Mental Health Law Reform: New Perspectives & Challenges - 23 June, Galway

Mental Health Law Reform Conference hosted by the Centre for Disability, Law and Policy at NUI Galway & Amnesty International Ireland.

The conference is aimed at experts by experience, legal practitioners, mental health professionals, advocates, academics, policy makers, politicians, NGOs and any person or organisation interested in mental health law and policy. The Department of Health is currently undertaking a review of the Mental Health Act 2001. This conference will examine issues relevant to this review, including Ireland’s obligations under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) as it moves towards ratification. The conference will hear from leading national and international experts on mental health law and policy.

Speakers will include:

• Professor Bernadette McSherry, Director, Centre for the Advancement of Law and Mental Health, Monash University, Australia
• Professor Phil Fennell, Cardiff Law School, Cardiff University, Wales
• Professor Amita Dhanda, Nalsar University of Law, Hyderabad, India
• Dr. Mary Donnelly, Senior Lecturer in Law, University College Cork, Ireland
• Ms. Roisin Webb BL, Children and Youth Policy Officer, Mental Health, Amnesty International Ireland
• Expert Panel on Mental Health in Ireland

Click here to register for the conference. If you have any queries about the conference please contact Elaine Keane on 091 494270 or at elaine.a.keane@nuigalway.ie

Date: 23 June    

Time: 9.30am – 4.30pm

Venue: Áras Moyola, North Campus, National University of Ireland, Galway