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Events
Come along to this seminar and find out how the Convention Against Torture can be used to increase transparency and accountability and improve law, policy and practice in the area of violence against women. Guest speakers: Claudio Grossman, Chair – United Nations Committee Against Torture and Fiona McCormack, CEO – Domestic Violence Victoria. Time and [...]
Public Seminar: Human Rights in Asia – Situations of Concern Join the Deputy Director of Human Rights Watch’s Asia Division, Elaine Pearson, and SBS’s Dateline presenter, Mark Davis, for updates and discussion about situations of concern in Asia including human rights abuses in West Papua and Burma, religious freedom in Indonesia, extrajudicial killings in the [...]
On Friday 14 October, the HRLC was pleased to host US Ambassador (and “recovering human rights lawyer”) Jeffrey Bleich at a public seminar at law firm Blake Dawson. A copy of the Ambassador’s speech can be found here: “Human rights, civil society and the rule of law”. (More photos from the event can be found [...]
The Castan Centre for Human Rights and the Human Rights Law Centre invite you to a public lecture with Dr Angela Ward of The Bar Council, Law Library of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland The Victorian Charter of Fundamental Rights: a case of inappropriate transplants? Date: Thursday, 18 August 2011 Time: 6:00pm to 7:30pm Venue: Monash University [...]
Conference about best-practice models and frameworks for the promotion of equality. Tuesday 26 July 2011, Melbourne As the Australian Government prepares to consolidate various federal anti-discrimination laws into a single Act, the Human Rights Law Centre is hosting a conference to encourage and inform debate on this ‘consolidation project’. The conference is an opportunity for [...]
In March 2011, 13 years after the enactment of the landmark Human Rights Act, the UK Government launched a Bill of Rights Commission to advise on further reform to strengthen the recognition and protection of human rights and liberties in the UK. What has been the impact of the UK Human Rights Act and what [...]
The Human Rights Law Centre and the Public Interest Law Clearing House invite you to attend the 2011 Human Rights Dinner with Simon McKeon Australian of the Year and Dr Cassandra Goldie CEO of the Australian Council of Social Service Details 6.45pm, Friday, 6 May 2011 Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre 1 Convention Centre Place, [...]
The Human Rights Law Resource Centre and the Australian Human Rights Commission present Taking Human Rights from Geneva to Geraldton and Geelong: Using the Universal Periodic Review Process to Improve Human Rights on the Ground with The Hon Catherine Branson QC Australian Human Rights Commission Dr Annemarie Devereux Office of International Law, Attorney-General’s Department Ben [...]
On 5 April, the Human Rights Law Centre and the Castan Centre for Human Rights Law presented a public seminar on the topic “Will the Revolution be Tweeted? The Role of Social Media in Promoting and Protecting Human Rights”. The seminar involved a keynote address by Professor Sarah Joseph (Director, Castan Centre for Human Rights [...]
“Human Rights Here and Now” Using the Universal Periodic Review Process to Improve Human Rights on the Ground with Rowan McRae Office of International Law, Attorney-General’s Department Darren Dick Australian Human Rights Commission Ben Schokman Human Rights Law Resource Centre Co-Chaired by Tammy Solonec, Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia and Breony Allen, Australian Lawyers [...]
On 10 February 2011, the Human Rights Law Resource Centre, together with the Castan Centre for Human Rights Law, hosted a seminar entitled ‘Preying on the Poor: “Vulture Funds”, Debt Relief and Human Rights in Developing Countries’ with Dr Cephas Lumina, UN Independent Expert on Human Rights and Foreign Debt. An audio recording of the [...]
On 20 September 2010, the HRLRC hosted a seminar with Justice Albie Sachs, former Judge of the South African Constitutional Court, entitled ‘The Sacred and the Secular: The Same-Sex Marriages Case’. The follow audio recordings are available from the seminar: Introduction of Albie Sachs, by Rachel Ball (4 mins 19 secs) Albie Sachs address – Part [...]
The Human Rights Law Resource Centre presents The Sacred and the Secular: The Same-Sex Marriages Case with Albie Sachs Former Judge of the South African Constitutional Court Details: Date: Monday, 20 September 2010 Time: 5.45pm for 6.00 – 7.30pm Venue: DLA Phillips Fox, Level 21, 140 William Street Cost: $30 / $15 concession or [...]
On 18 August 2010, the Human Rights Law Resource Centre and the Australian Council for International Development presented a public seminar on ‘Global Good Samaritans: Human Rights as Foreign Policy’ with Professor Alison Brysk (Mellichamp Chair of Global Governance at the University of California Santa Barbara and author of Global Good Samaritans: Human Rights as Foreign [...]
The Human Rights Law Resource Centre and the Institute for International Law and the Humanities at Melbourne Law School present a seminar on ‘The Erosion of the Right to Privacy in the Fight against Terrorism’ Time: 5.30pm to 7.00pm Date: Tuesday, 24 August 2010 Venue: Melbourne Law School, 185 Pelham Street, Carlton RSVP: 23 August [...]
The 2010 Human Rights Dinner, presented jointly by the Human Rights Law Resource Centre and the Public Interest Law Clearing House, was held on 14 May 2010 at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre. The Dinner was addressed by Louise Arbour (President and CEO, International Crisis Group and former United Nations High Commissioner for Human [...]
The Rise of Targeted Assassinations and the Implications for International Law with Professor Philip Alston UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial Killings This seminar is presently jointly by the Castan Centre for Human Rights Law and the Human Rights Law Resource Centre. Time: 6pm to 7pm Date: Wednesday, 19 May 2010 Venue: Monash University Law Chambers, [...]
Richard Downs, Spokesperson for Alyawarr Elders, Ampilatwatja Richard Downs is a respected Aboriginal leader from the Ampilatwatja community in the Northern Territory, which is a “prescribed area” under the Intervention legislation. Richard is the spokesperson for the Aboriginal elders who have walked off their community and set up a camp outside the “prescribed area” in [...]
Erika Feller, Assistant High Commissioner for Protection, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Erika Feller is one of Australia’s most senior UN diplomats, in charge of international protection for the UN’s refugee agency, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. She has worked in human rights for over 35 years and is a [...]
The Human Rights Law Resource Centre presents The National Human Rights Consultation and the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights in Australia with The Hon Robert McClelland MP Attorney-General of Australia Father Frank Brennan SJ AO Chair, National Human Rights Consultation Committee Date: 10.30am – 12.00pm on Thursday, 8 October 2009 Venue: Queen’s Hall, Parliament [...]
The Human Rights Law Resource Centre and the Institute of Legal Studies at the Australian Catholic University present The Responsibility to Protect: Protection and Intervention in response to Mass Atrocity Crimes 27 and 28 November 2009, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne Confirmed speakers for this major conference include the Hon Gareth Evans AO AC, the Rt Hon [...]
Human Rights Policy and Practice Forum 2009 20 and 21 October 2009, InterContinental, The Rialto, Melbourne The Human Rights Policy & Practice Forum aims to critically explore the human rights policy and practice in Australia in an open and interactive format, allowing for a robust discussion between all participants. This event is addressing challenging content [...]
The Human Rights Law Resource Centre and the Public Interest Law Clearing House present ‘Advancing Women’s Rights and Gender Equality’ with Justice Yvonne Mokgoro, Constitutional Court of South Africa and Elizabeth Broderick, Sex Discrimination Commissioner Time: 12.30pm – 2.15pm Date: Monday, 27 July 2009 Venue: Mallesons Stephen Jaques, Level 50, 600 Bourke St, Melbourne Cost: $25 / [...]
Human Rights Law Resource Centre presents The Defence of Human Rights in Asia: The Malaysian Bar’s Long March for Justice with Andrew Harding, Professor of Asia-Pacific Law Time: 5.45 for 6.00pm – 7.30pm Date: Monday, 13 July 2009 Venue: DLA Phillips Fox, Level 21, 140 William St, Melbourne Cost: $20 / $10 concession Registration: RSVP [...]
You are invited to attend the 2009 Human Rights Gala Dinner. The Dinner is brought to you jointly by the Human Rights Law Resource Centre and the Australian Lawyers Alliance. All profits from this fundraising event will be donated to the Human Rights Law Resource Centre. The event will acknowledge and celebrate the work and [...]
On 28 April 2009, the Human Rights Law Resource Centre hosted a seminar entitled ‘Dignity, Equality and Inclusion: Engaging with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Committee of Experts’ with Professor Ron McCallum AO, member of the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. For an audio [...]
Time: 5.45 for 6.00 – 7.30pm
Date: Monday, 2 March 2009
Venue: Blake Dawson, Level 26, 181 William Street, Melbourne
“It would clearly test to destruction the tolerance of the ordinary red-blooded Australian to have a Pom getting off the plane from London and telling them how to run their country. So I shall not presume to say how the current human rights debate in this country should be resolved. But perhaps I may contribute [...]
In July and August 2008, the Human Rights Law Resource Centre ran a Human Rights Law, Advocacy and Campaigning Program. The training was intended for lawyers, advocates and workers in community legal centres, private law firms, Victoria Legal Aid, community organisations and NGOs with an interest in using human rights law in casework, advocacy and campaigning. [...]
On 7 August 2008, the Human Rights Law Resource Centre hosted a seminar with the federal Attorney-General at which he delivered a paper entitled, ‘Strengthening Human Rights and the Rule of Law’. The speech included a number of significant human rights announcements, including that: The Government is issuing a standing open invitation to the Special Procedures of [...]
The Rt Hon Malcolm Fraser AC, former Prime Minister of Australia, Speech to HRLRC on Torture Team: Human Rights, Lawyers and the War on Terror (Aug 2008).
Tom Calma (National Race Commissioner and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner), ‘Indigenous Rights and the Debate over a Charter of Rights in Australia’, Speech to Human Rights Law Resource Centre Annual Dinner, 4 April 2008.
Sir Gerard Brennan, ‘The Constitution, Good Government and Human Rights’, Paper delivered at Human Rights Law Resource Centre Seminar, Melbourne, 12 March 2008.
Gareth Evans AO QC, ‘The Responsibility to Protect: Creating and Implementing a New International Norm’, Paper presented at Human Rights Law Resource Centre seminar, 13 August 2007.
In this paper, ‘What Difference can a Human Rights Charter Make?’, delivered to a joint seminar of the Human Rights Law Resource Centre and the Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission on 15 August 2007, Lord Robert Walker of the UK House of Lords reflects on his experience ‘judging’ human rights under the UK Human [...]
Beth Midgley and Cecilia Riebl, ‘The Right to Humane Treatment in Detention: How do Victorian Prisons Rate?’, Paper to PILCH Law Week Seminar on 17 May 2007, Melbourne.
On 30 November 2006, the HRLRC ran a workshop with Malcolm Langford of the Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions on ‘Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: Advocacy, Litigation and Implementation Strategies’. Click here for a copy of Malcolm Langford’s presentation.
Prof Ivan Shearer, ‘The UN Human Rights Committee: A Final Court of Appeal for Australia?’, Presentation at the ‘Remedying Violations of Human Rights’ seminar convened by the Human Rights Law Resource Centre Ltd on 4 October 2006 in Melbourne.
Justice John Perry, ‘International Human Rights and Domestic Law and Advocacy’, Speech to the ‘Human Rights in Domestic Law’ seminar convened by the Human Rights Law Resource Centre Ltd on 7 August 2006 in Melbourne. Please click here to email us with any further questions.
Professor Larissa Behrendt, ‘Achieving Social Justice for Indigenous Australians’ Brian Walters SC, ‘Indigenous Peoples and the Right to Self-Determination’ Mark Leibler AC, ‘Achieving Social Justice for Indigenous Australians’
Andrea Durbach, ‘Human Rights and the Rule of Law’, Speech to the ‘Human Rights and Activism Seminar’ jointly convened by the Human Rights Law Resource Centre Ltd and the Public Interest Law Clearing House (Vic) Inc on 25 May 2006 in Melbourne.
Paul Hunt (UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health), ‘Taking Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Seriously’, Speech to the 2006 Human Rights Dinner of the Human Rights Law Resource Centre Ltd on 29 April 2006 in Melbourne.
Geoffrey Robertson QC, Speech at the Launch of the Human Rights Law Resource Centre Ltd on 14 March 2006 in Melbourne.
Justice Chris Maxwell, President of the Victorian Court of Appeal, Speech at the Launch of the Human Rights Law Resource Centre Ltd on 14 March 2006 in Melbourne.
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