Events
1. Castan Centre Annual Human Rights Convention 2012
Castan Centre for Human Rights annual conference, Human Rights 2012. Registration for Monash University Law staff is at the NGO rate of $110. Please email Janice at janice.hugo@monash.edu if interested.
Date: Friday 20 July 2012
Venue: Spring Street Conference Centre, 1 Spring Street, Melbourne
Full Details: Here (list of speakers here).
Registration:
$220 Full registration
$110 NGOs/Concession ($90 Multiple NGO registrations only)
Students – $55 (Student tickets now sold out. To join the Student waiting list, please email castan.centre@monash.edu
2. Careers Festival
Date: Thursday 2 August
Time: 11 am – 1.30 pm
Location: Clayton campus
Come to the Careers Festival for your chance to meet employers on campus. At the festival you can:
- find out about upcoming course-related work opportunities
- identify jobs that match your degree
- network and make helpful contacts
- learn about recruitment processes
- have your resume and cover letter checked
Entry with your Monash ID card. For more information and to book in to this event go here.
3. Children’s Rights in a Changing World
Time: 6pm – 8pm
Date: Thursday 12th July
Location: Basement Lecture Theatre, The Spot Building, 198 Berkeley St, Parkville (University of Melbourne)
RSVP: unyc2012@unyouth.org.au
This is a free public event.
- 22, 000. That’s the number of young Australians who are homeless as you read this
- 28. That’s the rate at which Indigenous youth are more likely to be imprisoned than non-Indigenous youth
- 44 million. That’s a modest estimate of the number of children in India trapped in child labour.
Hear stories of the real children behind the numbers. Take action to enforce children’s rights!
Speakers:
The Hon. Alastair Nicholson AO RFD QC, former Chief Justice of the Family Court of Australia
Associate Professor John Tobin, child rights expert, Faculty of Law, University of Melbourne
Jan Owen AM, Chief Executive Office, Foundation for Young Australians
Chris Varney, former Australian Youth Representative to the UN
Speakers will discuss child rights concerns and give a call to action in light of Australia’s recent review under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
This event is being organized by the Australia’s Role in the World Partnership, a global education initiative of the Australian Institute of International Affairs, University of Melbourne and UN Youth Australia, with support from Vision Generation (World Vision).