21/05/2026
The Irish Centre for Human Rights in the School of Law at University of Galway is honoured to host a public talk by the celebrated Palestinian human rights defender, Shawan Jabarin. He will give a talk entitled 'US Sanctions against the International Criminal Court: an attack on human rights and accountability for Palestine’. Shawan is a graduate of the LLM in International Human Rights at the Irish Centre for Human Rights and was awarded the 2024 Alumni Award Winner for Law, Public Policy and Society by University of Galway.
Date and Time: Monday 25th May 2026 at 5pm
Location: Ó Tnúthail theatre, Arts Millennium Building, University of Galway.
Biography: Shawan Jabarin is a Palestinian human rights defender, General Director of the Palestinian human rights organisation Al-Haq, and a member of Human Rights Watch Middle East Advisory Board. He was Amnesty International's first Palestinian Prisoner of Conscience, and he has worked for years promoting human rights in the face of Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories. From 2005 to 2009, Shawan was a member of the Board of Directors of Défense for Children International - Palestine, the national section of the Geneva-based Défense for Children International and was elected vice president of the International Federation for Human Rights in May 2013. He is the recipient of many honours and awards for his human rights advocacy work, and leadership of Al-Haq.
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