Annual Criminal Law Conference - "Rebalancing Criminal Justice in Ireland: a question of Rights"
Annual Criminal Law Conference - "Rebalancing Criminal Justice in Ireland: a question of Rights"
Programme
9.30-10.00 Registration
10.00.-10.20 Conference Opening: Joint opening, by the President of UCC, Michael Murphy and the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform (invited)
Morning Session: Specific Papers
Chair: Frank Buttimer
10.20-10.50 Una Ni Raifeartaigh ‘The ECHR: the perspective from the bar’
10.50-11.20 James McGuill ‘The impact of recent ECHR changes on the Constitution’
11.20-11.50 Michael Farrell ‘The Challenge of the ECHR’, UK Declarations of Incompatibility
11.50-12.20 Discussion
12.20-1.30 Lunch
Afternoon Session: Panel Papers
Chair: Professor David Gwynn Morgan
1.30-2.00 Donncha O’Connell , ‘Searching for impact after the ECHR Act 2003’
2.00-2.30 Dr Gerard Hogan SC, ‘The Role of the Rebalancing Committee’
2.30-3.00 Mr Justice Adrian Hardiman (Supreme Court) ‘The Notion of Rebalancing: Implications for the Criminal Process’
3.00-3.30 Professor Caroline Fennell, ‘Contextual change and the ECHR’
3.30-4.00 Discussion
4.00-4.15 Conference Close: Mr Justice Paul Carney
4.30 Wine Reception – River Room, Lewis Glucksman Gallery, UCC