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Title: Launch of Scholars at Risk, Ireland Section Focus: Launch of SAR Ireland Section |
Type: Symposium/Conference Country: Ireland |
Published Date: September 22, 2009 |
On behalf of the Scholars at Risk Network, Universities Ireland, Amnesty International, Ireland Section, the Irish Centre for Human Rights, and Trinity College Dublin, we invite you to the launch of Scholars at Risk, Ireland Section. The launch will be held at Trinity College Dublin on Tuesday September 22, 2009 at 4.30pm. Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi, will deliver a keynote address to mark the occasion. Scholars at Risk, Ireland Section is a partnership between Universities Ireland and the Scholars at Risk network. Universities Ireland is an umbrella body established by the nine universities on the island of Ireland; Scholars at Risk is an international network of higher education institutions committed to promoting academic freedom and to defending the human rights of scholars worldwide. NUI Galway, an active member of the Scholars at Risk network since 2004, will chair the Section in the first year.
Early registration for the event is advised.