Why the European Convention on Human Rights still matters: 2023 Mackenzie-Stuart Lecture

The CELS Mackenzie-Stuart Lecture Podcast

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🗓️ 1 December 2023

⏱️ 49 minutes

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The Centre for European Legal Studies (CELS) hosts an annual public lecture in honour of Lord Mackenzie-Stuart, the first British Judge to be President of the Court of Justice. Among the eminent scholars of European legal studies invited to give the lecture are Professor Joseph Weiler, former Judge David Edwards of the European Court of Justice, and Advocate-General Francis Jacobs of the European Court of Justice. The texts of the Mackenzie-Stuart Lectures are published in the Cambridge Yearbook of European Legal Studies. The 2023 Mackenzie-Stuart Lecture was delivered by President Síofra O'Leary, ECHR under the title 'Why the European Convention on Human Rights still matters' on 30 November 2023. More information about this lecture, including photographs from the event, is available from the Centre for European Legal Studies website at: https://www.cels.law.cam.ac.uk/mackenzie-stuart-lectures This entry provides an audio source for iTunes.

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0:00.0	Well, good evening everyone. I'm Mark Elliott. I'm the faculty chair and it's my great pleasure to welcome you to this evening's McKenzie Stewart's lecture.
0:12.0	As many of you will know, Lord Mackenzie Stewart was an alumnus of Cambridge University. He became the first British judge of the European Court of Justice in 1973
0:23.6	and went on to serve as the court's president from 1984 to 88. It was to honour his contribution
0:32.6	and to celebrate the connections between the university and the institutions of the EU and the Council of Europe
0:40.8	that this lecture series was founded in 1997. And ever since then, we have been fortunate to attract a
0:48.8	galaxy of outstanding speakers, including members of the court, the commission, and the council legal service.
0:58.1	Indeed, our own Professor Eleanor Sharpton, a former Advocate General, and this year's Arthur
1:03.7	Goodhart visiting professor, delivered this lecture in 2009. And we're delighted that Chieferra O'Leary has accepted the invitation to be this year's
1:15.7	McKenzie Stewart lecturer.
1:18.5	She was appointed as the Irish judge to the European Court of Human Rights in 2015 and elected
1:24.5	presidents of the court in 2022. She thus became the 16th president of the court in 2022.
1:28.6	She thus became the 16th president of the court and the first woman to lead it.
1:35.0	President O'Leary studied law at University College Dublin,
1:38.9	earning her doctorate at the EUI in Florence.
1:42.9	She was then assistant director of the Centre for European Legal Studies here at Cambridge
1:49.0	from 1995-96 and a fellow with Emanuel College.
1:54.0	In that capacity, she worked closely with Professor Alan Dashwood, who is here this evening as well,
1:59.0	developing the academic program and the
2:01.8	international profile of cells.
2:06.1	She went on to spend almost 20 years working within the Court of Justice of the EU in a
2:11.7	variety of senior roles before her appointment to the Strasbourg Court.
2:24.8	During that time and since, President O'Leary has lectured and written extensively on a variety of topics, including the protection of fundamental rights, EU employment law, free movement
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