Liberty Annual Conference 10 May 2003

This year, when Britain's commitment to human rights principles are under threat, Liberty's annual conference will consider the opportunities and challenges for creating a culture of rights. Using international examples the conference will open up the sometimes ‘litigation-bound' discussion of human rights and consider how the media, education and community outreach could aid our campaign for a society based on principles of equality and diversity.

The conference will be held on Saturday 10 May from 10am until 4pm at BPP Law School, 68-70 Red Lion Street, in central London. The fees are £35 or £20 for concessions. For more information and online booking visit http://www.liberty-human-rights.org.uk/events/conferences/index.shtml Confirmed speakers: Yasmin Anwar, former Commissioning Editor for Multicultural Programmes on Channel 4 Television. Vera Baird QC MP, Joint Committee on Human Rights Professor Kevin Boyle, Human Rights Centre, Essex University Yvette Cooper MP, Minister with responsibility for Human Rights, Lord Chancellors Department. Shami Chakrabarti, In House Counsel at Liberty. Professor Brice Dickson, Chief Commissioner of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission Sharmila Gandhi, Chief Executive, Bradford Vision Francesca Klug OBE, Professorial Research Fellow at the LSE Human Rights Centre. Dr Firoze Manji, Director of Fahamu Carrie Supple, project manager at the Citizenship Foundation. John Wadham, solicitor and Director of Liberty. Jenny Watson, Human Rights Consultant and author of Something for Everyone and The Human Rights Act Toolkit Candy Whittome, Co-director of the British Institute of Human Rights.