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The Ruth Adler Human Rights Lecture 2024 - Helena Ann Kennedy, Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws

Old College campus set against a blue sky, Edinburgh

Location:

G.07 The Informatics Forum,
10 Crichton Street, 
Edinburgh
 

Date/time

Mon 4 November 2024
17:30 - 19:30

The Ruth Adler Human Rights Lecture 2024 - The Unravelling of the Rules Based Order in our Interconnected World

Speaker: Helena Ann Kennedy, Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws

About the Speaker: 

A founding member of Doughty Street Chambers, Baroness Kennedy is one of the country’s most distinguished lawyers and accomplished legal and social reformers.

Born and brought up in Glasgow, she is a member of the Bar, a King’s Counsel, a Bencher of Gray’s Inn, an Honorary Writer to the Signet and the recipient of 42 Honorary Degrees and Fellowships from many universities including those of St Andrews, Glasgow, London and Edinburgh in recognition of her groundbreaking work on women and the law and on widening participation in higher education. She has also been honoured by the Governments of France and Italy for her considerable work on women’s rights and education. She was created a life peer in 1997 and has been a strong advocate for social justice and the rule of law in the House of Lords. In March 2024, Helena was appointed to The Order of the Thistle, the greatest order of chivalry in Scotland in recognition of the importance of her public service, pioneering work in advancing human rights and social justice, both domestically and internationally.

About the Event:

The Ruth Adler lecture series was inaugurated in 2008 at Edinburgh Law School in memory of former tutor, PhD student and human rights activist Ruth Adler. Ruth’s work was fundamental in instituting women’s rights and children’s rights in Scotland, establishing multiple organisations in both of these areas. The Ruth Adler Lecture has become an important event in the Human Rights Calendar in Scotland. The series has included high-profile lectures from Philippe Sands, Shami Chakrabarti and Ms Mama Fatima Singhateh.

This lecture will be followed by a reception where you may have the opportunity to meet and network with other attendees.

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