| Date of Event: | 3rd October 2025 |
| Time: | 9.30am - 4.30pm |
| Venue: | Trinity Long Room Hub, Trinity College Dublin |
| Registration: |
CLOSED |
Programme of Events
| 09:30 a.m. | Registration & Coffee |
| 10:15 a.m. | Introduction by Professor Aileen Kavanagh, Reidín Doyle and Ahmed Ellaboudy |
| 10:30 a.m. |
Panel 1 Chair: Ahmed Ellaboudy Tarik Gherbaoui (Asser Institute) - Excessive Judicial Deference as Rule of Law Backsliding: When National Security and Effective Rights Protection Collide Commentator: Prof Aileen Kavanagh Liam Edwards (Ulster) - Article 8 and the Irish language: Catalyst or Constraint? Commentator: Prof Seán Ó Conaill Sinead Mercier (UCD)- A new dawn for Ireland: Examining international energy law’s impact on the constitutional right to property. Commentator: Prof Rachael Walsh |
| 12:00 p.m. | Lunch Break |
| 1:15 p.m. |
Panel 2 Chair: Reidín Doyle Candice Maharaj (UCD) - What’s in a name: the path to constitutionalising the right to a healthy environment. Commentator: TBC Ursula Quill (TCD) – Constitutional Deliberation: connecting citizens and politicians in the referendum process. Commentator: Prof David Kenny Arunmozhi Ramesh (TCD) - Constitutional Jurisprudence and Minority Protection—Strengthening the Rule of Law Framework in India Commentator: Dr Sahar Ahmed |
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2:45 p.m. |
Tea/Coffee Break |
| 3:00 p.m. |
Constitutional Keynote – Prof Leah Trueblood (University of Surrey) Referendums as Representative Democracy Chair: Professor Aileen Kavanagh |
| 4.30 p.m. | Workshop closes |
* We reserve the right to substitute and/or rearrange lecturers and/or lectures.
Reservations: CLOSED
General enquiries or difficulties with should be directed to DOYLER16 at tcd.ie or to ellaboua at tcd.ie.