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End of Month Update, and Thank You!
28/10/2010
Hello!
Thank you to everyone who attended our meet and greet last week! Here are some more events and updates that may be of interest to you.
(1) Thank you - ALHR Victorian Chapter meet and greet with Stephen Keim SC;
(2) Seminar - Volunteers: Protections and Liabilities;
(3) Seminar - Money politics: Why it matters to human rights;
(4) Homeless World Cup update;
(5) Reminder: Human Rights Law Resource Centre Australian Human Rights Register;
(6) ANTaR Reconciliation Forum;
(7) LIV Seminar 'Big Brother is Watching: Censorship and Privacy in Modern Australia'.
(1) Thank you - ALHR Victorian Chapter - Meet and Greet with ALHR President, Stephen Keim SC
ALHR held an informal meet and greet with our president, Mr Stephen Keim SC, on Thursday, 21 October 2010.
Thank you to everyone who attended. We thoroughly enjoyed meeting all of you. It is very inspiring to see such enthusiasm and experience amongst our membership, and we look forward to your increased involvement.
We?d also like to extend a big thank you to Mallesons for their generosity in hosting the event.
For those who couldn't make it, please feel free to contact us at any time if you would like to get more involved in assisting with submissions, awareness raising, events - you name it! We would love to hear from you!
(2) Seminar - Volunteers: Protections and Liabilities
Clayton Utz will be hosting a seminar regarding organisation' responsibility for injury to and acts of volunteers on Thursday 11 November 2010.
We all know that volunteers are fundamental to community organizations. This seminar will explore the legal position is if they are injured and what happens if their actions hurt someone else.
The seminar will be presented by Rebecca Dean and Michelle Hocking of the Litigation and Dispute Resolution group at Clayton Utz.
The details of the seminar are as follows:
Date: Thursday 11 November 2010
Time: 9:30 - 12:30 (registrations open at 9:15am)
Venue: Clayton Utz, level 18, 333 Collins Street
Fee: $40 (inc GST) per person
To register please download a registration form from www.pilch.org.au or contact Belinda La Rocca, Administrator, PilchConnect on (03) 8636 4418.
(3) Seminar - Money politics: Why it matters to human rights
The Castan Centre for Human Rights is hosting what promises to be a fascinating lecture on money politics as a human rights issue. This lecture will argue that money politics is a human rights issue because:
(a) Human rights implementation is likely to occur only through democratic political processes, so if money politics undermines the democratic integrity of the political process then it is likely to undermine the advancement of human rights;
(b) Money politics raises challenging questions for human rights organisations relating to their funding and use of money to influence the political process; and
(c) Money politics directly implicates two important rights - freedom of political association and freedom of political expression.
The lecture will be presented by Dr Joo-Cheong Tham, a Senior Lecturer at the Melbourne Law School. Dr Tham is a leading expert on Australian political finance and regularly gives expert evidence to parliamentary inquiries into political funding.
Commentary will also be provided by Sam McLean of GetUp. Sam is the Communications and Campaigns Director at GetUp.org.au.
Details of the lecture are as follows:
Date: Thursday 4 November 2010
Time: 6 pm to 7 pm
Venue: Monash University Law Chambers, 472 Bourke Street, Melbourne
RSVP: [email protected] or tel. 9905 3327
Free Public Lecture - All Welcome
Further information at: http://www.law.monash.edu.au/castancentre/events/2010/tham-lecture.html
(4) Homeless World Cup update (from Mandy)
I have returned from my trip to Rio to volunteer at the Homeless World Cup (thanks to Lily for her wonderful work, as always, while I was away!).
It was an absolutely incredible experience, and I would highly recommend it! You may have heard about the Homeless World Cup when it hit the streets of Melbourne in 2008. This is a fantastic program which is aimed at inspiring positive social change and overcoming homelessness through football (soccer). But it is far, far more than a game of sport!!!
What struck me most about the competition is the amazing, positive community spirit. All of the players made friends with their 'competition' and supported each other, both on and off the field. Everyone treated everyone else with respect, learning about each other's cultures, languages, countries and backgrounds.
The players were truly inspiring, having overcome many challenges in life and maintained such positive, loving attitudes! I made many life-long friends, as did everyone there. This experience really reiterated for me the importance of advocating for the implementation of human rights standards. The issues are real, and have significantly impacted on the lives of my new friends!
And the program doesn't stop in Rio! I have enjoyed keeping up to date with the players and volunteers since returning home, and some of the key positive outcomes from the competition so far are:
* In collaboration with Architects for Humanity and Nike, the Homeless World Cup has created a community and education centre on the outskirts of Rio to inspire Brazil to tackle poverty and help young people at serious social risk;
* The UN General Assembly has passed a resolution on sport, marking its renewed support to use sport as a vehicle for positive social change;
* The Mayor of Vancouver has declared a Vancouver Street Soccer Day in honour of the Canadian street soccer team; and
* The Chilean team (runners up) were welcomed home and congratulated by the First Lady of Chile.
To get all of the stories from Rio, or find out how you can get involved, go to www.homelessworldcup.org.
(5) Reminder: Human Rights Law Resource Centre (HRLRC) - Australian Human Rights Register
Just a gentle reminder that contributions to the Human Rights Law Resource Centre Australian Human Rights Register (the Register) close on Sunday, 31 October 2010.
The Register provides an important tool for human rights advocacy and documentation and will be used by the HRLRC to advocate for change through submissions, publications, public forums and communications with key decision makers. The register will be maintained over the coming years so that human rights outcomes can be measured over a period of time.
Please visit www.hrlrc.org.au/australian-human-rights-register/ to contribute, or email [email protected] for further information.
(6) ANTaR Reconciliation Forum
ANTaR is hosting a reconciliation forum on Sunday 14 November 2010.
Speakers will be:
* Greg Barber MP, Greens Aboriginal Affairs Spokesperson;
* Jeanette Powell MP, Shadow Aboriginal Affairs Spokesperson;
* Richard Frankland, Gunditjmara Film Maker; and
* Richard Wynne MP, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs (to be confirmed).
Details of the forum are as follows:
Date: Sunday 14 November 2010
Time: Registration at 1pm, forum from 1:15 followed by afternoon tea, then the Rec Vic AGM
at 2:35pm and ANTaR Vic AGM at 3pm.
Venue: Edinburgh Gardens Community Room, Edinburgh Gardens, off Brunswick Street.
(7) LIV Seminar 'Big Brother is Watching: Censorship and Privacy in Modern Australia?'
As part of its young lawyers hot topics series the LIV is holding a seminar on privacy and censorship. The seminar will involve a panel discussion on the policies and laws infringing on individual rights to privacy, freedom of speech and movement.
Details of the seminar are as follows:
Date: Wednesday 10 November 2010
Time: 6-7:30pm
Venue: LIV Lecture Theatre, 470 Bourke Street, Melbourne
Cost: $15 LIV member, $30 non member
Register with the LIV by 8 November 2010 (www.liv.asn.au)
Enjoy these events, and have a wonderful weekend!
Yours always in human rights
Lily and Mandy
Lily Tsen (0414 77 5167, [email protected]) and Mandy Lister (0407 023 053, [email protected]).
Victorian Co-Convenors
Thank you to everyone who attended our meet and greet last week! Here are some more events and updates that may be of interest to you.
(1) Thank you - ALHR Victorian Chapter meet and greet with Stephen Keim SC;
(2) Seminar - Volunteers: Protections and Liabilities;
(3) Seminar - Money politics: Why it matters to human rights;
(4) Homeless World Cup update;
(5) Reminder: Human Rights Law Resource Centre Australian Human Rights Register;
(6) ANTaR Reconciliation Forum;
(7) LIV Seminar 'Big Brother is Watching: Censorship and Privacy in Modern Australia'.
(1) Thank you - ALHR Victorian Chapter - Meet and Greet with ALHR President, Stephen Keim SC
ALHR held an informal meet and greet with our president, Mr Stephen Keim SC, on Thursday, 21 October 2010.
Thank you to everyone who attended. We thoroughly enjoyed meeting all of you. It is very inspiring to see such enthusiasm and experience amongst our membership, and we look forward to your increased involvement.
We?d also like to extend a big thank you to Mallesons for their generosity in hosting the event.
For those who couldn't make it, please feel free to contact us at any time if you would like to get more involved in assisting with submissions, awareness raising, events - you name it! We would love to hear from you!
(2) Seminar - Volunteers: Protections and Liabilities
Clayton Utz will be hosting a seminar regarding organisation' responsibility for injury to and acts of volunteers on Thursday 11 November 2010.
We all know that volunteers are fundamental to community organizations. This seminar will explore the legal position is if they are injured and what happens if their actions hurt someone else.
The seminar will be presented by Rebecca Dean and Michelle Hocking of the Litigation and Dispute Resolution group at Clayton Utz.
The details of the seminar are as follows:
Date: Thursday 11 November 2010
Time: 9:30 - 12:30 (registrations open at 9:15am)
Venue: Clayton Utz, level 18, 333 Collins Street
Fee: $40 (inc GST) per person
To register please download a registration form from www.pilch.org.au or contact Belinda La Rocca, Administrator, PilchConnect on (03) 8636 4418.
(3) Seminar - Money politics: Why it matters to human rights
The Castan Centre for Human Rights is hosting what promises to be a fascinating lecture on money politics as a human rights issue. This lecture will argue that money politics is a human rights issue because:
(a) Human rights implementation is likely to occur only through democratic political processes, so if money politics undermines the democratic integrity of the political process then it is likely to undermine the advancement of human rights;
(b) Money politics raises challenging questions for human rights organisations relating to their funding and use of money to influence the political process; and
(c) Money politics directly implicates two important rights - freedom of political association and freedom of political expression.
The lecture will be presented by Dr Joo-Cheong Tham, a Senior Lecturer at the Melbourne Law School. Dr Tham is a leading expert on Australian political finance and regularly gives expert evidence to parliamentary inquiries into political funding.
Commentary will also be provided by Sam McLean of GetUp. Sam is the Communications and Campaigns Director at GetUp.org.au.
Details of the lecture are as follows:
Date: Thursday 4 November 2010
Time: 6 pm to 7 pm
Venue: Monash University Law Chambers, 472 Bourke Street, Melbourne
RSVP: [email protected] or tel. 9905 3327
Free Public Lecture - All Welcome
Further information at: http://www.law.monash.edu.au/castancentre/events/2010/tham-lecture.html
(4) Homeless World Cup update (from Mandy)
I have returned from my trip to Rio to volunteer at the Homeless World Cup (thanks to Lily for her wonderful work, as always, while I was away!).
It was an absolutely incredible experience, and I would highly recommend it! You may have heard about the Homeless World Cup when it hit the streets of Melbourne in 2008. This is a fantastic program which is aimed at inspiring positive social change and overcoming homelessness through football (soccer). But it is far, far more than a game of sport!!!
What struck me most about the competition is the amazing, positive community spirit. All of the players made friends with their 'competition' and supported each other, both on and off the field. Everyone treated everyone else with respect, learning about each other's cultures, languages, countries and backgrounds.
The players were truly inspiring, having overcome many challenges in life and maintained such positive, loving attitudes! I made many life-long friends, as did everyone there. This experience really reiterated for me the importance of advocating for the implementation of human rights standards. The issues are real, and have significantly impacted on the lives of my new friends!
And the program doesn't stop in Rio! I have enjoyed keeping up to date with the players and volunteers since returning home, and some of the key positive outcomes from the competition so far are:
* In collaboration with Architects for Humanity and Nike, the Homeless World Cup has created a community and education centre on the outskirts of Rio to inspire Brazil to tackle poverty and help young people at serious social risk;
* The UN General Assembly has passed a resolution on sport, marking its renewed support to use sport as a vehicle for positive social change;
* The Mayor of Vancouver has declared a Vancouver Street Soccer Day in honour of the Canadian street soccer team; and
* The Chilean team (runners up) were welcomed home and congratulated by the First Lady of Chile.
To get all of the stories from Rio, or find out how you can get involved, go to www.homelessworldcup.org.
(5) Reminder: Human Rights Law Resource Centre (HRLRC) - Australian Human Rights Register
Just a gentle reminder that contributions to the Human Rights Law Resource Centre Australian Human Rights Register (the Register) close on Sunday, 31 October 2010.
The Register provides an important tool for human rights advocacy and documentation and will be used by the HRLRC to advocate for change through submissions, publications, public forums and communications with key decision makers. The register will be maintained over the coming years so that human rights outcomes can be measured over a period of time.
Please visit www.hrlrc.org.au/australian-human-rights-register/ to contribute, or email [email protected] for further information.
(6) ANTaR Reconciliation Forum
ANTaR is hosting a reconciliation forum on Sunday 14 November 2010.
Speakers will be:
* Greg Barber MP, Greens Aboriginal Affairs Spokesperson;
* Jeanette Powell MP, Shadow Aboriginal Affairs Spokesperson;
* Richard Frankland, Gunditjmara Film Maker; and
* Richard Wynne MP, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs (to be confirmed).
Details of the forum are as follows:
Date: Sunday 14 November 2010
Time: Registration at 1pm, forum from 1:15 followed by afternoon tea, then the Rec Vic AGM
at 2:35pm and ANTaR Vic AGM at 3pm.
Venue: Edinburgh Gardens Community Room, Edinburgh Gardens, off Brunswick Street.
(7) LIV Seminar 'Big Brother is Watching: Censorship and Privacy in Modern Australia?'
As part of its young lawyers hot topics series the LIV is holding a seminar on privacy and censorship. The seminar will involve a panel discussion on the policies and laws infringing on individual rights to privacy, freedom of speech and movement.
Details of the seminar are as follows:
Date: Wednesday 10 November 2010
Time: 6-7:30pm
Venue: LIV Lecture Theatre, 470 Bourke Street, Melbourne
Cost: $15 LIV member, $30 non member
Register with the LIV by 8 November 2010 (www.liv.asn.au)
Enjoy these events, and have a wonderful weekend!
Yours always in human rights
Lily and Mandy
Lily Tsen (0414 77 5167, [email protected]) and Mandy Lister (0407 023 053, [email protected]).
Victorian Co-Convenors