Human rights and the law: A beginners guide
Event details
Amnesty Society and Lawyers without Borders event
As student societies, we want to make human rights activism accessible!
Come to our panel event to hear from expert lecturers on how the law and activism can work together, and where this togetherness breaks down.
Chaired by Eleanor and Salma
President of Amnesty Society at University of York, and President of Lawyers without Borders
About the speakers
Dr. Mattia Pinto
Lecturer and co-convenor, LLM in International Human Rights Law and Practice who will be discussing anti-torture activism and the limits of criminal justice for addressing rights violations.
Professor Martin Jones
Professor of International Human Rights Law at the York Law School who will be discussing the use of law in places 'without' the law and using ideas of 'Human Rights law' that aren't traditional. Focusing on his work with refugee lawyer activists and the risks facing lawyer-activists.
Dr. Silvia Falcetta
Associate lecturer in the Department of Sociology who will be discussing the relationship between activism on sexual orientation discrimination and human rights in the context of the European Court of Human Rights,