AHRI/ ILHRU University of Liverpool Northern UKI Human Rights Network Works
9:00am - 5:00pm /
Friday 6th February 2026
/ Venue: Ground floor, event space School of Law & Social Justice
Type: Workshop /
Category: Research
- slsjmret@liverpool.ac.uk
- Admission: All welcome, limited spaces. Free to attend
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Programme
09.00 - Coffee and Welcome
09.30 -11.00 hrs - Panel A Constitutional Law and Domestic Human Rights
Anne Smith (Ulster University) ‘Drafting Equality Clauses in Bills of Rights’
Jane Rooney (University of Durham) ‘Individual Psyche of Constituent Power: Abortion Activism in Ireland’
Xiaodi Jin (University of Durham) ‘Addressing Modern Slavery Risks for Female Migrant Domestic Workers in Hong Kong: Insights from the United Kingdom’
Dr Stuart Wallace (University of Leeds) ‘Are human rights protections even universal in the UK?’
Chair - Luke Graham
11.15 - 12.45 hrs - Panel B Non-Discrimination and the Human Rights of Vulnerable or Marginalised groups
Dimitrios Kagiaros (Durham University) ‘Minorities and Majoritarian Bias in the Case Law of the European Court of Human Rights’
Anoshay Fazal (University of Liverpool) ‘Addressing statelessness: The Right to Nationality As Customary International Law’
Kasey McCall-Smith (University of Edinburgh) ‘Solitary Confinement of Children and the Case that Never Was’
Tetyana (Tanya) Krupiy (Newcastle University) ‘Algorithmic exploitation: the role of the prohibition of discrimination in addressing algorithmic price discrimination’
Chair - TBC
12.45 - 13.30 Lunch
13.30 - 15.00 hrs - Panel C Human Rights, Nature and the Environment
Azadeh Chalabi, (University of Liverpool) ‘The Legal Status(es) of the Right to Environment under International Law’
Clare James (University of Leeds) ‘Antimicrobial resistance and human rights: a forgotten component in the fight against superbugs’
Linn Pfitzner (University of Edinburgh) ‘Towards a Holistic Interpretation of State Obligations in the Context of Climate Change’
Elaine Webster (University of Strathclyde) ‘Beyond Human Dignity’
Chair – TBC
15.00 - 16.45 hrs- Panel D Human Rights and the Wider Political Order – Past, Present and Future
Samara Sharaf (University of Manchester) ‘The Colonial Legacy on Human Rights’
Jeremy Letwin (Lancaster University) ‘Does the ECHR Enshrine Liberal Rights?’
Ikenna Njoku (University of Glasgow) ‘Beyond the Border: Tracing the Tactics of Extra-Territorial Power from Empire to Rendition’
Bruno Rodriguez Reveggino (University of Edinburgh) ‘The Collective Guarantee of Human Rights: Judicial Multilateralism in the Inter-American System’
Braulio Emiliano Garduño Ibarra (University of Liverpool) ‘Defining the Social and International Order of Article 28 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights’
Chair – TBC
17.00 - 18.30hrs - ILHRU Book Launch: Socio-Economic Rights In Times Of Crisis And Normality: Article 4 Limitations Under The International Covenant On Economic, Social And Cultural Rights by Amanda Cahill-Ripley, followed by wine reception (See attached details)
09.00 - Coffee and Welcome
09.30 -11.00 hrs - Panel A Constitutional Law and Domestic Human Rights
Anne Smith (Ulster University) ‘Drafting Equality Clauses in Bills of Rights’
Jane Rooney (University of Durham) ‘Individual Psyche of Constituent Power: Abortion Activism in Ireland’
Xiaodi Jin (University of Durham) ‘Addressing Modern Slavery Risks for Female Migrant Domestic Workers in Hong Kong: Insights from the United Kingdom’
Dr Stuart Wallace (University of Leeds) ‘Are human rights protections even universal in the UK?’
Chair - Luke Graham
11.15 - 12.45 hrs - Panel B Non-Discrimination and the Human Rights of Vulnerable or Marginalised groups
Dimitrios Kagiaros (Durham University) ‘Minorities and Majoritarian Bias in the Case Law of the European Court of Human Rights’
Anoshay Fazal (University of Liverpool) ‘Addressing statelessness: The Right to Nationality As Customary International Law’
Kasey McCall-Smith (University of Edinburgh) ‘Solitary Confinement of Children and the Case that Never Was’
Tetyana (Tanya) Krupiy (Newcastle University) ‘Algorithmic exploitation: the role of the prohibition of discrimination in addressing algorithmic price discrimination’
Chair - TBC
12.45 - 13.30 Lunch
13.30 - 15.00 hrs - Panel C Human Rights, Nature and the Environment
Azadeh Chalabi, (University of Liverpool) ‘The Legal Status(es) of the Right to Environment under International Law’
Clare James (University of Leeds) ‘Antimicrobial resistance and human rights: a forgotten component in the fight against superbugs’
Linn Pfitzner (University of Edinburgh) ‘Towards a Holistic Interpretation of State Obligations in the Context of Climate Change’
Elaine Webster (University of Strathclyde) ‘Beyond Human Dignity’
Chair – TBC
15.00 - 16.45 hrs- Panel D Human Rights and the Wider Political Order – Past, Present and Future
Samara Sharaf (University of Manchester) ‘The Colonial Legacy on Human Rights’
Jeremy Letwin (Lancaster University) ‘Does the ECHR Enshrine Liberal Rights?’
Ikenna Njoku (University of Glasgow) ‘Beyond the Border: Tracing the Tactics of Extra-Territorial Power from Empire to Rendition’
Bruno Rodriguez Reveggino (University of Edinburgh) ‘The Collective Guarantee of Human Rights: Judicial Multilateralism in the Inter-American System’
Braulio Emiliano Garduño Ibarra (University of Liverpool) ‘Defining the Social and International Order of Article 28 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights’
Chair – TBC
17.00 - 18.30hrs - ILHRU Book Launch: Socio-Economic Rights In Times Of Crisis And Normality: Article 4 Limitations Under The International Covenant On Economic, Social And Cultural Rights by Amanda Cahill-Ripley, followed by wine reception (See attached details)