Events

1. 2016 Castan Centre / KWM Annual Lecture with Human Rights Commissioner Edward Santow

What role should international human rights law play in addressing Australia’s most difficult social questions?

Does human rights law provide a comprehensive answer to those questions, or does it provide a way to arrive at that answer?

In this public lectureHuman Rights Commissioner Edward Santow will consider these questions by reference to some pressing issues, such as the proposal for marriage equality, the treatment of people in detention and the debate on free speech.

Date: Friday 7 October 2016

Time: 1pm to 2pm

Venue: The Village Roadshow Theatrette, The State Library, 328 Swanston Street, Melbourne

RSVP: http://bit.ly/2cpVR8t, castan.centre@monash.edu or telephone 03 9905 3327

Full details here.

2. Australian and European Refugee Laws: a Year in Review

Refugee Seminar presented by the French Australian Lawyers Society (Inc) (FALS).

Date: Tuesday 4 October 2016

Time: 5:30 – 8:00pm

Venue: Deakin’s Melbourne City Center, 555 Bourke Street, Melbourne

Cost: $35 for FALS members, $50 for non-members and $25 for students

Register: HERE

Further information on the seminar, including speakers Julian Burnside AO QC and Dr Maria O’Sullivan, can be found here.

3. Australian Institute of International Affairs (AIIA) National Conference

The AIIA National Conference is the premier event on Australian foreign policy bringing together Australia’s leading international affairs experts to address the theme Navigating the New International Disorder.

The Hon. Michael Kirby AC CMG and Senator Richard Di Natale will speaker at the conference along with a host of distinguished figures from politics, government, academia and business.

The conference will be preceded by masterclasses for young professionals and tertiary students on Sunday 20 November. These masterclasses will enable motivated young people to engage one-on-one with AIIA Fellows who are leading figures in Australian international affairs, in sessions ranging from Diplomacy and Intelligence, Development and Human Rights, Defence and Security and Media.

To apply for the 2016 masterclasses, please send your application to masterclass@internationalaffairs.org.au no later than Sunday 16 October.

Date: Monday 21st November 2016

Time: 9:00am start

Venue: The National Ball Room, Hotel Realm, Canberra

Price: Student members $99 / Student non-members $150

Registration and more information here.

4. Castan Centre Event: Literacy and Human Rights

This presentation, by writer and performer Kabu Okai-Davies, seeks to establish the link between literacy and the ability of individuals and groups to protect their human and civil rights.

In a post-colonial and post-industrial society, illiteracy can be equated to a form of disability. The rights of non-literate communities are in peril and at the mercy of legal systems burdened by red-tape and law enforcement officials unsympathetic to communities unequipped to understand the complexities of the law.

Kabu Okai-Davies is an African-Australian poet, playwright, novelist, public speaker, performer and storyteller from Ghana. He was the Founding Producer of African Globe TheatreWorks in Newark, New Jersey, before moving to Australia in 2006. He has since worked as a Playwright-in-Residence, Street Theatre; Producer of the National Multicultural Festival and Manager, Theo Notaras Multicultural Centre.

Date: Wednesday 12 October 2016

Time: 6.00pm to 7.00pm

Venue: Monash University Law Chambers, 555 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne

RSVP herecastan.centre@monash.edu or telephone 03 9905 3327.

Full details here.

5. Cooking Class

Learn to cook authentic Persian Rice Pudding and hear first hand from refugees and asylum seekers about their journey. Participants will learn a new skill, eat delicious desert, and gain a better understanding of the experience of seeking protection in Australia.

Date: Thursday 6 October 2016

Time: 3.00pm to 5.00pm

Venue: Wholefoods Restaurant and Cafe, Campus Centre, Clayton

No booking required.

6. Honours Research Unit Information Session 2016

Many of the Faculty’s top students in their penultimate or last year of law elect to enrol in the Honours Research Unit (Honours Thesis LAW4327).

The Honours Research Unit is a 12 credit point unit intended for students with an interest and aptitude to produce a significant piece of original work in an area of the law that fascinates them. The Unit involves students writing an 8,000 -10,000 word thesis under the supervision of an academic member of staff, on a topic chosen by the student, and approved by the Honours Convenor.

Students also attend 3 symposiums throughout the year, designed to support them through the research process. At the end of the year students present their thesis findings to their peers and invited guests at a 2 day Honours Conference.

To be eligible for the Honours Research Unit, students must have an average of 72% or better across their law units, and have no more than 72 credit points remaining to complete the requirements of their law degree.

As the Honours Convenor, I cordially invite you to an Information Seminar on the Honours Unit on:

Date: Thursday 6 October 2016

Time: 2.00pm

Venue: L1, Monash University Law Faculty, Clayton Campus

At this session we will outline key elements of the program, and answer your questions.

Further information on the Honours programme can also be found on the Honours website here

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