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The John and Pat Hume Foundation and INCORE are delighted that Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC, the distinguished international human rights lawyer, will deliver an address on ‘Lawyers in the Firing Line: Attacking the Advocates' at the NI Human Rights Festival at 6.30pm on Monday 8 December 2025 in Room BC LG 304,n the University of Ulster Belfast campus, York Street, Belfast.
The lecture will be followed by a conversation chaired by Prof Rory O’Connell, Professor of Human Rights and Constitutional Law, Transitional Justice Institute & School of Law at Ulster University Belfast.
Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC is a barrister and international human rights lawyer. Over the past 25 years she has acted in many leading human rights cases in the UK, Europe and internationally. Her British work has included acting for bereaved families, victims and survivors of the Hillsborough Disaster and the 7/7 London Bombings
Alongside her practice, Caoilfhionn is Ireland’s Special Rapporteur on Child Protection, an oversight role on child protection policy and legislation. She is also a Commissioner of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission, a Board Member of the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), and an Adjunct Full Professor at University College Dublin.
Belfast Campus
2-24 York Street, Belfast, BT15 1AP
