Castan Centre public events and lectures 2009

Increasing awareness of human rights strengthens and invigorates efforts for change. One of our most important programs is our annual series of public lectures, workshops and roundtables featuring experts from Australia and overseas. Papers, audio and video recordings of our public lectures for 2009 are posted below.

The ICJ in the contemporary world of Human RightsDame Rosalyn Higgins DBE QC, Retired President of the International Court of Justice
A Holding Redlich Distinguished Visiting Fellow
8 December

Indigenous Birth Registration and Birth Certificates SymposiumOrganised by Dr Paula Gerber and Ms Melissa Castan
1 December 2009 

A human rights roadmap: Has the constitutional protection of economic, social and cultural rights worked in South Africa?Professor Hugh Corder, Faculty of Law, University of Cape Town
4 November

The Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Can Australians learn from Maori experiences or are we following completely separate paths?Nin Tomas, Auckland University
29 October

War reporting, international humanitarian law and the legacy of BaliboTony Maniaty, journalist, author and consultant on the movie Balibo
15 October

Native Title for SaleDavid Ritter, Indigenous rights lawyer
21 September

Responding to GenocideAnnual Lecture by Justice Thomas Buergenthal
27 August

China's Treatment of its Uighur MinorityMs Rebiya Kadeer, Leader of the World Uighur Congress
7 August

Human Rights Arts and Film FestivalHosted by the Castan Centre at the Monash Cinema, Clayton
6 August

The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: A New International Order for the Human Rights of Users and Survivors of PsychiatryMs Tina Minkowitz, Co-Chair, World Network of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry and founder of the Center for the Human Rights of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry.
3 June

The Doha Round and its implications (success or failure) for developing countriesProfessor Frank Garcia, Law Faculty Boston College, Director - Law & Justice in the Americas Program
31 March

The Current State of International Criminal JusticeJustice Richard Goldstone
3 March

Can the UN Combat Racism? A preview of the Durban Review ConferenceSpeakers: Richard Clarke, Human Rights Officer in the Anti Discrimination Unit of the Office of the High Commission for Human Rights, Geneva; Andrea Durbach, Director, Australian Human Rights Centre; and Tom Calma, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner and Race Discrimination Commissioner, Australian Human Rights Commission
20 February