10.30 - 11.00 Conference Registration Refreshments on arrival Aula Maxima 11.00 – 11.20 Welcome and Introduction Prof Philip Nolan , President of Maynooth University Aula Maxima 11.20 – 11.45 Opening Remarks: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights at Seventy; A Review of Successes and Challenges The Hon Mr Justice John Mac Menamin Aula Maxima 11.45 – 13.00 Keynote Roundtable Discussion 1: The UDHR as a Standard Setter – International Human Rights Law, International Criminal Law and Domestic Law Chair: Mr Justice McMenamin Anastasia Crickley Judge Shireen Fisher Emily Logan Aula Maxima 13:00 – 14:15 Lunch Phoenix Restaurant 14:15 – 15:30 Panel 1A Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Chair: Dr Delia Ferri Stefano Angeleri: ‘Article 25 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Social Determinants of Health for Vulnerable People’ Aiden Lloyd and Kevin O'Kelly: ‘Amending Bunreacht na hÉireann to incorporate human economic, social and cultural rights’ Danielle Crowley: ‘The UDHR and the Right to Culture’ School of Education Building Room 130 14:15 – 15:30 Panel 1B The UN and the UDHR Chair: Dr Amina Adanan Deirdre Clancy: ‘Targeted sanctions regimes and protection of human rights: a reflection from the front lines’ Dr Michael Kearney: ‘The Active Assembly: the UNGA's 2018 turn to challenging institutional blocks on realising the promise of the UDHR’ Gerard ‘How Universal is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; Indigenous Peoples as a challenge to the UDHR’ School of Education Building Room 131
Dr Fiona McGaughey: ‘The “curious grapevine”: 70 Years of Organisations in the United Nations Human Rights System’ 15:30 – 15:45 Tea break School of Education 15:45 – 17:00 Panel 2A International Criminal Law Chair: Dr Noelle Higgins Dr Melanie O'Brien: ‘Using Human Rights for Midstream Genocide Prevention’ Perfecto Caparas: ‘The ICC and the Philippines’ Jean Molloy: ‘The Rohingya Crisis and the ICC’ Dr Adanan: ‘The UDHR and Customary International Law’ School of Education Building Room 130 15:45 – 17:00 2B The UDHR and Domestic Law I Chair: Dr David Doyle Moria Crowley: ‘The UDHR and the United States’ Dr Simeon Sungi: ‘The Constitution of Kenya 2010: Reflections of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948’ Carol Lawless: ‘How the Irish Government is Failing to Abide by its Legal Commitments to Gender Equality under International Law’ School of Education Building Room 131 15.45 – 17.00 Panel 2C Regional Human Rights Systems and Protections Chair: Dr Delia Ferri Samira Allioui: ‘Regional human rights courts in context: the managerialization of the judiciary’ Hope Davidson: ‘Mental Health and the Liberty Guarantee under the ECHR’ School of Education Building Room 132 Book The Irish Ratification of the UNCRPD Chair: Prof Michael Doherty Siobhan Barron, Dr Delia Ferri and Dr Andrea Broderick Aula Maxima Reception Pugin Hall 17.45 – 17.55 Launch of UDHR research bulletin on the work of MU Law postgraduate students Dr Amina Adanan Pugin Hall
Friday 22nd June 8.30 – 9.00 Conference Registration Refreshments on arrival Aula Maxima 9.00 – 10.00 Keynote Roundtable Discussion 2 Human Rights in Practice Chair: Prof Michael Doherty Prof Lippert: Governing Through Privacy Rights Prof Eduardo J. Ruiz Vieytez: The Rights of Minorities Prof Keith Ewing: The Rights of Workers Aula Maxima 10.00 – 10.15 Tea break Aula Maxima 10.15 - 11.30 Panel 3A Rights and Marginalisation Chair: Dr John Reynolds Shreyas Vyas: ‘Protection of Migrating People & Human Rights Protection in South Asia’ Dr Clíodhna Murphy & Dr David Doyle: ‘Human Trafficking and Labour Exploitation: Between Human Rights Obligations and Lived Experiences’ Richard Healy: ‘Service User Perspectives on Irish Drug Policy: Towards the Development of a Human Rights Based Approach’ School of Education Building Room 130 10.15 – 11.30 Panel 3B The UDHR and Domestic Law II Chair: Dr Amina Adanan Alan Tuffery: ‘The Constitution of Ireland: No Longer Fit for Purpose in a Modern Diverse State’ Lucía Aragüez Valenzuela: ‘Workers' privacy and the impact of information and communication technologies in Spain: A challenge for the Universal Declaration of Human Rights’ School of Education Building Room 132 11.30 – 12.45 4A UDHR Rights in Focus Chair: Dr Noelle Higgins Dualta Roughneen: ‘The UDHR and the to Life’ Dr Donna Lyons: ‘The UDHR and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child’ Treasa Kenny: ‘Dignity and Respect in the Workplace: Co-generating Constructive Working Environments’ Dr Ger Coffey: ‘The Non (Ne) Bis in Idem Principle in the ICCPR: Deconstructing Emerging Principles and Guidelines’ School of Education Building Room 130
11.30 – 12.55 Panel 4B The UDHR and Peace Chair: Dr Fiona McGaughey Niloufar Omidi: ‘Implementing the right to Peace through a Bottom-to-Top Approach’ Kieran Timmons: ‘Peace versus Justice? Bringing Burundi bank from the Brink’ School of Education Building Room 131 12:55 – 14:00 Lunch Phoenix Restaurant 14:15 – 15:30 Keynote Roundtable Discussion 3 Realising the UDHR in Ireland Chair: Dr John Reynolds Joyce Esther Lynch Edel McGinley Aula Maxima 15.30 – 16.30 Keynote Roundtable Discussion 4 Litigating Human Rights Chair: Dr Noelle Higgins Liam Herrick Prof Philip Leach: 'Realising the UDHR in Europe - current challenges at the European Court of Human Rights’ Aula Maxima 16.30 – 17.00 Closing Keynote Speech Chair: Dr Noelle Higgins Prof Michael O’Flaherty: ‘Rediscovering the Europe of Values: the Role of Fundamental Rights’ Aula Maxima Concluding Comments Prof Michael Doherty Aula Maxima 17:15 Reception Aula Maxima Tea and Coffee will be available in the foyer on the first floor of the School of Education Building on Thursday and Friday.