: Where now for International Law?

  Wednesday 10 November 2004 from 18:15 to 20:00

  Speaker: Judge C.G. Weeramantry, Former Vice-President of the International Court of Justice, President of the International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms (IALANA). With an …

  
  

• The Case for a Social Justice Act in the UK

  Thursday 4 November 2004 from 18:00 to 19:30

  Speakers: Professor Geraldine Van Bueren, Associate Tenant, Doughty Street Chambers and Professor of International Human Rights Law, Queen Mary, University of London; Stuart Weir, Director of the …

  
  

• Realising rights: implementing human rights through litigation

  Monday 1 November 2004 at 12:00

  Doughty Street barrister Jonathan Cooper is to direct a week-long British Council Seminar on Realising rights: implementing human rights through litigation in November in Bromley, Kent. The seminar …

  
  

• Immunity for crimes against humanity: An end to civil and criminal impunity

  Thursday 28 October 2004 at 18:00

  Speakers: Geoffrey Bindman (Bindman & Partners, Solicitor in Al-Adsani v Kuwait and Mitchell and others v Saudi Arabia), Dapo Akande (Lecturer in Public International Law, Oxford), Stuart Turner …

  
  

• Human Rights and the EU Conference

  Friday 25 June 2004 from 09:30 to 17:00

  Joint conference with JUSTICE and Monckton Chambers on Human Rights and the European Union: Using EC fundamental rights and remedies in domestic law. This one-day conference examined EU …

  
  

• Human Rights in International relations - oil on water?

  Thursday 20 May 2004 from 18:00 to 19:30

  Speakers: Jon Benjamin, Head of Human Rights Policy Department at the FCO; Andrew Puddephatt, Executive Director of Article 19 Chair: Jonathan Cooper, Doughty Street Chambers The seminar will …

  
  

• LSC Training Course: Children and the Human Rights Act

  Monday 15 March 2004 from 13:30 to 18:00

  This seminar is aimed at both family practitioners and practitioners whose clients include children. The seminar shows how the Human Rights Act, Article 8 ECHR and the United Nations Convention on …

  
  

• Guantanamo Bay and Military Commissions - What Next?

  Wednesday 3 March 2004 from 18:00 to 19:30

  Speaker: Wendy Patten, Human Rights Watch US Advocacy Director This seminar addresses recent developments in Guantanamo Bay and military commissions. The US Supreme Court will hear two appeals …

  
  

• Judicial Review and Human Rights Claims in Mental Health

  Monday 1 March 2004 from 10:00 to 17:00

  Decisions concerning the detention, treatment, discharge, transfer and after-care of persons suffering mental disorder engage profound public law and human rights issues. This course is aimed at …

  
  

• LSC Training Course: Positive Thinking: Current Issues in Housing and Human Rights

  Wednesday 11 February 2004 from 13:30 to 18:00

  Have all our initial high hopes been dashed by recent decisions such as Begum and Qazi? This seminar will explore the ways in which Human Rights based arguments can still add value in the housing …

  
  

• LSC Training Course: Education and the Human Rights Act

  Wednesday 11 February 2004 from 13:30 to 18:00

  This seminar is aimed at specialist and first level education lawyers with a view to developing their understanding of the practical implications of the Human Rights Act as well as providing …

  
  

• LSC Training Course: Human Rights in the context of Immigration and Asylum Law

  Tuesday 27 January 2004 from 13:30 to 18:00

  This seminar will provide an update on issues relating to trauma and mental health among asylum seekers. The seminar will explore how these issues have a bearing on the UK 's entitlement to enforced …

  
  

• Investigating the State - Life and Death after Amin

  Thursday 20 November 2003 from 18:30 to 20:00

  Speakers: Patrick O'Connor QC, Doughty Street Chambers; Virginia McVea from the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission; Jane Winter, Director, British Irish Rights Watch; and Anke Stock, Legal …

  
  

• LSC Training Course: Children and the Human Rights Act

  Friday 1 August 2003 from 14:00 to 18:30

  This seminar is aimed at both family practitioners and those practitioners whose clients include children. The aim of the seminar is to show how the Human Rights Act (and Article 8 and the United …

  
  

• Judicial Review & Human Rights Claims in Mental Health

  Monday 2 June 2003 from 10:30 to 16:30

  Decisions concerning the detention, treatment, discharge, transfer and after-care of persons suffering mental disorder engage profound public law and human rights issues. This course is aimed at …

  
  

• Using the Human Rights Act 1998 to obtain Accommodation

  Friday 16 May 2003 from 10:30 to 16:30

  This seminar challenges the historical assumption that there is no positive right to accommodation and explores the circumstances in which a positive duty to accommodate may arise. It is intended to …

  
  

• LSC Training Course: Human Rights in the context of Immigration and Asylum law

  Thursday 8 May 2003 from 13:30 to 18:00

  Issues relating to trauma and mental health occur relatively frequently among an asylum seeker client group. Issues of access to treatment, particularly treatment for HIV/AIDS, are also very …

  
  

• LSC Training Course: Education and the Human Rights Act

  Monday 24 March 2003 from 14:00 to 18:30

  This seminar is aimed at specialist and first level education lawyers with a view to developing their understanding of the practical implications of the Human Rights Act as well as providing …

  
  

• Privacy

  Wednesday 27 February 2002 from 18:00 to 20:00

  Speakers: Geoffrey Robertson QC, Andrew Nicol QC, Gavin Millar QC, Anthony Hudson and Lucy Moorman, Doughty Street Chambers. Topics included: Breach of confidence, The impact of the Human Rights …

  
  

• Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001

  Thursday 7 February 2002 from 18:00 to 20:00

  Speakers: Andrew Nicol QC, Jill Evans, Keir Starmer and Simon Cox Chair: Professor Andrew Ashworth Topics included the new criminal offences created, seizure, detention, and issues concerning …

  
  

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