In the first episode of our new podcast Horsehair Wigs, we talk to Irish barrister and international judge Fergal Gaynor, who has worked for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and has represented victims before the International Criminal Court. Fergal is currently the Reserve Chief Prosecutor at the Khmer Rouge Tribunal.

Hailing from Dungloe in County Donegal, Gerard McElwee is a partner in European Product Law at Fieldfisher in Brussels. We spoke with him recently for the latest edition in our ongoing series dedicated to the work of lawyers from Ireland and Northern Ireland all over the world.

This ongoing series profiles the brilliant work being done by lawyers from Ireland and Northern Ireland worldwide. For this edition, we spoke with Dr Susan Power, Head of Legal Research and Advocacy at Al-Haq, a human rights organisation based in the West Bank of Palestine.

26th November 2022, 9:30am - 12:30pm | The event will be chaired by The Hon. Ms. Marie Baker.

In the latest in our series profiling the brilliant work being done by lawyers from across the island of Ireland, we spoke with Gráinne Mellon, a barrister specialising in public law, human rights and equality law at Garden Court Chambers in London.

In the latest in our series, profiling Irish and Northern Irish people who work in the legal sphere, we spoke with Lynn Sheehan, Chief of Staff at EUCAP Sahel Niger. EUCAP Sahel Niger is an EU Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) mission based in Niamey, Niger. 

We’re hosting, along with Trócaire and Christian Aid Ireland, an in-depth discussion with the Directors of the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) and B’Tselem, two of Israel & Palestine’s leading and most respected legal and human rights organisations, to hear about their pursuit of justice and accountability for breaches of international law in Israel and Palestine.

In the latest in our series, profiling Irish and Northern Irish people who work in the legal sphere, we spoke with Dr Seán Columb, who is a Senior Lecturer in Law at the School of Law and Social Justice, University of Liverpool, and who has done a great deal of work on organ trafficking.

In the latest in our series, profiling Irish and Northern Irish lawyers and jurists who have worked abroad, or are working abroad, we spoke with Barrister Tara O’Leary, from County Kerry, who was called to the bar in England and Wales. She now practices in chambers in London, specialising in public law. Before that, Tara spent five years working on human rights and international criminal law in Ireland, the UK, Uganda and the Balkans.

We’re delighted to be co-hosting, along with The Azure Forum for Contemporary Security Strategy, a roundtable online discussion this week, on Thursday – “Changing State Behaviour: Can International Law Deter Further Aggression in Ukraine?”

In the latest in our series, profiling Irish and Northern Irish lawyers and jurists who have worked abroad, or are working abroad, we spoke with Aisling Dwyer, Partner at the law firm of the Maples Group. Aisling specialises in complex, high value, international cross border litigation and acts in some of Asia’s largest offshore corporate, insolvency/restructuring and shareholder disputes.

In the latest in our series, profiling Irish and Northern Irish lawyers and jurists who have worked abroad, or are working abroad, we spoke with Eric Tully, a lawyer from Co. Kildare. Eric works primarily in the field of International Criminal Law and since 2009, he has worked for the defence of five separate accused before three different Tribunals (International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) and he currently works on the defence team for an Accused before the Kosovo Specialist Chambers (KSC) in the Hague. He also worked as a Legal Officer with the UN peacekeeping mission to Southern Lebanon, the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL).