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 On Friday 25 March 2022, the Irish Centre for Human Rights in the School of Law at the National University of Ireland Galway will host the Galway Business and Human Rights Symposium 2022. The theme this year is “The Contribution of the UN Treaty Bodies to Business and Human Rights”. Professor Olivier De Schutter, the UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights will give the opening address. This will be followed by a panel discussion with a number of UN treaty body members, academic experts and practitioners. This year's symposium will take place online and you can register now for a free place here. 

Galway Business and Human Rights Symposium 2022
The Contribution of the UN Treaty Bodies
to Business and Human Rights 

Friday 25 March 2022
12-4pm 

School of Law, National University of Ireland Galway (via Zoom) 

Speakers          

Professor Olivier de Schutter, Université catholique de Louvain, UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights
Dr Mikiko Otani, Chair, UN Committee on the Rights of the Child
Professor Gentian Zyberi, Norwegian Centre for Human Rights, University of Oslo, Member, UN Human Rights Committee
Dr Tara van Ho, University of Essex
Dr Carlos Lopez, International Commission of Jurists 

To reserve a place go to: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/galway-business-and-human-rights-symposium-2022-tickets-259403150807