Fourth Annual Lecture of the Human Rights Centre

Speaker 

Phil Scraton PhD, DLaws (Hon), is Professor Emeritus in the School of Law, Queen’s University, Belfast. His research includes: controversial deaths and the state; rights of the bereaved and survivors following disasters; the politics of incarceration. Widely published, recent books include: Power, Conflict and Criminalisation; The Violence of Incarceration; The Incarceration of Women; Hillsborough: The Truth; Women’s Imprisonment and the Case for Abolition.

He has written reports for the NI Human Rights Commission and the NI Children’s Commissioner. Director of The Hillsborough Project 1989-95 he was principal author of Hillsborough and After: The Liverpool Experience and No Last Rights: The Promotion of Myth and the Denial of Justice in the Aftermath of the Hillsborough Disaster. He led Hillsborough Independent Panel’s research team and was principal author of its ground-breaking 2013 Report, Hillsborough. Adviser to the families’ legal teams throughout the inquests, the new edition of Hillsborough: The Truth was published in 2016. He was awarded Freedom of the City of Liverpool, an honorary DLaws by its university and was factual consultant on and contributor to the 2017 BAFTA winning documentary Hillsborough.

In Autumn 2018, hosted by the University of Sydney, he leads a month-long international research symposium on deaths in controversial circumstances.

How to register:

• For external guests and alumni please email lawhrcevents@essex.ac.uk to reserve your place.
• If you are a student or staff member of the University please book your ticket via Eventbrite, we have a limited number places with free coach travel provided.
• Please note, you will be required to bring photo ID in order to attend the lecture (a valid University of Essex Student registration or staff card is accepted).