event details
| Title | The Responsibility of the Media to Protect Human Rights: Hobbyhorse or Duty? |
| Date | Wednesday 8 March 2006 |
| Speakers | Bruce Hyman, Doughty Street Chambers, Roger Bolton, Former Editor of BBC's Panorama, and former Controller of Factual Programmes for Thames TV, which included commissioning 'Death on the Rock', and Trevor Kavanagh, Associate Editor and Former Political Editor, The Sun. |
| Chair | Jennifer McDermott, Partner, Addleshaw Goddard |
| Time | 6pm |
| Venue | The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2 |
| Fee | Free to HRLA members, £10 to non-members. Please arrange payment prior to the event. |
| CPD | 1.5 hours |
| RSVP | By email to Sarah Montgomery, SMontgomery@barcouncil.org.uk |
| Further Info | The press and media have long enjoyed special protection in the area of free speech. And in turn they have fought hard to assert those rights against powerful individuals, public figures and institutions. But does that privileged position bring with it a responsibility to uphold and protect human rights as a whole? And do they abuse their own power in the name of free speech, rather than wielding it on behalf of those for whom they claim to speak? |
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