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October AHRC Annual Public Lecture - Transforming rights: the role of the South African Constitutional Court

The lecture will be delivered by Professor Sandra Liebenberg, HF Oppenheimer Chair in Human Rights Law, Stellenbosch University, South Africa

Prior to the lecture, a short documentary will be shown featuring Justice Albie Sachs conducting a tour of the South African Constitutional Court

Date: Thursday 4th October 2007

Time: 6:00pm (for a 6:30pm start). The lecture will be followed by drinks.

Venue: Law Auditorium, Law Building, UNSW

Cost: $25/ $10 Concession

RSVP: ahrc@unsw.edu.au using the booking form by 27/09/07

October (an AHRC endorsed event)

amnesty international australia UNSW presents: Human rights and Australian identity in the age of terror 

The September 11 terrorist attacks have often been remembered as 'the day the world changed'. Prime Minister John Howard claimed that it was as much "an attack on Australia as it was on America." It was, in his opinion, an attack on "the very values on which this nation is built."  What are these values? What legal requirements are needed to protect them? How effective is the current security response? Have our fundamental human rights been compromised? How can a multicultural society resolve the tension between social cohesion, counter-terrorism, and protection of civil liberties? Our esteemed panel will address these issues in relation to Australia's involvement in the 'War on Terror', and the changing status of human rights in Western society. 

Speakers: 

The Rt Hon Malcolm Fraser, AC CH(Former Australian Prime Minister)
The Hon John Dowd AO QC(President of ICJ, Australia, former NSW Attorney General and Supreme Court justice)
Professor George Williams(Prominent human rights lawyer, Director of the Gilbert + Tobin Centre for Public Law)

Moderator: Dr Ben Saul(Human rights lawyer, Director of the Sydney Centre for International and Global Law)  

Date: Wednesday, 3rd October 2007.
Time: 6:30 – 8:00pm (light refreshments served from 6:00pm, doors open at 6:20)
Venue: Law Theatre, University of New South Wales, Kensington.Cost: free, everyone welcome.  For more info, please visit: www.amnesty.unsw.edu.au

August - FREE LECTURE by Mr Morgan Tsvangirai, President for the Movement for Democratic Change (Leader of the Opposition), Zimbabwe.

1-2pm Law Auditorium, Ground Level, Law Building, University of New South Wales

Please RSVP (as seats are limited) to ahrc@unsw.edu.au

May - AHRC 21st Anniversary Symposium

Securing the Environment: the challenge of protecting human rights in a changing climate

The symposium, Securing the Environment, will be held on Wednesday 2 May 2007 at 6pm in the John Niland Scientia Building, UNSW.

Against the backdrop of the release of the recent UN report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the symposium will bring together experts on climate change, environmental health and refugees who will highlight research which demonstrates that climate change and environmental degradation present critical challenges to the protection of human rights and the overall security of the nation.

The symposium will feature expert speakers in the field, including:

• Peter Garrett, AM, MP Shadow Minister for Climate Change, Environment, Heritage and the Arts

• Prof Matthew England, Climate and Environmental Dynamics Laboratory, UNSW

• Dr Hilary Bambrick, National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, ANU

• Dr Jane McAdam, Senior Lecturer and Director of International Law Programs, Faculty of Law, UNSW

For more information, please contact AHRC Director, Andrea Durbach on (02) 9385 2543 or Amber Rowe on (02) 9385 1803 or at a.rowe@unsw.edu.au

6:30pm, Wednesday 2nd May 2007 at the John Niland Scientia Building, University of NSW, Sydney

Tickets are available by downloading the booking form.

May - Archbishop Ncube Seminar

The seminar will feature well known human rights activitist, Archbishop Ncube. Pius Ncube, the Catholic Archbishop of Bulawayo, is one of the most vocal figures in Zimbabwes civil rights movement. Before the 2005 elections he criticised government officials for using food aid as a political weapon and in March 2004, he called for South Africa to cut off electricity supplies to Zimbabwe to make Mugabe hold talks with the opposition. In criticising Mugabe, Ncube has consistently risked his life, and both he and his mother have been threatened with death by the Zimbabwean security service. He has helped to mobilise a multi-denominational church coalition in Zimbabwe, which is now seen as a significant potential force in resolving the crisis. With other religious leaders he created the Solidarity Peace Trust. Human Rights First recognised the archbishop's humanitarian achievements by giving him one of their Human Rights Awards in 2003.

12:30pm, Friday 4th May 2007, Seminar Room, Level 2, Law Building, University of NSW, Sydney

Booking is essential as spaces are limited. Please email ahrc@unsw.edu.au to reserve a seat.

April - Reflections on the Death Penalty, A PAnel Discussion

Featuring Andrea Durbach, Peter Norden SJ AO and Brian Morley.

For more information please dowload the invitation.

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