Professor Conor Gearty to discuss human rights after Brexit
Irish-born human rights expert Professor Conor Gearty will discuss British human rights after Brexit at the London launch of his new book at LSE this evening.
On Fantasy Island: Britain, Europe and Human Rights examines the future of the Human Rights Act and the UK’s relation to the European Convention on Human Rights.
Professor Gearty will join EU and human rights law experts Professor Sionaidh Douglas-Scott and Professor Steve Peers at the launch event, which is titled Human Rights after Brexit: still on fantasy island?.
Sir Stephen Sedley, who was a judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales from 1999 to 2011 and is currently is a visiting professor at Oxford, will chair the event.
A recording of the launch in podcast form will be available from the LSE website within a couple of days.