Prison Litigation
Date: Friday, 22 April 2016, 09:30 - 15:30
Venue: Synge Lecture Theatre, Arts Building
About the Conference
The Irish Penal Reform Trust and the School of Law, Trinity College Dublin will co-host a conference on the topic of prison litigation.
This conference forms part of a Europe-wide project towards building a Prison Litigation Network among practitioners and researchers working to defend prisoners' rights across EU Member states.
This conference will be of interest to solicitors, barristers, judiciary, academia, law students. IPRT will provide certificates of attendance at the workshop for CPD purposes.
The purpose of the conference is to:
- examine the use of law in a prison context;
- compare prison litigation experiences between European jurisdictions and internationally;
- refresh the debate around effective access to justice in prison; and
- provide current updates to legal practitioners and judiciary.
As part of the conference, IPRT will launch a National Report on prison litigation in Ireland.
Speakers
Speakers include:
Senator Ivana Bacik, Reid Professor of Criminal Law, Criminology and Penology at Trinity College Dublin (Ireland)
Lisa Kerr, Queen's University, Ontario (Canada)
Agnieska Martynowicz, researcher on the Prison Litigation Network project (Ireland)
Pete Weatherby QC, Garden Court Chambers (United Kingdom)
Dilyana Angelova, Researcher, Bulgarian Helsinki Committee (Bulgaria)
Reservations and Fees
| Fees: | Attendance at the conference is free. Light lunch will be provided.
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| Reservations: | To register, please complete the booking form here For more information, please contact Marie Therese at mtpower@iprt.ie
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