Masterclass: Trafficking

When: 9.30am-4pm, Friday 10th February 2012
Where: Distillery Building, 147-151 Church St., Dublin 7

The course will cover the law, policy and practice relating to the treatment of trafficking victims, including in the appeals system and key points in the Refugee Convention, how they should be applied and with an emphasis on identification.

Speakers:            Colin Smith BL, Patricia Brazil BL and Louise Hooper, Barrister-at-Law, London

Colin Smith BL is a barrister specialising in international law. He lectures in international humanitarian law in Trinity College Dublin and has worked in Chambers at the Special Court for Sierra Leone in Freetown and in the War Crimes Division of the Office of the Prosecutor at the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Sarajevo. He is Treasurer of the Irish Society of  International Law and is a member of the Irish Red Cross International Working Group.

Patricia Brazil LL.B., M.Litt, Barrister-at-Law is the Averil Deverell Lecturer in Law at Trinity College Dublin where she teaches Refugee and Immigration Law, Family Law and Child Law. Patricia is a practising barrister specialising in asylum/immigration and child law.

Louise Hooper is a barrister at Garden Court Chambers in London with particular expertise in trafficking cases. She has worked on issues related to trafficking and trafficking policy at a national and international level with both the ODIHR and ATLeP (Anti Trafficking Legal Project).  In 2011 she was engaged as a legal research consultant for ECPAT to produce country reports on child trafficking and conducted a fact-finding mission to Nigeria to investigate issues of human trafficking funded by ODIHR.

5 CPD points available

BOOKING:  http://masterclassfeb2012.eventbrite.com/

Barristers (more than 5 years’ practice) and solicitors: €55

All others (barristers with less than 5 years’ practice, NGO staff/volunteers, state employees, students): €35

Plus 10% discount for IRC members

There is a 10% reduction for IRC members.  There is a separate 10% reduction for multiple courses booked and paid for at one time.  Contact sharon@irishrefugeecouncil.ie for further information.  The classes are costed to cover costs only.  Costs are reduced for members of the IRC and for those who book and pay for more than one class at a time.  The IRC is willing to consider reducing the costs on an individual basis for those without a  regular income.  Any such requests should be made to Sharon Waters at sharon@irishrefugeecouncil.ie.