On Wednesday 13 November 2013 the Human Rights Centre, School of Law at Queen’s University Belfast are hosting a one day conference entitled ‘Challenging the Oppression of Lawyers in Times of Conflict’. It is open to anyone interested in conflict studies, politics, international relations, human rights, international law, justice and transitional justice. SPEAKERS…Continue reading CONFERENCE: Challenging the Oppression of Lawyers in Times of Conflict
Author: Hannah Russell
The Turkish-Kurdish Truce – Six Months On
Silencing the Guns “Times for guns to go silent” was the written declaration of Abdullah Öcalan, jailed leader of the Kurdish Workers’ Party (PKK). The declaration made on 21 March 2013, auspiciously also Newroz (the Kurdish New Year), marked the start of what was hoped to be a permanent truce between the PKK and Turkish…Continue reading The Turkish-Kurdish Truce – Six Months On
EVENT: Conference on the Kurdish Question in Turkey
On Wednesday 17 April 2013 the Queen’s University Belfast Law School, in association with the School of Politics, International Studies and Philosophy, are hosting a one-day conference that will bring together legal experts, academics, politicians, journalists and grass-roots activists with first-hand experience to ignite debate on the Kurdish question in Turkey. The conference programme is…Continue reading EVENT: Conference on the Kurdish Question in Turkey