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Dr Rachael Dickson talks to members of BrexitLawNI about potential constitutional, conflict transformation, human rights and equality impacts of Brexit for Northern Ireland.

BrexitLawNi is:

Professor Colin Harvey (QUB)Dr Amanda Kramer (QUB)Professor Rory O'Connell (UU)Brian Gormally (CAJ)

https://brexitlawni.org

Prof Daithí Mac Síthigh explores the potentially serious implications of Brexit for the £1 billion a year UK broadcasting industry.

Professor Mac Síthigh explains the Country of Origin Principle which allows media companies to broadcast throughout the EU from any member country and whether Northern Ireland could continue to benefit from the Principle, post-Brexit. The episode addresses Theresa May’s allusion to “creative solutions” for the broadcasting industry and how they might align with possible free trade agreements between the UK and EU. Professor Mac Síthigh also considers the future viability of Irish language broadcasts in Northern Ireland.

See Professor Mac Sithigh’s new book, ‘Medium Law’, for a more in-depth analysis of media and communication regulation.

Further reading:

https://brexitlawni.org/blog/broadcasting-and-brexit/   https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/audiovisual-media-services-directive-avmsd

https://www.qub.ac.uk/schools/SchoolofLaw/Research/research-news/BroadcastingandBrexit.html

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/feb/25/ireland-pushes-for-uk-tv-channels-to-make-post-brexit-move

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-44307883

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-03-28/it-s-back-to-the-80s-for-brexit-hit-broadcasters-without-deal

Professor Mac Sithigh’s research profile:

https://pure.qub.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/daithi-mac-sithigh(1b3b1427-2839-4683-9dc7-fc56a54e1a67).html

QUB School of Law’s Eithne Dowds in a conversation with QUB welfare officer Jessica Elder discussing the role of consent in relation to the crime of rape.

This episode features QUB School of Law’s Eithne Dowds in a conversation with QUB welfare officer Jessica Elder. They discuss the role of consent in relation to the crime of rape, and some of the challenges associated with the interpretation and application of this concept within both social and legal contexts. Jessica draws on her experience of running consent workshops in QUB and Eithne highlights key issues around consent from a domestic and comparative perspective.

You can learn more about Jessica here: http://www.qubsu.org/YourUnion/MeettheTeam/StudentOfficers/Welfare/

You can learn more about Eithne here:

https://pure.qub.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/eithne-dowds(8cd45b65-e26e-4cb5-bc4b-fa8b11906f15).html

Some material mentioned as part of the conversation or relevant to it:

Elder, Launch of the Consnet Ambassador Programme and Results Launch of the S.C.O.R.E. Stand Together Survey: https://blogs.qub.ac.uk/studentsunion/2017/08/22/cw-sexual-assault-launch-of-the-consent-ambassador-programme-and-results-launch-of-the-s-c-o-r-e-stand-together-survey/.

S.C.O.R.E, Stand Together Report, 2017 https://www.dropbox.com/s/bljy7rpn92sk5le/The%20Stand%20Together%20Report%202017.pdf?dl=0

Dowds, ‘An International Response to #MeToo, Rape and Sexual Abuse is Needed’, The Conversation, 4 May 2018: https://theconversation.com/an-international-legal-response-to-metoo-rape-and-sexual-abuse-is-needed-95617

Dowds, ‘Rape and Consent: Ongoing Challenges’, agendaNI Magazine, 28 April 2018: http://www.agendani.com/rape-and-consent-ongoing-challenges/

Dowds, ‘Conceptualising the Role of Consent in the Definition of Rape at The International Criminal Court: A Norm Transfer Perspective’ (2017)International Feminist Journal of politics: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14616742.2018.1447311

Larcombe, B. Fileborn, A. Powell, N. Hanley and N. Henry, ‘I Think it’s Rape and I Think He Would be Found Not Guilty’: Focus Group Perceptions of (un)Reasonable Belief in Consent in Rape Law’ (2016) 25(5) Social & Legal Studies61: http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0964663916647442

Dr Marek Martyniszyn joins second year QUB Law Student, Michael Sheerin, to explore the highly topical issue of International Cartels which have far reaching negative implications for potentially millions of consumers.

Marek draws upon his extensive research and expertise in this area to help explain the means by which they are able to operate, the unique problems they present to both domestic markets and the international legal order as well as highlighting potential remedies for this very real problem.

http://ec.europa.eu/competition/international/bilateral/agreement_eu_ch_en.pdf

http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-16-2582_en.htm

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/man-charged-in-cma-criminal-cartel-investigation

https://www.out-law.com/en/articles/2015/april/eu-court-confirms-210m-fine-for-lg-over-lcd-panels-cartel-/

https://www.steptoeantitrustblog.com/2017/09/eu-court-justice-finally-delivers-landmark-judgment-intel-case/

Marek Martyniszyn, 'Export Cartels: Is it Legal to Target Your Neighbour? Analysis in Light of Recent Case Law', 15(1) Journal of International Economic Law 181 (2012)

Marek Martyniszyn,'Foreign State’s Entanglement in Anticompetitive Conduct', 40(2) World Competition 299 (2017)

Marek Martyniszyn,'How High (and Far) Can You Go? On Setting Fines in Cartel Cases Involving Vertically-Integrated Undertakings and Foreign Sales', 37(3) European Competition Law Review 99 (2016)

Marek Martyniszyn, 'Inter-Agency Evidence Sharing in Competition Law Enforcement', 19(1) International Journal of Evidence and Proof 11 (2015)

Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development, Competition Law and Policy: Drivers of Economic Growth and Development(2015)

This episode explores some of the issues around this referendum, and reflects on the law surrounding access to abortion both North and South of the border.

On the 25th May the Republic of Ireland will vote in a referendum on whether or not to Repeal the eighth amendment of the Irish Constitution.

The Eighth Amendment of the Constitution Act 1983 amended the Constitution by inserting a subsection recognising the equal right to life of the mother and the unborn.

This episode explores some of the issues around this referendum, and reflects on the law surrounding access to abortion both North and South of the border.

Participants

Dr Paula Devine, from Queen’s University, discusses her role as the coordinator of the annual Northern Ireland life and times survey, and explores public attitudes towards abortion within Northern Ireland.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eighth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland   http://www.qubsu.org/change/Campaigns/ProjectChoice/   http://www.ark.ac.uk/nilt/   http://www.alliance4choice.com   https://www.togetherforyes.ie

LawPod's Rachel Killean in conversation with filmmaker, Chris Kelly and one of the protagonists of 'A Cambodian Spring', the Venerable Sovath, exploring the cultural, political and legal backdrop to the film.

A Cambodian Spring is an intimate and unique portrait of three people caught up in the chaotic and often violent development that is shaping modern day Cambodia. Shot over 6 years, the film charts the growing wave of land rights protests that led to the ‘Cambodian spring’ and the tragic events that followed. This film is about the complexities and costs both political and personal, of fighting for what you believe in. LawPod caught up with the director of the fillm, Chris Kelly and one of the protagonists the Venerable Sovath to explore the cultural, political and legal backdrop to the film.

http://acambodianspring.com   Chris Kelly’s website: http://chriskellyfilm.com The Venerable Sovath’s Twitter: @luonsovath   Information about Cambodia:   https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2018/country-chapters/cambodia   https://www.amnesty.org/en/countries/asia-and-the-pacific/cambodia/report-cambodia/   https://www.transparency.org/country/KHM   https://www.licadho-cambodia.org

In a wide-ranging conversation about their work with CAGE, Moazzam Begg & Muhammad Rabbani talk to post-doc researcher Kevin Hearty about PREVENT, schedule 7, civil sanctions, anti-terrorism laws, and Islamic ideas of justice.

CAGE is an independent grassroots organisation striving for a world free of injustice and oppression. They campaign against discriminatory state policies and advocate for due process and the rule of law.

We caught up with Cage Outreach Director, Moazzam Begg and international Director Muhammad Rabbani before the Negotiating Detention event for the QUB Mitchell Institute for Global Peace, Security, & Justice on the 2 May 2018.

@UK_CAGE

@Moazzam_Begg

@hearty_kevin

https://www.cage.ngo

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Virtue-Disobedience-Asim-Qureshi/dp/1912395037

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2008/jun/17/uksecurity.ukcrime

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16171251

http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/events/intern/chron.htm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Demetrius

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Control_order

https://www.ltai.info/what-is-prevent/

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/oct/19/uks-prevent-counter-radicalisation-policy-badly-flawed

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justice_and_Security_Act_2013

https://www.theguardian.com/law/2013/jun/14/what-are-secret-courts

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diplock_courts

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/sep/04/craigavon-two-appeal-pc-stephen-carroll

https://www.qub.ac.uk/about/Global-research-institutes/TheSenatorGeorgeJMitchellInstituteforGlobalPeaceSecurityandJustice/

Postgraduate student Jay Burbank talks to Dr Clare Patton about her research into the ‘Cause-related Marketing’ of breast cancer and how multinational corporations can influence the behaviour of women with breast cancer through these campaigns.

Dr Clare Patton graduated with her PhD from QUB Law in December 2017. Her area of research is in Business and Human Rights with a special interest in a branch of Corporate Social Responsibility called ‘Cause-related Marketing’ (CRM) which is a partnership between a for-profit organisation and a non-profit organisation with the objective of raising awareness and funds for a particular cause (such as breast cancer). Her PhD research involved analysing the largest breast cancer CRM campaigns in the UK to explore the hypothesis that multinational corporations (MNCs) can influence the behaviour of women with breast cancer through these campaigns. Since completing this research Clare has widened her scholarship focus to include companies who produce breastmilk substitutes. She is currently working on research which juxtaposes the campaigns of two MNCs: the campaigns which promotes breastmilk formula to new mothers in jurisdictions in the global south and the CRM campaigns which promote the corporate charity work to stakeholders in the global north. Clare has developed Goffman’s Frame Analysis theory to help identify the behavioural patterns that can lead to CRM campaigns shaping the behaviour of individuals. In this episode she discusses the power that MNCs have to influence individual behaviour, from women with breast cancer to breast feeding mothers in the Philippines and how this area might be regulated.

Links:

Samantha King’s monograph Pink Ribbons, Inc.: Breast Cancer and the Politics of Philanthropy

Patton C. (2017) ‘Breast Cancer Cause-Marketing: Reworking the Social Contract’ 24(3) Commercial Law Practitioner 43–50

(Save the Children report on the promotion of breastmilk substitutes) Don't Push It: Why the formula milk industry must clean up its act

The International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes

Global strategy for infant and young child feeding

In conversation with Dr Peter Doran, Dr Ailsa Cook of Outcomes Focus offers a unique insight into the merits and limitations of an outcomes-based approach to public sector delivery in Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Dr Ailsa Cook of Outcomes Focus offers a unique insight into the merits and limitations of an outcomes-based approach to public sector delivery. In a wide-ranging discussion with Dr Peter Doran of the QUB School of Law, Ailsa shares her deep experience of outcomes work in a Scottish context and more recent research for Scotland's What Works Centre. Ailsa is a leader in the field of outcomes. Through her research and work with policy and practice, Ailsa has made a significant contribution to shifting the focus of public services in Scotland towards the outcomes that are important to citizens and communities.

Dr Cook addresses a number of issues that will be of particular interest to public sector bodies in Northern Ireland and the community and voluntary sector who have been initiated into a particular form of outcomes-based methodology, Outcomes Based Accountability (OBA) following its adoption by The Executive Office for the 2016-21 Programme for Government. The OBA/RBA method is licensed and promoted on behalf of Mark Friedman by the United States-based company, Clear Impact.

Ailsa Cook discusses:

- The adoption of outcomes in the context of the 'Scottish Approach' to public sector reform;

- How the Scottish approach to outcomes differs from that adopted in Northern Ireland;

- Lessons from the Scottish experience; and

- The shortcoming and pitfalls associated with outcomes-based approaches to public sector reform and delivery.

For more information on outcomes, contact:

Ailsa Cook, Outcome Focus 

The Scotland What Works paper on outcomes in public sector reform http://whatworksscotland.ac.uk/publications/outcomes-based-approaches-in-public-service-reform/

Evidence to The Executive Office Committee on the 11th October 2016, the day before Dr Lowe’s evidence.

The video of this meeting is available here - https://niassembly.tv/committee-executive-office-meeting-11-october-2016/https://niassembly.tv/committee-executive-office-meeting-11-october-2016/

Dr Lowe's evidence to The Committee is based here:  https://niassembly.tv/committee-executive-office-meeting-12-october-2016/

Dr Peter Doran's pure profile

Towards a Wellbeing Framework