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ACT Upcoming Events - September and October
20/09/2010
Dear Members,
Please find some events below that may be of interest to you.
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The Centre for International and Public Law Presents
Freilich Foundation Presents
Thomas Mukoya
Award-winning photojournalist
Through the Lens: an African Perspective
Tuesday 28 Sept 6pm
Conference Room
Sir Roland Wilson Building
McCoy circuit
ANU
This lecture is free and open to the public
No reservations are required
For further information
http://freilich.anu.edu.au/
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Public seminar: The limits of refugee law - A European perspective
Refugee policy is a highly politicised and sensitive issue in contemporary Europe.
Complicated by the dramatic expansion of the European Union, attempts to harmonise refugee law through a common asylum policy have met with mixed success. For those who fall outside the refugee definition, a connected ?complementary protection? mechanism has been adopted that is still in its infancy. Drawing upon their recent research, Professor Guy Goodwin-Gill will consider the meaning of the right to asylum in the European Union, and Associate Professor Jane McAdam will examine the issues of individual risk, armed conflict and the standard of proof in complementary protection claims across the EU.
Speaker/Host: Professor Guy Goodwin-Gill and Associate Professor Jane McAdam
Venue: Sir Roland Wilson Building Lecture Theatre
Date: Wednesday, 29 September 2010
Time: 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Website: http://ces.anu.edu.au/eve...ean-perspective
Enquiries: Michelle McGinness on 6125 9896, [email protected]
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The fifth National Indigenous Legal Conference
This conference will bring together a diverse group of speakers to focus on the topic Legal Education: A Way Forward with sessions on:
*Legal Education
*General/International Indigenous Legal Issues, and
*Intimate Partner Violence Issues - as relates to Indigenous Communities.
The conference will be of particular interest and relevance to lawyers, law students, barristers, solicitors, judges, Indigenous community workers, Indigenous community elders, community legal centres, local government, Aboriginal legal services, land councils, native title representative bodies, academics and public servants.
Speaker/Host: The ANU College of Law
Venue: Manning Clark Theatre Centre
From: Friday, 1 October 2010 - 9:00 AM
To: Saturday, 2 October 2010 - 5:00 PM
Website: http://law.anu.edu.au/coa...genous/conf.htm
Enquiries: Christine Debono on 6125 1096
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Centre for International and Public Law (CIPL) Friday lunchtime seminar
On 12 June 2010, the inaugural Review Conference of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court adopted an amendment to the Rome Statute which added three new war crimes to the Court?s jurisdiction. The new offences criminalise the use in non-international armed conflict of poison and poisoned weapons; asphyxiating, poisonous and other gases; and expanding bullets.
While the Court already has jurisdiction over the same conduct in international armed conflicts, the use of these weapons in non-international armed conflict raises unique legal questions. This presentation will examine the matters that the Court will need to consider in any future prosecution of these offences.
Speaker/Host: Ms Netta Goussac, Attorney General's Department
Venue: Phillipa Weeks Staff Library, ANU College of Law
Date: Friday, 1 October 2010
Time: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Website: http://law.anu.edu.au/CIP...010/Goussac.pdf
Enquiries: Wendy Mohring on 02 6125 0454, Kristian Draxl on 02 6125 1096
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Public Lecture
Mr David Patterson, Manager, HIV and Health Law Program, International Development Law Organisation
The Role of the Law in the International Response to HIV and AIDS
Discussants:
Dr Helen Watchirs, ACT Human Rights & Discrimination Commissioner &
Mr John Rock, Advisor to APN, Chair of the Board of AFAP
Tuesday 26 October 2010, 6 - 7 pm
Innovations Theatre, Cnr Eggleston & Garran Rds, The Australian National University
RSVP to [email protected] (by COB 22 Oct)
This event is free and open to the public
For more information see:
http://law.anu.edu.au/CIPL/Lectures&Seminars/2010/CIPL_David_Patterson.pdf
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We hope to see you at an event soon!
Yours in human rights,
Anna Haynes & Gayatri Nair
ACT Co-Convenors
Australian Lawyers for Human Rights
Please find some events below that may be of interest to you.
_________________________
The Centre for International and Public Law Presents
Freilich Foundation Presents
Thomas Mukoya
Award-winning photojournalist
Through the Lens: an African Perspective
Tuesday 28 Sept 6pm
Conference Room
Sir Roland Wilson Building
McCoy circuit
ANU
This lecture is free and open to the public
No reservations are required
For further information
http://freilich.anu.edu.au/
______________________________
Public seminar: The limits of refugee law - A European perspective
Refugee policy is a highly politicised and sensitive issue in contemporary Europe.
Complicated by the dramatic expansion of the European Union, attempts to harmonise refugee law through a common asylum policy have met with mixed success. For those who fall outside the refugee definition, a connected ?complementary protection? mechanism has been adopted that is still in its infancy. Drawing upon their recent research, Professor Guy Goodwin-Gill will consider the meaning of the right to asylum in the European Union, and Associate Professor Jane McAdam will examine the issues of individual risk, armed conflict and the standard of proof in complementary protection claims across the EU.
Speaker/Host: Professor Guy Goodwin-Gill and Associate Professor Jane McAdam
Venue: Sir Roland Wilson Building Lecture Theatre
Date: Wednesday, 29 September 2010
Time: 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Website: http://ces.anu.edu.au/eve...ean-perspective
Enquiries: Michelle McGinness on 6125 9896, [email protected]
______________________________
The fifth National Indigenous Legal Conference
This conference will bring together a diverse group of speakers to focus on the topic Legal Education: A Way Forward with sessions on:
*Legal Education
*General/International Indigenous Legal Issues, and
*Intimate Partner Violence Issues - as relates to Indigenous Communities.
The conference will be of particular interest and relevance to lawyers, law students, barristers, solicitors, judges, Indigenous community workers, Indigenous community elders, community legal centres, local government, Aboriginal legal services, land councils, native title representative bodies, academics and public servants.
Speaker/Host: The ANU College of Law
Venue: Manning Clark Theatre Centre
From: Friday, 1 October 2010 - 9:00 AM
To: Saturday, 2 October 2010 - 5:00 PM
Website: http://law.anu.edu.au/coa...genous/conf.htm
Enquiries: Christine Debono on 6125 1096
______________________________
Centre for International and Public Law (CIPL) Friday lunchtime seminar
On 12 June 2010, the inaugural Review Conference of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court adopted an amendment to the Rome Statute which added three new war crimes to the Court?s jurisdiction. The new offences criminalise the use in non-international armed conflict of poison and poisoned weapons; asphyxiating, poisonous and other gases; and expanding bullets.
While the Court already has jurisdiction over the same conduct in international armed conflicts, the use of these weapons in non-international armed conflict raises unique legal questions. This presentation will examine the matters that the Court will need to consider in any future prosecution of these offences.
Speaker/Host: Ms Netta Goussac, Attorney General's Department
Venue: Phillipa Weeks Staff Library, ANU College of Law
Date: Friday, 1 October 2010
Time: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Website: http://law.anu.edu.au/CIP...010/Goussac.pdf
Enquiries: Wendy Mohring on 02 6125 0454, Kristian Draxl on 02 6125 1096
______________________________
Public Lecture
Mr David Patterson, Manager, HIV and Health Law Program, International Development Law Organisation
The Role of the Law in the International Response to HIV and AIDS
Discussants:
Dr Helen Watchirs, ACT Human Rights & Discrimination Commissioner &
Mr John Rock, Advisor to APN, Chair of the Board of AFAP
Tuesday 26 October 2010, 6 - 7 pm
Innovations Theatre, Cnr Eggleston & Garran Rds, The Australian National University
RSVP to [email protected] (by COB 22 Oct)
This event is free and open to the public
For more information see:
http://law.anu.edu.au/CIPL/Lectures&Seminars/2010/CIPL_David_Patterson.pdf
_________________________________
We hope to see you at an event soon!
Yours in human rights,
Anna Haynes & Gayatri Nair
ACT Co-Convenors
Australian Lawyers for Human Rights