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15th May 2012: Haldane Society and the Institute for Employment Rights: "Trade Unions in a time of austerity"
Mark Serwotka, General Secretary PCS Union and Christine Blower, General Secretary National Union of Teachers, in conversation with Haldane Society Vice-President John Hendy QC. Talk organised jointly between the Haldane Society and the Institute for Employment Rights. What is the role of trade unions at work and in society? How can they best defend the pay, pensions and jobs of their members? Two trade union general secretaries at the forefront of the fight to save pensions, will meet to discuss their thoughts on trade unions in a time of austerity.
Free Admission. 6.30pm, The Diskus Conference Centre, Unite House, 128 Theobald's Road, Holborn, London, WC1X 8TN
£10 to legal practitioners requiring CPD points, to book email: carolyns@ier.org.uk
19th June 2012: The truth about the rule of law, democracy, and human rights in the Ukraine: Recent cases - what can we learn from them?
Speaker: Valentyna Telychenko. Meeting organised jointly between the Haldane Society, the Institute for Advanced Legal Studies and the Solicitors International Human Rights Group.
Valentyna Telychenko is well-known as the defence lawyer of Myroslava Gongadze in the murder case of her husband, journalist Georgiy Gongadze. Recently, Ms Telychenko has taken on the case of Yuriy Lutsenko (former Minister of Interior) and Yulia Tymoshenko (Ukraine's former Prime-Minister) in the European Court of Human Rights.
In addition to her legal practice, Ms. Telychenko has extensive experience in human rights campaigns and public activity ranging from membership of the Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union (UHHRU) during the perestroika of the 1980s, to participation in the updating of election legislation. She has written numerous analytical reports on judicial reform, human rights and the rule of law in Ukraine. Miroslava Gongadze will provide additional commentary.
6pm - 7.30pm. Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, Charles Clore House, 17 Russell Square, London WC1B 5DR.
To register, please email: IALS.Events@sas.ac.uk
Haldane Society supports our comrades in Zimbabwe:
Munayardze Gwisai, Tafadzwa Choto, Tatenda Mombeyara, Edson Chakuma, Hopewell Gumbo and Welcome Zimuto, who were convicted at the Harare Magistrates' court on 19th March 2012 of charges of conspiracy to commit public violence and has written in protest to the Zimbabwean Ambassador.
Haldane Society supports David Rabelo, political prisoner in Colombia, whose trial opened on 20th March 2012.
Socialist Lawyer 60th edition: Coming Soon!
Socialist Lawyer celebrates its very own diamond jubilee with this the 60th edition of the magazine. In anticipation of the upcoming Defending Human Rights Defenders conference on 24th February 2012 this edition is full of reports of those working in defence of human rights in the UK and across the globe. There are accounts from East Jerusalem to Mexico. The regular column from Young Legal Aid Lawyers provides a reminder that the struggle to save legal aid continues as the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill takes its passage through Parliament. The South African lawyer and peace facilitator Brian Currin provides his analysis of the ceasefire announced by Eta in October 2011. Also featured is artwork by the artist Ruth Ewan whose work brings political activism both into the gallery and out into the public space.
New Haldane YouTube Channel:
Check the channel for regular video updates of our lectures and events.
"The Case for Legal Aid" by Charlie Dobson.
