Conference News
| Date | 01 March 1995 |
| Published date | 01 March 1995 |
| Author | Jonathan Hardy |
| DOI | 10.1177/135822919500100112 |
International Journal
of
Discrimination and
the
Law, 1995, Vol. 1, pp.
95-99
1358-2291/95 $10
© 1995 A B Academic Publishers. Printed in Great Britain
CONFERENCE NEWS
The Human Rights Convention - a festival of rights
15-17 June
1995
For
three days in June, Liberty is hosting the most extensive
programme
of
discussions
on
human rights ever seen
in
Britain.
The Human Rights Convention will include major international
speakers and offers a huge choice
of
activities, bringing together sev-
eral thousand people for a lively programme
of
talks, workshops,
entertainments, and cultural events to celebrate and promote rights.
It
takes place over three sites in the heart
of
Westminster, London
on
15, 16 and 17 June.
Amongst a line up
of
national and international speakers, parti-
cipants will be able to hear Noam Chomsky, Kader Asmal, Minister
in the South African Government, Justice Richard Goldstone,
War
Crimes Tribunals Prosecutor, Pierre Sane, Secretary General
of
Amnesty International, Martin Palous, Chair
of
Helsinki Citizens
Assembly, Hon. Justice Sylvia Cartwright,
of
the High Court
of
New
Zealand and UN Committee Member
of
CEDA W, and Professor
Roland Penner, former Attorney General
of
Manitoba in Canada.
UK
speakers include Paddy Ashdown MP, Paul Boateng MP, Lord
Lester, Helena Kennedy QC, John Hendy QC, Sir Vincent Evans,
Valerie
Amos,
Tess
Gill,
TUC
General
Secretary
John
Monks
and
many more.
The event is the result
of
a unique partnership between Liberty
(the National Council for Civil Liberties) and leading human rights
groups in Britain. Liberty has been working in partnership with over
30 organisations to focus attention
on
the
UK
governments human
rights record through the review mechanism
of
the United Nations
Human Rights Committee. The Committee will meet in Geneva later
this year to review how the Government is upholding human rights
within its jurisdiction. Since June 1993, Liberty has collaborated with
specialist organisations to produce a series
of
11
reports outlining
areas
of
concern regarding racism, criminal justice, women's rights,
democracy, disability, sexuality, freedom
of
expression and mental
health. The most recent report The Last Resort examines
UK
breaches
of
international law concerning refugees, migrants and
asylum seekers. These reports will be combined together and sent to
the
UK
government and the Human Rights Committee as part
of
a
co-ordinated NGO response
on
UK
breaches
of
international human
rights law.
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