Public Seminar: Is the Malaysian solution legal? Perspectives from constitutional and international law
Presented by Richard Towle (United Nations), James C Hathaway (Law, Michigan), Michelle Foster (IILAH, Law, Melbourne) and Adrienne Stone (CCCS, Law, Melbourne).
In this public seminar the UNHCR’s Regional Representative in Canberra and leading academic commentators will explore the international and domestic legal issues surrounding the ‘refugee swap’ Agreement between Australia and Malaysia signed in July 2011. The question whether ‘responsibility sharing’ or ‘burden sharing’ arrangements are permitted at international law will be debated, and the specific legal issues surrounding the current challenge to the Agreement in the High Court will also be examined and considered. The Panel Members will be Richard Towle, James Hathaway and Michelle Foster, and the panel will be chaired by Adrienne Stone.
Date: Thursday, 22 September 2011, 6.00-7.30pm
Venue: Lecture theater G08, Melbourne Law School