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Professor Louise Mallinder joins LawPod for a conversation about how the law is used to navigate issues of the past. Chair of the Committee on the Administration of Justice and amnesty scholar Professor Louise Mallinder joins LawPod for a conversation about how the law is used to navigate issues of the past, providing context about the legislative history of the conflict in Northern Ireland. We reflect on the Northern Ireland Office’s Legacy Consultation and the Model Bill Team response, and how legal professionals can take a positive role in shaping public policy. Read the Model Bill Team’s response here: https://www.amnesties-prosecution-public-interest.co.uk/model-bill-team-response-to-nio-legacy-consultation/

A conversation between criminology lecturer Gillian McNaull and author Michael Irwin, where they discuss the impact of imprisonment on prisoner mental health and suicide. **CONTENT ADVISORY Informed by 'insider' experiences as a Samaritans prison visitor, and a former prisoner and Samaritans Listener, they consider the recent RQIA and RCP reports on prison mental health in Northern Ireland and explore the 'prison paradox' - conceptualized as a place of rehabilitation, is prison in fact a site inflicting violence and harm? Bibliography   Irwin, M (2017). My Life Began at Forty. London: L.R. Price. https://www.amazon.co.uk/My-Life-Began-at-Forty/dp/0992903769 Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority (2018). Baseline Audit of Forensic Mental Health and Learning Disability Services - Adult Services. Belfast: The Regulation Nd Quality Improvement Authority. https://www.rqia.org.uk/RQIA/files/f8/f8d1d996-5902-4d6d-bed5-8ba6b3f4d0fd.pdf Royal College of Psychiatrists (2018). College Report CR219 'Prison Mental Health in Northern Ireland'. London: Royal College of Psychiatrists. https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/docs/default-source/improving-care/better-mh-policy/college-reports/college-report-cr219.pdf Content Advisory : This podcast discusses, graphically, issues of self harm and suicide.

Rights of Communities, Rights of Nature: a new conversation on law and ecology with Dr Peter Doran, QUB Law, and  Thomas Linzey and Mari Margil, Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund, United States. Associate Director of CELDF Mari Margil and Executive Director of CELDF Thomas Linzey join Peter Doran in a wide-ranging discussion on an emerging new paradigm in environmental law, linking the rights of communities to the rights of nature. As the limits and systemic failures of environmental protection and governance become all too apparent  across the island of Ireland, this timely conversation examines the limits of conventional environmental law approaches, explores the role of communities in resisting the collusion of state and corporate authorities in the despoliation of our common environmental heritage, and the increasing acknowledgement of nature as a rights-bearing subject worthy of our deepest respect and cooperation.  The conversation also touches on new challenges for the legal profession and law schools in the context of systemic failures to equip communities and professionals with the means to resist ongoing ecosystem collapse. In an era where governmental institutions are unable to confront growing environmental crises, Linzey and Margil talk about a new people’s movement emerging in the United States and beyond, to forge a new system of law that enables people to protect their communities and nature by rejecting certain harmful corporate projects. The Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF), a U.S.-based community organizing organization and law firm, is pioneering this movement toward “community rights” and the “rights of nature.” Across the U.S. and around the globe, CELDF is working with communities and national governments to recognize the rights of ecosystems in law, and to stop fracking, factory farms, and other threats. CELDF’s senior legal counsel and co-founder Thomas Linzey, and associate director Mari Margil, will share stories from the frontlines: why U.S. municipal communities began to revolt against a system of law that elevates corporate “rights” and centralized governmental control over the rights of people and nature; how community rights and rights of nature laws were first enacted by U.S. communities; how Ecuador became the first country in the world to enshrine the rights of nature in its constitution; and how in countries from India to Colombia, from Nepal and Mexico, there is a growing movement to protect not only the human right to a healthy environment, but the rights of the environment itself. Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund: https://celdf.org/  

Dr Amanda Kramer leads a discussion with Dr Gillian McNaull and QUB JD student Caoimhe Anderson about Canada’s recent decision to legalise marijuana. This leads into a broader critical discussion about the criminalisation of drugs and approaches taken in other countries. Resources: -The Cannabis Act: https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/c-24.5/page-1.html -Portugal and Decriminalisation of Drugs: https://www.theguardian.com/news/2017/dec/05/portugals-radical-drugs-policy-is-working-why-hasnt-the-world-copied-it Profiles: -Dr Amanda Kramer: https://pure.qub.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/amanda-kramer(6bf216e8-a01c-4633-95dc-745e52393dc0).html -Dr Gillian McNaull: https://pure.qub.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/gillian-mcnaull(75facf96-9baf-4656-9d65-1c78bc23a8be).html

The Gender Network at QUB present their movie review of the documentary ‘RBG’. Based on the extraordinary life of Supreme Court Justice, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, it tells the story of the 84-year-old’s ‘breath-taking legacy’ in criminal justice, and her rise to the position of cultural icon. In this podcast the Gender Network crew, Amy Coulter & Niccola Parkes, give their review of the movie, discussing emerging themes of feminism, judicial diversity and the landmark legal legacies RBG has created. Book your tickets now for the Gender Network panel discussion and showing at QFT, this Thursday 10thJanuary, 6pm https://queensfilmtheatre.com/Whats-On/RBG https://edition.cnn.com/2019/01/01/us/harris-county-judges-texas-houston-black-women-trnd/index.html

Final year PhD student's Conor McCormick, Sarah Craig and Roise Connolly discuss "What I wish I had known as a first year PhD student" "Your deadlines need not become dreadlines" Final year PhD student's Conor McCormick, Sarah Craig and Roise Connolly discuss "What I wish I had known as a first year PhD student" They talk about the PhD journey, provide tips and advice for incoming PhD students, dispel some of the myths surrounding PhD study and outline a few key strategies for success.http://www.law.qub.ac.uk/schools/SchoolofLaw/Study/PhDandMPhil/

Pandemic emergency responses often lead to limitations of fundamental human rights in favour of the safety of public health. How do we justify lawful limitations on human rights?  QUB Researcher and Marie Curie Fellow, Dr Dabrowska,  joins LawPod to discuss her research on the judicial approaches to emergency preparedness and what this means for the future. Within the episode, the team considers the case of Kaci Hickox and the court's decision, a recent widely publicised Ebola case when quarantine procedures were legally questioned. For information on Dr Dabrowska’s current research and her contact information: THEMIS ‘Protecting Human Rights and Public Health in Global Pandemics: A Map of the Standards Applied by EU and US Courts’ This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement No 746014 ORCID iD https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3581-3226 http://law.qub.ac.uk/schools/SchoolofLaw/Research/projects/themis-project/ https://pure.qub.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/patrycja-dabrowskaklosinska(c4fc82e3-3c8c-4216-8909-3b3c83b40cf0).html For more information on the subject and episode citations: Annas, G. J. and Mariner, W. K. (2016) ‘(Public) Health and Human Rights in Practice’, Journal of Health Politics, Policy & Law, 41(1), pp. 129–139. doi: 10.1215/03616878-3445659. Hickox, K. (2015) ‘Caught between Civil Liberties and Public Safety Fears: Personal Reflections from a Healthcare Provider Treating Ebola [article]’, Journal of Health & Biomedical Law, (Issue 1), p. 9. You can follow the contributors to this week’s episode on Twitter: @qublawpod

Lucy Bill and Emily Dickinson talk to Juris Doctor Student Maria Pimentel and Undergraduate Student Madeleine Huber about the Women in Law Lean In Circle. The Circle is a student-led peer support group for QUB law students who identify as women and offers a venue for inspirational speakers to encourage members to ‘lean in' to their ambitions. They talk about their experience, an upcoming event with the NI Human Rights Festival and how to join the circle. https://leanin.org/circles/qub-women-in-law https://www.eventbrite.com/e/celebrating-womens-networks-insight-into-lean-in-circles-experiences-of-gender-inequality-tickets-52725015942

A fascinating and broad exploration of trauma, capitalism, psychology, Buddhism and the conflict in Northern Ireland. Among other things, they discuss the co-relationship between the functions of the economic system and the degree to which people are traumatised by the nature of the system itself. https://drgabormate.com https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabor_Maté_(physician) https://pure.qub.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/peter-doran(389bd8bf-8535-4161-bc88-d2cc3e841c47).html

Graduate student Alina Utrata talks to Dr Kevin Brown about the criminalisation of homelessness, and in particular the increasing use of Public Space Protection Orders. Episode produced by Alina Utrata, Rachel Alexandra Lynn Daphne Lim & Joanne Mei Jie Tang Academic Profile https://pure.qub.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/kevin-j-brown(afe0a3eb-4af3-4171-aec9-7b777a341a52).html THE HYPER REGULATION OF PUBLIC SPACE: THE USE AND ABUSE OF PUBLIC SPACES PROTECTION ORDERS IN ENGLAND AND WALES https://pure.qub.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/the-hyper-regulation-of-public-space-the-use-and-abuse-of-public-spaces-protection-orders-in-england-and-wales(a633c910-2c8a-4230-b6cd-96791dc5d5a3).html Photo: Garry Knight on Flickr