PILN Bulletin 13 May 2008

PILN Bulletin 13 May 2008

In this Bulletin:

1. Ruling on Locus Standi of a NGO by the Supreme Court.
2. “Belfast 2008: Protesting Deportations – What Next?” A panel discussion around the issue of UK deportation, 27 May 2008.
3. Six day summer course on the International Criminal Court to be held at the Irish Centre of Human Rights, Galway.
4. Research opportunity: ICCL seeks researcher for a report on the role of the Irish judiciary in protecting and promoting international human rights in the Republic of Ireland.
5. Discussion by ISIL on International Humanitarian Law in Ireland, 28 May 2008.
6. European Court of Justice rules that the European Parliament deserves equal say with EU member states on classification of safe countries.
7. Declaration of Incompatibility with European Convention on Human Rights in Housing Acts case.
8. IPRT Annual Lecture on “Prison Inspection and the Protection of Human Rights” on 19 May 2008 in Dublin.
9. UCC and Hope Foundation Cork and Kalkuta conference on Child Labour and Child Trafficking, 17 May 2008, in UCC Cork.
10. UCD School of Social Justice Post Graduate Feminist Seminar on What Ivory Towers? Gender, Body and Sexuality presented by Paula Fagan, Women’s Aid, 16 May 2008.
11. NUI Galway’s Law Faculty Annual Distinguished Lecture 2008: Family Law in Ireland and the United Kingdom: Common Threads and Divergent Perspectives.
12. Seminar on “Best Practice in Provision of Services to Asylum Seekers”, 28 May 2008 at Carmelite Community Centre, Dublin.
13. Two-day conference on “Why Marriage? Love and Justice in 21st Century Ireland”, 21-22 May 2008, Dublin
14. FLAC’s Public Interest Law Seminar, 20 June 2008.