The Centre for Disability Law and Policy at National University of Ireland, Galway will run a conference on the 3rd of May 2013. The title of the conference will be ‘Community Living for all’ – A Conference on the Future Role of the European Union Structural funds to Advance Community Living for Older People and People(…)
The LL.M. in Public Law and the LL.M. in Law, Technology and Governance at the School of Law, National University of Ireland Galway will run a half day symposium on 8 March 2013 in Galway. The title of the symposium “Privacy from Birth to Death and Beyond: European and American Perspectives”. The speakers include Mr. José Maria Baño who will(…)
Over recent years I have become increasingly skeptical regarding the Nobel Peace Prize. As blog posts over the past several awards evidence, my growing disillusionment is mainly directed at the choices of laureate that the Committee have made. With the exception of Liu Xiaobo in 2010, there appears to be no particular purpose, vision or aim connected to the prize(…)
This October, the Irish Human Rights Commission (IHRC) and the Law Society of Ireland will host the 10th Annual Human Rights Conference, Promoting and Protecting Human Rights in Ireland: The Role of the Irish Constitution and European Law. The conference will examine the impact of the Irish Constitution, the European Convention on Human Rights and EU law in advancing human(…)
The Security Council’s mandate in Syria has come to an end and while a UN liaison office will remain in the country, all the peace observers have vacated their mission. Coupled with Kofi Annan’s decision to end his role as envoy of the UN and Arab League, this pull out suggests that the international institutional(…)
Some readers may be interested in the recent publication of my monograph, EU Counter-Terrorism Law: Pre-emption & the Rule of Law. The book is the first sustained study of EU legislation in the field of counter-terrorism. It critically examines EU counter-terrorism measures to ascertain how rule of law principles have been affected in the ‘war(…)
The recent events in Houla have, yet again, put Syria front and centre of news reports. Over recent months we have featured posts on Syria here, here, here and here but as the situation disintegrates and fears regarding a sectarian civil war rise, this post discusses, with a particular focus on the Security Council, what the options(…)
The Surrey European Law Unit (SELU) is proud to host an interdisciplinary workshop on the theme of ‘A Europe of Rights: the EU and ECHR’. The workshop is aimed at young as well as established scholars and practising lawyers with an interest in human rights law and policy. Dean Spielmann, Judge of the European Court(…)
We are delighted to welcome this guest post from Aisling de Paor, a Ph.D candidate in the Centre for Disability Law and Policy at NUI Galway, and Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences (IRCHSS) scholar. Aisling is a graduate of NUI Galway (BCL) and University College Cork (LL.M). Aisling qualified as a solicitor(…)
We are delighted to welcome this guest post from Aisling de Paor, a Ph.D candidate in the Centre for Disability Law and Policy at NUI Galway, and Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences (IRCHSS) scholar. Aisling is a graduate of NUI Galway (BCL) and University College Cork (LL.M). Aisling qualified as a solicitor(…)
