1. Castan Centre 10th Anniversary Dinner
The Castan Centre for Human Rights Law invites you to help celebrate its ten years of achievement in the human rights field. Over the past decade, the Centre has built an impressive reputation, especially in the areas of public education, research, teaching, student programs, training and policy.
Speakers
Professor Patrick McGorry, 2010 Australian of the Year
Michael Kirby AC CMG, Castan Centre Patron
Date: Wednesday 20 October 2010
Time: 7 pm – 11 pm
Venue: Carousel, 22 Aughtie Drive, Albert Park Lake, 3205
Dress Code: Lounge suit
RSVP: Friday 8 October 2010
For more information and to purchase tickets: www.law.monash.edu.au/castancentre/events/2010/10th-anniversary.html
Ticket Prices
NGO and concession tickets are $95 for an individual and $950 for a table of 10.
Full-priced tickets are $100 for an individual $1000 for a table of 10, however we would be grateful for an additional donation ($50 per ticket, $500 per table) to assist the Centre with its important work.
If you would like to purchase a table including both concession-priced and full-priced tickets, please simply purchase the requisite number of individual tickets (see below for purchase options) and we will ensure that you and your guests are seated together.
For anyone purchasing tables or multiple tickets, we will contact you approximately three weeks prior to the event to confirm the names of your guests.
2. ‘The 2010 Monash University Vice-Chancellor’s Public Debate: Should Australia Abolish the Mandatory Detention of Asylum Seekers?
Asylum seekers have dominated the Australian political landscape in 2010. No other issue has inspired so much passion from advocates on both sides of politics. Join us for this unique opportunity to watch six prominent public figures debate the defining political issue of our time.
Senator Steve Fielding, leader of the Family First Party, will be joined by prominent academic Nick Economou and Australasian Debating Champion Amit Golder to argue that mandatory detention is a crucial pillar of Australia’s national security.
Adam Bandt, the first Greens MP in the Federal Parliament’s House of Representatives, will be joined by former leader of the Democrats Lyn Allison and a representative from Amnesty International to argue that mandatory detention is a cruel and inhumane policy.
The debate will be followed by a question and answer session, moderated by Monash University Vice-Chancellor Professor Edward Byrne.
Date: Thursday, October 7, 2010
Time: 6.30 pm – 8.30 pm
Venue: Monash University Clayton Campus, South 1 Lecture Theatre
Refreshments: Served from 6.00 pm
RSVP: Not required, although it is possible to reserve seats by registering at
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3. The Castan Centre for Human Rights Law Present Dr Joo-Cheong Tham
With commentary from Sam McLean of GetUp! “Money and Politics: Why it matters to human rights”
Date: Thursday 4 November 2010
Time: 6 pm to 7 pm
Venue: Monash University Law Chambers, 472 Bourke Street, Melbourne
RSVP: castan.centre@monash.edu OR 03 9905 3327
Public Lecture – All Welcome
Money politics and its regulation are high on the political agenda. Money politics, however, is not usually perceived as a human rights issue – human rights organisations that have engaged in the debate on money politics are few and far between and even then, such issues are rarely seen as questions of human rights.
This lecture argues that money politics falls squarely within the human rights agenda for three reasons:
-Progressive realisation of human rights is likely only to take place through democratic political processes; insofar as money politics undermines the democratic integrity of the political process, it is likely to undermine the progressive advancement of human rights;
-Money politics raises challenging questions for human rights organisations in terms of their funding and use of money to influence the political process;
-Money politics directly implicates two important rights – freedom of political association and freedom of political expression.
Dr Joo-Cheong Tham is a Senior Lecturer at the Melbourne Law School. He is a leading expert on Australian political finance, having written extensively on this topic in academic publications and newspapers. His book, Money and Politics: The Democracy We Can’t Afford (UNSW Press, 2010) is the most comprehensive treatment to date of money politics in Australia. Joo-Cheong regularly gives expert evidence to parliamentary inquiries into political funding and political parties across the political spectrum have relied upon his research. Joo-Cheong has also undertaken considerable research into counter-terrorism laws and bills of rights, and is presently researching into temporary migrant work and the challenges it poses for labour regulation in Australia.
Sam Mclean is the Communications and Campaigns Director at GetUp.org.au, an online campaigning movement with over 380,000 members across Australia. Sam began working on democracy reform in 2007 as part of GetUp’s campaign against the early closure of rolls under the Electoral Integrity Act 2006. Three years later, he worked on GetUp’s high court case that saw closure of rolls legislation ruled unconstitutional. Political donations reform is a high priority for GetUp members this year, and over 45,000 Australians have now joined GetUp’s “bucks stop here” campaign to limit political donations.
For more information: www.law.monash.edu.au/castancentre/events/2010/tham-lecture.html
4. R G Myers Memorial Lecture 2010
The Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law (Victoria) and Monash University have pleasure in inviting you to attend
Psychiatry, Psychology and Non-adversarial Justice
presented by Professor Arie Freiberg Dean, Faculty of Law, Monash University
Date: Monday 25 October, 2010
Time: 6.00 pm
Venue: Monash University Law Chambers 472 Bourke St., Melbourne
RSVP: for catering purposes Ellen Berah 03 9349 2220 or info@conorg.com.au
Cost: Free and open to the public