Programme

CONFERENCE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Conference Chair:
The Honourable Chief Justice John L. Murray,  The Chief Justice of Ireland,  Dublin, Ireland

Program Chair:
Professor Finbarr McAuley, Chairman, Criminal Law Codification Advisory Committee, Ireland

Program Committee Members
Mr. Paul Gallagher S.C.,  Attorney General of Ireland
The Honourable Ms. Justice Catherine McGuinness, President, Law Reform Commission, Ireland
Mr. Conal Boyce,  Solicitor, Criminal Law Committee, Law Society of Ireland, Ireland
Mr. Mark H. Tuohey III,  Attorney at Law,  Vinson & Elkins,  Washington D.C., USA
Mr. Walter Rice,  Assistant Commissioner,  Garda Síochána (National Police Force of Ireland), Ireland
Mr. Paul O’Higgins S.C., Vice Chairman,  Bar Council of Ireland, Ireland
Mr. Shane Murphy S.C.,  Irish Bar,  Ireland
Professor William Schabas,  Director,  Irish Centre for Human Rights, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
Ms. Valerie Fallon B.L.,  Department of Justice,  Equality and Law Reform,  Ireland
Donald J. Sorochan, Q.C.,  Managing Partner BC, Miller Thomson LLP,  Vancouver BC, Canada

CONFERENCE FACULTY

President Mary McAleese, President of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
The Hon. Mr. Justice John L. Murray, Chief Justice of Ireland, Supreme Court, Dublin, Ireland
Paul Gallagher, Attorney General of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
Seán Aylward, Secretary General, Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Ireland
Prof. Finbarr McAuley, Chairman, Criminal Law Codification Advisory Committee and Professor of Law, University College Dublin, Ireland
Damian Bugg, A.M., Q.C., President, International Society for the Reform of Criminal Law, Hobart, TAS, Australia
Hon.Mr.Justice Vivian Lavan, High Court of Dublin, Ireland
Rebecca Coen, Office of D.P.P. of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
Det. Fiona Wilson-Bates, Vancouver Police Dept., Vancouver BC Canada
Anthony Gett, Senior Principal Officer, Commonwealth DPP, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Lorna Hemming, Crown Counsel, Vancouver Regional Crown Office, Vancouver BC, Canada
Angela Petrie, Barrister, Henry Parkes Chambers, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Donald Piragoff, Sr. Asst. Deputy Minister, Policy Section, Department of Justice, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Prof. Pamela Ferguson, Department of Law, University of Dundee, Scotland
Lord Peter Goldsmith, Debevoise& Plimpton LLP, London, England
Hon. Ms. Justice Maureen Clark, High Court, Dublin, Ireland
Patricia O’Brien, Legal Adviser, Department of Foreign Affairs, Dublin, Ireland
Prof. Nancy Combs, William & Mary Law School, Williamsburg, VA, USA
B. Don Taylor, Associate Legal Officer, Trial Chamber, International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, The Hague, Netherlands
Dr. Nadia Bernaz, Irish Centre for Human Rights, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
Hon. Mr. Justice John Murray, Chief Justice of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
Hon. Mr. Justice John Hedigan, High Court, Dublin, Ireland, and Former Judge, European Court of Human Rights
Lia O’Hegarty, Human Rights Commission and Criminal Law Codification Advisory Committee, Dublin, Ireland
Hon. Justice Richard Mosley, Federal Court of Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Dr. Tony Krone, Principal Legal Policy Advisor for Minister of Police, National Security, Justice and Legal Affairs, Solomon Islands
Ronald Gainer, Attorney at Law, Washington, DC, USA
Prof. Don Stuart, Faculty of Law, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada
Prof. Roger Clark, Professor of Law, Rutgers University, Camden, NJ, USA
Prof. Eric Colvin, School of Law, Bond University, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia
Dr. Richard Humphreys, Criminal Law Codification Advisory Committee, Dublin, Ireland
Hon. Justice Michael D. Kirby, A.C., C.M.G., High Court of Australia, Canberra, ACT, Australia
Hon. Mr Justice Adrian Hardiman, Supreme Court, Dublin, Ireland
Prof. Deborah Denno, Fordham University School of Law, New York, NY, USA
Prof. Bruce Archibald, Dalhousie University Law School, Halifax, NS, Canada
Prof. Eric Colvin, Faculty of Law, Bond University, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia
Jaala Hinchcliffe, Sr. Assistant Director – Policy, Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions, Perth, WA, Australia
Rory Field, Director of Public Prosecutions, Hamilton, Bermuda
James Hamilton, Director of Public Prosecutions, Dublin, Ireland
John Thornton, First Deputy Director, Commonwealth D.P.P., Canberra, ACT, Australia
Prof. Sara Sun Beale, Charles L.B. Lowndes Professor Duke University School of Law, Durham, NC, USA
Joanne Klineberg, Counsel, Criminal Law – Policy Section,Department of Justice, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Peter T.Burns,Q.C., Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Law, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Joseph Rikhof, S.C., Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Section, Department of Justice, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Fidelma Donlon, Irish Centre for Human Rights National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
Prof. Linda Malone, Marshall-Wythe Foundation Professor of Law, William and Mary School of Law, Williamsburg, VA, USA
Michael O'Higgins, SC, Barrister, Dublin, Ireland
Prof. Arnold Enker, Faculty of Law, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
Dr. Juliette Casey, Westwater Advocates, Faculty of Advocates, Edinburgh, Scotland
Prof. Ho Hock Lai, Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Prof. Frances Chapman, St Jerome’s University, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
Donald J. Sorochan, Q.C., Managing Partner BC, Miller Thomson LLP, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Michael McDowell, S.C., Barrister, Dublin, Ireland
Daniel Préfontaine, Q.C., International Centre for Criminal Law Reform & Criminal Justice Policy, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Prof. Ellen Podgor, Assoc. Dean of Faculty Development & Electronic Education, Stetson University College of Law, St. Petersburg, FL, USA David Prendergast , Researcher, Law Reform Commission, Dublin, Ireland
Hon. Mr. Justice Garrett Sheehan, High Court, Dublin, Ireland
Prof. John Jackson, School of Law, Queens University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Prof. Michael Code, School of Law, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Prof. Laird Kirkpatrick, Professor of Law, Louis Harkey Mayo Research Professor, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA
Prof. Theodore A. de Roos, University of Tilburg, Amsterdam, and Prof. Dr. Johannes F. Nijboer, Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands
Prof. Paul Robinson, University of Pennsylvania Law School, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Hon. Mr Justice Brian McCracken, Chairman, Mental Health (Criminal Law) Review Board, Dublin, Ireland
Hon. Justice Greg James, Adjunct Professor at the School of Law, Southern Cross University, and President of the New South Wales Mental Health Review Tribunal, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Frank Boughton, Principal Officer, Criminal Law Reform Division, Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Dublin, Ireland
Dara Robinson, Solicitor, Garrett Sheehan & Partners, Dublin, Ireland
Dr. Harry Kennedy, Clinical Director, National Forensic Mental Health Service, Dublin, Ireland
Ms. Sylda Langford, Director General, Office of the Minister for Children, Department of Health and Children, Ireland
Michael J. Staines, Criminal Lawyer, Michael J. Staines & Co., Dublin, Ireland
Prof. Ursula Kilkelly, Faculty of Law, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
Rachel Sheehan, Irish Youth Justice Service,Dublin, Ireland
Catherine Ghent, Solicitor, Kelleher O’Doherty, Solicitors, Dublin, Ireland
Ass’t. Commissioner Peter German, District Commander of Lower Mainland District, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Prof. Adriaan Anderson, University of Limpopo, Polokwane, South Africa
Bart Rosborough QC,Criminal Justice Div., Justice Alberta, Edmonton,AB,Canada
Hon. Justice Morris Fish, Supreme Court of Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Prof. Norman Abrams, School of Law at University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
John Cauchi, Barrister, Barton, ACT, Australia
Prof. Arnold Loewy, Texas Tech School of Law, Lubbock, TX, USA
Nicholas Cowdery, A.M., Q.C., Director of Public Prosecutions of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Fr. Peter McVerry, Community Worker, Dublin, Ireland
Fergus McCabe, Community Worker, Dublin, Ireland
Supt. Barry O’Brien, Garda National Drugs Unit, Dublin, Ireland
Paul O’Higgins,S.C., Barrister, Dublin, Ireland
Prof. Gerry Maher, Scottish Law Commission, Edinburgh, Scotland
Hon. Justice Michael D. Kirby, A.C., C.M.G., High Court of Australia, Canberra, ACT, Australia
Prof. Gerry Maher, Scottish Law Commission, Edinburgh,Scotland
Prof. Angela Banks, Assistant Professor, William and Mary School of Law, Williamsburg, VA, USA
Thea Illsley, Dept. of Procedural Law, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
Hon. Mr. Justice Nicholas Kearns, Supreme Court, Dublin, Ireland
Hon. Mr. Justice Paul Carney, High Court, Dublin, Ireland
Prof. Stephen Terblanche, Dept. of Criminal and Procedural Law, University of South Africa, South Africa
Una Ni Raifeartaigh, Barrister, Dublin, Ireland
Hon.Justice Richard Mosley, Federal Court of Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Hon. Mr. Justice Kevin O’Higgins, High Court, Dublin, Ireland
James McGuill, President, Law Society of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
Bernadette Monaghan, Chief Executive, Apex Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland
Prof. Tom O’Malley, Law Faculty, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
Hon. Ms. Justice Catherine McGuinness, President, Law Reform Commission, Dublin, Ireland
Barry Donoghue, Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, Dublin, Ireland
Henk Marquart Scholtz, Secretary General, International Association of Prosecutors, The Hague, Netherlands
Fachtna Murphy, Garda Commissioner, Dublin, Ireland
Prof. Murdoch Watney, Faculty of Law, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
Fran Maclean, Deputy Regional Crown Counsel - Fraser Region, Attorney General of BC, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Prof. Stephen Penney, Faculty of Law, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Nicholas Cowdery, A.M., Q.C., Director of Public Prosecutions, New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Prof. Brian Hutchinson, School of Law, University College Dublin, Ireland
Shane Murphy, Senior Counsel, Barrister, Dublin, Ireland
Michael O’Neill, Head of Legal Affairs, Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, Dublin, Ireland
Paul O'Higgins, SC, Barrister, Dublin, Ireland

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Important Dates for Submission of Papers

The Organizing Committee seeks expressions of interest from those who wish to contribute by either presenting papers or participating in workshops. Please email expressions of interest to secretariat@isrcl.org

Submit Abstracts by	15 April, 2008
Submit Papers by	1 June, 2008
Confirmation by Committee by	15 May, 2008

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