2009 Protecting Human Rights Conference
2009 Protecting Human Rights Conference - Friday, 2 October 2009, Art Gallery of NSW
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We invite you to register for this one day event that will discuss developments in the legislative protection of human rights in Australia. Leading Australian and international speakers will consider the National Human Rights Consultation, and provide an update of developments in the Victorian Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities, the ACT Human Rights Act and in NSW human rights law. In addition, the conference will address the constitutional dialogue model that is a feature of the human rights statutes in many countries of the British Commonwealth. The conference will also consider some crucial further challenges in relation to human rights protection, including: the rights of Indigenous people; the protection of economic, social and cultural rights; and protecting the human rights of people with a disability. Confirmed speakers include:
Conference registration from 29 September 2009, Online registration for this conference has now closed. You can still register to attend the conference by sending an email to Belinda McDonald (gtcentre@unsw.edu.au) with your name, title and contact details. You should bring a cheque or cash for payment on the day |
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Below is the listing of Speakers and their downloadable papers. Click on the title name of the paper to download it.
- Mary Kostakidis, Consultation Committee Member
Lessons from the National Human Rights Consultation - The Hon Keith Mason, University of New South Wales
A Judicial Perspective - Professor Stephen Gardbaum, University of California
The New Commonwealth Bill of Rights Model in Australia - Graeme Innes AM, Australian Human Rights Commission (delivered on behalf of the Hon Catherine Branson QC, President, Australian Human Rights Commission)
Response to `The New Commonwealth Bill of Rights Model in Australia` - Associate Professor Andrea Durbach, University of New South Wales
An Academic Perspective - Dr John Tobin, Melbourne Law School
Further Challenges - Phil Lynch, Human Rights Law Resource Centre
Consulting with the Community - Professor Andrew Byrnes, University of New South Wales
Human Rights Developments in NSW - Associate Professor Kristen Walker, University of Melbourne
Victorian Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities - Professor Hilary Charlesworth and Renuka Thilagaratnam, Australian National University
The ACT Human Rights Act - Associate Professor Carolyn Evans on behalf of Associate Professor Simon Evans, University of Melbourne
The New Commonwealth Bill of Rights Model in Australia - Professor Larissa Behrendt (speech not taped), University of Technology, Sydney
A Federal Human Rights Act and the Rights of Indigenous People - Rosemary Kayess, University of New South Wales
Human Rights for People with a Disability - Father Frank Brennan AO, National Human Rights Consultation
Closing Speech - Introduction by Professor David Dixon and Edward Santow, University of New South Wales
