All staff and students are welcome to attend the second Human Rights Lecture which will be given by Dame Anne Owers‚ Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Prisons 2001–2010.
‘Prisons and the Protection of Human Rights’
This lecture will deal with why human rights in closed environments such as prisons are important, and are protected in both international and national standards. It will look at the practical mechanisms that exist, inside and outside the prison system, to monitor and protect them, and the broad findings of inspections and reviews.
There will be an end of lecture collection for Amnesty International.
Tea and coffee will be provided in the South Corridor before the lecture at 5:30pm, the lecture begins at 6pm and it will be followed by a drink reception.
This lecture is sponsored jointly by the Faculties of Humanities and Business and Law, and the Southampton Group of Amnesty International.
Venue: Lecture Theatre A, Avenue Campus.
PLEASE NOTE you must be registered to be able to attend this lecture.
Contact Tracy Storey on [email protected] to register.