Lunchtime Seminar 22nd April

Apr 15 2021 Posted: 09:35 IST

‘Protecting social rights using the European Social Charter: the case of the right to protection of health in times of pandemic’ 

With

Professor Giuseppe PALMISANO
University of Roma Tre
European Committee of Social Rights 

and

with the participation of 

Professor Padraic KENNA
National University of Ireland Galway
‘The Irish collective complaints to the European Committee of Social Rights’ 

Time: 1 pm- 2 pm
Date: 22 April 2021
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Biographies
 
Giuseppe Palmisano is Professor of International Law at the University Roma Tre in Rome. During his 30+ year career in academia and as an international legal expert, he worked with the Special Rapporteur on State Responsibility at the International Law Commission of the United Nations, acted as the director of the Institute for International Legal Studies of the National Research Council of Italy, and from 2011 he is a member of the European Committee of Social Rights (president 2015-2020, general rapporteur 2021-ongoing) at the Council of Europe.
 
Padraic Kenna teaches housing law, rights and policy, property law and regulation at NUI Galway, and directs the Centre for Housing Law, Rights and Policy. He works with Housing Rights Watch and FEANTSA, and has been involved in a number of Collective Complaints, including FEANTSA v France, and more recently FIDH v Ireland. Professor Kenna publishes widely on housing and housing rights.
 

 

 
 

 

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