Legal conference on equality protections in goods and services on 21 May 2010 in Dublin

The  Equality  Authority  will  hold  a  legal  conference  on the theme of equality  protections in goods and services.  The conference is aimed at an EU  and  Irish  audience  of  legal practitioners, policymakers, academics, students, Equality NGOs and social partners.

The speakers will include:

 - Professor Mark Bell, University of Leicester will discuss the anticipated impact of the proposed new EU directive, including in terms of the treatment of multiple discrimination;

 - Lilla Farkas of the Migration Policy Group will address race and education in a comparative EU context;

 - Dr Tony McGlennan from the Bar of Northern Ireland will explore religion and sexual orientation and their interface from a Northern Ireland perspective;

 - Colm O Cinneide, University College London will discuss multiple discrimination and the distinctions between discrimination grounds in EU law;

 - Geraldine Hynes, solicitor with the Equality Authority, will examine caselaw on financial services;

 - Carol Ann Woulfe, solicitor with the Equality Authority, will speak about disability discrimination in education;

 - Garret O'Neill, solicitor with the Equality Authority, will look at discrimination and public housing accommodation services, caselaw and progress made.

The  Hon.  Mr.  Justice Nial Fennelly, Judge of the Supreme Court (Ireland) and  former  judge of the European Court of Justice, will be one of the two conference chairs.

Admission  to  the  conference  is  free.  A full conference programme will shortly be available on the Equality Authority website: www.equality.ie.

If  you  would  like  to attend this conference, please return the attached booking  form  by  email to info@equality.ie by Monday 10 May 2010.  Please ensure  that  you  save  the  completed  registration form as a Word 1997/2003 file, and include the words "Expanding Equality Protections" in the subject line.

Downloadable file

Booking form (Word, 101Kb)

This conference is co-funded by the European Union under the PROGRESS Programme 2007-2013