Conference Programme
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DAY 1 – Thursday 23rd November 2017
9:45 – 10:00 | Welcome and Opening Words by Chair of DSA Ireland, Mary van Lieshout |
10:00 - 10.45 | Opening Keynote Address: “Why a human rights based approach is essential to sustainable development: the link between human rights and the Sustainable Development Goals” Andrew Gilmour, Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights |
10.45 - 11.30 | Keynote Address: "Realising rights for people with disabilities globally: exploring double and triple discrimination based on intersecting identities" Dr. Mary Keogh, Senior Advisor on Disability and Gender Equality, CBM International |
11.30 - 12.00 | Coffee Break |
12.00 - 13.30 | Parallel Sessions 1 (see below) |
13.30 - 14.30 | Lunch / Annual General Meeting / Post-graduate Students Sessions |
14.30 - 16.00 | Parallel Sessions 2 |
16:00 - 17:30 | Buffet Reception |
DAY 2 – Friday 24th November 2017
9.45-10.30 | Invited Speaker: "Development through rights: unicorns, passing ships or the possible democratic politics of socioeconomic rights" Dr. Su-ming Khoo, School of Political Science and Sociology, National University of Ireland, Galway. |
10.30-11.00 | Coffee Break |
11.00-12.30 | Parallel Sessions 3 |
12.30-13.30 | Lunch |
13.30-15.00 | Parallel Sessions 4 |
15.00-16.20 | Plenary Roundtable: Protecting the Investment in Rights Based Development: Multi sectoral Perspectives. Speakers:
Chair: Nicola Brennan, Irish Aid |
16.20-16.30 | Closing Remarks: Mary van Lieshout, Chair of DSAI |