PILA Bulletin 05 November 2014

Articles

• High Court rules against Department for refusing benefit to separated father
• Supreme Court caseload transferred to new Court of Appeal
• IHREC expresses human rights concerns over Irish Water
• House of Lords scraps proposed judicial review reforms
• UK legal aid cuts leave vulnerable parents unrepresented
• UK Ministry of Justice launches new supports for litigants in person
• ECtHR rules on two cases under EU ‘Dublin’ Regulation
• Guest Article: Michael Farrell - Transgender woman’s 17-year legal battle ends with commitment to Gender Recognition legislation
• Guest Article: Jim Winters - Disability, Human Rights and the Law
• Final Call: Law Society of Ireland - Certificate in Human Rights Law
• Criminal Law & Evidence Update Event – 8 November 2014
• Queen’s University Belfast hosts several lecture events this November
• Equality and Rights Alliance seminar: Pursuing Our Ambition for Equality & Human Rights: Ideas for Integrated Approaches – 27 November 2014
• Conference: Protection of Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children in Ireland and Europe – 27 November 2014
• Conference on 'Human Rights at the Heart of Penal Policy' – 28 November 2014
• Symposium: "The Human Rights Scholar-Activist or Activist-Scholar?" and Launch of Professor Kevin Boyle Archive – 28 November, 2014
• Human Rights Advisor, Capacity Building Co-ordinator: OSCE, Poland – deadline 6 November 2014

Legal Education

• Final Call: Law Society of Ireland - Certificate in Human Rights Law

Events

• Criminal Law & Evidence Update Event – 8 November 2014
• Queen’s University Belfast hosts several lecture events this November
• Equality and Rights Alliance seminar: Pursuing Our Ambition for Equality & Human Rights: Ideas for Integrated Approaches – 27 November 2014
• Conference: Protection of Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children in Ireland and Europe – 27 November 2014
• Conference on 'Human Rights at the Heart of Penal Policy' – 28 November 2014
• Symposium: "The Human Rights Scholar-Activist or Activist-Scholar?" and Launch of Professor Kevin Boyle Archive – 28 November, 2014

Jobs

• Human Rights Advisor, Capacity Building Co-ordinator: OSCE, Poland – deadline 6 November 2014