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Past Events and Papers
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 Rights) [...]
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, 472 Bourke Street, Melbourne
RSVP: Free public lecture [...]
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 protest [...]
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 globally [...]
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 House, Melbourne, Victoria
RSVP: RSVP is essential to admin@hrlrc.org.au
Inquiries: admin@hrlrc.org.au [...]
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 Malcolm Fraser AO [...]
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 and is [...]
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 / $15 concession
Registration: RSVP by 20 July 2009 using Booking Form
About [...]
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 by 6 July 2009 using Booking Form
About Professor Andrew [...]
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 dedication of [...]
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 file [...]
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.
The training [...]
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 UN [...]
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.
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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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