[Media-watch] David Lammy MP speaks HUMAN RIGHTS UNDER ATTACK - London

[Sigi D]

Hi, I bet that we will have some big big scary stories
in the papers  in order to get bad legislation through
parliament. 
Thus it might be good for us to get more background
info, facts, from the experts! And its free (and fun)
too.
Best 
Sigi
Lecture 
LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS 
ON THURSDAY 24 Feb 05, at 6- 7.30
You are warmly invited to join us for a public lecture
on 'Human rights under attack'

(This event is free and open to all and no ticket is
required)

Speaker: David Lammy MP
Chair: Dr Kate Malleson, Centre for the Study of Human
Rights
Date and time: 6-7.30pm, Thursday 24 February 2005
Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building, LSE (see
http://www.lse.ac.uk/resources/mapsAndDirections/howToGetToLSE.htm
for a location map)      


Abstract
Human rights controversies are rarely off the news
agenda. Blamed for everything from a compensation
culture to provision of pornography to prisoners, it
would be easy to think that the Human Rights Act
heralded the end of common sense. Yet the Government
that enacted it is now legislating again to establish
a new commission for equality and human rights. As an
election nears, David Lammy speaks about the state of
human rights in Britain today.


David Lammy was elected Member of Parliament for
Tottenham at the age of 27 in a by-election on 22nd
June 2000 following the death of Bernie Grant. David
is the youngest member of the Government having been
appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at
the Department for Constitutional Affairs on 13th June
2003. His responsibilities at the DCA include human
rights.

Prior to his role at the Department for Constitutional
Affairs, David Lammy was Parliamentary Under-Secretary
for Health. He was Parliamentary Private Secretary for
Rt Hon Estelle Morris at the Department of Education
and a member of the Greater London Authority with a
portfolio for Culture and Arts.

David Lammy was born on 19 July 1972. He studied Law
at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS)
in the University of London and was called to the Bar
of England and Wales in 1995. He achieved a Masters
degree in Law at the Harvard Law School in 1997. He
has practised in both England and the USA.

David is a trustee of the international development
charity ActionAid.





	
	
		
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