Colm O'Cinnéide at CCJHR, UCC
Colm O'Cinnéide, University College London
- 13 Feb 2014
'Integrating Equality and Human Rights’, by Colm O’Cinnéide, University College London, Thursday Feb 13th, 4-6pm in the Moot Court Room, Áras na Laoi.
Biography
Colm O'Cinnéide is a Reader in Law, specialising in human rights, comparative constitutional and anti-discrimination law. He is also currently Vice-President of the European Committee of Social Rights. The recently published report of the European Committee on Social Rights on Ireland (Conclusions), is available at: http://bit.ly/1iaGppp
Colm is a member of the Blackstone Chambers Academic Panel. Colm has served as specialist legal adviser to the Joint Committee on Human Rights of the UK Parliament and has also acted as consultant to a range of organisations, including the Northern Irish Human Rights Commission, the UK Equality and Human Rights Commission and the Irish Equality Authority. Colm is a graduate of UCC.
Colm is the author (with Neil Crowther) of a recent report examining the integration of human rights and equality bodies across the EU, including Ireland. Details available at: http://www.edf.org.uk/blog/?p=29767
This event is supported by the Irish Research Council, (New Foundations award). For details, contact s.mullally@ucc.ie
Advance booking not required, 2 x CPD group points available
