Speeches by Ministers and Senior Judges about Human Rights

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Date	Speaker	Event/Audience
12 May 2004	Lord Falconer of Thoroton	Launch Of The White Paper On The Commission For Equality And Human Rights
17 February 2004	Lord Falconer of Thoroton	Human Rights and Constitutional Reform
4 February 2004	David Lammy MP	Equality and Human Rights
16 January 2004	Lord Chancellor	Baroness Prashar's debate - The case for a Commission for Equality and Human Rights
10 December 2003	Lord Chancellor	International Human Rights Day
8 December 2003	Lord Chancellor	Joint Committee on Human Rights
6 November 2003	David Lammy	Third anniversary of the Human Rights Act, Audit Commission Conference
13 April 2003	Lord Woolf	Human Rights and Minorities, The B'nai B'rith Anti-Defamation Commission Inc, Melbourne, Australia
23 January 2003	Lord Woolf	On the occasion of the opening of the judicial year at the European Court of Human Rights, Strasbourg
1 November 2002	Lord Chancellor	"The Human Rights Act Two Years On: An Analysis"
24 October 2001	Baroness Scotland QC	The Roscoe Lecture: Citizenship and Justice
14 February 2001	Lord Chancellor	Speech to El Ilustre Colegio De Abogados De Madrid (The Illustrious Bar Association of Madrid) HTML format
26 January 2001	Home  Secretary	Rights brought home : Conference for public authorities  Blackburn Rovers FC
2 October 2000	Home Secretary	Human Rights and Personal Responsibility - New Citizenship for a New Millennium St Paul's Cathedral, London
28 June 2000	Home Secretary	Local Government Association Conference
29 March 2000	Home Secretary	IPPR Conference
9 December 1999	Home Secretary	Address to Civil Service College Seminar
27 October 1999	Home Secretary	Constitution Unit Annual Lecture
15 September 1999	Mike O'Brien	Capita Conference on Human Rights
21 May 1999	Mike O'Brien	Local Government Association
22 April 1999	Home Secretary	50th Anniversary of the Council of Europe
28 January 1999	Lord Williams	College of Law, Chancery Lane
27 January 1999	Home Secretary	Council of Europe Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights
26 January 1999	Paul Boateng	Human Rights Act 1998: Implications for children
26 November 1998	Home Secretary	Charter 88/Democratic Audit Conference
30 October 1998	Lord Williams	QMW Seminar

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