Shami Chakrabarti, Director of Liberty, will be chairing Friday’s event with human rights lawyer Gareth Peirce.

More about Shami (from the Liberty website):
“Shami Chakrabarti has been Director of Liberty (The National Council for Civil Liberties) since September 2003.
Shami first joined Liberty as In-House Counsel on 10 September 2001. She became heavily involved in its engagement with the ‘War on Terror’ and with the defence and promotion of human rights values in Parliament, the Courts and wider society.

A Barrister by background, she was called to the Bar in 1994 and worked as a lawyer in the Home Office from 1996 until 2001 for Governments of both persuasions.”

Also confirmed to introduce Gareth’s event  is Professor Andrew Sanders, Head of the School of Law at the University of Birmingham.

Andrew was previously Head of Manchester School of Law 2003-7. He is the author of Criminal Justice (with R. Young), 3rd Ed, 2007 and The Case for the Prosecution (with M. McConville and R. Leng), 1991.

We hope you’ll agree that this is a stellar line up for an event that promises much discussion, compelling ideas and passion for justice and human rights.

Tickets are still available : 0121 303 2323 or here

This event is sponsored by the RSA, whose support of the Festival is invaluable.