Events
1. Progressive Law Network Event
The Progressive Law Network is excited to invite you to the Legal (r)Evolution Conference 2012 – People. Planet. System.
Keynote address: The Hon Michael Kirby AC CMG
Panelists include:
David Manne – Executive Director of the Refugee and Immigration Legal Centre;
Felicity Millner – Principal Solicitor, Environment Defenders Office (VIC);
The Hon. Chief Justice Brian Preston – Chief Justice of the NSW Land and Environment Court, NSW.
When: Friday, 16 March from 9.30am to 4.30pm
Where: Monash Law Chambers, 555 Lonsdale St, Melbourne.
Tickets: Tickets and more information on speakers available at the website.
2. Ninth Fiat Justitia Lecture
The Province of Legitimate Expectations Defined: the English and Australian Experience
By Professor Christopher Forsyth, the Professor of Public Law and Private International Law, Cambridge University
Date: Wednesday, 28 March 2012
Time: 6–7pm (followed by refreshments)
Venue: Monash University Law Chambers, 555 Lonsdale St, Melbourne
Cost: Free
RSVP: Wednesday, 21 March 2012, law-marketing@monash.edu or 03 9905 2630
Patron: The Hon. Michael Black AC, Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Australia
Convenors: Professor H P Lee, Sir John Latham Professor of Law, Monash University and Professor Marilyn Pittard, Professor of Law, Monash University
For further information please see here.
3. ACCJSI Public Lecture
The Australian Centre for Court and Justice System Innovation (ACCJSI) invites you to a public lecture by Mr Jeremy Gormly SC (NADRAC Chair).
The ACCJSI presents: NADRAC: The latest developments
Date: Monday 20th February, 2012
Time: 6:00 pm
Venue: Monash University Law Chambers, Ground Floor Auditorium, 555 Lonsdale St Melbourne
RSVP: Wednesday, 15 February, 2012 to Nina Massara at nina.massara@monash.edu
Biography:
Mr Jeremy Gormly SC currently practices at the NSW Bar. He was admitted to the Bar in 1985 and became Senior Counsel in 2001. He has appeared in numerous commissions of inquiry as counsel assisting including the CAA-Seaview Aviation Royal Commission, the Thredbo Landslide Inquiry and the Andrew Mallard Murder Conviction Inquiry in Western Australia. Mr Gormly is also a practising mediator, and has mediated numerous commercial, equity and negligence actions. Under a joint Commission from the Commonwealth Attorney-General and the Minister for Science and Personnel he was appointed to and completed the task of concluding outstanding claims arising from the 1964 collision of HMAS Melbourne with HMAS Voyager. Mr Gormly is a member of the Legal Profession Admission Board, the NSW Bar Council, the Chairman of one of the Council’s Professional Conduct Committee and former Chairman and member of numerous other committees and boards.
4. Public Lecture – All Welcome
The Castan Centre for Human Rights Law and the Human Rights Law Centre invite you to a public lecture with:
Claudio Grossman, Chair, United Nations Committee Against Torture
Fiona McCormack, CEO, Domestic Violence Victoria
“The Relevance of the Convention Against Torture in Preventing and Redressing Violence Against Women”
Date: Wednesday22 February 2012
Time: 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Venue: Lander & Rogers, Level 12, 600 Bourke Street, Melbourne
RSVP: By completing and returning the registration form by 15 February
Cost: $20 / $10 concession (includes drinks and finger food)
Full details including registration form here.
Come along to this seminar and find out how the Convention Against Torture can be used to increase transparency and accountability and improve law, policy and practice in the area of violence against women.
5. Symposium – Recent developments concerning the Convention on the Rights of the Child
Date: Tuesday 24 April 2012
Venue: Monash University Law Chambers, 555 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne
Time: 9:00am to 2:45pm
This symposium will consider three important current issues in children’s rights, from Australian and international perspectives.
This informative and thought-provoking event will bring together some of Australia’s leading child rights advocates, academics and organisations. It will be an invaluable occasion for those working or studying in the area, as well as anyone with an interest in children’s rights.
Confirmed speakers:
The Hon Alastair Nicholson AO RFD QC, Chair of Children’s Rights International
Associate Professor John Tobin, University of Melbourne
Associate Professor Paula Gerber, Monash University
Chris Varney, Former Australian Youth Representative to the United Nations
Registration
Registration fees for the symposium are:
Early bird discount: $65 (before 1 March 2012)
Full price: $75
Concession early bird discount (student, unemployed, NGO before 1 March 2012): $30
Concession full price: $35 (1 March 2012 on)
To register and pay online, please go here.
For more information on the event, please see Convention on the Rights of the Child.
6. Aid and Accountability: Safeguarding Rights in High-Risk Development Projects
Learning from the ADB and AusAID-Funded Rehabilitation of the Cambodian Railway Project
Presenters
David Pred, Executive Director, Bridges Across Borders Cambodia
Dr. Natalie Bugalski, Human Rights Lawyer, Author of DERAILED report
Eang Vuthy, Development Watch Program Manager, Bridges Across Borders Cambodia
Panellists
Dr. Adam McBeth, Deputy Director, Castan Centre for Human Rights Law, Monash University
Jessica Rosien, Advocacy Coordinator, Oxfam Australia
Matthew Hilton, Chair, Aid/Watch
Moderator
James Ensor, Policy Director, Oxfam Australia
Date: Monday, 13 February 2012
Time: 12:30pm to 2:00pm (Refreshments and finger food to be provided after the event from 2:00pm to 2:30pm)
Venue: Monash University Law Chambers, 555 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne
RSVP: castan.centre@monash.edu or tel. 9905 3327
Full details: Monash Law Website
For further information, including main points of discussion, please see Aid and Accountability.