British law expert Sir Geoffrey Bindman will speak at the second Hrant Dink Human Rights and Freedom of Expression Conference hosted by Bosphorus University on 16 January.
The conference will take place at 3 pm in the Great Hall (Büyük Salon) on the Northern Campus of the university.
Bindman was born in 1933 and has been a lawyer in London since 1960. Bindman was legal adviser to the Race Relations Board (1966-73). He then spent ten years as legal adviser to the Commission for Racial Equality until 1983.
Bindman is the author of many articles in the legal profession's journals and in the national press. He has broadcast frequently on his specialist topics. He has represented the ICJ, IBA, Amnesty International and other bodies in human rights missions overseas.
He has received several human rights awards and is a visiting lecturer at University College London and London South Bank University.
The conference is held in memory of Armenian-Turkish journalist Hrant Dink, editor of the Agos newspaper. Dink was murdered in front of his office in Istanbul on 19 January 2007. (EÜ/AG)

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