Human Rights 2016
The Annual Castan Centre for Human Rights Law Conference
Friday 22 July 2016
Deakin Edge, Federation Square, Corner Swanston and Flinders Street, Melbourne
The Hon Martin Pakula MP, Victorian Attorney-General
Developments in Human Rights in Victoria
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Read the 2015 Review of the Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities Act: Government Response
Professor Anne Aly, Member elect for Cowan and Founding Chair of People Against Violent Extremism
Radicalisation, Terrorism and Human Rights
Mr Stan Grant, Indigenous Affairs Editor of the Guardian Australia
The way forward for Indigenous reconciliation
Ms Mariam Veiszadeh, Ambassador of Welcome to Australia and President of Islamophobia Register Australia
Islamophobia in Australia
Mr Julian McMahon, lawyer for Van Tuong Nguyen and members of the Bali Nine
The executions of M Sukumaran and A Chan, and what has followed in the region
Mr Tory Russell, Co-founder and Director of Hands Up United, Ferguson Missouri
Young, black and politicized
Helen Fatouros, Executive Director, Criminal Law Services, Victoria Legal Aid
Is Our Youth Justice System Really Broken?
Professor Mary Crock, Professor of Public Law at The University of Sydney
Making Every Life Count: International Law and The Protection of Persons with Disabilities in Displacement
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Ms Brynn O’Brien, Business & Human Rights Advisor at No Business in Abuse and The Australia Institute
Ending business in abuse, and the future of corporate accountability in Australia
Ms Kate Jenkins, Federal Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Australian Human Rights Commission
Achieving gender equality where we live, learn, work and play: priorities for Australia's new Sex Discrimination Commissioner
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The audio recording for this session will be online soon.





