IADL Webinars Programme 2015

Logo of the International Association of Democratic LawyersThe Haldane Society is affiliated to the International Association of Democratic Lawyers, our global sister organisation.  We present here an invitation from IADL to join and participate in a series of webinars focussing on current and crucial issues within international law.  Presented by legal experts from the world over, the aim of these unique webinars is to provide a progressive perspective which can help us to use the law to develop our individual and collective struggles.

A schedule of webinars is found below. It is recommended that you visit the IADL Facebook page to keep up to date on when and how to join them: https://www.facebook.com/groups/iadlyouth/

28 April - Anti terrorism law, turkish CHD trials and trial observation training

With Presentations from members of CHD, IADL and ELDH

Mid June - from Geneva HRC - Presentation on Ukraine and the Kurdish

region

26 June UTC 3.45 AM - Presentation from the Conference of Lawyers in the Asia Pacific

(COLAP)

Broadcasting from Commission 1 on the Right to Peace

Mid July - International Tribunal on HR violations in the Philippines -

broadcast from Washington

Late October - Presentation from the National Lawyers Guild (US) national

conference

Late November - IADL/Haldane Society International Women’s Conference

from London

Early December - IADL Conference on the 70th anniversary of the UN Charter

Free Public Lecture: 24 March 2015

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The Haldane Society of Socialist Lawyers in association with the Mansfield Student Law Society at London Metropolitan University invite you to a free public lecture on 24 March 2015: Child Sex Abuse Inquiry: a road to justice? At 6.30pm, School of Law, London Metropolitan University, 16 Goulston Street, London, E1 7TP.

Speakers:

Phil Frampton (Chair, Care Leavers Association 2000-2003);

Alison Millar (Solicitor, Leigh Day);

Liz Woodcraft (Barrister)

Defending Access to Justice: Where Next in the Fight for Legal Aid

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Haldane Student Society of Socialist Lawyers invite all students to a friendly debate to be held on the impact of the legal aid cuts and the future for lawyers committed to social justice.

Speakers:

Michael Goold, Criminal Barrister, Garden Court Chambers; Vice-Chair, Haldane Society of Socialist Lawyers;

Ruth Hayes, Director of Islington Law Centre, Co-Vice Chair of the Law Centres Network and Justice Alliance.

JUSTICE ALLIANCE FILM: There will be a screening of the Justice Alliance film about the impact of the legal aid cuts. Featuring Stephen Fry, Tamsin Greig and Jo Brand.

11 February 2015 at 6.30pm to 8.00pm at Room SG01, Store Street, University of Law – Bloomsbury, Store Street, London.

Free Lecture 27 January 2015: "Are You A Domestic Extremist?"

THE HALDANE SOCIETY OF SOCIALIST LAWYERS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE MANSFIELD STUDENT LAW SOCIETY, LONDON MET UNIVERSITY

invites you to attend our Human Rights Lectures 2014 - 2015.

Tuesday 27th January 2015 6.30pm - 8pm:

Are You a Domestic Extremist?

Speakers: Jess Hurd, photojournalist; Jason Parkinson, videojournalist; and Shamik Dutta, solicitor for the six journalists challenging the Met's "domestic extremist" database.

Basement Lecture Theatre (GSB01), School of Law, London Metropolitan University, 16 Goulston Street, London E1 7TP.

Free entry. We regret that CPD points are not currently available. For more information and updated information, see www.haldane.org.

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Fracking: the Protests and the Court Cases

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Haldane Society lecture and questions 03/12/2014

Lecture Wednesday 3 December 2014: Fracking - The Protests and the Court Cases

The Haldane Society of Socialist Lawyers
in association with
The Mansfield Student Law Society, London Metropolitan University

invites you to attend our Human Rights Lectures 2014 - 2015

Wednesday 3 December 2014 6.30pm at the Law School, 16 Goulston Street, London, E1 7TP

Fracking: The Protests and the Court Cases

Speakers:
Tom Wainwright, criminal barrister at Garden Court Chambers; and
Melanie Strickland, activist in Reclaim the Power and solicitor.

AGM and John McDonnell lecture - 19 November

The next lecture in this year's series of Human Rights Law lectures will take place this Wednesday 19 November at 6.30pm. John McDonnell MP will be speaking on "Holding the executive to account: Parliament and the Courts, an MP's perspective".

The venue for the lecture is Basement Lecture Theatre (GSB01), School of Law, London Metropolitan University, 16 Goulston Street, London E1 7TP. Please note that this is a change in venue from last year's lecture series, which took place at the University of Law. The rest of this year's lecture series will also take place at London Met.

The lecture will be followed by the Haldane Society's AGM (expected about 8pm). Members are encouraged to attend the AGM. All members are entitled to nominate themselves for the society's executive committee, or one of the society's officer positions. Members are also entitled to submit motions to the AGM. Members who intend to stand for a position, or submit a motion, are requested to send a brief nomination statement or your proposed motion to secretary@haldane.org in advance of the AGM.

Our long-standing Chair, Liz Davies, is stepping down this year. The Haldane Society wishes to express our most profund thanks to Liz for the many years of excellent leadership and work that she has put in.

Matt Foot Lecture 22/10/2014

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Haldane Society Lecture 22/10/2014

Questions following Haldane Society Lecture 22/10/2014

Free Lecture and Film: The State of Unpeace in the Philippines

The Haldane Society of Socialist Lawyers, Campaign for Human Rights in the Philippines and Amnesty International invite you to hear Cristina Ellazar Palabay on "The State of Unpeace in the Philippines" together with a film on the struggle against Glencore-Xstrata's Tampakan mining project, potentially forcing 4,000 people from their homes. Other speakers include Anna Morris, Vice-Chair Haldane Society, and CHRP.

Monday 30th June 2014, 6.30pm - 8.30pm at the Conference Room, Amnesty International, Human Rights Action Centre, 17-25 New Inn Yard, London EC2A 3EA.

Cristina is Secretary General of Karapatan, the Alliance for the Advancement of Peoples' Rights in the Philippines: http://www.karapatan.org. Karapatan and Cristina were heavily involved in delivering relief for victims of the typhoon despite having to endure government violations of human rights, its counter-insurgency programme and government corruption.

KARAPATAN is an alliance of human rights organizations and programs, human rights desks and committees of people’s organizations, and individual advocates committed to the defense of people’s rights and civil liberties. It  firmly believes that...

• Human rights should be respected in all its dimensions – civil and political, economic, social and cultural.
• Basic rights to life, humane treatment, and due process should be preserved at all times.
• The people has the right to be free from all forms of oppression and exploitation.
• A repressive state which serves the interests of a few oppressors and exploiters are the worse violator of human rights.
• The struggle of the Filipino people for national liberation and social emancipation provides the framework for human rights advocacy.
• Human rights advocacy must be biased for the interest of the oppressed classes, sectors, and groups.
• Human rights advocacy is integral to the struggle of the peasants for land, the workers for national industrialization and decent living and working conditions, the women against exploitation and discrimination, the indigenous peoples for self-determination, the poor for basic social services, and the youth for access to education and other venues for growth and development.

Free admission. No need to reserve in advance. More details: www.haldane.org and http://www.chrp.org.uk/.