Events
1. 2015 Osgoode Forum – “Sex, Drugs & Rock ‘n’ Roll: Subversive Sites in the Law”
Date: Friday 15 to Saturday 16 May, 2015 (conference); Friday 15 May, 2014 (Dinner and Reception)
Time: 9am – 5pm (conference); 7pm-10pm (Dinner and Reception)
Venue: Osgoode Hall Law School, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Cost: $25 – un/under-employed; $50 – Employed (self-declared); Includes conference, dinner and reception
For further information please see the website
2. Book Launch – “Human Rights in closed environments”
By Bronwyn Naylor, Julie Debeljak & Anita Mackay
La Trobe and Monash University present the launch of Human Rights in Closed Environments edited by Bronwyn Naylor, Julie Debeljak and Anita Mackay and published by Federation Press.
Professor Gillian Triggs, President of the Australian Human Rights Commission will officially launch the book.
Human Rights in Closed Environments stems from an Australian Research Council Linkage grant examining the implementation of human rights in six specific Australian ‘closed environments’ – prisons; police cells; forensic psychiatric institutions; closed mental health units; closed disability units; and immigration detention centres.
The publication highlights rights concerns common across the different types of environments, such as the vulnerability of persons held in detention the tension between respect for rights and safety concerns, and securing a human rights culture in the context of significant power imbalances. It also draws comparisons between the same closed environments in different jurisdictions, examining the ‘value add’ of formal rights instruments.
Finally, it considers the role of external monitoring mechanisms (such as, Ombudsmen and Human Rights Commissions) in securing rights respecting environments, in the context of Australia signing, but not yet ratifying, the Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture (OPCAT).
Date: Tuesday 25 November, 2014
Time: 5:30pm (for 6pm start)
Venue: La Trobe city campus, Floor 20, 360 Collins Street Melbourne
Cost: Free
RSVP: Tuesday 18 November, 2014, latrobe.edu.au/business/ human-rights-book
For further information please see the website
3. Commercial CPD Seminar – Arbitration Rules
The new Supreme Court (Chapter II Arbitration) Rules 2014 are scheduled to commence on Monday 1 December, 2014. The new Rules can be accessed online.
Chair
Justice Clyde Croft, Supreme Court of Victoria
Presenters
Martin Scott QC, Victorian Bar
Bronwyn Lincoln, Herbert Smith Freehills
Event details
Date: Tuesday 16 December, 2014
Time: 5:15pm – 6:15pm
Venue: Monash University Law Chambers, 555 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne Victoria
RSVP: Friday 12 December, 2014 (unless sold out prior) law-marketing@monash.edu or (03) 9905 2630
For further information please see the flyer