Media Accessibility as a Human Right
15:05 - 15:20 Monday 24th Mar 2025 / 15 min
A special keynote from Baroness Helena Kennedy, KC, opens the second part of the afternoon.
What if we look at the question from the perspective of the citizen spectator? Should the right to free and fair information, to a variety of sources, stories and voices, be considered a fundamental human right? A leading legal mind reflects on the implications of a new “bill of rights for audiences”.
Baroness Helena Kennedy KC is one of the UK’s most distinguished lawyers. Member of the Bar, a King’s Counsel, a Bencher of Gray’s Inn and the Director of the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute. She was granted life peerage in 1997.