ICCL is marking Human Rights Day on 10 December by hosting an online seminar. We’ve invited experts-in-their-fields to look at the most pressing human rights issues emerging from the pandemic.
UN Special Rapporteur Siobhán Mullally will deliver a keynote address at midday.
Panel One at 12:25 will focus on the need to prioritise and how best to protect at-risk groups, including those who are at risk because of circumstance. With Margaret Harris (WHO), Dr Austin O’Carroll and Bulelani Mfaco (MASI).
Panel Two at 13:25 will focus on how efforts to ensure compliance with health guidelines need to respect human rights and rule of law standards. We’ll examine the emergency laws and assess whether criminal sanctions are an appropriate response. With Katerina Hadzi-Miceva Evans (European Centre for Not-for-Profit Law), Professor Brian Hughes (NUIG Psychology) and Dr David Kenny (TCD Law).
We’ll have plenty of time for questions after both panels so bring your thinking cap!
The event is free but we would appreciate if you could consider a donation to ICCL. iccl.ie/donate