Events
1. Castan Centre for Human Rights Law Annual Human Rights Conference 2011
| Venue: | Spring Street Conference Centre, 1 Spring Street, Melbourne |
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| 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 23 May ($200 registration fee after that date)
- $100 NGOs (Multiple registrations $80)
- $50 Full-time students and concession (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
2. Hong Kong Maritime Law Scholarship Scheme
Scholarships to study the Master of Laws (LLM) (Maritime and Transportation Law stream) at City University of Hong Kong are available to overseas as well as Hong Kong students. As such, we would be delighted to entertain applications from Australian students. Scholarships will be awarded on the basis of merit from the applications received.
The scholarship covers full tuition fees for the LLM (around HK$96,000) but not transportation costs to Hong Kong and accommodation.
The scholarships are awarded on the condition that the recipient agrees to undertake work within the maritime industry in Hong Kong for a period of 1 year on graduation. This may provide students with opportunity to further their careers in this field.
Applications to study the LLM at City University and for the scholarships close on the Tuesday 31 May, 2011.
For further information please see Hong Kong Maritime Law Scholarship
3. 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
4. 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/
5. ‘There Must Be Some Way Out of Here’ – Why the Disabilities Convention is Potentially the Best Weapon in the Fight Against ‘Sanism’
Presented by Professor Michael Perlin – Director of the International Mental Disability Law Reform Project and the Online Mental Disability Law Program at the New York Law School, USA.
This will be followed by a Panel Discussion and the launch of the Centre for the Advancement of Law and Mental Health
| Venue: | The Lionel Murphy Centre, 360 Queen Street, Melbourne. |
| Date: | Thursday 2 June, 2011 |
| Time: | 2.00 pm onwards |
| Cost: | Launch of CALMH – Free Seminar – $20 |
Refreshments will be provided, so please register your attendance
For further information please see:
http://www.law.monash.edu.au/calmh/docs/calmh-launch-flyer.pdf
To register for the launch only, email Kathleen.Patterson@monash.edu or phone 9905 3303
Register online for the seminar via: (Credit Card is required)
http://ecommerce.law.monash.edu.au/categories.asp?cID=5&c=33531
6. ‘Victor’s Justice: Selecting the Targets of International Tribunals’
Presented by the Castan Centre for Human Rights Law
Professor William A. Schabas is one of the world’s leading authorities on international criminal law. He is Director of the Irish Centre for Human Rights at the National University of Ireland, Galway, where he holds the chair in human rights law. He is also an honorary professor at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, in Beijing, and professeur associé at the Université du Québec à Montréal. He is the author of more than 20 books and 275 journal articles, on such subjects as the abolition of capital punishment, genocide and the international criminal tribunals. His most recent book, The International Criminal Court: A Commentary on the Rome Statute, was published by Oxford University Press in 2010. He is editor in chief of Criminal Law Forum. Professor Schabas was a member of the Sierra Leone Truth and Reconciliation Commission. He is the chairman of the Board of Trustees of the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Technical Cooperation in Human Rights. He is an Officer of the Order of Canada, a member of the Royal Irish Academy and he has been awarded the Vespasian V. Pella Medal for International Criminal Justice of the Association internationale de droit penal.
| Venue: | Monash University Law Chambers, 472 Bourke Street, Melbourne |
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| Date: | Wednesday 1 June, 2011 | |
| Time: | 6.00 pm to 7.00 pm | |
| RSVP: | Email castan.centre@monash.edu or call 9905 3327 |
For further information please see:
http://www.law.monash.edu.au/castancentre/events/2011/schabas-lecture.html