Keynote announced: Commissioner Sue-Anne Hunter
The Castan Centre for Human Rights Law is honoured to welcome Commissioner Sue‑Anne Hunter, National Commissioner for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children and Young People, as keynote speaker for the 2026 Castan Centre Conference.
The Annual Castan Centre for Human Rights Law Conference will bring together expert perspectives on key issues, including the 20th anniversary of the Victorian Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities, the experience of Australian judges on international courts, and the public law implications of Treaty in Victoria.
Commissioner Sue-Anne Hunter is the inaugural National Commissioner for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children and Young People, and a Wurundjeri and Ngurai Illum Wurrung woman. She is known for her work as Deputy Chair and Commissioner in Victoria’s Yoorrook Justice Commission, Australia's first formal First Peoples truth-telling inquiry. Sue-Anne is also a member of the National Centre for Reconciliation, Truth, and Justice Advisory Board, an Adjunct Professor of Global Engagement at Federation University and a PhD candidate at Monash University.
With a background in child and family services practice, Sue-Anne has over two decades’ clinical experience responding to developmental, transgenerational and community trauma. She is widely recognised for developing rights-based, transformative practice responses that empower Aboriginal people to heal from the continuing effects and processes of colonisation.
Following this announcement, early bird registrations for the Annual Castan Centre for Human Rights Law Conference have been extended until 5pm on Monday 15 June.
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Hugh de Kretser, President of the Australian Human Rights Commission, presenting the Keynote Address at the 2025 Conference.