Our guest this month is Dr Seán Columb, who for over 10 years has been investigating the illegal organ trade.

On this month’s show, we discuss how principles related to the rule of law will be the primary drivers in the shift towards cleaner technologies and a healthier environment, in a lively conversation with Irish professor, Raphael Heffron.

24th October 2024, 4pm - 6.30pm | Theme: Recent Commercial Litigation Updates | CPD Hours: 2

For the latest edition in our series dedicated to the work of our partner organisations, we're spotlighting CHREAA, a non-profit human rights advocacy organisation that campaigns for social justice across several areas pertaining to human rights in Malawi. We spoke to its Founder and Executive Director Victor Mhango, to find out more.

It’s been dubbed litigation terrorism - investor state dispute settlement clauses or ISDS mechanisms – and on this month’s show, we talk about it with Stéphanie Caligara, a French qualified lawyer and consultant with the Global Legal Action Network.

Legal expert, Rhea Kneifati, who specialises in sexual and gender-based investigations talks to us on the show this month.

For the latest in our series profiling Irish and Northern Irish lawyers working in countries around the world, we caught up with Yvonne Mcdermott Rees about her work as Professor of Law at the Hillary Rodham Clinton School of Law in Swansea University, which she joined in September 2017, having previously been a Senior Lecturer in Law at Bangor University.

Human rights lawyer and professor at the Irish Centre for Human Rights in Galway, Ray Murphy talks about the current situation in Gaza and the legality of the Israel-Hamas war.

We sit down with some of Irish Rule of Law International’s (IRLI) Malawi team this month to discuss how the country’s poverty is affecting its justice institutions.

On the show this month: Sarai Chisala-Templehoff, a Malawian human rights and social justice lawyer.

For the latest in our series profiling Irish and Northern Irish lawyers working in countries around the world, we spoke with Stephen Walsh about his past work in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Kosovo and his current role at the world's largest regional security organization, the Vienna-based Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).

In the third edition of our series dedicated to the work of our partner organisations, we shine the spotlight on the Gender and Justice Unit, a Malawian non-profit that uses legal empowerment as a catalyst for gender equality and social and environmental justice. We spoke to its Deputy Director and Project Manager Emma Kalea Chigwenembe to find out more.