News & Events Public Event 'Advocating for Justice and Freedom for Palestine' with Shawan Jabarin, Director-General of Al-Haq

University of Galway Irish Centre for Human Rights will host a public event titled ‘Advocating for Justice and Freedom for Palestine’ with Shawan Jabarin, the Director-General of Al-Haq, a leading Palestinian human rights organisation based in Ramallah and one of the oldest human rights organisations in the Middle East.

Shawan is a graduate of the LLM in International Human Rights at the Irish Centre for Human Rights and is the 2024 Alumni Award Winner for Law, Public Policy and Society - Sponsored by RDJ. 

Date and Time: Friday 10th May at 1pm

Location: AC201, Concourse at University of Galway.

No registration is required. 

Biography: Shawan Jabarin is a Palestinian human rights defender, General Director of the Palestinian human rights organisation Al-Haq, and a member of Human Rights Watch Middle East Advisory Board. He was Amnesty International's first Palestinian Prisoner of Conscience, and he has worked for years promoting human rights in the face of Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories. From 2005 to 2009, Shawan was a member of the Board of Directors of Défense for Children International - Palestine, the national section of the Geneva-based Défense for Children International, and was elected vice president of the International Federation for Human Rights in May 2013. He is the recipient of many honours and awards for his human rights advocacy work, and leadership of Al-Haq.