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PatentsInHumans Team publish Year 1 Report
The PatentsInHumans team are delighted to publish our first annual report today. In this report, we provide an overview of the focus of our research activities and the key achievements/activities in the first year of the PatentsInHumans research project
Date: Thursday, 15 February 2024
Dr. Ian Marder co-edits new book on institutionalised restorative justice
The book reflects on the institutionalisation of restorative justice over the last 20 years and offers a critical analysis of the consequences of institutionalisation for restorative principles and processes.
Date: Wednesday, 14 February 2024
ERC DANCING project hosts third DANCING Academic Conversation with Dr. Vilija Vėlyvytė
After an introduction to the series and the author by Professor Delia Ferri, Dr. Vėlyvytė presented the core argument and aspects of her book which examines the role of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in the regulation of the internal market from a competence perspective
Date: Tuesday, 13 February 2024
Professor Michael O'Flaherty, incoming Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights presents keynote address at School of Law and Criminology Event
On Wednesday, 7 February 2024 the School of Law and Criminology were delighted host an event with the incoming Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights and adjunct professor at Maynooth University, Professor Michael O'Flaherty, entitled ‘The Future of Human Rights in Europe: My Priorities as Incoming Commissioner of Human Rights of the Council of Europe’.
Date: Friday, 09 February 2024
Maynooth University law and criminology students visit international institutions in The Hague
This week masters students from the law and criminology programmes in Maynooth University took part in a study trip visiting several international institutions in The Hague, including EUROJUST, the International Criminal Court, the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, and the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.
Date: Thursday, 01 February 2024
Professor Aisling McMahon invited to join Editorial Advisory Board of the Medical Law Review
The Medical Law Review is a leading international peer reviewed journal in the health law field. It publishes peer reviewed articles on a range of topics related to health law, ethics and practice.
Date: Wednesday, 31 January 2024
Dr Bríd Ní Ghráinne interviewed on Raidió na Gaeltachta’s ‘An tSeachtain’
Dr Ní Ghráinne’s interview covered topics such as the current proceedings before the International Court of Justice, the legal definition of genocide, and displacement within Gaza.
Date: Wednesday, 24 January 2024
New criminal justice research partnership for Ireland launches in Maynooth
The participants were all members of the CORD Partnership from a range of different professional backgrounds. They included academic and independent researchers, criminal justice policymakers, agencies and oversight bodies, non-state justice services, civil society and advocacy groups, and research infrastructure.
Date: Monday, 22 January 2024
Adam O’Carroll and Brian McMahon win the Karen Kenny Memorial Moot Court Competition 2023.
Maynooth University students victorious in the annual intervarsity competition organised by Trinity FLAC Society.
Date: Friday, 19 January 2024
Professor Aisling McMahon awarded an IRC New Foundations Grant in conjunction with civil society partner Breakthrough Cancer Research to examine the Hospital Exemption Pathway and personalised cancer therapies
The project team will examine the scope of the hospital exemption scheme in Europe, its operation in the national Irish context, and the extent to which it could be used in Ireland to deliver access to advanced cancer therapies in cases of unmet need.
Date: Wednesday, 10 January 2024