Events
1. Book Launch – Current Trend in Regulating Same-sex Relationships
| Venue: | Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission 204 Lygon Street, Carlton. |
| Date: | Thursday 5 May, 2011 |
| Time: | 6.00 pm |
| RSVP: | Thursday 28 April, 2011 Email marketing@law.monash.edu or phone (03) 99052630 |
For further information please see Invitation
2. Castan Centre for Human Rights Law Annual Human Rights Conference 2011
| Venue: | Spring Street Conference Centre, 1 Spring Street, Melbourne |
| Date: | Friday 22 July, 2011 |
| Speakers: | List of Presenters |
Registration
The conference sells out more than a month in advance each year, so be sure to get your tickets early.
Registration costs for the conference are:
- $170 Full registration – “early bird” rate until Monday 23 May ($200 registration fee after that date)
- $100 NGOs/Concession (Multiple registrations $80)
- $50 Full-time students (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/product.asp?pID=188&cID=4&e=1.
Alternatively, credit card registrations can be made by calling 9905 3327 (due to university policy, we can no longer accept registration by fax or email).
For full details please visit the conference website at –
http://www.law.monash.edu.au/castancentre/events/2011/conference-2011.html
3. Castan Centre for Human Rights Law Presents – Perspectives on the International Intervention in Libya
Join our expert panel to explore the legal and political issues surrounding the intervention in Libya.
Panelists
- Professor Donald R Rothwell, Australia National University College of Law
- Associate Professor Gideon Boas, Monash University Law School
- Jeff Sparrow, Writer and Research Fellow at Victoria University
Donald R Rothwell is a Professor of International Law at the ANU College of Law, Australian National University. His research includes a specific focus on the use of force. He is an active media commentator and in 2008 he was awarded the Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Community Outreach at the ANU. He is the current Co-Editor in Chief of the Australian Year Book of International Law.
Gideon Boas is an Associate Professor in the Law Faculty at Monash University. He is an expert in international criminal justice, international law and international humanitarian law. Prior to Monash, he was a Senior Legal Officer at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. He is regularly consulted by the media for his views on international law, politics and criminal justice, including recently in relation to the situation in Libya.
Jeff Sparrow is an Australian writer, editor and activist, currently working as a Research Fellow at Victoria University and is the editor of the literary journal Overland. Sparrow has authored a number of books most recently Killing: Misadventures in Violence, which was a finalist in the Melbourne Prize for Literature Best Writing Award 2009. He contributes regularly to Crikey, New Matilda, ABC The Drum Unleashed and other online outlets.
| Venue: | Melbourne City Conference Centre Chapel 333 Swanston Street, Cnr Little Lonsdale and Swanston Streets, Melbourne (Please note, this venue is only accessible via an external stairway) |
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| Date: | Wednesday 20 April, 2011 | |
| Time: | 6.00 pm – 7.30 pm | |
| RSVP: | castan.centre@monash.edu or 03 9905 3327 |
For further information please visit:
http://www.law.monash.edu.au/castancentre/events/2011/libya.html
4. Compete in the Castan Centre’s Human Rights Moot Competition
Applications are now being accepted for the 2011 Castan Centre Human Rights Moot Competition, which will be held from Monday 15 August through Monday 22 August, 2011. Monash University will be entering two teams of three students (Senior Counsel, Junior Counsel, Solicitor).
The event is sponsored by Clayton Utz who will provide the following prizes:
Winning team: $3000
Runner-up: $1000
How to Apply
Interested students should apply by 5pm on Friday 6 May by sending a short cover letter, CV and academic transcript (WES version is fine) via your student email to:
Erica Contini
Project Officer, Castan Centre for Human Rights Law
erica.contini@monash.edu
To be eligible, students must be in the equivalent of at least third year of a combined undergraduate law degree, or any year of a JD degree but must not have completed their degree. It is preferable that competitors have completed some studies in human rights law.
For further information please see:
For more information about the moot generally go to –
http://www.law.monash.edu.au/castancentre/events/2011/moot.html
For more information about applying to be on Monash’s teams go to –
http://www.law.monash.edu.au/castancentre/events/2011/monash-team.html
5. International Criminal Justice Project
International Criminal Justice concerns the response of the international community to mass atrocity. How such ruptures between people and communities arise, are addressed or are left unaccounted for, raise serious questions for the international community, as they do for Australia. This Symposium brings together national and international experts (including keynote speakers Lord Iain Bonomy of the Scottish Supreme Courts and Judge in the Miloševic´ Trial, Professor William A. Schabas of the National University of Ireland, Professor Rob Cryer from Birmingham
University and Dr Daryl Mundis, Chief of Prosecutions at the Special Tribunal for Lebanon) to consider the coherence and legitimacy of this complex area of international law and justice.
| Venue: | Monash University Conference Centre Level 7, 30 Collins Street Melbourne |
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| Date & Time: | Friday 3 June, 2011 ( 8.30 am – 5.30 pm) Saturday 4 June, 2011 ( 9 am – 1 pm) |
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| RSVP: | To Mr Andrew Roe at Andrew.Roe@monash.edu by Tuesday 24 May. Limited places available, registration is free. |
For flyer please see International Criminal Justice Project
6. Join the Castan Centre Team in the Walk for Justice
The Castan Centre is organising a contingent of Monash students and staff to participate in the Walk for Justice on the morning of Monday 16 May, 2011 at 7.30am. The walk kicks off Law Week each year, and we would love to have a large group of Monash people walking in support of human rights and justice in Victoria.
The Walk for Justice, now in its fourth year, raises much needed funds for PILCH organisations and their various legal assistance schemes in Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland. This year’s Victorian Walk for Justice will raise funds to establish a pro bono disbursement fund. The Castan Centre believes that this is a very worthy fundraising cause. The walk goes from Parliament House to the County Court, where a breakfast is served. The event attracts hundreds of participants each year, and this year walkers will include the Attorney General, the Shadow Attorney General and the Chief Justice of the County Court.
The cost of walking is $10 for students and $20 for staff. You can either fill out the form available on the PILCH website (below) or you can drop your money to Janice Hugo (room 350) and she will organise registration for you.
Full details of the event, and the booking form, are available at:
http://www.pilch.org.au/walk/
7. Monash Criminology Seminar Series 2011
‘The changing role of intimacy in law: Understanding the geographic and temporal aspects of society’s response to intimate partner homicide.’
| Venue: | PSI Library, Level 10, Menzies Building, Clayton Campus |
| Presenter: | Professor Myrna Dawson |
| Date: | Wednesday 20 April, 2011 |
| Time: | 1.00 pm – 2.30 pm |
| RSVP: | by Monday 18 April, 2011 to Kate Fitz-Gibbon, Kate.Fitz-Gibbon@monash.edu |
For further information please see Monash Criminology Seminar Series