Human rights seminar on rights, advocacy and engagement
20 August 2010
The Human Rights in Ireland Blog with the support of PILA is hosting a seminar on rights, advocacy and engagement in the Phelan Room, National University of Ireland, 49 Merrion Square, Dublin 2 on 20 August 2010 at 1.30pm. The seminar will be focused on the ways in which NGOs, practitioners, social activists, academics, the media ('new' and 'traditional') and others interact in the areas of rights promotion, awareness, enforcement, protection and discourse.
The seminar will have three themes: 'Ideology and Rights', 'Rights, Society and Interaction' and 'Media and Rights Engagement'. Each panel will feature a number of select speakers and be followed by a general discussion in the group as a whole. Confirmed feature speakers include Prof. William Binchy (TCD and IHRC), Harry Browne and multi-award winning blogger Suzy Byrne.
Note: Unfortunately the 'in person' seminar is now full. However, in order to maximise the number of people who can participate and benefit from the workshop, there will be a webcast and liveblog for the event. The webcast and the liveblog will be available on the HRinI site on August 20 from 1.15 pm until 4.45 pm. Twitter users will also be able to comment on the event and ask questions as they watch. The hashtag will be #hrinilive.
The webcast will also be broadcast live on the PILA website.
Venue
National University of Ireland, 49 Merrion Square, Dublin 2