Events
1. Conference – Are States Meeting Their Responsibilities to Trafficked Persons?
We are proud to invite you to the 2011 Castan Centre for Human Rights Law / Mallessons Stephen Jaques Annual Lecture presented by:
Conference – Ms Joy Ezeilo, United Nations Special Rapporteur on Trafficking in Persons, Especially in Women and Children
Destination countries for human trafficking are obliged to protect and assist victims of trafficking. This includes providing trafficked persons with protection of privacy and identity, measures for ‘physical, psychological and social recovery of victims’, and their physical safety. They should also provide effective remedies for trafficked persons, such as compensation, and restitution. Are destination States meeting these responsibilities in the 21st century?
Joy Ngozi Ezeilo is a human rights lawyer and professor at the University of Nigeria. She has also served in various governmental capacities, including as Honourable Commissioner for Ministry of Women Affairs & Social Development in Enugu State and as a Delegate to the National Political Reform Conference. She has consulted for various international organizations and is also involved in several NGOs, particularly working on women’s rights. She has published extensively on a variety of topics, including human rights, women’s rights, and Sharia law. Ms. Ezeilo was conferred with a national honour (Officer of the Order of Nigeria) in 2006 for her work as a human right defender. Ms. Ezeilo assumed her functions as Special Rapporteur on 1 August 2008.
| Venue: | State Library of Victoria Conference Centre and Theatrette, 328 Swanston Street, Melbourne (enter off La Trobe Street) |
| Date: | Monday 28 November, 2011 |
| Time: | 1.00pm |
| RSVP: | castan.centre@monash.edu or tel 9905 3327 |
| Full details: | Conference website |
2. International Conference on Human Rights in Closed Environments
Where liberty is restricted in closed environments, such as prisons, police cells, immigration detention, and closed psychiatric and disability settings, the potential for human rights abuses is high. The management of such environments requires a delicate balance between the rights of individuals, and the safety and security of others in the closed environment and the broader community.
| Venue: | Monash University Law Chambers 555 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne VIC 3000 |
| Date: | Monday 20 – Tuesday 21 February, 2011 |
| Further information: | Please see Registration and Program |
| Conference website: | Implementing Human Rights |
| Contact information: | info@conorg.com.au or +61 3 93492220 |
3. Tackling the Legal Challenges in Cross-border Transactions Symposium
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