Founding Conference

Date: November 27 2004
Location: Royal National Hotel, London

The main event at the conference was an international discussion, 'Human Rights in the 21st Century', organised as follows :

'HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE WAR AGAINST TERROR'

Contributors:
Azmat Begg (father of Guantanamo detainee Moazzam Begg)
Louise Christian and Gareth Peirce(human rights lawyers)
Michael Ratner (Center for Constitutional Rights, USA)
Massoud Shadjareh (Islamic Human Rights Commission)
Moderator:
David Rose, author of 'Guantanamo - America's War on Human Rights'

'HUMAN RIGHTS - TODAY'S AGENDA'

Contributors:
Conor Gearty (Professor of Human Rights Law, LSE)
Adam Price MP (Plaid Cymru)
Vanessa Redgrave (co-founder of the Guantanamo Human Rights Commission)
Philippe Sands QC (Professor of International Law, UCL)
Liza Schuster (senior researcher on asylum and immigration)
Mark Seddon (journalist)
Phil Shiner (Public Interest Lawyers)
Burns Weston (Director of the University of Iowa Center for Human Rights)