Free Public Lecture - All Welcome - 'The Rise and Rise of Targeted Assassinations, and the Implications for International Law.' The Castan Centre for Human Rights Law and the Human Rights Law Resource Centre present Professor Philip Alston, UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Special Adviser to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on the Millennium Development Goals, and the John Pomeroy Professor of Law at New York University. He co-chairs the NYU Center for Human Rights and Global Justice. Professor Alston will speak on the topic 'The rise and rise of targeted assassinations, and the implications for international law'. Further details see: http://www.law.monash.edu.au/castancentre/events/2010/alston-lecture.html. Date: Wednesday 19 May
Time: 6 pm to 7 pm
Venue: Monash University Law Chambers, 472 Bourke Street, Melbourne
RSVP: castan.centre@law.monash.edu.au; tel 9905 3327 Annual Castan Centre Conference 'Human Rights 2010' - 16 July
The Castan Centre is proud to announce that Human Rights 2010 will be held on Friday 16 July 2010 at the State Library of Victoria. Registration is now open. The 2009 conference sold out a month in advance, so be sure to get in early to secure your seat.
The Program Session 1 – The changing face of Australian human rights laws The right to equality and the right to freedom of religion - not absolutes!
Dr Helen Szoke, Commissioner, Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission Charters of rights in Australia: recent developments and prospects
Mr Phil Lynch, Director, Human Rights Law Resource Centre Session 2 – Current human rights issues in Australia The race to the bottom: Understanding why our political leaders won't lead on refugee debates
Associate Professor Peter van Onselen, Contributing Editor The Australianand Faculty of Education and Arts, Edith Cowan University Indigenous rights: where to after the National Human Rights Consultation?
Ms Megan Davis, Director, Indigenous Law Centre, University of New South Wales Say ‘YES’ to same sex marriage in Australia’
Dr Adiva Sifris, Faculty of Law, Monash University Session 3 – Limiting Freedom The Rise of China and human rights
Mr John Garnaut, Fairfax China Correspondent Internet Freedom [title to be confirmed]
Mr Iarla Flynn, Head of Public Policy and Government Affairs (Australia/NZ), Google Session 4 – Human Rights - the latest from the UN How the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities can improve the lives of those living with a disability
Professor Ron McCallum AO, Chair, UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Professor of Law, Sydney Law School, University of Sydney Climate change and human rights: whose rights, what protection?
Dr Jane McAdam, Director of International Law Programs, Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law, University of New South Wales Registration: Registration costs for the conference will be:
• Full registration - "early bird" to 1 June - $160 (full registration from 2 June will be $195)
• NGOs - $95 (Multiple registrations $80)
• Full-time students - $45 (limited no of seats available, ID will be requested at the conference) Registration for the conference is now available online at - http://ecommerce.law.monash.edu.au/categories.asp?cID=4 . If you wish to register by mail, fax,or email, please go to http://www.law.monash.edu.au/castancentre/events/2010/conference-2010.html
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