Conference - Getting the Bill right - an update

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At this conference, the Bill of Rights Forum report will be examined and scrutinised by a range of local and international experts, problems and gaps will be identified and discussion, debate and proposals on ways forward will hopefully emerge.

Event Date:

Wednesday 02 July 2008


 

Thursday 03 July 2008


Start Time:

9:30am


End Time:

5pm


Location:

Wellington Park Hotel- Belfast


Cost:

Free


Event Type:

Event


The Human Rights Consortium will be holding a 2 day conference on 2 and 3 July 2008 in the Wellington Park Hotel, Belfast.

Guests will have the pleasure of hearing from a range of internationally renowned experts such as Bruce Porter, Director of the Canadian Social Rights Advocacy Centre and Francesca Klug OBE, Professorial Research Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Human Rights at the London School of Economics.

In addition, delegates will hear from the convenors of the various Working Groups of the Bill of Rights Forum and the human rights adviser to each group, who will both discuss their group’s work and contribution to the final report.

In closing, the conference will hear a response from the Chief Commissioner of the NI Human Rights Commission, Monica McWilliams, on some of the topics that have been discussed and their plans for bringing the proposals forward.

For more information or to register for the event, please RSVP by 23 June to info@billofrightsni.org or telephone 028 9096 1128.


Human Rights Consortium | Louise McNicholl | 10 Jun 2008
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