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Symposium 2018: Keynote Speaker Ann Power-Forde
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Ann Power-Forde SC is an International Judge, a Senior Counsel, and an Academic. She is currently the Presiding Judge of the Constitutional Court Chamber of the Kosovo Specialist Chambers (KSC) in The Hague. She served as a judge of the European Court of Human Rights — working through French and English — from January 2008 until her final case in July 2015. A Consultant Adviser in International Human Rights Law, Ann joined Doughty Street Chambers in London as an Associate Tenant in September 2015, and she is a member of the Doughty Street International Team. She is Senior Counsel with extensive experience in Medical Law, Public Law and Constitutional Law.

As an academic, Ann has over 20 years’ experience of teaching Philosophy and Jurisprudence. She has published and presented papers on a wide range of topics — including international human rights law, bioethics, and risk management. She is a regular guest speaker at national and international conferences.  Ann has a keen interest in the not-for-profit sector having served at Executive Board level on numerous bodies, including, the Board of Governors of a national hospital, the Board of a Statutory Health Care Agency and the Academic Council of All Hallows College, Dublin. She continues to serve on a voluntary basis in the not-for-profit sector.