The Human Rights Office organises conferences concerning human rights issues on a regular basis. Conferences are open to all who are interested (whether or not professionally) in the subjects dealt with.
THE RULE OF LAW, DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS
On 15 February 2025, a conference was held on the occasion of the 800th Anniversary of the 1225 Magna Carta, on the subject of The Rule of Law, Democracy and Human Rights. Speakers were Mark Gill of the Magna Carta Trust on the Magna Carta of 1225; Dr Machteld Inge van Dooren, LL.M. on her research report entitled “The Rule of Law, Democracy and Human Rights After the Celebration of 800 Years Magna Carta 1215”; and Adam Price, Chair of the Sunlight Development Trust, on the history and wellbeing work of the Sunlight Centre. The conference also included some activities.
A major Conference took place in 2015:
MAGNA CARTA 800 YEARS
Main Conference: Monday 15th June and Tuesday 16th June 2015 (Speakers included a human rights lawyer, historian, solicitor, humanist, and philosopher)
Workshops: 17th and 18th June 2015 (Subjects included politics, discrimination, migration, freedom of expression, education and workers’ rights)
Venue: The Ward Room, University of Greenwich, Medway Campus, Chatham Maritime, Kent
For more details see www.magnacarta800medway.org .
Conference held in 2014:
FREEDOM OF RELIGION
Saturday 21st June 2014 from 10 am to 3 pm
Venue: Chatham Unitarian Church, New Road Avenue, corner of Hamond Hill, Chatham, Kent
Previous Conferences held include:
- Freedom of Thought (legal, philosophical and practical aspects), 10 June 2002
- Right to Work, 20 June 2003
- Right to Life, 4 June 2004
- Integration: a Right or a Duty?, 20-21 May 2005
- Human Rights for Aliens’ Children, 10 June 2006
- Basic Needs, 2 May 2007
- Magna Carta as a Human Rights Document: Its Relevance Today, 17 May 2008 and 7 November 2008
- The Right to Health for Aliens, 6 June 2009
Conference reports have been published in the series RBM under ISSN 1570-3002.