Events
1. Breaking down the silos- Health – Justice Partnerships– the new model for improving access to justice
Presenter Linda Gyorki, Senior Project Manager and Lawyer at Inner Melbourne Community Legal will present the findings of her Churchill Fellowship which saw her travel to the USA, UK, Canada in 2014 to research the practical and ethical barriers of integrating legal assistance into a health-care setting.
Date: Wednesday 17th June 2015
Time: 6pm
Venue: Monash University Law Chambers, 555 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne Victoria
RSVP: By Thursday 11th June to law-marketing@monash.edu
Cost: Free
Download the flyer here
2. Public Lecture: Castan Centre for Human Rights Law presents Olivier de Schutter
Date: Tuesday 23 June 2015
Time: 6.00pm – 7.15pm
Venue: Monash University Law Chambers, 555 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne
RSVP: castan.centre@monash.edu or 03 9905 3327
3. The Annual Castan Centre for Human Rights Law Conference
Date: Friday 24 July 2015
Time: 9.00am – 5.00pm
Venue: Deakin Edge, Federation Square,Corner of Swanston and Flinders Street, Melbourne
Join over 300 other attendees to listen to:
Adela Navarro Bello, General Director of Zeta Magazine, Mexico
Topic: Journalism in Mexico: surviving corruption, the drugs war and impunity
Bret Walker SC, former Independent National Security Legislation Monitor
Topic: Australia’s terrorism laws
Fiona McCormack, CEO, Domestic Violence Victoria
Topic: Women’s rights are human rights Hillary Rodham Clinton once famously stated
Helen Szoke, Chief Executive of Oxfam Australia
Topic: Human rights in an age of rapidly rising inequality
Martin Hodgson, Senior Advocate, Foreign Prisoner Support Service
Topic: Defending Australian prisoners overseas
Dennis Eggington, CEO, Aboriginal Legal Service WA
Topic: The Proposal to Close Remote Communities in WA
Tim Wilson, Australian Human Rights Commissioner
Topic: Human Rights and Business Rights: Friends or Foe
Paula Gerber, Deputy Director, Castan Centre for Human Rights Law
Topic: Through the Looking Glass: Using the Convention on the Rights of the Child to Inform the Regulation of Surrogacy
Professor Sarah Joseph, Director, Castan Centre for Human Rights Law
Topic: Operation Sovereign Borders, Offshore Detention and the Drownings Argument
Click here for Speaker information and abstracts
Registration Fees
Full Registration Early Bird – $250 (until Wednesday 3 June)
Full Registration – $280 (after Wednesday 3 June)
NGO Registration Early Bird – $130 (until Wednesday 3 June)
NGO Registration – $150 (after Wednesday 3 June)
Students – $80 (limited number)