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Professors and former Human Rights Commissioners Monica McWilliams, Brice Dickson, and Colin Harvey join Dr Amanda Kramer to reflect on the Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland 20 years on from the Good Friday Agreement.

Bios:

Professor Monica McWilliams: https://www.ulster.ac.uk/research/institutes/transitional-justice-institute/people/staff/mcwilliams-2

Professor Brice Dickson: https://pure.qub.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/brice-dickson(a5bf480a-280c-469a-9492-4cd7f9320b7d).html

Professor Colin Harvey Bio: https://pure.qub.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/colin-harvey(b78326e0-78c4-437b-9d23-9cd6217db870).html

Links:

A full list of all the submissions made by the Human Rights Commission in relation to the Bill of Rights, can be found here: http://www.nihrc.org/publication/category/Bill-of-Rights

Professor Colin Harvey and Dr Anne Smith’s work on the Bill of Rights summarised here:https://ukconstitutionallaw.org/2017/07/21/anne-smith-and-colin-harvey-continuing-the-conversation-about-a-bill-of-rights-for-northern-ireland/

BrexitLawNI: www.brexitlawni.org

Niamh Hargan a media lawyer joins QUB final year law student Alana Hughes on this podcast. Together they discuss Niamh’s fast paced, exciting and interesting career in the media, film and TV industry.

Together they discuss Niamh’s fast paced, exciting and interesting career in the media, film and TV industry. Niamh discusses the nature of her work, the highlights of her career and most importantly, the reasons why she would encourage any student with an interest in IP or media law to pursue this line of work.

Participants

Niamh Hargan

http://smithdehn.com/people/niamh-hargan

Alana Hughes

https://www.linkedin.com/in/alana-hughes-00125612a/

@lanzhughz

Links for Episode Notes

The Guardian media law news reel https://www.theguardian.com/media/medialaw

Further insight into what a career in media law entails https://www.allaboutlaw.co.uk/stage/areas-of-law/sports-media-law

Academic profile of Professor Daithí Mac Síthigh, Professor of Law and Innovation at Queen's University Belfast   https://pure.qub.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/daithi-mac-sithigh(1b3b1427-2839-4683-9dc7-fc56a54e1a67).html

This episode features QUB’s Rachel Killean, joined by Megan Hirst and Kinga Tabori-Szabo. They discuss the role of victims within international criminal courts, and some of the challenges associated with responding meaningfully to mass victimisation.

Kinga Tibori-Szabo is a legal officer in the Kosovo Specialist Chambers, and was formerly a legal officer working for the legal representatives at the Special Tribunal for Lebanon.

Learn more about her here: www.st-philips.com/our-people/barristers/kinga-tibori/ 

Megan Hirst is one of the lawyers representing victims in the Dominic Ongwen case at the International Criminal Court. Learn more about her here: www.doughtystreet.co.uk/barristers/profile/megan-hirst1 

Megan and Kinga recently edited a volume entitled 'Victim Participation in International Criminal Justice -Practitioners’ Guide' by Springer 2017. This book comprehensively outlines the law and practice of victim participation at the International Criminal Court, the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia and the Special Tribunal for Lebanon.

Rachel’s book, entitled ‘Victims, Atrocity and Justice: Lessons from Cambodia’, will be published by Routledge in September.

Seamus Mulholland Barrister-at-law joins QUB final year law student Alana Hughes to continue our family law discussion.Against a contextual background of gender imbalance in family law practice discussed in an earlier podcast discussion here focuses on the positive reasons why students should be interested in and excited by the nature and challenges of family law work. Seamus discusses his career and the aspects of his job that he loves.

Participants

Seamus Mulholland Barrister-at-law

http://www.barofni.com/directory/seamus-mulholland

Alana Hughes

https://www.linkedin.com/in/alana-hughes-00125612a/

@lanzhughz

Dr Amanda Kramer interviews Dr Kathryn McNeilly about her book Human Rights and Radical Social Transformation: Futurity, Alterity, Power (Routledge, 2017) which was shortlisted for the 2018 Hart-SLSA Early Career Prize.

This episode has been released early to coincide with the Socio-Legal Studies Association Conference 2018

Dr Kathryn McNeilly is a Lecturer in QUB School of Law. Her research intersects the areas of human rights, critical legal theory and feminist/gendered thought. In 2017 Kathryn published Human Rights and Radical Social Transformation: Futurity, Alterity, Power (Routledge) which was shortlisted for the 2018 Hart-SLSA Early Career Prize. In this work Kathryn explores the possibility to use human rights in contemporary radical politics, offering a way for human rights to be revived to better speak back to power through considering the future-focused elements at the heart of rights. Reviewing the book, Illan rua Wall (Warwick) states ‘the prose is crisp, the theory is handled with a deft touch and the arguments are perfectly weighted’. You can find out more about Kathryn’s research here.

Dr Amanda Kramer

Amanda is a Research Fellow in the School of Law, Queen’s University Belfast. She is currently working on an ESRC funded project, 'Brexit and Northern Ireland: The Constitutional, Conflict Transformation, Human Rights and Equality Consequences'. Amanda completed her PhD, entitled ‘Law and Policy in Africa: Postcolonialism and the DRC, Mali, and Nigeria’ in 2017 in the School of Law, Queen’s University Belfast.

Brendan Devlin Barrister-at-law joins QUB final year law student Alana Hughes to discuss study choices for third year students.Together they discuss gender imbalances at the family law Bar with a particular focus on the reasons why the myth that family law is an area of law for women and not men is entirely inaccurate. Participants Brendan Devlin Barrister-at-law http://www.barofni.com/directory/brendan-devlin Alana Hughes https://www.linkedin.com/in/alana-hughes-00125612a/ @lanzhughz  Links for Episode Notes Family Law Bar Assocation (England and Wales)   http://flba.co.uk/ Family Law resources on Lexis Nexis     https://www.familylaw.co.uk/ The Guardian feature on gender inequality generally in the legal profession https://www.theguardian.com/law/2015/sep/27/the-right-way-to-tackle-gender-inequality-in-the-legal-profession Further insight into gender inequality in the legal profession http://www.chambersstudent.co.uk/where-to-start/newsletter/2014-gender-in-the-law-survey

Dr James Gallen of Dublin City University joins Dr Luke Moffett on the podcast to discuss historical institutional abuse in democratic states, with a focus on Ireland.

He brings to light how investigative 'tools' available from transitional justice can be used to unearth ongoing systematic issues in dealing with the past.

Participants

Dr James Gallen - https://dcu.academic.ie/live/!W_VALOCAL_DCU_PORTAL.PROFILE?WPBPRSN=1632949

@JamesGallen

Dr Luke Moffett - pure.qub.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/luke-moffett(d58e1207-77f3-4b6a-952d-a76ff0d02fc6).html 

@reparationsni

Links for Episode Notes

Ryan inquiry (http://www.childabusecommission.ie/);

Jesus wept article (https://academic.oup.com/ijtj/article/10/2/332/2356890);

Justice for Magdalenes (http://www.magdalenelaundries.com/);

SNAP (http://www.snapnetwork.org/)

Dr Rachael Dickson, Ivanka Antova and Professor Phil Scraton engage in a thoughtful conversation about the connection between activism, research and human rights.

They interrogate the purpose of research and ‘expertise’ in an effort to demonstrate how academic work can be used as an emancipatory tool to disrupt power structures in society and help achieve social justice.

Key words/phrases: Power, knowledge, ideology, view from below, human rights, emancipation, expert, expertise, education, critical analysis/thought, social justice, bearing witness, solidarity

Participants:

Professor Phil Scraton - pure.qub.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/phil-scraton(143e7c8d-b5ea-4517-9df1-0541250b9008).html

Ivanka Antova - www.qub.ac.uk/schools/SchoolofLaw/Research/PhDprofiles/IvankaAntova/

Dr Rachael Dickson - www.qub.ac.uk/schools/SchoolofLaw/Research/PhDprofiles/RachelDicksonHillyard/

Links for Episode Notes:

‘Hillsborough: The Truth’ (2016) by Phil Scraton https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hillsborough-Truth-Professor-Phil-Scraton/dp/1910948012

Welfare Reform policies: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/2010-to-2015-government-policy-welfare-reform

‘Letters to a Law Student’ (2013) by Nicholas J McBride https://www.amazon.co.uk/Letters-Law-Student-3rd-edn/dp/1447922654

Feminist Judgments Project: https://www.kent.ac.uk/law/fjp/

‘Feminist Judgments: From Theory to Practice’ (2010) Rosemary Hunter, Clare MyGlynn, Erika Rackley: https://www.bloomsburyprofessional.com/uk/feminist-judgments-9781849460538/

As part of our 16 Days of Activism in December 2017, Dr Yassin Brunger, Dr Rachel Killean and Dr Eithne Dowds discuss the role of activism and international criminal justice in responding to conflict-related sexual and gender-based violence.

Participants:

Dr Yassin Brunger –pure.qub.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/yassin-brunger(03af0eb9-dd70-403b-b46a-bdfee1129dcc).html 

@YBrunger 

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

@eithne_dowds

Dr Rachel Killean –pure.qub.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/rachel-killean(6025127e-e382-4994-9fd0-d6eeb51fe113).html 

@rkillean

As part of our 16 Days of Activism programme in December 2017, Dr Yassin Brunger is joined by Justice Teresa Doherty, former Presiding judge at the Special Court for Sierra Leone.

Justice Doherty speaks openly about her experience as an international criminal judge, violence against women and the legacy of the Special Court for Sierra Leone.

Participants

Dr Yassin Brunger –pure.qub.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/yassin-brunger(03af0eb9-dd70-403b-b46a-bdfee1129dcc).html  

@YBrunger

Hon. Teresa Doherty - iawj-womenjudges.org/hon-teresa-doherty/ and http://www.rscsl.org/Trial_Chamber_II.html 

Links for Episode Notes:

Link to Charles Taylor case: http://www.rscsl.org/Taylor.html

Controversies of Trial: https://www.hrw.org/report/2012/07/25/even-big-man-must-face-justice/lessons-trial-charles-taylor