Hauser Center Brown Bag Lunch
Series Presents:
“Are Human
Rights too political to be charitable?”
The Charities Act 2009 and the Future of Human Rights
Organizations in Ireland
Presented by
Dr. Oonagh Breen
Wednesday, June 17, 2009, 12:30-1:45 pm
Hauser Center Conference Room
5 Bennett Street (Charles Hotel
plaza)
Dr. Oonagh Breen is a visiting research fellow at the
Hauser Center and a Senior Lecturer in Law at University
College Dublin, Ireland. A graduate of Yale Law School, her
research lies in the area of comparative charity regulation
and the role of nonprofits in public policy formation. She
has worked with both nonprofit organizations and the Irish
Government on the current charity law reform agenda in
Ireland and has engaged with regulators in Northern Ireland
and Great Britain in their search for regulatory solutions
that work across national borders. Her recent publications
explore the challenges of regulating charitable
solicitations, European charity governance issues, and the
problems of overlapping regulatory regimes for cross-border
charities.