News Archive

‘Dates for your Diary’ AY 2021 

20^th Sept
Title: International Human Rights Norms and Minority Languages: recent developments
Speakers: Dr Janos Fiala, School of Law, NUI Galway, Dr Fernand de Varennes, Adjunct Professor at the ICHR and United Nations Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues
Time: 1pm to 2pm
Organised by: Dr Maeve O’Rourke

22^nd Sept
Title: Group Rights in International Human Rights Law
Speakers: Philippa Duell-Piening, PhD Candidate, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne
Time: 8am to 9am (via Microsoft Teams)
Organised by: Dr Anna Arstein-Kerslake

Sept 28th 2021
Title: ‘Contemporary Challenges in International Criminal Justice'
Speaker: Professor Guénaël Mettraux, Judge, Kosovo Specialist Chambers, Adjunct Professor, Irish Centre for Human Rights, School of Law, NUI Galway
Time: Tuesday 28^th September, 1-2pm

15th Oct
Title: International Humanitarian Law and Peace Support Operations - adapting to new norms?' Speaker: Richard Brennan, Lieutenant Colonel, Legal Officer   |   HQ 2 Brigade  
Time:  2pm to 3.15
Location: TBC 

20^th Oct
Title: Right to Access Safe Abortion in Africa
Speakers: Charles Ngwena, Professor of Law, Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria
Time: 4pm – 5pm
Location: ICHR Seminar Room
Organised by: Dr Anna Arstein-Kerslake

22^nd Oct
Title: The implications of the new UN Triple Nexus policy’.  United Nations Mission to Support the Hudaydah Agreement (UNMHA) Yemen
Daniel Sheeran, Coordination Officer - Office of the Deputy Head of Mission (LLM in Peace Ops graduate)
Time: 2pm- 3.15 pm
Location: TBC
Organised by: Prof Ray Murphy 

27^th Oct
Title: Environmental Rights
Speakers: Dr Erin O’Donnell, Early Career Research Fellow, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne
Time: 8am to 9am (via Microsoft Teams)
Organised by: Dr Anna Arstein-Kerslake

29^th of Oct
Title: The Women, Peace and Security agenda: Increasing women’s meaningful participation in UN peace operations. 
Speaker: Andrea Wescott
Location: Online
Organised by: Prof Ray Murphy 
Bio:  Andrea is a Lead Analyst at Global Affairs Canada (GAC). Between June 2020-2021 she served as a Policy Analyst for GAC’s Peace Operations and Stabilization bureau (PSOPs) working on the Elsie Initiative for Women in Peace Operations. She possesses a B.Soc.Sc in International Studies and Modern Languages from the Univsity of Ottawa and is an alumnus of the Irish Centre for Human Rights, having graduated with an LL.M in Peace Operations, Humanitarian Law and Conflict in 2014. Following her master degree at NUIG she taught English in Spain, did a fellowship with Front line Defenders and the OHCHR, and worked for several years as a gender advisor on international development projects in Rwanda, Peru and Tanzania before joining Global Affairs Canada. 

4^th Nov
Title: ‘Human Rights Monitoring in Practice (Ireland)’
Speaker: Prof. Emily Logan, Commissioner Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission and Adjunct Professor, Irish Centre for Human Rights, School of Law, NUI Galway.
Time: 1pm – 2 pm
Venue: TBC 

9^th Nov
Title: “The Private Side of National Security Law: The Role of Private Actors in Enforcing and Shaping National Security.”
Time: TBC
Speaker: Maryam Jamshidi is an Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Florida, Levin College of Law where she writes and teaches in the areas of national security, public international law, the law of foreign relations, and tort law. In particular, her scholarship examines the various ways in which private law and private actors transform and are impacted by national security and international law matters.