Scottish Human Rights Law Group

* PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF VENUE FOR THIS EVENT *

Date: Monday, 2nd November, 2009

Time: 5:00 – 6:30p.m.

Venue: Lecture Theatre 175, Old College, South Bridge, Edinburgh.

CPD: 1.5 hours

Keynote Speaker: Tom Porteous, Director, Human Rights Watch, London

Since joining Human Rights Watch in October 2006 he has become a leading voice for the protection and promotion of human rights in policy discussions in the UK and in the UK media. As the voice of Human Rights Watch in London, he covers the full range of Human Rights Watch issues, but has focused in particular on the protection of Iraqi refugees and on UK counterterrorism policies at home and abroad. Before joining Human Rights Watch, Tom had notched up 25 years of experience working in journalism, conflict management and diplomacy in Africa, the Middle East, and Europe. In the 1980s and early 1990s he was a freelance correspondent for The Guardian newspaper, the BBC and other media, first in Cairo and later in Berlin and Morocco. Tom is a graduate of Oxford University where he studied Latin and Greek literature, ancient history and philosophy.

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