Join the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission for the launch of the 2024 Annual Human Rights Statement at the Long Gallery, Parliament Buildings, Stormont.
There will also be an online live stream if you can't make it in person.
The Annual Human Rights Statement is a report on the state of human rights issues in Northern Ireland. It is published annually and details the Government's progress in tackling human rights issues in NI.
Baroness Shami Chakrabarti, a human rights lawyer and campaigner, Labour Peer and former Shadow Attorney General for England and Wales, will deliver the keynote address.will deliver the keynote address.
The event will be introduced by the Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly, Edwin Poots, followed by an address from Alyson Kilpatrick, Chief Commissioner of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission.
Refreshments will be provided.
We hope you can join us for the event and look forward to seeing you there.
Live Stream
The event will also be live streamed for those who wish to attend online. If you cannot make it in person and would like to watch the online Live Stream, please indicate when you are registering and you will be sent the link to join online. * Please note the live stream will start at 12.30pm*.
About Baroness Shami Chakrabarti
Shami Chakrabarti (Baroness Chakrabarti CBE PC) is a human rights lawyer and campaigner, Labour Peer and was Shadow Attorney General for England and Wales from September 2016 to April 2020. She was the Director of Liberty (the National Council for Civil Liberties) from 2003 to 2016 and its In House Counsel from 2001 to 2003. Prior to that she was at the bar and then a Home Office lawyer (1996-2001). She is the Chair of London’s Gate Theatre.
She was a panelist on the Leveson Inquiry into media culture, ethics and practice after the phone-hacking scandal in 2011/12 and one of an international group who carried the Olympic flag at the opening of the London games in 2012.
She was the Chancellor of Oxford Brookes University and of the University of Essex and has been an Honorary Professor at the Universities of Bristol and Manchester and the London School of Economics. She served on the Board of the British Film Institute (BFI) for many years and on the Members Council of the Tate. She is a Master of the Bench of Middle Temple.
She has written and broadcast widely and is the author of three books; “On Liberty” (2014),“Of Women” (2017) and “Human Rights: The Case for the Defence” (2024). They are published by Penguin, Allen Lane.