Maynooth University School of Law and Criminology
ToggleNews
Just More Surveillance
This contribution analyses the European Court of Human Rights’ (ECtHR) decision on workplace surveillance, Florindo De Almeida Vasconcelos Gramaxo v Portugal.
Date: Wednesday, 08 November 2023
Dr Maria Helen Murphy Delivers Closing Remarks at ICCL-CAJ Conference on Police Surveillance in Ireland and Speaks at a TCD Symposium on Cybersecurity, Privacy and Data Protection
. Dr Murphy synthesized the day’s discussions and offered some reflections on the trajectory of police surveillance and its governance.
Date: Tuesday, 07 November 2023
Prof Aisling McMahon publishes a chapter in leading international collection on European Patent Law
Professor McMahon’s chapter is entitled ‘Decision-Makers, Institutional Influences and the Role of Ethical issues in the Patenting of Biotechnological Inventions in Europe: Enter the Unitary Patent System’.
Date: Thursday, 26 October 2023
From Kyiv to Maynooth: Exploring human rights in conflict situations
On Friday 20 October 2023, Maynooth University School of Law and Criminology hosted a joint online symposium with the Centre for Genocide and Human Rights Studies (CGHRS), Faculty of Law, National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy (NaUKMA).
Date: Wednesday, 25 October 2023
Prof Aisling McMahon invited to speak about patents and brain computer interface technologies at international interdisciplinary workshop organised by the EverydayCyborgs and HybridMinds Projects
Prof McMahon’s paper was entitled “Patents over Brain Computer Interface ‘Technology’: A Blurring of the ‘Technological’ and Human Body with Significant Bioethical Implications”.
Date: Tuesday, 24 October 2023
Dr Mary Dobbs and Dr Orla Kelleher appear before Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment and Cliimate Action
Mary and Orla discussed the potential benefits of constitutionalising environmental rights as a complementary tool alongside the full and proper implementation of the existing regime - highlighting their value as a tool in the longer term to help ensure high environmental standards and to hold the State to account
Date: Monday, 23 October 2023
The Research Centre in International Justice (RCIJ) launched 6th of October
The launch reflects the RCIJ’s unique blend of legal and criminological expertise, which spans international criminal, environmental, human rights, humanitarian, migration and refugee law, transnational and global crime, among many other interests.
Date: Friday, 20 October 2023
Dr. Ian Marder invited to speak in Georgia and Scotland
Dr Ian Marder was invited to deliver two workshops in Edinburgh Napier University in September. He also spoke at an international conference in Tbilisi, Georgia this month.
Date: Tuesday, 17 October 2023
Professor Delia Ferri and Dr Avril Brandon host induction session for School of Law and Criminology doctoral researchers
Following an introduction from Dr Fergus Ryan, and an overview of the doctoral programme from Professor Ferri, attendees were introduced to the keynote speaker, Dr Kirsten Roberts Lyer.
Date: Monday, 16 October 2023
National Moot Court Competition 2023
Sponsored by A&L Goodbody, the event celebrates its 14th year (now under the organisation of Maynooth University’s School of Law and Criminology) and will take place on Saturday 18th November 2023 at the Criminal Courts of Justice, Parkgate Street, Dublin 8.
Date: Friday, 06 October 2023