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Other upcoming eventsMay 2007AHRC 21st Anniversary Reception - Securing the Environment To mark the 21st anniversary of the Australian Human Rights Centre, you are invited to an evening reception in March 2007 featuring prominent Australian and international speakers on the impact of climate change on critical human rights. The AHRC will bring together speakers to address the right to the environment, the right to freedom of movement and the right to health in the context of the global warming crisis.
February 2007Human Rights Education Conference The University of Melbourne Human Rights Forum is facilitating an interactive conference on Human Rights Education (HRE) on February 16, 2007. The keynote speaker is Rev Tim Costello (World Vision). Workshops will be presented by Amnesty International Australia, Asia Education Project, Global Education Project, Department of Education & Training (Vic), Equal Opportunity Commission Victoria, World Vision, Victorian HRE Committee, school teachers, and academic staff from The University of Melbourne. The conference is open to teachers, educators, and those interested in the role of Human Rights Education in both formal and informal education. The conference aims to address all levels of education, from pre-school through primary, secondary, tertiary and beyond. The Forum is issuing a general call for interactive workshop proposals and seminar presentations in any of the following areas:
- Human Rights Education (HRE) - HRE in the classroom: practice and theory - HRE definitions, concepts, instruments and scope - HRE in the community - Putting HRE into practice across the disciplines - HRE resources and services
To request a presenter's flyer and workshop/presentation proposal form email kboin@unimelb.edu.au, or human-rights@unimelb.edu.au
Proposals are due by 27 October 2006. August 2006Housing is a Human Right Mr Kothari, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing is on an official visit to Australia. Mr Kothari's mandate includes issues such as access to water and electricity, sanitation, land rights, forced evictions and displacement as well as the general human right to adequate housing. Please join us for a forum to discuss international and domestic developments on the attainment of the right to adequate housing. The forum is open to all interested individuals and groups. Date: Wednesday 2 August Time: 5.45pm for 6pm start (conclusion by 8pm) Venue: Barnet Long Room, Customs House, 31 Alfred Street, Circular Quay 2000 PIAC and NACLC gratefully acknowledge the support of the City of Sydney in providing the venue for the forum. For further information on the work of the Special Rapporteur go to http://www.ohchr.org/english/issues/housing/index.htm. For further information contact Emma Golledge egolledge@piac.asn.au or Jo Shulman jshulman@piac.asn.au.
October 2005
SYDNEY PEN LECTURE CANCELLED Due to unavoidable circumstances, the 2005 PEN lecture has been cancelled. Sydney PEN deeply regrets this cancellation and thanks the many sponsors and supporters of the event. For ticketholder refunds please call Sydney Theatre on 9250 1999. However, Sydney PEN will mark the Day of the Imprisoned Writer on November 10, when it will commemorate the tenth anniversary of the execution of Nigerian writer and activist, Ken Saro-Wiwa. 6 for 6.30pm Thursday November 10 Gleebooks, On the Day of the Imprisoned Writer, 10 November 2005, Sydney PEN will honour the memory of Ken Saro-Wiwa. A short and powerful play The Trial of Ken Saro Wiwa by Helon Habila, will be directed by Kate Gaul and performed by members of the Nigerian community. Anne Summers AO, PEN member, journalist and Chair of the Board of Greenpeace International, and John Osifo, Vice President of the African Communities Council of NSW and a member of the Executive Committee of the Nigerian Association will speak. Bookings: gleebooks 9660 2333 For more information please visit www.pen.org.au November 2005
Presented by The Office of the Victims of Crime Coordinator, ACT, and ACT Human Rights Office 16 November 2005, Rydges Capital Hill, Canberra, Australia
MOVING ON: FORCED MIGRATION AND HUMAN RIGHTS A one-day conference on human rights and refugee law, on Tuesday, 22 November, 2005 in the theatrette of NSW Parliament House, Sydney Presented by The Sydney Centre for International and Global Law at the Faculty of Law, University of Sydney Keynote speaker: Dr Guy S Goodwin-Gill, University of Oxford Registration forms and the conference programme are now available at http://www.law.usyd.edu.au/scigl/Events.htm Topics include: terrorism and asylum, separated children, trafficking and slavery, offshore processing of asylum claims, judicial interpretations of the refugee definition, and the confluence of international refugee and human rights law in expanding States protection obligations. Confirmed speakers include: Justice Tony North (Federal Court of Australia), Rodger Haines QC (University of Auckland; Deputy Chairperson of the NZ Refugee Status Appeals Authority), Assoc Prof Arthur Glass (UNSW), Assoc Prof Mary Crock (Sydney), Assoc Prof Susan Kneebone (Monash), Dr Penelope Mathew (ANU), Dr Savitri Taylor (La Trobe), Dr JP Fonteyne (ANU), Dr Ben Saul (UNSW), Dr Jane McAdam (Sydney) and Jennifer Burn (UTS). Enquiries: Jennifer Hornitzky (jenh@law.usyd.edu.au on Tues/Wed) or Dr Jane McAdam (janem@law.usyd.edu.au, tel (02) 9351 0354).
From resettlement to settlement Conference November 23rd- 28th, 2005 Centre for Refugee Research, UNSW
A conference taking us from resettlement to settlement, with focus on the Women at Risk resettlement program.
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