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The British Institute of Human Rights' Annual Conference 2009: Changing the Face of Human Rights
08 December 2008
Contributors will also include people and organisations working in the public, private and third sectors, nationally and on the ground, to promote the value and relevance of human rights for us all. For a full conference programme, to find out who should attend, and to book your place, go here to visit the BIHR website .
Speakers and contributors include:
Anna Ford (Chair), former journalist and newsreader
Rt Hon Jack Straw MP (invited), Secretary of State for Justice
Professor Monica McWilliams, Chief Commissioner for Human Rights in Northern Ireland
Trevor Phillips (invited), Chair, Equality and Human Rights Commission
Mark Easton, Home Editor, BBC News
Andrew Dismore MP, Chair of the Joint Committee on Human Rights
Professor Francesca Klug OBE, Commissioner, Equality and Human Rights Commission
Clare Short MP, Independent MP and former Secretary of State for International Development
Ceri Goddard, Acting Director, BIHR
Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, Journalist, and columnist for The Independent
Jeremy Dear, General Secretary, National Union of Journalists
Professor Roy Greenslade, Professor of Journalism at City University, London, and former editor of the Daily Mirror
Kevin Maguire, Associate Editor (politics), Daily Mirror
Bob Satchwell, Executive Director, Society of Editors
The event will be on Wednesday 28 January 2009, 9.30-5.00pm, at the British Library, London NW1
