HWLS Human Rights Law Clinic Public Speaking Competition - Press Release
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The Human Rights Law Clinic of the Hugh Wooding Law School will host a public speaking competition on December 10th in commemoration of International Human Rights Day. Ten law students will speak on various contemporary human rights topics, such as same-sex marriage, treatment of migrants and asylum seekers, and corporate human rights violations. The students will be judged by a panel comprising a judge and law school faculty. The event aims to educate the public and promote respect for human rights and social justice.
HWLS Human Rights Law Clinic Public Speaking Competition - Press Release
- 1. COUNCIL OF LEGAL EDUCATION HUGH WOODING LAW SCHOOL GORDON STREET, ST. AUGUSTINE, TRINIDAD, W.I. LEGAL AID CLINIC Postal Address: P.O. Bag 323 Tunapuna, Trinidad, W.I. Tel.: 1-868-662-2577 / 1-868-663-6274 Fax: 1-868-663-9596 9th December, 2014 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE In commemoration of International Human Rights Day, the Human Rights Law Clinic of the Hugh Wooding Law School will be hosting a public speaking competition on Wednesday 10th December, 2014 from 10.00am to 12.00noon at the Aubrey Fraser Lecture Theatre at the Hugh Wooding Law School. The Human Rights Law Clinic is a specialist programme of the Legal Aid Clinic at the Hugh Wooding Law School. The Clinic's vision is to train participating students to educate the public on human rights issues, and be equipped to promote respect for fundamental human rights and freedoms, and work for social justice. Ten students of the Law School have been selected to speak on various topics of human rights concern, including: Should the State detain and deport illegal migrants and asylum seekers? Should the sentence of beating by the birch / cat-o-nine, be enforced? Should the law be amended to allow persons of the same sex to marry? Should States discriminate against entry of certain nationalities due to the Ebola outbreak? Should the State ban multinational corporations from operating where there are allegations of human rights violations abroad? Should parents be accountable for crimes committed by their children?
- 2. The participating students will be judged by a panel of judges comprising a representative of the Judiciary of the Republic of Trinidad and members of the academic staff of the Hugh Wooding Law School. We respectfully invite your organization to cover this event. For further information, please contact our Mr. Jason Nathu (Tutor, Human Rights Law Clinic) by telephone at 662-5860 ext. 357, by email at jnathu@hwls.edu.tt, or Ms. Janelle Constantine at 662-2577 ext. 305. Yours faithfully, ___________________________ JASON NATHU Tutor, Human Rights Law Clinic