Conor Gearty
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Conor A. Gearty is the Rausling Professor of Human Rights Law and Director, Centre for the Study of Human Rights at the London School of Economics
.
, County Longford
, in Ireland
he was educated at Castleknock College
before going to University College Dublin
as an undergraduate and Cambridge University as a post-graduate. He had significant debating success in University, twice winning the Irish Times debating competition and serving as Auditor of the University College Dublin Law Society
. He worked at King's College London
from 1991 to 2003 before joining the LSE. Gearty is also a practising barrister with Matrix Chambers
.
Gearty's work has moved from tort law to a focus on civil liberties
and human rights. In 2008 he launched the Las Casas Institute at Blackfriars Hall, University of Oxford with a major lecture on human rights in a post-socialist age.
Conor Gearty is distantly related to Kitty Kiernan who was played by Julia Roberts in the film, 'Michael Collins'.
London School of Economics
The London School of Economics and Political Science is a public research university specialised in the social sciences located in London, United Kingdom, and a constituent college of the federal University of London...
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Background
Originally from AbbeylaraAbbeylara
Abbeylara is a village in the easternmost portion of County Longford, Ireland, located about three kilometers east of Granard on the R369 regional road. Its name is derived from a monastery, the great Abbey of Lerha, founded in 1205 by Hiberno-Norman magnate, Risteárd de Tiúit, for Cistercian monks...
, County Longford
County Longford
County Longford is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Midlands Region and is also located in the province of Leinster. It is named after the town of Longford.Longford County Council is the local authority for the county...
, in Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
he was educated at Castleknock College
Castleknock College
Castleknock College is a private , secondary school for boys aged between 13 and 18, which is situated in the residential suburb of Castleknock, 8 km west of the city centre in Dublin, Ireland.-History:...
before going to University College Dublin
University College Dublin
University College Dublin ) - formally known as University College Dublin - National University of Ireland, Dublin is the Republic of Ireland's largest, and Ireland's second largest, university, with over 1,300 faculty and 17,000 students...
as an undergraduate and Cambridge University as a post-graduate. He had significant debating success in University, twice winning the Irish Times debating competition and serving as Auditor of the University College Dublin Law Society
University College Dublin Law Society
The UCD Law Society is one of the largest student societies in Europe. Established in 1911 as 'The Legal and Economic Society', it has over 4100 members drawn from the various faculties of the University. Weekly Tuesday night debates during term are the Society's core activity...
. He worked at King's College London
King's College London
King's College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and a constituent college of the federal University of London. King's has a claim to being the third oldest university in England, having been founded by King George IV and the Duke of Wellington in 1829, and...
from 1991 to 2003 before joining the LSE. Gearty is also a practising barrister with Matrix Chambers
Matrix Chambers
Matrix Chambers is a barristers’ set situated at Gray’s Inn, London. It was founded in April 2000 by 22 barristers from 7 different chambers.Matrix was founded shortly before the implementation of the Human Rights Act in October 2000...
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Gearty's work has moved from tort law to a focus on civil liberties
Civil liberties
Civil liberties are rights and freedoms that provide an individual specific rights such as the freedom from slavery and forced labour, freedom from torture and death, the right to liberty and security, right to a fair trial, the right to defend one's self, the right to own and bear arms, the right...
and human rights. In 2008 he launched the Las Casas Institute at Blackfriars Hall, University of Oxford with a major lecture on human rights in a post-socialist age.
Conor Gearty is distantly related to Kitty Kiernan who was played by Julia Roberts in the film, 'Michael Collins'.
Books
- (with Virginia Mantouvalou) Debating Social Rights (2010) Hart Publishing
- Essays on Human Rights and Terrorism (2008) Cameron May
- Civil Liberties (2007) Clarendon Publishing
- Can Human Rights Survive? (2006) Hamlyn Lectures
- Principles of Human Rights Adjudication (2004) Oxford University Press
- (with Keith EwingKeith EwingKeith D. Ewing is Professor of Public Law at King's College London and co-author of two of Britain's leading textbooks in constitutional and administrative law, and labour law.-Biography:...
)The Struggle for Civil Liberties - (with Keith EwingKeith EwingKeith D. Ewing is Professor of Public Law at King's College London and co-author of two of Britain's leading textbooks in constitutional and administrative law, and labour law.-Biography:...
) Freedom under Thatcher: Civil Liberties in Modern Britain (1990) Oxford University Press
Online Collaborative Publishing Project
- In October 2010, Gearty started working on an online web-publishing project, called "The Rights' Future" (http://therightsfuture.com)