Events
1. 21st Lucinda Lecture – “Of lions and squeaking mice in anxious times”
By Emeritus Professor H P Lee
From time to time most countries will encounter threats to the security of the state polity, ranging from a wartime situation to the contemporary terror threats.
Extraordinary legislation is often resorted to as a means of protecting public safety. Such legislation inevitably draws the courts into the spotlight. Perilous times present
the courts with a dilemma. This lecture seeks to canvass that dilemma and the lessons that can be learnt from past judicial experience in Australia and some selected jurisdictions.
Date: Thursday 8 October, 2015
Time: 6:00pm – 7:00pm (followed by refreshments)
Venue: Monash University Law Chambers, 555 Lonsdale St, Melbourne
Cost: Free
RSVP: Thursday 1 October, 2015 law-marketing@monash.edu or (03) 9905 2630
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2. Annual Costello Lecture – The Business of Human Rights
Consideration of the role of business in protecting and promoting human rights internationally and in Australia.
Presented by Emeritus Prof Gillian Triggs, President, Australian Human Rights Commission
Monash alumnus Rev.Tim Costello will introduce Emeritus Prof Gillian Triggs
Date: Wednesday 30 September, 2015
Time: 6pm – 7.15pm (followed by refreshments)
Venue: Monash University Law Chambers, 555 Lonsdale St, Melbourne
Cost: Free
RSVP: Thursday 24 September, 2015
law-marketing@monash.edu or (03) 9905 2630
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3. The Castan Centre for Human Rights Law/King & Wood Mallesons Annual Lecture
Death by Algorithm – the advent of “killer robots” by Professor Christof Heyns
Public event – all welcome
Professor Christof Heyns, UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions.
The use of force, in war and in peace, is increasingly impersonal. Unmanned systems are here to stay.
We have become all too familiar with the first generation of these unmanned systems: remotely piloted aircraft. Here the human is no longer necessarily physically present on the battlefield. An operator half-way around the world presses the button and a Hellfire missile is released from an armed drone. At the same time a further generation of unmanned systems is emerging, where human beings will not only be physically absent from the delivery of force, but also pshycologically, in the sense that computers and not humans will take the final decision on its release.
This development raises far-reaching legal and ethical questions. How good will they be at targeting? But also – should they be allowed to do this? Right to life and issues of dignity arise. But – does it really matter what we think about it? Have we not entered a new era where machines will take the important decisions?
Date: Friday 9 October, 2015
Time: 1.00pm – 2.00pm
Venue: The State Library at 328 Swanston Street, Melbourne
RSVP: castan.centre@monash.edu or phone 03 9905 3327
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