The Castan Centre - Human Rights Conference 2011

Published 28 Mar 2011, 9:52 am, by Valerie Wong

The Castan Centre is proud to announce that registrations are now open for its annual conference:

Human Rights 2011

Date: Friday 22 July 2011
Venue: Spring Street Conference Centre, 1 Spring Street, Melbourne

The conference sells out more than a month in advance each year, so be sure to get your tickets early.

Registration

Registration costs for the conference are:

$170 Full registration - "early bird" rate until 23 May ($200 registration fee after that date)
$100 NGOs (Multiple registrations $80)
$50 Full-time students and concession (limited no of seats available, ID will be requested at the conference)
Registration for the conference is now available online at - http://ecommerce.law.monash.edu.au/product.asp?pID=188&cID=4&e=1.


Alternatively, credit card registrations can be made by calling 9905 3327 (due to university policy, we can no longer accept registration by fax or email).

Speakers


Mr Jeffrey L. Bleich, United States Ambassador to Australia
Topic: Corporate Social Responsibility and the Right to Connect

Associate Professor Megan Davis, Director of the Indigenous Law Centre at the University of New South Wales and member of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.
Topic: Recognising Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People in the Constitution

Mr Rex Wild QC, Barrister and co-author of the Little Children are Sacred report into child abuse in the Northern Territory
Topic: Intervention, Interference or Invasion? Dealing with Indigenous rights in the Northern Territory, 2007-2011

Professor Tim McCormack, Professor of Law at the Melbourne Law School and the Special Adviser on International Humanitarian Law to the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in The Hague.
Topic: The international criminal court: successes and challenges (title to be confirmed)

Brigadier Lyn McDade, Director of Military Prosecutions for the Australian Defence Force
Topic: Military justice and human rights

Dr Charlie Corke, Senior Specialist in the Intensive Care Unit at Geelong Hospital, author of the book Saving Lives and subject of the recent documentary In the End.
Topic: Surrogate Decision Making - More Complicated than a Legal Authority

Dr Alex Wodak, President of Australian Drug Law Reform Foundation and Director of the Alcohol and Drug Service at St Vincent's Hospital in Sydney.
Topic: a Human Rights Approach to Drugs

Professor Samina Yasmeen, Director of the Centre for Muslim States and Societies at the University of Western Australia.
Topic:  Islamophobia and Multicultural Australia

Full Details

For full details please visit the conference website at - http://www.law.monash.edu.au/castancentre/events/2011/conference-2011.html

Sponsors

Major Sponsor

Corrs Chambers Westgarth Lawyers

Conference Bag Sponsor

Holding Redlich Lawyers

Lunch Sponsor

List G Barristers

Sponsor

Victoria Legal Aid

Supporters

Australian Lawyers Alliance
Futureye

Minter Ellison Lawyers