Shows
The Prospect PodcastAre we losing our civil liberties?Is Britain becoming a police state?This week, Ellen and Imaan are joined by Conor Gearty, a barrister and professor of human rights law at LSE, who explains how his views on the future of protest have changed. As hundreds have been arrested for supporting the recently proscribed group Palestine Action, Conor discusses his reaction to the ban. He criticises the Labour government’s stance on protest, which he says panders to a “middle covert authoritarianism”.Conor also weighs in on what’s at stake if Britain leaves the ECHR, and how to...
2025-09-0346 minThe Prospect PodcastAre we losing our civil liberties?Is Britain becoming a police state?This week, Ellen and Imaan are joined by Conor Gearty, a barrister and professor of human rights law at LSE, who explains how his views on the future of protest have changed. As hundreds have been arrested for supporting the recently proscribed group Palestine Action, Conor discusses his reaction to the ban. He criticises the Labour government’s stance on protest, which he says panders to a “middle covert authoritarianism”.Conor also weighs in on what’s at stake if Britain leaves the ECHR, and how to...
2025-09-0346 min
Let's Talk Palestine#25 - What Does Terrorism Actually Mean? ft. Conor Gearty KCWith the term ‘terrorism’ so frequently invoked in Western media coverage of Palestine, today’s episode of the Let’s Talk Palestine Podcast seeks to unpack and critically examine this loaded label.Conor Gearty KC, a professor of human rights law at LSE and a specialist in anti-terrorism legislation, traces the term’s roots to British-colonial Ireland, explores how Israel later adapted and popularized it to justify its oppression of Palestinians, and reflects on how its use exploded globally following 9/11—fueling the U.S.-led ‘War on Terror’ and the illegal invasion of Iraq.
2025-07-0643 min
The Human EdgeIt's Become Increasingly Difficult To Separate The Political From The Personal - Conor Gearty KCConor Gearty KC is a founder member of Matrix Chambers. His practice as a barrister is primarily in human rights law and in public law, together with work in the field of corporate social responsibility. Apart from his work as a barrister, Conor is Professor of Human Rights Law at the London School of Economics (LSE) where he has been Director of its Centre for the Study of Human Rights and LSE’s Institute of Public Affairs. Gearty is also a published author, with the acclaimed book on human rights law, On Fantasy Island (Oxford University Press) and...
2025-02-2138 min
Latest 300 | LSE Public lectures and events | Video"What is needed is hard thinking": five challenges for the social sciencesContributor(s): Professor Larry Kramer | Join us for the inaugural lecture of LSE President and Vice Chancellor of LSE Larry Kramer in which he will talk about his vision for LSE, the role of the social sciences in a changing world and our place in the 21st Century.
Larry Kramer has been President and Vice Chancellor of LSE since April 2024. A constitutional scholar, university administrator, and philanthropic leader, he was previously the President of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and the Dean of Stanford Law School.
Conor Gearty is Professor of Human Rights Law in the LSE Law School. H...
2024-10-141h 28All items | LSE Public lectures and events | Audio and pdf"What is needed is hard thinking": five challenges for the social sciencesContributor(s): Professor Larry Kramer | Join us for the inaugural lecture of LSE President and Vice Chancellor of LSE Larry Kramer in which he will talk about his vision for LSE, the role of the social sciences in a changing world and our place in the 21st Century.
Larry Kramer has been President and Vice Chancellor of LSE since April 2024. A constitutional scholar, university administrator, and philanthropic leader, he was previously the President of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and the Dean of Stanford Law School.
Conor Gearty is Professor of Human Rights Law in the LSE Law School. H...
2024-10-141h 28All items | LSE Public lectures and events | All media types"What is needed is hard thinking": five challenges for the social sciencesContributor(s): Professor Larry Kramer | Join us for the inaugural lecture of LSE President and Vice Chancellor of LSE Larry Kramer in which he will talk about his vision for LSE, the role of the social sciences in a changing world and our place in the 21st Century.
Larry Kramer has been President and Vice Chancellor of LSE since April 2024. A constitutional scholar, university administrator, and philanthropic leader, he was previously the President of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and the Dean of Stanford Law School.
Conor Gearty is Professor of Human Rights Law in the LSE Law School. H...
2024-10-141h 28All items | LSE Public lectures and events | Audio"What is needed is hard thinking": five challenges for the social sciencesContributor(s): Professor Larry Kramer | Join us for the inaugural lecture of LSE President and Vice Chancellor of LSE Larry Kramer in which he will talk about his vision for LSE, the role of the social sciences in a changing world and our place in the 21st Century.
Larry Kramer has been President and Vice Chancellor of LSE since April 2024. A constitutional scholar, university administrator, and philanthropic leader, he was previously the President of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and the Dean of Stanford Law School.
Conor Gearty is Professor of Human Rights Law in the LSE Law School. H...
2024-10-141h 28
RatioEp. 05 - Homeland Insecurity: On the Rise and Rise of Anti-Terrorism LawsWhat is terrorism, and can we legislate against it? In episode 5 of the Ratio podcast, Professor Gerry Simpson speaks to Professor Conor Gearty KC on his 2024 book "Homeland Insecurity: The Rise and Rise of Global Anti-Terrorism Law." Professor Gearty challenges us to grapple with how 'terrorism' is politicised as a label. When did states begin to legislate against terrorism? What use - if any - does the 'terrorism' label serve in creating legislation to prevent political violence? This episode explores the racialised employment of terrorism in our contemporary world, and how anti-terrorism laws have impacted our perception of international...
2024-07-0947 min
Blogging TheologyIs Western Liberalism Turning into a Monster? With Professor Conor GeartyCrisis in Gaza – who will stand for universalism?https://www.thetablet.co.uk/features/2/23693/crisis-in-gaza-who-will-stand-for-universalism-Follow Professor Conor Gearty @conorgeartySupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/blogging-theology/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
2024-01-1935 min
IIEA TalksHuman Rights After BrexitIn his address to the IIEA, Professor Gearty reflects upon the divergence between British law and EU law in the aftermath of Brexit, particularly in the field of human rights, and what this may mean (if anything) for Ireland as one of the few remaining common law jurisdictions in the European Union and the Council of Europe. Professor Gearty also reflects on Britain’s future relationship with, and membership of, the Council of Europe and in particular, the UK’s continued participation in the European Convention on Human Rights, and the European Court of Human Rights that oversees that Convention. Prof...
2023-10-0629 min
UK Law WeeklySpecial Episode: Analysing the Reed CourtIn this special episode of the podcast we take a look at the Supreme Court as it is constituted under Lord Reed by reviewing two recent articles:
In The Shallow End by Conor Gearty - https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v44/n02/conor-gearty/in-the-shallow-end
The Reed Court by Numbers by Lewis Graham - https://ukconstitutionallaw.org/2022/04/04/lewis-graham-the-reed-court-by-numbers-how-shallow-is-the-shallow-end/
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2022-04-1812 min
Enemies of the PeopleEpisode 2 - Conor Gearty and the Government's Attack on the Rule of LawJoin Dr Maria W Norris in conversation with Human Rights Barrister, Professor Conor Gearty.Conor teaches at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He has published dozens of books, with the latest being On Fantasy Island: Britain, Europe, and Human RightsIn this episode, Conor and Maria discuss the UK Government's distaste for the rule of law and what happens when the state tries to curb the powers of the courts.Follow Conor Gearty on TwitterFollow Enemies of the People on TwitterFollow Maria W Norris...
2021-08-2439 min
Shaping the Post-COVID WorldClimate Change, Displacement and International JusticeContributor(s): Professor Conor Gearty, Professor Tahseen Jafry, Professor Chukwumerije Okereke, Dr Joana Setzer | This panel brings together experts in human rights, ethics and global governance to debate the principles of climate justice and how they can be applied to climate-induced displacement.
Climate change is widely expected to lead to widespread displacement and migration worldwide. Rising sea-levels, flooding, heatwaves and drought are threatening the livelihoods of hundreds of millions of people. Climate justice requires us to respect and protect the human rights of people facing climate-related displacement. What rights do climate migrants have, and whose responsibility is it to assist...
2020-10-141h 45
10-Minute TalksCOVID-19 public inquiry - a case of when, not if?The pandemic of 2020 has caused untold disruption around the world, and the United Kingdom has suffered particularly seriously. What kind of public accounting will there be for the way in which the virus has played out in Britain? In this talk, Conor Gearty asks whether there will be a public inquiry and if so what shape it will take, and considers also the important role the law has to play in ensuring the success of any such inquiry that is set up.The British Academy’s Shape the Future programme examines the societal, economic and cultural implications of...
2020-09-0910 min
Great ThinkersVernon Bogdanor FBA on A.V. Dicey FBAWhat would A.V. Dicey FBA, the leading advocate of the ‘rule of law’ who died in 1922, think about Britain’s current constitutional tangles? In this episode, Vernon Bogdanor FBA and Conor Gearty FBA try to answer that question, with a look back at the jurist’s life and work.
2019-05-2721 min
Latest 300 | LSE Public lectures and events | Audio and pdfIs God Really Dead? Why Belief Matters [Audio]Speaker(s): Professor Eileen Barker, Professor Conor Gearty | Thirty years after founding INFORM, the information network on religious movements, Eileen Barker argues that the sociology of religion still has an important role in “knowing the causes of things”. Abraham Lincoln is reputed to have remarked, “I don’t like that man; I must get to know him better”. Today the world is populated by religions that most of us do not like. Throughout most of the 20th century, there was a rumour that secularisation was a worldwide phenomenon; by the 21st century, however, diversification was emerging as a more prominent theme. But...
2018-02-121h 24
2017 Edinburgh International Book Festival (edbookfest)Conor Gearty & Douglas Murray (2017 Event)EUROPE: ACTS AND COUNTERACTS
In The Strange Death of Europe, Douglas Murray travels from places where migrants land to places where they end up, talking to people who welcome them and others who don't, and finds a continent in a serious muddle. In On Fantasy Island, Conor Gearty, Director of the LSE's Institute of Public Affairs, explores another area of confusion, Europe and the Human Rights Act, and suggests a way forward. Chaired by Rosemary Burnett.
Part of our Age of Political Earthquakes series of events.
2017-11-1000 min
Edinburgh International Book FestivalConor Gearty & Douglas Murray (2017 Event)
In The Strange Death of Europe, Douglas Murray travels from places where migrants land to places where they end up, talking to people who welcome them and others who don't, and finds a continent in a serious muddle. In On Fantasy Island, Conor Gearty, Director of the LSE's Institute of Public Affairs, explores another area of confusion, Europe and the Human Rights Act, and suggests a way forward. Hear the pair discuss their books in this event recorded live at the 2017 Edinburgh International Book Festival, chaired by Rosemary Burnett.
2017-10-2700 min2017 Edinburgh International Book FestivalConor Gearty & Douglas Murray (2017 Event)
In The Strange Death of Europe, Douglas Murray travels from places where migrants land to places where they end up, talking to people who welcome them and others who don't, and finds a continent in a serious muddle. In On Fantasy Island, Conor Gearty, Director of the LSE's Institute of Public Affairs, explores another area of confusion, Europe and the Human Rights Act, and suggests a way forward. Hear the pair discuss their books in this event recorded live at the 2017 Edinburgh International Book Festival, chaired by Rosemary Burnett.
2017-10-2700 min
Oxford Law VoxConor Gearty discusses the future of human rights in the UKIn this podcast Conor Gearty, human rights expert and author of On Fantasy Island: Britain, Europe, and Human Rights, talks to George Miller about human rights in the UK. Conor discusses topics including negative ‘myths’ that surround the Human Rights Act and its relationship with the European Court of Human Rights. He talks about how the Act impacts society and who it affects, as well as the basic guarantees it gives that are available to us all. With the upcoming event of the UK leaving the EU, Conor reviews the potential implications of getting rid of, or replacing, the Act.
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2017-02-2730 min
Oxford Law VoxBonus content: Conor Gearty talks to Law Vox about his career and backgroundIn this bonus feature from the Law Vox podcast, human rights expert Conor Gearty talks to George Miller about his career, previous research, and some of the reasons behind his commitment to human rights law.
Conor Gearty is Professor of Human Rights Law and Director of the Institute of Public Affairs at LSE, having previously worked at Cambridge University and at King's College London. He is a Fellow of the British Academy and a Bencher of Middle Temple and has honorary degrees from Sacred Heart University, University College Dublin, Roehampton, and Brunel Universities.
2017-02-1012 min
Technology and DemocracyOversight or Theatre? Surveillance and Democratic Accountability - Panel 1Panel 1: Oversight and Control
5 February 2016
Chair: David Runciman
Speakers: Conor Gearty and Judith Townend
2016-02-221h 32Autumn 2015 | Public lectures and events | VideoOn Liberty: a conversation with Shami ChakrabartiContributor(s): Shami Chakrabarti | To mark the paperback release of On Liberty, Shami Chakrabarti will be in conversation with Conor Gearty and taking questions from the audience and Twitter. You can send your questions via Twitter to @LSELaw using #LSEShami. In On Liberty Shami explores why our fundamental rights and freedoms are paramount in upholding democracy, and how they are coming under unprecedented pressure today. Since 9/11 governments have decided that human and civil rights, and the rule of law, are often too costly, and have offered an apparently simple trade-off: greater security in exchange for less freedom. Drawing on her...
2015-10-061h 28Autumn 2015 | Public lectures and events | Audio and pdfOn Liberty: a conversation with Shami ChakrabartiContributor(s): Shami Chakrabarti | To mark the paperback release of On Liberty, Shami Chakrabarti will be in conversation with Conor Gearty and taking questions from the audience and Twitter. You can send your questions via Twitter to @LSELaw using #LSEShami. In On Liberty Shami explores why our fundamental rights and freedoms are paramount in upholding democracy, and how they are coming under unprecedented pressure today. Since 9/11 governments have decided that human and civil rights, and the rule of law, are often too costly, and have offered an apparently simple trade-off: greater security in exchange for less freedom. Drawing on her...
2015-10-061h 28
Department of LawWhat Has the Magna Carta Ever Done for Us? [Video]Contributor(s): Robert Craig, Professor Conor Gearty, Professor Francesca Klug, Dr Mara Malagodi | What’s so great about the Magna Carta? In all the frenzy of celebration, LSE Law academics will sound a few warnings against hype. Robert Craig is teacher of Jurisprudence and Public Law at LSE. Conor Gearty is Director of the Institute of Public Affairs and Professor of Human Rights Law at LSE. Francesca Klug is Professorial Research Fellow in LSE Law. Mara Malagodi is British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow in LSE Law.
2015-06-011h 36
ConstitutionUKRights and duties: a constitutional conundrum - Rights and duties: a constitutional conundrum - part 2 - Part 2 [Video]Contributor(s): Professor Conor Gearty, Grant Clarke, Flick Drummond, Gerald Vernon Jackson, Mike Fitzgerald | Professor Conor Gearty hosts Constitution UK's event in Portsmouth and asks Portsmouth residents Does Britain need a new Magna Carta? What should be the role of human rights in the constitution?
2015-04-2718 minConstitutionUKRights and duties: a constitutional conundrum - Rights and duties: a constitutional conundrum - part 1 - Part 1 [Video]Contributor(s): Professor Conor Gearty, Grant Clarke, Flick Drummond, Gerald Vernon Jackson, Mike Fitzgerald | Professor Conor Gearty hosts Constitution UK's event in Portsmouth and asks Portsmouth residents Does Britain need a new Magna Carta? What should be the role of human rights in the constitution?
2015-04-2018 minConstitutionUKRights: what would you enshrine in a constitution? [Video]Contributor(s): Professor Conor Gearty, Nona Buckley-Irvine | Professor Conor Gearty, Director, Institute of Public Affairs talks to Nona Buckley-Irvine, General Secretary at LSE’s Student Union about the rights we should put into a constitution. In particular they discuss the right to education and if in turn for rights, individuals have a duty to the state. Visit www.constitutionuk.com to review the ideas being discussed to form a new UK constitution.
2015-04-1307 minConstitutionUKRefining the UK Constitution [Video]Contributor(s): Professor Conor Gearty | Professor Gearty, Director, Institute of Public Affairs launches the refining stage of the Constitution UK’s project to crowdsource a UK constitution.
2015-04-0102 minConstitutionUKBritish values: real or elusive? - Part 2 [Video]Contributor(s): Professor Conor Gearty, Hannah Baker, Martin Dobson, Cllr Richard Kemp, Jackson Ng, John Sawyer | Professor Conor Gearty hosts Constitution UK's event in Liverpool where we asked Liverpool residents what does it mean to be British? What are British values and how could they be written into a constitution?
2015-03-2516 minConstitutionUKBritish values: real or elusive? - Part 1 [Video]Contributor(s): Professor Conor Gearty, Hannah Baker, Martin Dobson, Cllr Richard Kemp, Jackson Ng, John Sawyer | Professor Conor Gearty hosts Constitution UK's event in Liverpool where we asked Liverpool residents what does it mean to be British? What are British values and how could they be written into a constitution?
2015-03-2518 minConstitutionUKIs the future of democracy on the web? [Video]Contributor(s): Professor Conor Gearty, Dr Nick Anstead | Professor Conor Gearty, Director, Institute of Public Affairs and Dr Nick Anstead, Assistant Professor, Media and Communications department discuss the relationship between the internet, the Government and politics. They discuss examples of institutions using the internet in the UK and Germany, the benefits and failures of these initiatives and how we can use the internet for meaningful political engagement.
2015-03-1309 minConstitutionUKWhat does it mean to be a citizen? [Video]Contributor(s): Professor Conor Gearty, Dr Shakuntala Banaji | Professor Conor Gearty, Director, Institute of Public Affairs and Dr Shakuntala Banaji, Lecturer, Department of Media and Communications discuss different types of citizenship, what it means to be a citizen?, why are young people so disengaged and how can we entice them to become active citizens? Who defines what it means to be a good citizen?
2015-03-1014 minConstitutionUKConstitution UK update – 2nd March [Video]Contributor(s): Professor Conor Gearty | Professor Conor Gearty, Director of LSE’s Institute of Public Affairs, provides a summary of the ideas from the Constitution UK community. Are you at the top of the leaderboard?, is your idea gaining votes? If not, what are you waiting for?
2015-03-0201 minConstitutionUKA word with our facilitators [Video]Contributor(s): Harry Blain, Imogen Galilee, Professor Conor Gearty | Professor Conor Gearty speaks to Harry Blain, Devolution facilitator and Imogen Galilee, Rights and Duties facilitator about the ideas they have seen develop on the platform and why should people get involved. All these issues form part of the Constitution UK project – an open internet forum to share ideas, debate topics and help shape new ways of thinking.
2015-03-0213 minSpring 2015 | Public lectures and events | VideoLiterary Festival 2015: A Magna Carta for Humanity: homing in on human rightsContributor(s): Professor Francesca Klug | The Magna Carta, sealed in 1215, has come to stand for the rule of law, curbs on executive power and the freedom to enjoy basic liberties. When the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted by the United Nations in 1948, it was heralded as 'a Magna Carta for all human kind'. How has the Magna Carta, initially considered a failure, achieved such iconic status? And can how those who proudly commemorate its 800th year simultaneously pledge to repeal the more modern laws which seek to protect our fundamental rights and freedoms? In A Magna Carta for...
2015-02-271h 28Spring 2015 | Public lectures and events | Audio and pdfLiterary Festival 2015: A Magna Carta for Humanity: homing in on human rightsContributor(s): Professor Francesca Klug | The Magna Carta, sealed in 1215, has come to stand for the rule of law, curbs on executive power and the freedom to enjoy basic liberties. When the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted by the United Nations in 1948, it was heralded as 'a Magna Carta for all human kind'. How has the Magna Carta, initially considered a failure, achieved such iconic status? And can how those who proudly commemorate its 800th year simultaneously pledge to repeal the more modern laws which seek to protect our fundamental rights and freedoms? In A Magna Carta for...
2015-02-271h 28ConstitutionUKEurope: in or out? The Debate - Part 2 [Video]Contributor(s): Professor Conor Gearty, Antonia Zenkevitch, Katharina Boettge, David Hollas, Mike Abiodun Olatokun, Cllr David Ellis | Professor Conor Gearty hosts Constitution UK's event in Nottingham where we asked Nottingham residents should Europe be at the heart of our UK constitution? Listen to the public discussion on the European Union and the European Convention of Human Rights. Do you agree with some of the comments made? Perhaps you have better ideas. Either way please have your say and visit www.constitutionuk.com
2015-02-2718 minConstitutionUKEurope: in or out? The Debate - Part 1 [Video]Contributor(s): Professor Conor Gearty, Antonia Zenkevitch, Katharina Boettge, David Hollas, Mike Abiodun Olatokun, Cllr David Ellis | Professor Conor Gearty hosts Constitution UK's event in Nottingham where we asked Nottingham residents should Europe be at the heart of our UK constitution? Listen to the public discussion on the European Union and the European Convention of Human Rights. Do you agree with some of the comments made? Perhaps you have better ideas. Either way please have your say and visit www.constitutionuk.com
2015-02-2726 minConstitutionUKDoes Europe have a place in our constitution? [Video]Contributor(s): Professor Conor Gearty, John Springford | Thursday 26th February we asked you to take part in a Live Q&A on Europe. Watch Professor Conor Gearty, Director of the Institute of Public Affairs and Professor of Human Rights Law and John Springford, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for European Reform answer your questions on Europe.
2015-02-2650 minConstitutionUKParliament: how did we end up with what we have today? [Video]Contributor(s): Paul Evans, Professor Conor Gearty | Professor Conor Gearty talks to Paul Evans, Clerk of the Journals to discuss Parliament. Why do we have two chambers? How did we get the House of Lords? Why is the Monarch not allowed in the House of Commons? Is Parliament still sovereign? All these issues form part of the Constitution UK project – an open internet forum to share ideas, debate topics and help shape new ways of thinking. Don’t forget to follow the conversation online too by following @ConstitutionUK, using #constitutionUK or liking Constitution UK on Facebook.
2015-02-2312 minConstitutionUKConstitution UK update – 23rd February [Video]Contributor(s): Professor Conor Gearty | Professor Conor Gearty, Director of LSE’s Institute of Public Affairs, provides the latest summary of the ideas from the Constitution UK community. Are you at the top of the leaderboard?, is your idea gaining votes? If not, what are you waiting for? Join the debate.
2015-02-2301 minConstitutionUKConstitution UK – What happens to your vote? [Video]Contributor(s): Professor Conor Gearty, Professor Simon Hix | Professor Conor Gearty, Director of LSE’s Institute of Public Affairs and Professor Simon Hix, Professor of European and Comparative Politics, LSE discussed the how your representatives get elected, why the political party you didn’t want can get become the government and what alternatives there are to the current system.
2015-02-1118 minSpring 2015 | Public lectures and events | VideoHong Kong: the struggle at the end of historyContributor(s): Professor Conor Gearty, Raymond Li, Professor Danny Quah, Isabella Steger | The Umbrella Revolution has re-ignited a global debate on democracy. Why have the dynamics in this small ex British Colony captured the imagination of the world? Conor Gearty (@conorgearty) is Director of the Institute of Public Affairs and Professor of Human Rights Law at LSE. Raymond Li is BBC Chinese Editor since 2009. Danny Quah (@DannyQuah) is Director of the Saw Swee Hock Southeast Asia Centre and Professor of Economics and International Development at LSE. Isabella Steger (@stegersaurus) reports for the Wall Street Journal in Hong Kong. Dr Mukulika...
2015-02-101h 35Spring 2015 | Public lectures and events | Audio and pdfHong Kong: the struggle at the end of historyContributor(s): Professor Conor Gearty, Raymond Li, Professor Danny Quah, Isabella Steger | The Umbrella Revolution has re-ignited a global debate on democracy. Why have the dynamics in this small ex British Colony captured the imagination of the world? Conor Gearty (@conorgearty) is Director of the Institute of Public Affairs and Professor of Human Rights Law at LSE. Raymond Li is BBC Chinese Editor since 2009. Danny Quah (@DannyQuah) is Director of the Saw Swee Hock Southeast Asia Centre and Professor of Economics and International Development at LSE. Isabella Steger (@stegersaurus) reports for the Wall Street Journal in Hong Kong. Dr Mukulika...
2015-02-101h 35ConstitutionUKConstitution UK update – 9 Feb 15 [Video]Contributor(s): Professor Conor Gearty | Professor Conor Gearty, Director of LSE’s Institute of Public Affairs, provides the latest summary of the ideas from the Constitution UK community. Are you at the top of the leaderboard?, is your idea gaining votes? If not, what are you waiting for? Join the debate.
2015-02-0901 minConstitutionUKConstitution UK in Cambridge - The Government and our constitution. You Decide [Video]Contributor(s): Professor Conor Gearty, Chamali Fernando, Daniel Zeichner, Helen Hoogewerf McComb | Professor Conor Gearty hosts Constitution UK’s first event at Gonville and Cauis, Cambridge University. Listen as Cambridge residents along with Helen Hoogewerf McComb, President, Cambridge Student Union, Daniel Zeichner, Labour Parliamentary Candidate for Cambridge and Chamali Fernando, Conservative Parliamentary Candidate discuss the role of Government.
2015-02-0237 minConstitutionUKConstitution UK update - 26 Jan 15 [Video]Contributor(s): Professor Conor Gearty | Professor Conor Gearty, Director of LSE’s Institute of Public Affairs, provides a summary of the ideas from the Constitution UK community. Are you at the top of the leaderboard?, is your idea gaining votes? If not, what are you waiting for? Join the debate by visiting www.constitutionuk.com and share your ideas.
2015-01-2801 minConstitutionUKConstitution UK – What is a Constitution? [Video]Contributor(s): Professor Conor Gearty, Dr Andrew Blick | Professor Conor Gearty, of the London School of Economics and Political Science talks to Dr Andrew Blick, Lecturer in Politics at King’s College London to find out what exactly is a constitution. What is the difference between a written constitution and an unwritten one? Professor Gearty and Dr Blick also discuss the history of the Magna Carta and it’s significance. Where do you fit in? Join the debate by visiting www.constitutionuk.com and share your ideas as we crowdsource a written UK constitution.
2015-01-2708 minConstitutionUKConstitution UK update - 20 Jan 15 [Video]Contributor(s): Professor Conor Gearty | Professor Conor Gearty, Director of LSE’s Institute of Public Affairs, provides a summary of the ideas from the Constitution UK community. Are you at the top of the leaderboard?, is your idea gaining votes? If not, what are you waiting for? Join the debate by visiting www.constitutionuk.com and share your ideas.
2015-01-2001 minConstitutionUKConstitution UK – Crowdsourcing the UK Constitution – Why do we need one? [Video]Contributor(s): Professor Conor Gearty | Professor Conor Gearty, of the London School of Economics and Political Science, explains how Constitution UK is helping to shape the UK’s first written constitution. With English regions feeling neglected, the Scottish Independence saga, unrest over the disproportionate power of London and the confusion surrounding Europe, it’s clear that there is something seriously wrong with the current political situation.
2015-01-1503 minSpring 2015 | Public lectures and events | Audio and pdfConor Gearty in Conversation with Chaloka BeyaniContributor(s): Dr Chaloka Beyani | Dr Beyani will talk about international human rights, working with the UN and his duties as Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons. Chaloka Beyani is Associate Professor of International Law at LSE. Conor Gearty (@conorgearty) is Director of the Institute of Public Affairs and a Professor of Human Rights Law at LSE. LSE Law (@lselaw) is an integral part of the School's mission, plays a major role in policy debates & in the education of lawyers and law teachers from around the world. Credits: Tom Sturdy (Audio Post-Production), LSE AV Services (Audio...
2015-01-141h 26Spring 2015 | Public lectures and events | VideoConor Gearty in Conversation with Chaloka BeyaniContributor(s): Dr Chaloka Beyani | Dr Beyani will talk about international human rights, working with the UN and his duties as Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons. Chaloka Beyani is Associate Professor of International Law at LSE. Conor Gearty (@conorgearty) is Director of the Institute of Public Affairs and a Professor of Human Rights Law at LSE. LSE Law (@lselaw) is an integral part of the School's mission, plays a major role in policy debates & in the education of lawyers and law teachers from around the world. Credits: Tom Sturdy (Audio Post-Production), LSE AV Services (Audio...
2015-01-141h 262014 | LSE Public lectures and events | VideoOn Fantasy Island: British politics, English judges and the European Convention on Human RightsContributor(s): Professor Conor Gearty | Conor Gearty unpicks the myths, illusions and downright lies that infect political engagement with human rights in Britain - and discussion of the Human Rights Act in particular. Conor Gearty (@conorgearty) is Director of the Institute of Public Affairs and a Professor of Human Rights Law at LSE. Keith Best is the Chair of the Wyndham Place Charlemagne Trust. LSE Law (@lselaw) is an integral part of the School's mission, plays a major role in policy debates & in the education of lawyers and law teachers from around the world. Credits: Tom Sturdy (Audio Post-Production), LSE...
2014-11-061h 332014 | LSE Public lectures and events | Audio and pdfOn Fantasy Island: British politics, English judges and the European Convention on Human RightsContributor(s): Professor Conor Gearty | Conor Gearty unpicks the myths, illusions and downright lies that infect political engagement with human rights in Britain - and discussion of the Human Rights Act in particular. Conor Gearty (@conorgearty) is Director of the Institute of Public Affairs and a Professor of Human Rights Law at LSE. Keith Best is the Chair of the Wyndham Place Charlemagne Trust. LSE Law (@lselaw) is an integral part of the School's mission, plays a major role in policy debates & in the education of lawyers and law teachers from around the world. Credits: Tom Sturdy (Audio Post-Production), LSE...
2014-11-061h 33Autumn 2014 | Public lectures and events | VideoOn Fantasy Island: British politics, English judges and the European Convention on Human RightsContributor(s): Professor Conor Gearty | Conor Gearty unpicks the myths, illusions and downright lies that infect political engagement with human rights in Britain - and discussion of the Human Rights Act in particular. Conor Gearty (@conorgearty) is Director of the Institute of Public Affairs and a Professor of Human Rights Law at LSE. Keith Best is the Chair of the Wyndham Place Charlemagne Trust. LSE Law (@lselaw) is an integral part of the School's mission, plays a major role in policy debates & in the education of lawyers and law teachers from around the world. Credits: Tom Sturdy (Audio Post-Production), LSE...
2014-11-061h 33Autumn 2014 | Public lectures and events | Audio and pdfOn Fantasy Island: British politics, English judges and the European Convention on Human RightsContributor(s): Professor Conor Gearty | Conor Gearty unpicks the myths, illusions and downright lies that infect political engagement with human rights in Britain - and discussion of the Human Rights Act in particular. Conor Gearty (@conorgearty) is Director of the Institute of Public Affairs and a Professor of Human Rights Law at LSE. Keith Best is the Chair of the Wyndham Place Charlemagne Trust. LSE Law (@lselaw) is an integral part of the School's mission, plays a major role in policy debates & in the education of lawyers and law teachers from around the world. Credits: Tom Sturdy (Audio Post-Production), LSE...
2014-11-061h 332014 | LSE Public lectures and events | VideoRoger Graef in Conversation with Professor Conor GeartyContributor(s): Roger Graef, Professor Conor Gearty | This event celebrates the official opening of the new media studio at the London School of Economics and Political Science. The event will include BAFTA award winning film maker Roger Graef in conversation with Conor Gearty about his films, the impact they have had, and the challenges faced by film-makers today. Roger Graef is a criminologist and film-maker. Born in New York, he moved to Britain in 1962, where after nine years directing in the theatre, he moved to documentaries. He was a pioneer in the ‘fly on the wall’ school of unstaged observational film...
2014-09-301h 272014 | LSE Public lectures and events | Audio and pdfRoger Graef in Conversation with Professor Conor GeartyContributor(s): Roger Graef, Professor Conor Gearty | This event celebrates the official opening of the new media studio at the London School of Economics and Political Science. The event will include BAFTA award winning film maker Roger Graef in conversation with Conor Gearty about his films, the impact they have had, and the challenges faced by film-makers today. Roger Graef is a criminologist and film-maker. Born in New York, he moved to Britain in 1962, where after nine years directing in the theatre, he moved to documentaries. He was a pioneer in the ‘fly on the wall’ school of unstaged observational film...
2014-09-301h 27Autumn 2014 | Public lectures and events | VideoRoger Graef in Conversation with Professor Conor GeartyContributor(s): Roger Graef, Professor Conor Gearty | This event celebrates the official opening of the new media studio at the London School of Economics and Political Science. The event will include BAFTA award winning film maker Roger Graef in conversation with Conor Gearty about his films, the impact they have had, and the challenges faced by film-makers today. Roger Graef is a criminologist and film-maker. Born in New York, he moved to Britain in 1962, where after nine years directing in the theatre, he moved to documentaries. He was a pioneer in the ‘fly on the wall’ school of unstaged observational film...
2014-09-301h 27Autumn 2014 | Public lectures and events | Audio and pdfRoger Graef in Conversation with Professor Conor GeartyContributor(s): Roger Graef, Professor Conor Gearty | This event celebrates the official opening of the new media studio at the London School of Economics and Political Science. The event will include BAFTA award winning film maker Roger Graef in conversation with Conor Gearty about his films, the impact they have had, and the challenges faced by film-makers today. Roger Graef is a criminologist and film-maker. Born in New York, he moved to Britain in 1962, where after nine years directing in the theatre, he moved to documentaries. He was a pioneer in the ‘fly on the wall’ school of unstaged observational film...
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Gearty GrillingsGearty Grilling: Danny Quah on Democracy in ChinaContributor(s): Professor Danny Quah | Must China emulate the political and social order of the West in order to compete, or is it possible to deliver comparable social and economic benefits by a different route? The IPA's Professor Conor Gearty grills Professor Danny Quah on the virtues and principles of Chinese democracy. Credits: Jon Adams (Filming and Editing), Tom Sturdy (Audio Recording), Jo Bale (Researcher and Producer).
2014-07-0205 minConstitutionUKCrowdsourcing a UK Constitution - The Equality of Esteem [Video]Contributor(s): The University of Strathclyde, Professor Conor Gearty | Conor Gearty interviews students at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow on the value of equality of esteem.
2014-06-2506 minConstitutionUKCrowdsourcing a UK Constitution - The Guarantee of Human Security [Video]Contributor(s): Ripplez CIC, Professor Conor Gearty | Conor Gearty asks young mothers in Derby about the meaning and importance of human security.
2014-06-2405 minGearty GrillingsGearty Grilling: Heather Jones on World War IContributor(s): Dr Heather Jones | Dr Heather Jones, of the Department of International History, talks to Conor Gearty about why Britain willingly entered the First World War, and the socio-historical role the conflict plays in shaping national identity today.
Socio-historical role the conflict plays in shaping national identity today.
2014-06-1105 minGearty GrillingsGearty Grilling: Christine Chinkin on violence against women and fact-finding in GazaContributor(s): Professor Christine Chinkin | Christine Chinkin, Professor of International Law, is grilled by Conor Gearty on a new European convention to combat violence against women, and her experiences on a UN fact-finding mission in Gaza. Credits: Jon Adams (Filming and Editing), Tom Sturdy (Audio Recording), Jo Bale (Researcher and Producer)
2014-06-0405 minGearty GrillingsGearty Grilling: Tim Besley on the economic crisisContributor(s): Professor Tim Besley | Conor Gearty grills Tim Besley, School Professor of Economics and Political Science at LSE and former member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee.
2014-05-0705 minGearty GrillingsGearty Grilling: Tony Travers On DecentralisationContributor(s): Professor Tony Travers | In the first of a new series of weekly video debates from LSE's Institute of Public Affairs, Tony Travers, director of LSE London, argues that Britain would be better governed if more powers were moved to local government. Conor Gearty, director of the IPA and professor of human rights law, will be subjecting LSE academics to a five-minute grilling on their research and ideas in the new series, called The Gearty Grillings.
2014-04-3005 min
Institute of Public AffairsThe merits or otherwise of a new UK Constitution [Video]Contributor(s): Professor Conor Gearty, Diego Soto-Miranda | Professor Conor Gearty interviews London barrister and LSE graduate Diego Soto-Miranda about his background and what a UK Constitution would mean to him.
2014-03-1006 min
The CPL Sir David Williams Lecture Podcast'Not in the Public Interest': The 2014 Sir David Williams LectureOn Friday 21 February 2014, Conor Gearty of LSE and Matrix Chambers, delivered the 2014 Sir David Williams Lecture entitled "Not in the Public Interest".
The Sir David Williams Lecture is an annual address delivered by a guest lecturer in honour of Sir David Williams, Emeritus Rouse Ball Professor of English Law and Emeritus Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University.
More information about this lecture, including photographs from the event, is available from the Centre for Public Law website at http://www.cpl.law.cam.ac.uk/sir_david_williams_lectures/
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The CPL Sir David Williams Lecture Podcast'Not in the Public Interest': The 2014 Sir David Williams LectureOn Friday 21 February 2014, Conor Gearty of LSE and Matrix Chambers, delivered the 2014 Sir David Williams Lecture entitled "Not in the Public Interest". The Sir David Williams Lecture is an annual address delivered by a guest lecturer in honour of Sir David Williams, Emeritus Rouse Ball Professor of English Law and Emeritus Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University. More information about this lecture, including photographs from the event, is available from the Centre for Public Law website at:https://www.cpl.law.cam.ac.uk/sir-david-williams-lectures/professor-conor-gearty-not-public-interest
2014-02-2149 minPublic Lectures from the Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge'Not in the Public Interest': The 2014 Sir David Williams LectureOn Friday 21 February 2014, Conor Gearty of LSE and Matrix Chambers, delivered the 2014 Sir David Williams Lecture entitled "Not in the Public Interest". The Sir David Williams Lecture is an annual address delivered by a guest lecturer in honour of Sir David Williams, Emeritus Rouse Ball Professor of English Law and Emeritus Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University. More information about this lecture, including photographs from the event, is available from the Centre for Public Law website at:https://www.cpl.law.cam.ac.uk/sir-david-williams-lectures/professor-conor-gearty-not-public-interest
2014-02-2149 minInstitute of Public AffairsLSE Guerrilla Lectures – What the Hell?! [Video]Contributor(s): Professor Eileen Barker, Dr Matthew Engelke, Revd Dr James Walters, and Professor Conor Gearty | Forget traditional lecture halls and think, instead, an intellectual form of a flash mob. That’s the concept of guerrilla lectures, the first of which happened on 24 October in the crypt of Westminster Cathedral. Keen to experience a unique, engaging, thought-provoking evening, queues of undergraduates, postgraduates and non-academic LSE staff began forming an hour in advance without knowing where they were going or the subject of the lecture. The event, which was eventually revealed to be a discussion about “Hell” led to, as Professor Gearty...
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Dahrendorf SymposiumConor Gearty on the Dahrendorf Symposium 2013 [Video]Contributor(s): Conor Gearty | Conor Gearty is the Chair of the Working Group on the Social Legal Aspects of Climate Change at the Dahrendorf Symposium 2013. Conor is Director of LSE's Institute of Public Affairs and Professor of Human Rights Law in the LSE Law Department. He currently leads a project on crowd sourcing a new UK constitution. 'Changing the European debate: Focus on Climate Change. Dahrendorf Symposium 2013' is a joint initiative of the Hertie School, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and Stiftung Mercator.
2013-11-1502 min
LSE Review of BooksLSE Review of Books | LSE Literary Festival 2013 | Academic Inspiration: Favourite works of fictionIn this special LSE Literary Festival series, the LSE Review of Books blog asked prominent LSE professors to read from their favourite works of fiction, building on the Academic Inspiration series on their blog, LSEReviewofbooks.com. Professor of Human Rights Law Conor Gearty reads from The Trial, Centennial Professor at Gender Institute Mary Evans from Little Women, and Sonia Livingstone, Professor of Social Psychology, Department of Media and Communications from The Warden.
Presented by Amy Mollett. Produced by Cheryl Brumley. Contributors: Conor Gearty, Mary Evans, Sonia Livingstone. Music and sound came courtesy of the following contributors at the FreeMusicArchive.org...
2013-06-1008 minSpring 2013 | Public lectures and events | VideoLiterary Festival 2013: Austerity on TrialContributor(s): Hugh Tomlinson QC, Karon Monaghan QC, Jamie Burton, Martin Howe QC, Richard Honey, Tim Frost, Will Hutton, Andrew Lilico, Ruth Porter, Magdalena Sepulveda, Polly Toynbee | Organisers: Professor Conor Gearty, Professor of Human Rights Law, LSE; Professor Aoife Nolan, Professor of International Human Rights Law, The University of Nottingham. Introduction: Conor Gearty (LSE Department of Law) and Aoife Nolan (Just Fair). Judge: Hugh Tomlinson QC (Matrix Chambers). Prosecution: led by Karon Monaghan QC (Matrix Chambers) with Jamie Burton (Doughty Street). Defence: led by Martin Howe QC (8 New Square) with Richard Honey (Francis Taylor Building). Expert Witnesses: Tim Frost (Cairn...
2013-03-012h 15Spring 2013 | Public lectures and events | Audio and pdfLiterary Festival 2013: Austerity on TrialContributor(s): Hugh Tomlinson QC, Karon Monaghan QC, Jamie Burton, Martin Howe QC, Richard Honey, Tim Frost, Will Hutton, Andrew Lilico, Ruth Porter, Magdalena Sepulveda, Polly Toynbee | Organisers: Professor Conor Gearty, Professor of Human Rights Law, LSE; Professor Aoife Nolan, Professor of International Human Rights Law, The University of Nottingham. Introduction: Conor Gearty (LSE Department of Law) and Aoife Nolan (Just Fair). Judge: Hugh Tomlinson QC (Matrix Chambers). Prosecution: led by Karon Monaghan QC (Matrix Chambers) with Jamie Burton (Doughty Street). Defence: led by Martin Howe QC (8 New Square) with Richard Honey (Francis Taylor Building). Expert Witnesses: Tim Frost (Cairn...
2013-03-012h 15Spring 2013 | Public lectures and events | VideoLiberty and Security in the World Today: why we are all neo-democrats and what we should do about itContributor(s): Professor Conor Gearty, Dr Devika Hovell | Leading human rights lawyer Professor Conor Gearty speaks about his new book Liberty and Security with Dr Devika Hovell. Conor Gearty is professor of human rights law at LSE. Devika Hovell is a lecturer in public international law at LSE.
2013-02-191h 30Spring 2013 | Public lectures and events | Audio and pdfLiberty and Security in the World Today: why we are all neo-democrats and what we should do about itContributor(s): Professor Conor Gearty, Dr Devika Hovell | Leading human rights lawyer Professor Conor Gearty speaks about his new book Liberty and Security with Dr Devika Hovell. Conor Gearty is professor of human rights law at LSE. Devika Hovell is a lecturer in public international law at LSE.
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LSE Review of BooksLSE Literary Festival - Academic Inspiration: Favourite works of fiction [Audio]Contributor(s): Conor Gearty, Mary Evans, Sonia Livingstone | In this special LSE Literary Festival series, the LSE Review of Books blog asked prominent LSE professors to read from their favourite works of fiction, building on the Academic Inspiration series on their blog, LSEReviewofbooks.com. Professor of Human Rights Law Conor Gearty reads from The Trial, Centennial Professor at Gender Institute Mary Evans from Little Women, and Sonia Livingstone, Professor of Social Psychology, Department of Media and Communications from The Warden. Presented by Amy Mollett. Produced by Cheryl Brumley. Contributors: Conor Gearty, Mary Evans, Sonia Livingstone. Music and sound came courtesy...
2013-02-1508 minLSE Review of Books | AudioLSE Literary Festival - Academic Inspiration: Favourite works of fiction [Audio]Contributor(s): Conor Gearty, Mary Evans, Sonia Livingstone | In this special LSE Literary Festival series, the LSE Review of Books blog asked prominent LSE professors to read from their favourite works of fiction, building on the Academic Inspiration series on their blog, LSEReviewofbooks.com. Professor of Human Rights Law Conor Gearty reads from The Trial, Centennial Professor at Gender Institute Mary Evans from Little Women, and Sonia Livingstone, Professor of Social Psychology, Department of Media and Communications from The Warden. Presented by Amy Mollett. Produced by Cheryl Brumley. Contributors: Conor Gearty, Mary Evans, Sonia Livingstone. Music and sound came courtesy...
2013-02-1508 minAutumn 2012 | Public lectures and events | Audio and pdfShould the Human Rights Act be replaced with a New Bill of Rights?Contributor(s): Professor Conor Gearty, Professor Francesca Klug, Dr Michael Pinto-Duschinsky | A debate on the value of the Human Rights Act against a British Bill of Rights. Conor Gearty is professor of law at LSE. Francesca Klug is a professorial research fellow at LSE and director of the Human Rights Futures Project. Michael Pinto-Duschinsky is a senior consultant on constitutional affairs at Policy Exchange and was formerly a member of the UK commission on a bill of rights.
2012-11-221h 26Autumn 2012 | Public lectures and events | VideoShould the Human Rights Act be replaced with a New Bill of Rights?Contributor(s): Professor Conor Gearty, Professor Francesca Klug, Dr Michael Pinto-Duschinsky | A debate on the value of the Human Rights Act against a British Bill of Rights. Conor Gearty is professor of law at LSE. Francesca Klug is a professorial research fellow at LSE and director of the Human Rights Futures Project. Michael Pinto-Duschinsky is a senior consultant on constitutional affairs at Policy Exchange and was formerly a member of the UK commission on a bill of rights.
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Centre for Public Law (CPL) Podcast'Liberty and Security' - Conor Gearty: CPL/LWOB LectureOn Thursday 23rd February 2012, Conor Gearty of LSE and Matrix Chambers delivered a lecture entitled "Liberty and Security" as a guest of the Centre for Public Law (CPL) and Lawyers Without Borders (LWOB).More information about the Centre is available at the Centre for Public Law website at http://www.cpl.law.cam.ac.uk/ and on LWOB at http://www.srcf.ucam.org/lwob/
2012-02-2746 minPublic Lectures from the Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge'Liberty and Security' - Conor Gearty: CPL/LWOB LectureOn Thursday 23rd February 2012, Conor Gearty of LSE and Matrix Chambers delivered a lecture entitled "Liberty and Security" as a guest of the Centre for Public Law (CPL) and Lawyers Without Borders (LWOB).More information about the Centre is available at the Centre for Public Law website at http://www.cpl.law.cam.ac.uk/ and on LWOB at http://www.srcf.ucam.org/lwob/
2012-02-2746 minSpring 2012 | Public lectures and events | Audio and pdfThe Burning Issue: The DNA of Human RightsContributor(s): Professor Conor Gearty | 'What are human rights and where do they come from?', asks Professor Conor Gearty in the latest Burning Issue lecture from the London School of Economics and Political Science. Gearty, a professor of human rights law and a practising barrister, looks at the history of human rights and ideas that have informed their development such as democracy and dignity. He challenges the notion that human rights are a western idea, a mere 'cultural accessory', or that they can be used to justify 'necessary evil' – as an excuse to go to war or to torture as...
2012-02-2448 minSpring 2012 | Public lectures and events | VideoThe Burning Issue: The DNA of Human RightsContributor(s): Professor Conor Gearty | 'What are human rights and where do they come from?', asks Professor Conor Gearty in the latest Burning Issue lecture from the London School of Economics and Political Science. Gearty, a professor of human rights law and a practising barrister, looks at the history of human rights and ideas that have informed their development such as democracy and dignity. He challenges the notion that human rights are a western idea, a mere 'cultural accessory', or that they can be used to justify 'necessary evil' – as an excuse to go to war or to torture as...
2012-02-2448 minSpring 2012 | Public lectures and events | Audio and pdfThe Burning Issue: Right to DieContributor(s): Professor Emily Jackson | In a humane society, should it be legal to help those who are suffering terribly to end their lives? Emily Jackson, professor of law at LSE, tackles this provocative issue in a public lecture entitled ‘Right to Die’. Professor Jackson looks at how the law deals with the issue of assisted dying. While there is an absolute prohibition on assisting someone to kill themselves in the UK, Jackson shows that the line drawn between lawful and unlawful practices which may lead to someone’s death, is not clear cut. She asks whether the law draws the li...
2012-02-161h 08Spring 2012 | Public lectures and events | Audio and pdfThe Burning Issue: Parasites - enemy of the poorContributor(s): Professor Tim Allen | For millions of the world's poor, parasitic infections can be debilitating or even lethal. There are high hopes for new mass medication programmes but treatment has not always proceeded as planned, and in some cases there has been fierce local resistance. In this Burning Issue public lecture, Tim Allen – professor of development anthropology – will examine the facts, the failures and the future of our fight against one of humankind's most endemic invisible enemies. The lecture is the first of LSE's 'Burning Issues' lectures – a short series of interactive talks designed with a public audience in mind...
2012-01-3052 minSpring 2011 | Public lectures and events | Audio and pdfLiterary Festival 2011 - This House Believes that the Future of Rights is Left not RightContributor(s): David Davis MP, Professor Conor Gearty | For the past twenty weeks Conor Gearty has been writing a collaborative book online, at www.therightsfuture.com, with an essay appearing weekly alongside regular longer items and occasional brief remarks on current affairs, with each post being open for comment from the general public. Many have replied with dedication and commitment. The result is a series of essays, discussions and critical engagements addressing such issues as the meaning of human rights, the relationship between human rights and political action, and the role of religion in human rights. Essays have included 'Do...
2011-02-171h 26Spring 2011 | Public lectures and events | VideoLiterary Festival 2011 - This House Believes that the Future of Rights is Left not RightContributor(s): David Davis MP, Professor Conor Gearty | For the past twenty weeks Conor Gearty has been writing a collaborative book online, at www.therightsfuture.com, with an essay appearing weekly alongside regular longer items and occasional brief remarks on current affairs, with each post being open for comment from the general public. Many have replied with dedication and commitment. The result is a series of essays, discussions and critical engagements addressing such issues as the meaning of human rights, the relationship between human rights and political action, and the role of religion in human rights. Essays have included 'Do...
2011-02-171h 26Spring 2011 | Public lectures and events | Audio and pdfLiterary Festival 2011 - This House Believes that the Future of Rights is Left not RightContributor(s): David Davis MP, Professor Conor Gearty | For the past twenty weeks Conor Gearty has been writing a collaborative book online, at www.therightsfuture.com, with an essay appearing weekly alongside regular longer items and occasional brief remarks on current affairs, with each post being open for comment from the general public. Many have replied with dedication and commitment. The result is a series of essays, discussions and critical engagements addressing such issues as the meaning of human rights, the relationship between human rights and political action, and the role of religion in human rights. Essays have included 'Do...
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UCD Humanities Institute PodcastConor Gearty. Human Rights - seductive, dangerous, and necessaryProfessor Conor Gearty (Professor of Human Rights Law, London School of Economics and Political Science)
2011-01-211h 11Autumn 2010 | Public lectures and events | VideoThe Rights' FutureContributor(s): Professor Costas Douzinas, Professor Conor Gearty, Professor Francesca Klug, David Lammy | Conor Gearty joins invited guests to initiate 'The Rights' Future' a collaborative writing project aimed at the production of a book to be launched at LSE's literary festival early in 2011. Starting this evening with his RIGHTS' MANIFESTO, Gearty will release a series of weekly essays onto the web which will probe the history of human rights, address their present state in the world and map out some of the possible futures that await this morally important but highly contested phrase.
2010-10-061h 28Autumn 2010 | Public lectures and events | Audio and pdfThe Rights' FutureContributor(s): Professor Costas Douzinas, Professor Conor Gearty, Professor Francesca Klug, David Lammy | Conor Gearty joins invited guests to initiate 'The Rights' Future' a collaborative writing project aimed at the production of a book to be launched at LSE's literary festival early in 2011. Starting this evening with his RIGHTS' MANIFESTO, Gearty will release a series of weekly essays onto the web which will probe the history of human rights, address their present state in the world and map out some of the possible futures that await this morally important but highly contested phrase.
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About LSEThe professor's storyContributor(s): Professor Conor Gearty, Adam Sandell, Heather Rogers QC, Eno Alfred | In the first of an initial series of three videos, Professor Conor Gearty, professor of law and head of human rights at LSE, talks of his passion for teaching - and what makes teaching at LSE so special. 'One of the remarkable features of a successful institution such as LSE's Department of Law is that... most of the colleagues are teaching stuff of which they are a part and that makes for good teaching at university level,' he argues, as the video follows him from lecture theatre...
2009-06-1108 minSummer 2009 | Public lectures and events | Audio and pdfHuman Rights after Darwin: is a general theory of human rights now possible?Contributor(s): Professor Conor Gearty | Conor Gearty speculates about the ongoing search for truth in human rights and reflects on his seven years as director of the Centre for the Study of Human Rights at LSE.
2009-05-071h 26Summer 2009 | Public lectures and events | VideoHuman Rights after Darwin: is a general theory of human rights now possible?Contributor(s): Professor Conor Gearty | Conor Gearty speculates about the ongoing search for truth in human rights and reflects on his seven years as director of the Centre for the Study of Human Rights at LSE.
2009-05-071h 26Summer 2009 | Public lectures and events | VideoHuman Rights after Darwin: is a general theory of human rights now possible?Contributor(s): Professor Conor Gearty | Conor Gearty speculates about the ongoing search for truth in human rights and reflects on his seven years as director of the Centre for the Study of Human Rights at LSE.
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