Lessons from the Independent Commission on UK Public Health Emergency Powers and Beyond

Event Details

Join us for an interactive workshop to discuss key issues in the development, scrutiny, communication and enforcement of emergency public health restrictions, in light of recommendations from the Independent Commission on UK Public Health Emergency Powers and the UK Covid-19 Inquiry.

The event will consist of four sessions with speakers from the Commission and beyond (full speaker list tbc):

1. The benefits of parliamentary scrutiny in public health emergencies and key issues to be considered in the review of the Civil Contingencies Act 2004
2. Matters to consider when deciding if restrictions should be imposed via legislation (with enforcement action) or public health advice
3. How the Commission's proposed amendments balance human rights with health protection and how to communicate this to frontline staff and the public
4. Key lessons from other countries' responses to the Covid-19 pandemic

 
Pricing and Registration

This is an invitation only event. Please contact Katie Lines (k.lines@binghamcentre.biicl.org) for more information.

Speakers:

• Professor Yvonne Doyle CB (former Medical Director and Director of Health Protection for Public Health England)
• Dr Ruth Fox (Director of the Hansard Society)
• Dr Dana Garfin (Associate Professor of Community Health Sciences at UCLA)
• Dr Joelle Grogan (Presenter of the Law Show and Academic Co-Director of the Rule of Law Clinic at the CEU Democracy Institute at CEU Budapest)
• Professor Tom Hickman KC (Barrister at Blackstone Chambers and Professor of Public Law at UCL)
• Professor Fu Meng Khaw (National Director of Health Protection and Screening Services at Public Health Wales)
• Professor Jeff King (Professor of Law at UCL)
• Professor Susan McVie (Chair of Quantitative Criminology at Edinburgh University)
• Reema Patel (Executive Director at Elgon Social Research)
• Professor Joe Tomlinson (Professor of Administrative Law at King's College London)
• Adam Wagner KC (Barrister at Doughty Street Chambers)