10:00
Cambridge University
May 13
Room SG1
Across three panel sessions, we examine the social and political importance of assembly; its status as a legally-protected right at the national and international levels; and the boundaries of its legitimate regulation in practice. Panel 1: The Power and Politics of Assembly Panel 2: Claiming the Right of Peaceful Assembly Panel 3: Between Protection and Control: State Interventions and Assembly Speakers include: Agnès Callamard, Secretary General, Amnesty International Gina Romero, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights to Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and of Association Professor Greg Magarian, Professor of Law, Washington University School of Law Professor David Mead, Senior lecturer in the Law School, University of East Anglia Dr Kirsty Hughes, Associate Professor in Public Law, University of Cambridge Dr Orsolya Salat, Associate Professor, ELTE University Budapest Professor Pete Fussey, Professor of Criminology, University of Southampton Dr Hélène Tigroudja, Member of the United Nations Human Rights Committee Dr Illan Wall, University of Galway Dr Charmian Werren, Lecturer in Criminology, University of East Anglia