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Access to Justice as a Human Right (HRLA event)

Wednesday, February 10, 2010 at 6:00 PM (GMT)

London, United Kingdom

Access to Justice as a Human Right (HRLA event)

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ELSA / HRLA member   more info Ended Free  
NON MEMBER   more info Ended Free  

Event Details

ELSA is a member of HRLA (Human Rights Lawyers Association). As such, ELSA members interested in Human Rights are able to attend most HRLA events for free.  Where there is a fee, ELSA members will pay the discounted HRLA member rate.


Please find details of the next HRLA event below. Everyone is welcome to attend this seminar. If you are not a member of ELSA or HRLA, you will be asked to contribute £5. This fee is used by HRLA to fund other lectures and informative events.



ACCESS TO JUSTICE AS A HUMAN RIGHT


Chair
Baroness Hale, Justice of the Supreme Court


Speakers
Helen Mountfield, Matrix Chambers
Roger Smith OBE, Director of JUSTICE


Venue
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Tudor Street entrance, 28 Tudor Street, London, EC4Y 0AY


Date
Wednesday 10 February 2010 at 6.00 pm


CPD accreditation
1.5


Access to justice lies at the heart of human rights protection. Without it human rights can be rendered meaningless. Human rights are only effective if they can be enforced. So access to legal advice and representation, fair trails, effective remedies and a prohibition on discrimination are essential for a fair, just and human rights-compliant society.

For the most vulnerable and marginalised in society access to justice will mean the provision of legal aid. But legal aid has never been more threatened. As fewer people have access to it, whole sections of society become unable to enforce their rights, even when this affects the most intimate aspects of their lives.

Human rights law will guarantee access to court and an enforceable right to legal aid. As legal aid slips off the political agenda, this timely and topical event will explain why legal aid is so important to human rights protection. It will also identity how human rights standards can be used to ensure effective access to court.

Helen Mountfield is a leading expert on the right to a fair trial, access to justice and human rights. Roger Smith is an international authority on legal aid.

 

COST

This event is free to ELSA / HRLA members.

£5 for non members (the money is used to arrange other events and lectures)


This registration page is now closed. If you wish to attend the event on Wednesday 10th February, please email HRLA directly.

Email Aaron Dolan: ADolan@BarCouncil.org.uk

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Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Tudor St entrance,
28 Tudor Street
EC4Y 0AY London
United Kingdom

Wednesday, February 10, 2010 at 6:00 PM (GMT)


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This registration page is now closed. If you wish to attend the event on Wednesday 10th February, please email HRLA directly.

Email Aaron Dolan: ADolan@BarCouncil.org.uk