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

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