Exeter Law School to host Human Rights Education Event
Posted by The Law School
13 August 2025
Exeter Law School is pleased to be hosting a virtual half-day event on Tuesday 9 September 2025 (13:00 – 16:00) on ‘Human Rights Education In & Beyond the University Law School’, in partnership with the Human Rights Lawyers Association and the Association of Law Teachers.
The event will feature a lively and engaging mix of keynotes, academic presentations, a panel discussion, and an ‘In Conversation With’ segment. Chaired by Dr Louise Loder (Vice Chair of HRLA & ALT EC), Ffyon Reilly (No 5 Chambers, HRLA EC) and Vicki Prais (HRLA EC), speakers will include:
- Ben Leather, Director of Peace Brigades International UK
- Professor Rachel Murray, Centre Director, Human Rights Implementation Centre, University of Bristol Law School
- Dr Caer Smyth, Lecturer in Law, Cardiff University / Prifysgol Caerdydd School of Law and Politics
- Dr Nora Jaber, Lecturer in Law in the Globalised Muslim World and Programme Director LLM Human Rights, University of Edinburgh Law School
- Professor Dimitrios Giannoulopoulos, Head of Department, Academic Programmes, The City Law School
- Professor Catherine Dupre, Director of the Human Rights & Democracy Forum, University of Exeter Law School
- Robert Fellner, Founder & CEO, Human Rights Careers
- Friso Roscam Abbing, Director’s Adviser on Communication and Head of the Brussels Liaison Office, European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights
- Dr Malcolm Rogge, University of Exeter Law School, Business and Human Rights scholar and practitioner, and international award-winning documentary filmmaker of ‘The Tribunal’
