Events
1. The Castan Centre for Human Rights Law Present Dr Joo-Cheong Tham
With commentary from Sam McLean of GetUp! “Money and Politics: Why it matters to human rights”
Date: Thursday 4 November, 2010
Time: 6 pm – 7 pm
Venue: Monash University Law Chambers,
472 Bourke Street, Melbourne
RSVP: castan.centre@monash.edu
OR 03 9905 3327
Money politics and its regulation are high on the political agenda. Money politics, however, is not usually perceived as a human rights issue – human rights organisations that have engaged in the debate on money politics are few and far between and even then, such issues are rarely seen as questions of human rights.
This lecture argues that money politics falls squarely within the human rights agenda for three reasons:
-Progressive realisation of human rights is likely only to take place through democratic political processes; insofar as money politics undermines the democratic integrity of the political process, it is likely to undermine the progressive advancement of human rights;
-Money politics raises challenging questions for human rights organisations in terms of their funding and use of money to influence the political process;
-Money politics directly implicates two important rights – freedom of political association and freedom of political expression.
For more information:
www.law.monash.edu.au/castancentre/events/2010/tham-lecture.html
2. The 2010 Monash University Pro Vice-Chancellor’s Public Debate
Topic: Does John Brumby or Ted Baillieu offer the best climate change policy for Victoria?
Climate change is one of the defining political issues of the 2010 State Election. Which political party offers the best response to what Kevin Rudd once described as the “greatest moral challenge of our time”?
The proceedings will be followed by a question and answer session, moderated by Monash University Pro Vice-Chancellor, Professor Phillip Steele.’
Date: Thursday 4 November, 2010
Time: 6.30 pm- 8.30 pm, refreshments from 6.00 pm
Venue: Building F1.01, Monash University Peninsula Campus,
McMahons Road, Frankston
Speakers include:
Brian Tee ALP MLC, Eastern Metropolitan Region;
David Morris Liberal MP, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for the Environment;
Colin Long, Greens Candidate for Southeastern Metropolitan;
Simon Molesworth AM,QC; and
Professor Robert Brooks, Associate Dean (Undergraduate) Faculty of Business and Economics
Please RSVP to:
rsvp.peninsula@monash.edu