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Castan Centre for Human Rights Law

The Castan Centre was established to meet the need for, and interest in, the study of human rights law, globally, regionally and in Australia. It seeks to bring together the work of national and international human rights scholars, practitioners and advocates from a wide range of disciplines in order to promote and protect human rights. The Centre's key activities are research, teaching, public education (lectures, seminars, conferences, parliamentary submissions, internships and media presentations), applied research, advice work and consultancies. The Centre is named after Ron Castan AM QC a passionate advocate of human rights.

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Events
22 August - 2008 Annual Lecture sponsored by Mallesons Stephen Jaques. Speaker Dr John Pace former Chief of the Human Rights Office, United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq, 'The Great Enterprise After Iraq'

3 September - Human Rights Career Series: Anna Forsyth, Legal Officer, Human Rights Unit, Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission

4 September - Public Lecture, Professor Larry May, Washington University, St Louis, 'Habeas Corpus, Procedural Rights, and Fundamental Law'.

9 September - Public Lecture, Kirsty Sword Gusmão, East Timor, a Holding Redlich Distinguished Visiting Fellow, 'A Unique Insight into East Timor'

Other Human Rights Events and Opportunities