Lecture to Focus on Iraq War Protests10 May 2007
Professor Grief will especially focus on some of the protests the conflict provoked. The lecture – “From Baghdad to Bristol: hanging judges and hung juries" – will focus on the war, the trial and execution of Saddam Hussein. It will also look at the trials of the ‘Fairford Five,’ the peace activists who tried to prevent US B52s from taking off from RAF Fairford to bomb Baghdad in March 2003. The BU professor, sponsored by law firm Steele raymond LLP, is a practising barrister, and an associate tenant at Doughty Street Chambers, London. Last year he represented one of the ‘Fairford Five’ in the House of Lords and at Bristol Crown Court. He specialises in public international law, human rights and EU law. In January he gave evidence to the House of Commons Defence Select Committee on the legal implications of the UK Government’s decision to retain and renew the Trident nuclear weapons system. Earlier this month Professor Grief took part in a debate at Chatham House, seconding the motion that “The replacement of the Trident nuclear weapons system is both immoral and illegal”. Event Details Where: Marconi Lecture Theatre, Talbot Campus. Return to news archive page Return to news menu page |
