Read the report or watch the event 'How should a liberal democracy react to conscientious objection claims?'

Read the report here or watch the panel sessions below.

Panel One - Concepts of Conscience

Chair: Professor Bert Gordijn, Dublin City University

Panellists:

• Professor Kimberley Brownlee, The University of British Columbia
• Dr Katherine Furman, University of Liverpool

Panel Two - Conscience in Legal Perspective: Challenges and Controversies 

Chair: Professor David Smith, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences

Panellists:

• Advocate General Gerard Hogan, Court of Justice of the European Union
• Professor Ronan McCrea, University College London
• Dr Regina McQuillan, St Francis Hospice

Panel Three - Theological and Religious Perspectives on Conscience

Chair:  Mary McAleese, MRIA, Professor of Children, Law and Religion, University of
Glasgow

Panellists:

• Professor Linda Hogan, Trinity College Dublin
• Professor David Albert Jones, The Anscombe Bioethics Centre
• Professor David Novak, University of Toronto

Panel Four - Reacting to Conscience Claims in the Public Square 

Chair:  Mr Bryan Dobson, RTÉ

Panellists:

• Dr John Adentire, Queen Mary University of London
• Professor Fiona de Londras, University of Birmingham
• Senator Michael McDowell, Houses of the Oireachtas