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Activities
CIPL's activities include
convening two major conferences each year - the Australian
and New Zealand Society of International Law Annual Conference and
the Public
Law Weekend as well as other specialised conferences, seminars and
workshops.
It also convenes an
annual
lecture in honour of Geoffrey Sawer whose academic interests spanned
the work of the Centre and who was the first full-time Professor of
Law at the ANU. CIPL organises intensive teaching programs for both
government and non-government organisations in human rights law and
other areas of international and public law.
Publications
CIPL has published a
number of books in the past, which are available for sale. Currently,
it publishes the Australian Year
Book of International Law and the Law
and Policy Papers series through Federation Press.
Members
CIPL offers a base for
Visiting Fellows, postgraduate students and all public and international
law teachers in the College. Academic members
undertake research projects, teach in the ANU College of Law and play
active roles on government committees, in community organisations, and
in the media.
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News
and forthcoming
events
CIPL's Director, Professor Kim Rubenstein appointed
to committee
to review citizenship test. Professor Kim Rubenstein, Director
for Centre for International and Public Law gave the Dymphna Clark
lecture as part of the Annual Manning Clark House - Canberra Weekend
of Ideas on 29 March 2008. In this lecture, Kim discusses the
possibility of a woman Governor General and suggests position
of Governor General should alternate between the sexes. For details
of the lecture see link
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Professor
Kim Rubenstein spoke on The duty to protect in international law
at the International Policing Conference, Monday 19
November 2007, For
more information
Professor Kim Rubenstein took place in a panel debate as part of The
Devil's Advocate Series: 2007 Federal Election (13 November 2007) Podcast
Professor Kim Rubenstein has been invited to be a consultant to the
British Institute of International and Comparative Law research project
on the Rights and Responsibilities of Citizenship.
This independent study will form part of a wider review of Governance
in Britain currently being conducted by the United Kingdom's Ministry
of Justice. For news and report see link.
Professor Kim Rubenstein speaks about the High Court's decision in Roach
v Electoral Commission for The Age
(30 August 2007)
Professor Kim Rubenstein was the key note speaker at
The Order of Australia Association's ACT Branch Inter-faith
Celebrations (19 August 2007)
Professor Kim Rubenstein presented a lecture on Alien Citizen? Living
in a State of Confusion (2 August 2007) Program
Audio
MP3
Professor Kim Rubenstein submits to Senate Legal and Constitutional
Legislation Committee in its Review of the Australian
Citizenship Amendment (Citizenship Testing) Bill 2007 (6 July 2007)
September 2007 newsletter
UPCOMING
EVENTS
The Inaugural Kirby Lecture on International Law
International law in the House of Lords and the
High Court of Australia 1996-2008: A Comparison
Professor James Crawford, University of Cambridge
Thursday 26 June 2008, 6.30-7.30pm
National Museum of Australia, Canberra
Program
OTHER
CIPL INVOLVEMENT
CIPL's Director, Professor Kim Rubenstein has been invited to be a
consultant to the British Institute of International and Comparative
Law research project on the Rights and Responsibilities of
Citizenship. This independent study will form part of a wider
review of Governance in Britain currently being conducted by the United
Kingdom's Ministry of Justice. For further: http://www.biicl.org/citizenship/
Kim Rubenstein will be presenting a lecture in 2008
(Date TBC) as part of the ANU College of Law Inaugural Professiorial
Lecture Series.
Past events for 2007
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