Plenary I: Human Rights Practitioners

Speakers: Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC, Ivan Hare KC, Aileen McColgan KC, Tatyana Eatwell

The European Human Rights Law Conference was held at the Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge on 28-29 September 2023.

Are human rights in Europe facing an existential crisis? The invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation and Russia’s subsequent expulsion from the Council of Europe has posed a fundamental challenge to the European human rights framework and the values upon which the Council of Europe was founded in 1949. Democratic backsliding and the rise of populism throughout Europe (and beyond) threaten to undermine human rights standards, democracy and the rule of law. There is a need for new energy and ideas to respond to the mounting challenges to human rights in Europe including the catastrophic climate crisis, increasing hostility towards migrants and those seeking asylum, inequality, violence against women, marginalization of the LGBTQI+ community, uncertainties surrounding the role of Artificial Intelligence and how to regulate cyberspace.

The European Human Rights Law Conference was a response to this pressing need.

The keynotes and plenaries were recorded and are available to watch.

The EHRL Conference was sponsored by the Centre for Public Law. For more information see: https://www.cpl.law.cam.ac.uk/

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