This is the final transcript from the London Convention, covering the second plenary session (entitled ‘How do we secure modern liberty?’)
The draft transcript which follows is unedited or requires further editing. It is provided strictly on the understanding that it may contain errors. In particular, it should NOT be considered a complete or correct record of proceedings.
THE CHAIR [...]
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Transcript: How do we secure modern liberty?
Philip Pullman’s keynote – The virtues of the state
PHILIP PULLMAN: In my ten minutes I want to say something about this nation as it might be, and about the virtues that sustain a living and waking nation. I’m not going to spend much time on the vices that undermine it, although, as every storyteller knows, it’s easier and more fun to talk about vice [...]
Read →Cardiff: A Welsh Perspective on the Future of Freedom
The second session of the Convention on Modern Liberty in Cardiff featured a selection of speakers from across Welsh public life. Some of the speakers comments included: Kirsty Williams, Welsh Lib Dem leader, warned of the dangers of small changes happening now becoming bigger changes later, and a need to establish the rights our forefathers [...]
Read →Transcript: Can liberty survive the slump?
From the London session on ‘Can liberty survive the slump?’
DAVID EDGAR (Chair): This is “Can Liberty Survive The Slump?” and I’m David Edgar, and I’m a playwright. And I’m going to introduce the speakers and then ask them to talk for the proverbial five to seven minutes and then possibly I will ask a couple [...]
Read →Belfast: Devolving criminal justice and policing – human rights considerations…
The discussion ‘Devolving criminal justice and policing – human rights considerations’ addressed how devolution could create a culture of human rights within the criminal justice system, thereby increasing transparency and accountability. The panel, composed of representatives of the main political parties at Stormont, noted that devolution of policing and justice remains the final element of [...]
Read →Cardiff: Human Rights, Democracy and Governance
We’ve finished our morning session here in Cardiff, and we’ve had a variety of interesting cross-party speakers in a discussion on ‘Human Rights, Democracy and Governance’. Despite the differing political perspectives there was a consensus on the need for a greater protection of individual liberties. Issues were raised by our main speakers surrounding the Data [...]
Read →Belfast: Human Rights and Budget Decisions…
The discussion ‘Human Rights and budget decisions’ was given in a tripartite format, between Dr Aoife Nolan, Ms Mira Dutschke and Mr Eoin Rooney, and concerned the development of methods to measure governmental resource-allocation in the realisation of economic and social rights. The panel noted that liberty is traditionally conceived as an absence of state-interference [...]
Read →Judges and Politicians Session: Transcript
Here is a transcript of the London session on Judges and Politicians.
The draft transcript which follows is unedited or requires further editing. It is provided to the client strictly on the understanding that it may contain errors. In particular, it should NOT be considered a complete or correct record of proceedings.
CHAIR: It has been a [...]
Partial Transcript from London, #3
Here is the final part of the transcript of the first plenary session in London.
The draft transcript which follows is unedited or requires further editing. It is provided to the client strictly on the understanding that it may contain errors. In particular, it should NOT be considered a complete or correct record of proceedings.
HELENA KENNEDY: [...]
Belfast: Shami Chakrabarti’s keynote address…
She ended by quoting, with some irony, Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s assertion that “Human rights are universal, and no injustice is forever”.
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