The annual Human Rights Award is awarded by the Human Rights Committee of The Bar of Ireland in appreciation of outstanding contributions in the field of human rights.

In November 2021, The Bar of Ireland presented the 2021 Human Rights Award to MASI - Movement of Asylum Seekers in Ireland.

Speaking at the event was Joseph O'Sullivan BL, Chair, Human Rights Committee, Maura McNally SC, Chair, Council of the Bar of Ireland, and MASI representatives.

In the audio version of this webinar, Aoife McNickle BL and Diarmuid Connolly BL speak with Dr. Sean O'Connell, Psychologist, on how we manage grief, how we ask for help or assistance, and importantly, how any of us can practically respond.

Concluding our 2021 series of Green Street Lectures, Dominic Grieve QC, former Attorney General for England and Wales, delivers a lecture on the roots of English 'Exceptionalism'. Hugh Mohan SC introduces.

This lecture was recorded remotely and as such audio quality may vary throughout.

In the penultimate instalment of the 2021 Green Street Lecture Series, The Hon. Ms. Justice Nuala Butler delivers a talk entitled: "Already Convicted in Half the Public Houses in Dublin: The Trials of Nurse Cadden".

Introduction by Paul Gunning BL.

In this Green Street Lecture, Patrick Fitzgerald, Attorney and former United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, delivers a talk on Specials Counsels - and why we "can't live with them, can't live without them".

Lecture introduced by The Hon. Mr. Justice Frank Clarke, Chief Justice.

This lecture was recorded remotely and as such audio quality may vary throughout.

Chaired by Maura McNally SC, day three of the 2021 Chair's Conference commemorates the centenary of the first female members of The Bar of Ireland, with a panel discussion of leading female legal figures:

The Rt. Hon. the Baroness Hale of Richmond DBE, Former President of the UK Supreme Court

Ms. Justice Mary Finlay Geoghegan, Former Judge of the Irish Supreme Court

The Honourable Rosalie Abella, Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada

Panel discussion moderated by Órla O'Donnell, RTÉ Legal Affairs Correspondent.

The Bar of Ireland's Chair’s Conference is an opportunity for practitioners, academics, policy makers and the wider public to converge on the most defining issue impacting on legal systems and democratic institutions – the rule of law, the protection of human rights against emerging political and societal forces.

Chaired by Maura McNally SC, day two of the 2021 Chair's Conference focuses on Human Rights & Rule of Law in Ireland, with speakers including:

The Hon Mr. Justice Frank Clarke, Chief Justice

The Rt. Hon. Sir Declan Morgan, Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland

Michael McDowell SC, Senator & Former Attorney General

Baroness Helena Kennedy QC, Member of UK House of Lords

The Bar of Ireland's Chair’s Conference is an opportunity for practitioners, academics, policy makers and the wider public to converge on the most defining issue impacting on legal systems and democratic institutions – the rule of law, the protection of human rights against emerging political and societal forces.

View this conference in video format at: youtube.com/c/TheBarofIreland

Chaired by Maura McNally SC, day one of the 2021 Chair's Conference focuses on Human Rights & Rule of Law in Ireland, with speakers including:

The Hon. Mr. Justice Donal O'Donnell, Judge of the Supreme Court

Paul Gallagher SC, Attorney General

Mícheál P. O'Higgins SC, former Chair of the Council of the Bar of Ireland

Professor Claire Hamilton, Professor of Criminology, Maynooth University

The Bar of Ireland's Chair’s Conference is an opportunity for practitioners, academics, policy makers and the wider public to converge on the most defining issue impacting on legal systems and democratic institutions – the rule of law, the protection of human rights against emerging political and societal forces.

In the sixth of the 2021 Green Street series, Sean Gillane SC delivers a lecture on the life and trial of William Joyce, aka Lord Haw Haw. Introduction by Paul Gunning BL.

The Hon. Ms. Justice Mary Rose Gearty discusses the societal and evidential impediments to a successful sorcery trial. Introduction by Paul Gunning BL.