Talks and presentations

Coptic Solidarity Conference Washington DC June 2018
Religious Persecution
Coptic Solidarity 2018
 
At a conference on religious freedom, in Washington DC, organised at Capitol Hill by Coptic Solidarity, David Alton (Lord Alton of Liverpool) called for an international world wide day to highlight the right to freedom of religion or belief. 
Capitol Hill 2018
With fellow speakers, Canadian MP Garnett Genuis and New Jersey Congressman, Chris Smith
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May 2018 Public Lecture, Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School
The Duty To Defend Democracy
http://www.dailyglobe.co.uk/comment/draft-the-christian-duty-to-defend-democracy/
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November 2017: Speech commemorating more than 8 million UK lives ended in the womb at a CARE event in London 
https://youtu.be/o7ZFI2yNKQc
 
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November 2017 Speech to the Chester Pitt Club
https://www.davidalton.net/2017/11/04/the-pitt-club-chester-toast-to-william-pitt-the-younger-following-a-speech-entitled-o-my-country-how-i-love-my-country-but-do-we-november-2017/
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October 2017
Lecture at Liverpool Hope University on North Korea
North Korea Liverpool Hope 2017
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October 2017
Talk at Fulwood Lancashire on The Sanctity of Human Life 
Fulwood 2017 A Matter of Life And Death
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Washington Summit, May 2017, In Defence of the Persecuted
Washington Presentation
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Stonyhurst Easter Retreat Good Friday 2017: A Faith Worth Dying for Might Be Worth Living For
Stonyhurst Retreat Presentation 2017.pdf
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University of Oxford, March 3rd 2017: The John Milton Lecture
https://www.davidalton.net/2017/03/03/john-milton-lecture-mansfield-college-university-of-oxford-on-freedom-of-religion-or-belief-march-3rd-2017/
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Foreign and Commonwealth Office Presentation: October 19th 2017
Why Freedom of Religion and Belief Is Particularly Relevant
Powerpoint presentation: forb-presentation-fco
fco-presentation-october-19th-2017


October 2016: Warsaw Lecture: Article 18 – An Article of Faith
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Premier Lecture: June 2016 – Liverpool: A Battle of Belief – a matter of life and death –
Click here for presentation
A Battle of Beliefs – a matter of
A Battle of Beliefs final draft
Premier Lecture
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The Year of Mercy and What It Means for Human Rights
Gonzaga Lecture – Delivered at The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, Vincent St, Glasgow – February 27th 2016
Speech transcript: Gonzaga Lecture – The Year of Mercy and What It Means for Human Rights
Presentation slides: The Year of Mercy and What It Means for Human Rights
The Genocide of Christian and Yazidi Minorities in the Middle East
St Andrew’s Cathedral, Edinburgh – October 29th 2015
Presentation slides: Edinburgh 2015 A Faith Worth Dying For 2015
Further reading: The Genocide of Christian and Yazidi Minorities in the Middle East

Education for Citizenship
Singapore Management University’s Distinguished Education Lecture – March 2015
Presentation slides: Singapore Management University’s Distinguished Education Lecture March 2015
Time for the United Nations to create a World Orphans Day?
Tokyo and Seoul Speech to Promote the UN World Orphans Day Initiative – October 27th 2014.
Speech transcript: Time for the United Nations to create a World Orphans Day? 
Presentation slides: Tokyo-Seoul World Orphans Day

Making Change Through Politics
Milfield, Spring 2015.
Presentation slides: Making Change Through Politics
Laying Down Their Lives for Their Faith
Celebrate Conference and talks in Manchester Moss Side and Liverpool – 2015
Presentation slides: Celebrate 2015 Laying Down Their Lives for their Faith
Paying a Price for Belief
Brentwood – March 2014
Presentation slides: Paying A Price For Belief Brentwood 2014
Reading the Signs of The Times
Liverpool Hope University – June 2013
Presentation slides: Reading the signs of the times
J.R.R Tolkien 
David Alton talk on J.R.R Tolkien – 2011
Audio: J.R.R Tolkien Talk – David Alton audio version
Presentation slides: Tolkien Liverpool 2011 final copy
Presentation slides: Liverpool Catholic Chaplaincy Talk on Tolkien February 2011
Assisted Dying and Euthanasia
Talk given to Liverpool Medical-Legal Society – November 2010
Presentation slides: 2010 Liverpool Medical-Legal Society 1
Gladstone – Son of Liverpool, Scourge of Tyrants
Roscoe lecture – October 2009
Audio: Gladstone – son of Liverpool, Scourge of Tyrants – Tuesday 2 October 2009 – Roscoe Lecture
It’s A Matter of Life and Death
Talk given is Scotland on abortion, euthanasia, embryo experimentation and the sanctity of human life.
Presentation slides (Scotland): Scotland 2010 (2)
Presentation slides (Rome): Rome 2010 (2)
North Korea – Breaking the Deadlock – A Different Approach
Cambridge – 2011
Presentation slides:  North_Korea Cambridge 2011Blessed John Henry Newman
Vienna Forum
May 2010
Presentation slides: Vienna Forum 
Education for Good Science and Good Ethics
2011
Presentation slides: Educating for good science and good ethics
Human Rights, Human Life, Human Dignity
Presentation given to Edinburgh University Pro Life Society – September 2011
Presentation slides: Human Rights, Human Life, Human Dignity Edinburgh
Rome Reports: Defending Life At Every Stage
Rome Reports interviews Lord David Alton on his work around human rights and the sanctity of human life.
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QeixBMUj5M]
The Condition of England…
2011
Presentation slides: The Condition of England Question 2011
Pain of the Suffering Church
Presentation slides: Celebrate 2012 Pain of the Suffering Church
Audio: Celebrate Ilfracombe 2012 David Alton The Pain of the Suffering Church
What Easter Means to Me
Presentation slides: What Easter Means To Me
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Presentation slides: Rome LUMSA 2011 (97 – 2003 version of office)
Lessons of William Wilberforce
2012
Presentation slides: Buckfast Abbey Clear Voices Conference 2012
Why Britain Needs the Sharp Compassion of the Healers Art
October 2012
Presentation slides: Maranatha Lecture Manchester 2012
Turning Visions into Reality – Dream, Plan, Achieve
Yanbian University of Science and Technology – 2012
Presentation slides: Yanbian (YUST) Turning Visions Into Reality 2012
North Korea Case Reports and Human Rights Violation: From Documentation to Advocacy
September 2012
Presentation slides: Seoul Human Rights Conference 2012 “Why Human Rights Are The Key Priority
For Just Such A Time As
Celebrate 2013
Presentation slides: Celebrate 2013 For Such A Time As This
Blood Cries Out by Ooberfuse
In memory of Shahbaz Bhatti
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABOIQfhyh1g]