25.11.2016, Iveagh House, St. Stephen's Green, Dublin 2
Ireland and the Council of Europe Today - Nils Muiznieks
The Centre for Criminal Justice & Human Rights, University College, Cork
and
The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL)
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cordially invite you to
Ireland and the Council of Europe Today
A Round Table with
Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights
Mr Muižnieks will deliver keynote observationsand speakers will include Ireland and the Council of Europe Today - speakers
RSVP by 5pm on Friday 18 November 2016 to: Jason O’Mara, ICCL – jason.omara@iccl.ie / 01 799 4504
Mr Nils Muižnieks was elected Commissioner for Human Rights on 24 January 2012 by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. He is a Latvian national educated in the United States of America, where he obtained a Ph.D. in political science at the University of California at Berkeley. Prior to his appointment as Commissioner for Human Rights, he was Director of the Advanced Social and Political Research Institute at the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Latvia in Riga (2005-2012); Chairman of the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (2010-2012); Latvian minister responsible for social integration, anti-discrimination, minority rights, and civil society development (2002-2004); and Director of the Latvian Centre for Human Rights and Ethnic Studies - now Latvian Human Rights Centre (1994-2002).
The Council of Europe is the continent’s leading human rights organisation. It includes 47 member States, 28 of which are currently members of the European Union. Ireland is a founder member of the organisation, which it joined on 5 May 1949.
This event is kindly supported by
the Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade
The event is free, but places are strictly limited.. Organised by CCJHR & ICCL
