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Human Rights Act June 2006

Jewish Forum for Justice and Human Rights

Is the Human Rights Act in Danger – and does it matter?

Wednesday 21st June 2006 7.45pm for 8.00pm

Hampstead Town Hall, 213 Haverstock Hill, London, NW3

(near Belsize Park tube station)

Speakers

GEOFFREY BINDMAN

Chair of the British Institute of Human Rights, visiting Professor of Law at University College London and London South Bank University. He is a solicitor at Bindman & Partners and a member of JFJHR’s steering committee.

FRANCESCA KLUG

Professorial Research Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Human Rights at LSE and Director of the Human Rights Futures Project. She was one of the driving forces behind the UK's Human Rights Act and is author of Values for a Godless Age: The Story of the UK's Bill of Rights. She is a founder member of JFJHR.

MUSTAFA SULEYMAN

Trustee and former Chair, Muslim Youth Helpline. Currently Policy Officer in the London Mayor's office responsible for the Research Project on the Impact of the Human Rights Act on London's most vulnerable communities. He is also a trustee at the National Council for Voluntary Youth Services.

Chair LADY ELLEN DAHRENDORF

Historian and translator of Russian political works. Previously a lecturer at LSE and active in the campaign for human rights in the former Soviet Union. Until recently, she was the British Chair of the New Israel Fund and currently is a member of its International Council. She is a founder member of JFJHR. Tickets: £5 on the door; Concessions £3.

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