Baroness Kennedy becomes new Just for Kids Law Patron

13.08.2010

We are extremely honoured to have Baroness Helena Kennedy QC as our new Patron. She is not only a leading barrister and Queen's Counsel but is also an expert in human rights law, civil liberties and constitutional issues.
 
Baroness Kennedy is a member of the House of Lords and chair of Justice, the British arm of the International Commission of Jurists. She was chair of Charter 88, the constitutional reform group from 1992 to 1997, the Human Genetics Commission from 1998 to 2007 and the British Council from 1998 to 2004.

She also chaired the Power Inquiry into British Democracy in 2006 and this year sees the launch of their new campaign POWER2010. She has received honours for her work on human rights from the governments of France and Italy and has been awarded more than thirty honorary doctorates. She has acted in many of the most prominent criminal cases of the last thirty years including the Brighton bombing attack on the British cabinet, the Guildford Four Appeal and the Michael Bettany espionage case.

She is currently acting in cases connected to the recent wave of terrorism including the conspiracy to blow up transatlantic aircraft. She was a member of the International Bar Association Task Force on International Terrorism in 2002. She is a frequent broadcaster and journalist on the law and women's rights.

 Her publications include the widely acclaimed Eve Was Framed: Women and British Justice (1992 revised 2005) and Just Law: The changing face of justice and why it matters to us all (2004).
 
We are delighted to have such an accomplished figure to champion our work.
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