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PILA Bulletin, 25 June 2010

PILA Bulletin, 25 June 2010

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Summary

In this week's bulletin:

  1. Government drops appeal in historic transgender case;
  2. Mr. Justice McKechnie nominated for appointment to Supreme Court;
  3. Marriage Equality "We Are Family" campaign;
  4. MRCI hosts roundtable on forced labour, and in UK: Victim of forced domestic labour receives justice;
  5. UK: Transgender woman wins legal battle to receive pension at 60;
  6. UK: Lord defends Human Rights Act in special lecture on Challenges of the new Supreme Court;
  7. UK: Camera surveillance project of predominantly Muslim area of Birmingham halted after threat of legal action from civil liberties group Liberty;
  8. UK: Public Legal Education Network releases new guide on principles and guidance for PLE providers;
  9. Hungary: Human rights victory in pro bono case for victims of anti-Roma school segregation;
  10. ECHR: Convention does not oblige states to ensure the right to marry to homosexual couples;
  11. ECHR: Greece found in breach of right to freedom of religion;
  12. New modules on Galway LL.M. in Public Law;
  13. The Thomson Reuters Foundation launches "TrustLaw";
  14. Events: The Bar Council hosts seminar "The Role of Lawyers in Environmental Protection", 30 June 2010;
  15. Irish Women Lawyers Association hosts conference on White Collar Crime, 3 July 2010;
  16. Judicial Review in Asylum Cases, seminar, 5 July 2010;
  17. Irish Penal Reform Trust hosts Open Forum 2010 - "Exploding Prisoner Numbers - Causes, Effects and Solutions" and seminar - "Litigating prison conditions", 13 July 2010.

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