Lecture 12 March: Omar Khard and the Betrayal of International Law

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Wednesday 12 March 2014, 6.30pm

Omar Khadr and the Betrayal of International Law

At Garden Court Chambers, 57-60 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A

Canadian citizen Omar Khadr, 27, was 15 years old when he was captured by the US military in Afghanistan in 2002. He was taken to Bagram, where he was tortured, and then on to Guantánamo Bay, where he is the only person since WWII to be convicted as an adult of war crimes committed as a minor under a secret plea bargain. He returned to Canada in September 2012 where he remains in prison, and until recently at a maximum-security facility. His lawyers have recently launched an appeal against his US conviction and the Canadian government for breaches of his constitutional rights.

Dennis Edney QC, Khadr’s Scottish-Canadian lawyer, will talk through the legal issues surrounding Omar Khadr’s unique case and the gross abuses of his human rights and international law by both the US and Canadian governments.

The event will be chaired by Professor Bill Bowring, President of the European Lawyers for Democracy and Human Rights (ELDH); International Secretary, Haldane Society of Socialist Lawyers. Jointly organised by CAMPACC, the Haldane Society of Socialist Lawyers and the London Guantánamo Campaign.

The event is free and all welcome! For information contact: secretary@haldane.org

Human Rights Lectures 2013-14

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Thursday 13 February 2014:

UK human rights violation in Afghanistan and Iraq - the present picture.

Speaker: Phil Shiner, Public Interest Lawyers.

Thursday 13 March 2014:

Reflections on the Mark Duggan inquest.

Speakers: to be confirmed.

All lectures at 6.30pm at the University of Law, 14 Store Street, London WC1A 7DE.

Admission free. We regret that CPD points are not available.

Download the poster (pdf).

Haldane Lectures Spring 2014

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Wednesday 15th January 2014:

Government's Attack on Squatters

Speakers: David Wawtkinson, barrister and specialist in squatters rights; and a squatters' rights activist.

Thursday 13th February 2014:

UK Human Rights Violations in Iraq and Afghanistan - The Present Picture

Speakers: Phil Shiner, solicitor, Public Interest Lawyers.

All lectures at 6.30pm, University of Law, Store Street. Check in advance for CPD.

Download the A4 poster (PDF).

Upcoming Lecture 2013-14

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Tuesday 10th December 2013:

How to be a Feminist Lawyer

Speakers: Elizabeth Woodcraft, family law barrister and Professor Alison Diduck, Professor of Law at University College London

Wednesday 15th January 2014:

Government’s attack on squatters

Speakers: David Watkinson, barrister and specialist in squatters’ rights and representative from Squatters Action for Secure Rights (SQUASH)

Download the A4 poster (PDF).

Free Lectures for November and December

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Download the original flyer (PDF).

[The embedded file in this article announces the upcoming lectures:

14 November 2013 speaker Phil Shiner, on UK Human Rights Violations in Iraq and Afghanistan (followed by AGM);

10 December 2013 speakers Elizabeth Woodcraft and Alison Diduck, on How to be a Feminist Lawyer.

All lectures 6.30pm, University of Law.]

Lecture Series Update

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14 November 2013

Annual General Meeting and Lecture:
Phil Shiner, solicitor, Public Interest Lawyers, doughty litigator against human rights abuses by British troops, will be speaking on “UK human rights violations in Iraq and Afghanistan – the present picture”.

10 December 2013

How to be a Feminist Lawyer.
Speakers TBC.

 

All lectures at 6.30pm, University of Law, 14 Store Street, London WC1E 7DE http://www.law.ac.uk/our-centres/london-bloomsbury/getting-there/.

Attendance is free.  We hope that CPD points will be available (for £10), but please check in advance.