Upcoming & Recent Events
HRLA events are free or subsidised for HRLA members. Events may be part of a themed series of seminars or one-off sessions on particular issues. HRLA events provide an opportunity to explore topical developments that affect the development of human rights law in the UK. This may be a judgment of the House of Lords or the European Court of Human Rights or developing Government policy. All HRLA events provide a forum for constructive discussion and debate. Interaction is encouraged. Where appropriate, we also promote human rights events of other organisations.
“It was fantastic yesterday to join friends and human rights luminaries to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 70 years since the European Convention on Human Rights came into force, 25 years of the UK Human Rights Act, and the 20th birthday of the Human Rights Lawyers Association. The collection of contributions in the HRLA’s commemorative booklet provides still further food for thought, causes for concern, and reasons for hope..” Adam Smith-Anthony
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DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
HRLA x BHRC Half-Day Seminar 'Skills for Human Rights Practice'
27 November 2024 12:00 - 16:00 on Zoom Register here
The Human Rights Lawyers Association is pleased to be partnering with the Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales on a virtual seminar event as a follow-up to the ‘Human Rights Careers, Skills & Values’ event jointly hosted in November 2023.
Through a half-day programme of intensive but insightful and interactive sessions, ‘Skills for Human Rights Practice’ aims to support the development of confidence, community and competency among junior members of the legal profession, with content specifically designed to help early career practitioners, pupils, trainees and law students skill up in key areas that support advanced, human-centred advocacy approaches to human rights practice. Speakers will be drawn from the Executive Committees and member networks of BHRC and HRLA, as well as valued contacts from the legal profession, NGOs and higher education.
The half-day seminar will take place on 27 November 2024 (12:00 - 16:00 UK time) and will be open to members of BHRC and HRLA, UK and international law students (including undergraduates and postgraduate/postdoctoral researchers), trainee solicitors, pupil barristers and early- to mid-career solicitors and barristers who are already working in or are interested in moving into human rights practice, or more deeply embedding a rights-based approach within their legal and professional practice in general. The registration page and seminar programme are available here.
RECENT EVENTS
UK Sanctions in 2024: A Help or Hindrance to Human Rights?
05 November 2024 18:00 at Doughty Street Chambers and online
The Human Rights Lawyers Association (HRLA) were pleased to host ‘UK Sanctions in 2024: Help or Hindrance to Human Rights?’, which took place at Doughty Street Chambers and online on 5 November 2024 at 17:30.
Chaired by Peter Caldwell, Barrister and Head of the Sanctions Team at Doughty Street International, speakers included Nicholas Waddell, Deputy Director of the Sanctions Directorate at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office; Maia Cohen-Lask, Partner at Corker Binning; and Natalia Kubesch, Legal Officer at REDRESS.
The event was followed by drinks and refreshments courtesy of our generous hosts, Doughty Street Chambers. Places are limited.
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Climate Change and the Law with Lord Carnwath and Jessica Simor KC
10 October 2024 17:30-18:30 at Hogan Lovells, Atlantic House, Holborn Viaduct, London EC1A 2FG
In the year where climate change law hit the headlines, with KlimaSeniorinnen v Switzerland in the European Court of Human Rights and Finch v Surrey County Council in the Supreme Court, the Human Rights Lawyers Association (HRLA) is delighted to invite members to an in-person panel event on 'Climate Change and the Law' with Lord Carnwath and Jessica Simor KC, Thursday 10 October 17:30-18:30, at the Hogan Lovells auditorium, Atlantic House, Holborn Viaduct, London EC1A 2FG. All attendees are also invited to join us at the pub afterwards. Speakers included:
Lord Carnwath was a justice of the Supreme Court from 2012 to 2020 and a pioneering environmental law barrister before his time on the bench. He is now, amongst other roles, a Visiting Professor in Practice at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment.
Jessica Simor KC is one of the leading barristers at the human rights and public law bar, with a particular expertise in environmental law. She was lead counsel before the ECtHR in the landmark KlimaSeniorinnen case, where an international court ruled for the first time that state inaction on climate change breached the applicants’ human rights.
HRLA is most grateful to Hogan Lovells for hosting this event.
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If you are interested in working with HRLA on a future event or hosting an HRLA event at your firm or chambers, please contact us via email (administrator@hrla.org.uk).
