This is a free event, open to the general public and local children and students with the research of the Constitutions, Rights and Justice Research Group.
The schedule for the day includes insightful presentations, which discuss topics surrounding the nature of constitutions, different categories of rights (i.e., social, political, legal and employment) and the importance of justice in its many forms.
Agenda for the day
Find the agenda for the 2025 conference below.
Please note this could be subject to change.
| Time | Name | Room | Title | Speaker |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10:00am | Session 1A | Meeting Room 2 | Human Rights and Children’s rights: What are they and why do they matter? | Dr Michael Lane |
| 10:00am | Session 1B | Meeting Room 3 | The Not So Swinging 60s: When Britain Exiled Islanders from their Homeland | Dr Chris Monaghan |
| 10:40am | Session 2A | Meeting Room 2 | When Jurors Go Rogue | Nicola Monaghan |
| 10:40am | Session 2B | Meeting Room 3 | Colonial Legacies in Museums and the Pursuit of Narrative Justice | Dr Isabel Gilbert |
| 11:20am | Session 3. Keynote A | Studio | The Impact of Systemic Failure on Communities of Women with Experience of Complex Disadvantage and Trauma | Dr Beverley Gilbert |
| 12:00am | Lunch Break | |||
| 1:00pm | Session 4A | Meeting Room 2 | Inordinate Delays: An inmate’s Journey on Death Row | Dr Nkem Adeleye |
| 1:00pm | Session 4B | Meeting Room 3 | From Violence to Unity: A Criminological Analysis of the UK Summer 2024 Riots and the Rise of Hate Narratives | Dr Mikahil Azad |
| 1:40pm | Session 5A | Meeting Room 2 | The “American Experiment” | Dr Wendy Toon |
| 1:40pm | Session 5B | Meeting Room 3 | Ask a Judge-Does the punishment fit the crime? | HH Daniel Pearce-Higgins KC |
| 2:20pm | Session 6A | Meeting Room 2 | Family Law: Fact or Fiction? | Jenny Watkins |
| 2:20pm | Session 6B | Meeting Room 3 | Wrongs to rights: the importance of social rights to the criminal justice system | Dr Clive Sealey |
| 3:00pm | Session 7A | Meeting Room 2 | Mock Jury: You decide; Guilty or Not Guilty | Sarah Lloyd |
| 4:00pm | Break | |||
| 6:00pm | Keynote 2 | Studio | International Law and Alabama's Executions by Nitrogen Gas Asphyxiation | Professor Jon Yorke |
| 7:30pm | Close |