RÁÐSTEFNA UM MANNRÉTTINDI Á VEGUM NOTTINGHAM HÁSKÓLA - OPIÐ FYRIR SKRÁNINGU

18.2.2010

Human Rights Law Centre auglýsir sína árlegu ráðstefnu um mannréttindi, sem haldin verður í 11. sinn þann 20. mars næstkomandi í Háskólanum í Nottingham.

Yfirskrift ráðstefnunnar í ár er New Technologies: Your Life? Your Health? Your Privacy? Our Human Rights. Nánari upplýsingar er að finna á ensku hér að neðan.

Dear Colleagues,

The Human Rights Law Centre is pleased to announce the 11^th Annual Student Human Rights Conference at the University of Nottingham. 

This year’s conference is entitled New Technologies: Your Life? Your Health? Your Privacy? Our Human Rights and will take place on Saturday, 20 March 2010. This student-lead initiative will explore the inter-relation between human rights and the global consequences of the advancement of new technologies. By encouraging multi-disciplinary participation, the conference seeks to reaffirm the necessity of incorporating human rights discourse when discussing the controversial nature of the science and technology domain.

Keynote Speakers

• Mr Jan Malinowski, Head of the Media and Information Society Division, Council of Europe
• Professor Thérèse Murphy, Professor of Law and Critical Theory at the University of Nottingham and editor of New Technologies and Human Rights
• Professor Richard Ashcroft, Professor of Bioethics at Queen Mary, University of London, member of the Ethics and Policy Advisory Committee of the Medical Research Council
• Anita Coles, Policy Officer, Liberty (UK civil liberties NGO), specialist in UK Government’s response to S & Marper case (regarding a DNA database)

In addition to keynote speakers, the conference will include four student panels, highlighting the work of students on issues concerning human rights and new technologies.

Registration

Registration is now open.

Students: In advance - £15; Regular - £25;

Non-students: In advance - £30; Regular - £40

Advance registration deadline is 5 March.  Price includes lunch & refreshments.

To register, please visit our website to obtain a form: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/hrlc/Events/AnnualStudentConference.aspx.

Or contact us at HumanRightsConference@nottingham.ac.uk or +44 (0) 115 951 5705.

For further information, please visit our Facebook group: Human Rights Law Centre, Annual Student Conference.

Yours sincerely,

Bailey Grey, Human Rights Law Centre Coordinator, and

HRLC Student Conference Committee

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