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At The Margins: Three priority areas through a Human Rights Lens
Date: Saturday 10th May, 2025
Time: 9.30am - 2.30pm
Venue: Distillery Building, Dublin 7
The conference will consist of three panels that will discuss topical human rights issues and their intersection with the law.
Panel 1: Housing and Homelessness in Focus: Rights, Challenges and Solutions
Chaired by The Hon. Ms. Justice Sara Phelan
- Hilary Hogan BL
- Tara O’Leary Irish Barrister, Cornerstone Chambers, London, specialist in public law and social housing
- Kate Heffernan, Solicitor, Mercy Law Resource Centre
Panel 2: Deprivation of Liberty | Developments in the law on imprisonment and involuntary admission to hospital
Chaired by the Hon. Ms. Justice Tara Burns
- Dr Mary Rogan
- Dr Ciaran Craven SC
- Saoirse Brady, Executive Director, Irish Penal Reform Trust
Panel 3: Violence against Women | Contemporary issues in tackling gender based violence
Chaired by The Hon. Ms. Justice Nuala Jackson
- Prof. Caroline Fennell, Chair of Cuan (DSGBV) Agency
- Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC, Doughty Street Chambers
- Jane McGowan BL
- Sarah Benson, CEO Women’s Aid
