Castan Centre public events and lectures - 2009 and prior
Below are the Castan Centre events from the year 2000 to 2009. For our most recent events visit our events page.
2009
The ICJ in the contemporary world of Human Rights
Dame 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 Symposium
Organised 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 Balibo
Tony Maniaty, journalist, author and consultant on the movie Balibo
15 October
Native Title for Sale
David Ritter, Indigenous rights lawyer
21 September
Responding to Genocide
Annual Lecture by Justice Thomas Buergenthal
A Holding Redlich Distinguished Visiting Fellow
27 August
China's Treatment of its Uighur Minority
Ms Rebiya Kadeer, Leader of the World Uighur Congress
7 August
2008
What Does the US Election Signify?
Mr Waleed Aly, School of Political and Social Inquiry, Monash University.
18 November
How human are Indigenous people in human right discourse?
Professor Marcia Langton, Chair of Australian Indigenous Studies, University of Melbourne
Co-hosted with Mallesons Stephen Jaques
22 October
A Unique Insight into East Timor
Kirsty Sword Gusmão
A Holding Redlich Distinguished Visiting Fellow9 September
Habeas Corpus, Procedural Rights, and Fundamental Law
Professor Larry May, Washington University, St Louis, USA
4 September 2008
The Great Enterprise
Annual Lecture by Mr John Pace, Chief of the UN Human Rights Office in Iraq from 2004-2006.
22 August 2008
DRIP Symposium
The Castan Centre proudly hosted five leading commentators on International and Australian Indigenous Affairs, discussing the impact of the recent United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
20 August 2008
Subverting Law and Liberty? The House of Lords, Control Orders and the UK Human Rights Act
Dr Joo-Cheong Tham, Senior Lecturer, University of Melbourne Law School
5 August 2008
A published article on which his lecture was based.
A Journey into Zimbabwe: Defining moments in a period of change
Dominik Vukovic
23 July 2008
Incentives for Pharmaceutical Research - Must they exclude the global poor from advanced medicines?
Professor Thomas Pogge, Columbia University and Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics, Australian National University
1 April 2008
Powerpoint presentation
An essay that overlaps the above topic
Professor Pogge's website: http:// www.patent2.org/
2007
The right to be cold: Global warming and human rights
Mr Martin Wagner, Managing Attorney, Earthjustice
A Holding Redlich Distinguished Visiting Fellow
Human Trafficking Forum: The Reality in Australia
Co-hosted with the Young Lawyers' Section, Law Institute of Victoria
Speakers: Jennifer Burn, University of Technology Sydney; Judge Michael McInerney, County Court; Marie Segrave, Monash University; Christine Carolan, The Australian Catholic Religious Against Human Trafficking; and Sharon Watts, Department of Immigration and Citizenship
12 December 2007
Habeas Corpus and Guantanamo Bay
Professor Timothy Endicott, Dean, Faculty of Law, University of Oxford
12 November 2007
Is the Common Law still relevant for Indigenous Australians? A Canadian Perspective
Professor Brad Morse, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa
16 October 2007
Unfinished Business: Women's Rights in Afghanistan
Dr Sima Samar, Chairperson, Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission
and UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Sudan
1 October 2007
Dr Simar is in Australia as a guest of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Refugees, Asylum Seekers and the Rule of Law
Roundtable, Monash University Law Chambers
11 August 2007
The Charter of Human Rights and the European Experience
Rabinder Singh QC, London Bar
'The Impact of the Human Rights Act in the UK'Dr Angela Ward, London Bar
'The Impact of EU membership on fundamental rights protection in the UK'2 August 2007
The Middle Way: A peaceful approach to resolving conflict
Annual Lecture by His Holiness The Dalai Lama
8 June 2007
Co-hosted with Australia Tibet Council
Ethical Minefields in Acting for the Tobacco Industry
Jonathan Liberman, Director of Law and Regulation, VicHealth Centre for Tobacco Control, Cancer Council of Victoria
29 March 2007
The Insidious Erosion of the Prohibition of Torture
Sir Nigel Rodley, Human Rights Centre, University of Essex
26 February 2007
The End of Poverty
Professor Jeffrey Sachs, Director, Earth Institute, Columbia University
7 February 2007
Human Rights Challenges in Trying Grave Crimes
Judge Howard Morrison QC OBE, International Criminal Law Expert
A Holding Redlich Distinguished Visiting Fellow
2006
Effective Leadership and Development in Indigenous Communities
Dr Manley Begay Jr, Director, Native Nations Institute, University of Arizona
23 October 2006
The Ideology of Native Title
David Ritter, Law Faculty, University of Western Australia
18 October 2006
Human Rights in the Pacific: A study in Symbolic Interactionism
Annual Lecture by Dr Shaista Shameem, Director, Fiji Human Rights Commission
6 October 2006
The Responsibility of States for Violations of Human Rights by TNCs Overseas
Professor Robert McCorquodale, Head of the Law School, University of Nottingham
13 September 2006
A Bill of Rights in an Age of FearDon Chipp Colloquium
25 August 2006
A Bill of Rights in an Age of Fear
Professor Conor Gearty, Rausing Director, Centre for the Study of Human Rights
A Holding Redlich Distinguished Visiting Fellow
11 May 2006
Professor Gearty's paper delivered at the Australian Human Rights Centre Annual Public Lecture
Boatloads of Extinguishment Forum
Julian Burnside QC and David Manne, Victorian Refugee and Immigration Legal Centre
5 May 2006
David Manne paper
The Right to the Highest Attainable Standard of Health: Opportunities and Challenges
Professor Paul Hunt, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health
1 May 2006
Corruption as a Human Rights Issue in South Asia: Law, development and Governance
Mr Raj Kumar, School of Law, City of University of Hong Kong
A Holding Redlich Distinguished Visiting Fellow
30 March 2014
The Significance of Mabo for Australia and the World
Public lecture by Professor Peter H Russell, University of Toronto, Canada
A Holding Redlich Distinguished Visiting Fellow
7 March 2006
2005
Multiculturalism and 'the war on terror'
Public lecture by Mr Petro Georgiou MP
18 October 2005
Suing into Submission: Using Litigation to Quell Dissent
Public lecture by Mr Brian Walters, SC, President of Liberty Victoria and Vice-President of Free Speech Victoria.
9 August 2005
Under Siege: Human Rights and the Rule of Law in Zimbabwe
Annual lecture by Mr David Coltart, Shadow Minister for Justice, Zimbabwe
27 July 2005
David Coltart information page
Transcript of 2005 Gerard Brennan speech delivered at Bond University
Same Sex Marriage Forum
Speakers:
Mr Grevis Beard, Senior Complaints Officer for the Equal Opportunity Commission Victoria.
Associate Professor Kristen Walker, Associate Professor of Law, University of Melbourne and Barrister. Professor Raimond Gaita, Professor of Moral Philosophy at King's College University of London and Professor of Philosophy at the Australian Catholic University.
26 May 2005
In Defence of Defence
Phoebe Knowles, Legal Assistant to a Defence Lead Counsel at the Special Court for Sierra Leone from June - December 2004.
14 April 2005
2004
Promoting Human Rights in Hostile Environments: Fighting for Labour & Human Rights in Colombia
Alirio Uribe Munoz, Collective Lawyers JAR
A Holding Redlich Distinguished Visiting Fellow
13 October 2004
The UN Commission on Human Rights & Australia
Ambassador Mike Smith, Chairman of the UN Commission on Human Rights
2 September 2004
East Timor, a UN success model in Nation-building?
Annual Lecture by Dr Jose Ramos Horta, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Democratic Republic of East Timor
13 August 2004
The Role of Human Rights in Corporate Social Responsibility
Public lecture by Sune Skadegaard Thorsen, Partner, Skadegaard Thorsen Law Firm, Denmark
A Holding Redlich Distinguished Visiting Fellow
7 July 2004
A fair place in our own country: Indigenous Australians, Land Rights and the Australian Economy
Public lecture by Noel Pearson, Team Leader of the Cape York Partnerships initiative
2 June 2004
The Development of International Indigenous Rights
Public lecture by Professor Erica-Irene Daes, currently United Nations Special Rapporteur on Permanent Sovereignty Over Natural Resources. Professor Daes was the Chair and Special Rapporteur of the United Nations Working Group on Indigenous Populations from 1984-2002.
27 May 2004
Business and Human Rights
Public lecture by Professor David Weissbrodt, University of Minnesota, USA
A Holding Redlich Distinguished Visiting Fellow
3 May 2004
Paper based on article in 97 AJIL 901 (2003)
Children in Immigration Detention: the policy, the practice and the prognosis – workshop
2 April 2004
Speakers:
Dr Sev Ozdowski, Human Rights Commissioner, Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
Julian Burnside QC
Paris Aristotle, Director, Victorian Foundation for the Survivors of Torture
Dr Susan Kneebone, Monash University
Adiva Sifris, Monash University
Tania Penovic, Monash University
*Some papers from this workshop were subsequently published in the Alternative Law Journal Vol 29 No 5 October 2004*
2003
The Islamic Perspective of the War on Terror and Current Indonesian Responses
Dr Jawahir Thontowi, Dean, Faculty of Law, Universitas Islam, Yogyarkarta, Indonesia
A Holding Redlich Distinguished Visiting Fellow
Protecting Human Rights: Parliament v The Courts
Public debate - speakers Senator Marise Payne, Chair, Human Rights Sub Committee Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade; and Tony Pagone QC.
12 November 2003
The Role of the UN After Iraq: International Security and Human Rights
Third Annual Castan Centre Lecture, by Kevin Rudd MP, Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs
25 August 2003
Human Rights in an Age of Terrorism
Public Lecture by Ivan Shearer, Challis Professor of International Law, University of Sydney
3 June 2003
When All Else Fails: The Practicalities of Seeking Protection of Human Rights Under International Treaties
Public Lecture by Nicholas Poynder, Barrister, New South Wales
8 April 2003
The International Criminal Court: Instrument of Peace or Punishment?
Public Lecture by Cherie Booth QC, Matrix Chambers, UK
16 April 2003
How Humanitarian is Australia's Humanitarian Program? The Case of Stateless Asylum Seekers
Speakers: Associate Professor Susan Kneebone, Faculty of Law, Monash University, Hoi Trinh, Refugee Lawyer, Vietnamese Community of Australia and Julian Burnside QC, Barrister; Patron for Australians for Just Refugee Programs
12 March 2003
Corporations, Human Rights and Transnational Litigation
Public Lecture by Richard Meeran, Leigh Day & Co, UK
A Holding Redlich Distinguished Visiting Fellow
29 January 2003
2002
Holding Multinational Corporations Responsible for Human Rights Abuses
Occasional Lecture by Justine Nolan, Director, Workers Rights Program at the Lawyers' Committee for Human Rights in New York.
5 September 2002
Mabo: Ten Years On: Small Step or Giant Leap?
Second Annual Castan Centre Lecture, by Senator Aden Ridgeway, Deputy Leader, Australian Democrats 3
June 2002
Globalization and the New Economy: Implications for Labour Law
Public Lecture by Professor Harry Arthurs, Osgoode Hall, Law School, York University, Toronto.
A Holding Redlich Distinguished Visiting Fellow
27 March 2002
The Practical Implementation of Australia's International Human Rights Policy: a view from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Occasional Lecture by Eric Van Der Wal, Director, Human Rights and Indigenous Issues Section, Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
10 April 2002
US Military Tribunals – Measured Response or Overreaction?
Occasional Lecture by Donald P. Arnavas, Attorney and Law Professor, Washington D.C.
18 April 2002
Reflections on the HIV/AIDS crisis in South Africa
Occasional Lecture by Brendon Christian, Provincial Co-ordinator, AIDS Legal Network of South Africa.
24 April 2002
2001
The Human Rights Act 1998
Professor Keith Ewing, King's College, London, United Kingdom
A Holding Redlich Distinguished Visiting Fellow
The Refugees Convention 50 Years On: Globalisation and International Law - workshop
To mark the 50th anniversary of the Refugee Convention
8 - 9 June 2001
Fighting the Death Penalty
Occasional Lecture by Clive Stafford Smith OBE, Director, Louisiana Crisis Assistance Centre, New Orleans
16 May 2001
Human Rights in Regulating the Global Economy
Inaugural Annual Castan Centre Lecture, by Professor Philip Alston of the European University Institute, Florence
28 March 2001
2000
Making a Real Difference to Human Rights
Public forum - speaker The Hon Alexander Downer, MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs; respondent Dennis Grant, Bureau Chief, SBS TV.
20 November 2000
Launch of the Castan Centre for Human Rights Law
Speaker: The Hon Justice Michael Kirby AC, CMG
31 October 2000