Ysgol y Gyfraith Hillary Rodham Clinton - Hillary Rodham Clinton School of Law
SpeakerNaomi Burke-Shyne, Executive Director, Harm Reduction International
From: 21 Feb 2020, 11 a.m.To: 21 Feb 2020, noon
Location: Room G36 Richard Price Building, Singleton Campus, Richard Price Lecture Theatre
The Death Penalty for Drug Offences
Venue: Richard Price Lecture Theatre
Time and Date: 6-7 pm, 20 February 2020
Speaker: Naomi Burke-Shyne, Executive Director, Harm Reduction International
Bio: Naomi became Executive Director of Harm Reduction International in September 2018 after previously serving as Deputy Director from October 2017, when she joined Harm Reduction International. She brings more than 10 years of international experience at the intersection of harm reduction, HIV and human rights. From 2014-2017, Naomi worked for the Open Society Foundations’ Public Health Program, leading a portfolio of funding and policy engagement that supported civil society to challenge the negative impact of drug policy on access to controlled medicines, and strengthen access to justice for people who use drugs. Prior to this, she worked in a regional capacity for the HIV and Health Law Program at the International Development Law Organization (IDLO), where she implemented programs advancing the rights of populations vulnerable to HIV via legal services and national human rights mechanisms. Naomi spent the first five years of her career practising law in Australia, in the private sector and as a pro bono legal adviser at community centres.
Contact: Yvonne Mcdermott Rees (Email: Yvonne.Mcdermottrees@Swansea.ac.uk)
Event created by: e.l.ryland