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2006

Jan


Feb
 • New CIPL Director, Professor Kim Rubenstein, starts at the Centre.
• Kim Rubenstein speaks on Feminism and Federalism, presented to the annual Gilbert and Tobin Centre of Public Law’s conference on Constitutional Law
• Public Lecture: United Nations Peacebuilding Commission and The State of Practice in International Peacebuilding    audio
• Discussion Group: Genocide and Justice in the 21st Century    audio
• Kim Rubenstein presents an oral submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs, Legislation Reference Committee on its Inquiry into the provisions of the Australian Citizenship Bill 2005 and the Australian Citizenship (Transitionals and Consequentials) Bill 2005.

March
• Public Lecture: Developments in Customary International Humanitarian Law

April
• Discussion Group: The Rule of Law in a Colonial Setting,  Professor Michael Taggart, Faculty of Law, University of Auckland
• International Tribunals Workshop, ANU College of Law
• Kim Rubenstein speaks on Developments in Citizenship Law: A Human Rights Perspective, Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission seminar, Sydney

May
• Public lecture: Reviewing Social and Economical Impacts of Regulations: Are Judges up to the Task?
Associate Professor France Houle, Visiting Fellow, ANU College of Law,  Commentator: Stephen Argument, Phillips Fox audio 
• CIPL and the Australian Labour Law Association presented a series of "fringe seminars" to accompany the High Court hearing of the constitutional challenge to the Work Choices legislation. Over the course of three days, more than 100 people attended. Speakers included Dr Rosemary Owens (audio), Professor Andrew Stewart (audio), and a panel of speakers including Steve Ramsey (CPSU), Dr Beth Gaze (University of Melbourne), Derek Corrigan (NTEU) and Dr Shae McCrystal (ANU College of Law) audio.
• Kim Rubenstein presented a seminar on "Transnational People Movement" to the Centre for Defence and Strategic Studies, Australian Defence College, ACT, 18 May 2006.
• Dr Penelope Mathew speaks to ABC Radio's PM on the Government's immigration policy. More

June
• Discussion Group: International law and the use of force
Wednesday 7 June, ANU College of Law, audio, Dr Michael Smith, Visiting fellow, ANU College of Law.
• Public lecture: War and Peace - an Israeli perspective
Tuesday 13 June ANU College of Law, Professor Asher Maoz, University of Tel Aviv
• Australian Bills of Rights: ACT and beyond, Conference: 21 June 2006
•Public Lecture: The Confessions of an Erstwhile Land Rights Advocate, Father Frank Brennan, SJ, AO, 23 June 2006 more details

July

• Conference 17- 18 July: European Diasporas in Australia and Their Involvement in Future Enlargements of the European Union
Professor Kim Rubenstein spoke on dual citizenship: issues for Australian and European Nationals
Program and Registration form
• Book Launch Friday 28 July 4 pm: No Country is an Island : Australia and International Law
• Ann Kent is quoted in Mike Steketee's Opinion piece: Diplomacy Transplant in The Australian 29 July 2006 and Kathleen E. McLaughlin's piece:China gets tough with North Korea in the San Francisco Chronicle, July 30, 2006

August
• Discussion group: An informal discussion of XYZ v The Commonwealth [2006] HCA 25 (13 June 2006)
Tuesday 1 August, with the Australian Association of Constitutional Law Audio
• Public lecture: The interaction of constitutional and international law in nation-building: a view from the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Professor David Feldman, University of Cambridge Audio Wednesday 2 August
• Public lecture: US Military Commissions and International Humanitarian Law in the "War on Terrorism", Major Michael Mori, 17 August Audio
• Seminar: Making a new international law: Hague Convention on Maintenance Obligations
Wednesday 23 August
• Discussion group: Sources and Trends in Post 9/11 Anti-Terrorism Law, Professor Kent Roach, University of Toronto
Friday 25 August, Audio Audio mp3
• Seminar: Security and Indefinite Immigration Detention in the Supreme Court of Canada: The Impact of the Charter of Rights
Mr Rayner Thwaites,Tuesday 29 August, More details Audio Audio mp3

September
• Seminar: Monday 4 September,Whales, Antarctica, Diplomacy and the Law: Humane Society International v Kyodo Program
• UNSW Seminar: Tuesday 5 September, Advancing citizenship claims in the Australian legal context: a lesson on law`s limits, Professor Kim Rubenstein
• 2006 ACT Schools Constitutional Convention 8 September, Guest MC and speaker Professor Kim Rubenstein, Section 100 of the Constitution
• Workshop: 8 & 9 September 2006, Free Speech, Hate Speech and Human Rights in Australia
• Public Lecture: Tuesday 12 September, 3.30-4.30pm, Law Theatre, ANU College of Law, The Role of Foreign Law in the US Domestic Legal System, Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, Former Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court
• Seminar: Tuesday 12 September, 5.30pm Law Theatre, ANU College of Law, Governments and Gardening: Human Rights Obligations for Violations by Transnational Corporations Overseas, Professor Robert McCorquodale
• Seminar: Friday 15 September, Reforming the Senate Committee System, National Museum, Canberra, with ANU Parliamentary Studies Centre
• Seminar: Thursday 21 September 2006, 1pm Staff Library, ANU College of Law, The Thrills and Perils of Encountering the Australian Constitution, Professor William G. Buss
• Seminar: Tuesday 26 September, 1 pm Staff Library, ANU College of Law
International Lawyers as Grantors or Withholders of Foreign Policy Legitimacy: Delimiting the Scope of the International Lawyer’s Political Agency, Dr. Shirley Scott
• Conference: 29-30 September Inaugural Australian Womens Lawyers Conference
Guest speaker Professor Kim Rubenstein: 'Advancing citizenship claims in Australia: A lesson on the law's limits'
Sheraton on the Park Hotel, Sydney, Program and registration

October
• Discussion Group:Thursday 5 October 2006, 1 pm, Staff Library, ANU College of Law, Forge v Australian Securities and Investments Commission [2006] HCA 44, In conjunction with AACL
• Seminar: Friday 20 October, 1 pm, Staff Library, ANU College of Law Same-Sex Marriage/Constitutionalism and their centrality to equality rights in Hong Kong: A comparative socio-legal appraisal, Mr Phil Chan
• Seminar: Saturday 21 October, National Museum, The Murphy Legacy in Troubled Times, , In conjunction with NISSL and the Lionel Murphy Foundation
• Discussion Group: Tuesday 24 October, 1 pm (Sandwiches served from 12.45pm), Staff Library, ANU College of Law, Contradictions in Constitutional Construction: Executive Power in Australia and the US, Professor Kenneth Mayer
• Public Lecture: Wednesday 25 October 2006, 5.30pm, Law Theatre, ANU College of Law, Beyond Reasonable Doubt: Proving Genocide in Srebrenica, Mr James Stewart
• Seminar: Globalisation, Law and Justice International Seminar, University of Western Australia, 27-28 October
Guest speaker Professor Kim Rubenstein, Progam and registration

November
• Workshop: 2 November, 9.30 am to 4 pm, Governing (and Representing) Women: Local, National and Global Approaches
• 2006 Geoffrey Sawer Lecture:Thursday 2 November, Shine Dome, 6 pm, Transnational Challenges to Constitutional Law: Convergence, Resistance, Engagement, Professor Vicki Jackson
• Eleventh Public Law Weekend: Perspectives on Accountability, Friday 3 November - Saturday 4 November 2006, National Museum of Australia, Program and Registration
• Public Lecture: Wenesday, 8 November 2006, 5.30pm, Law Link Theatre, ANU College of Law, Prosecuting Commercial Plunder of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mr James Stewart
• Public Lecture: Wednesday 15 November 2006, 5.30pm, Law Link Theatre ANU College of Law, Conspiracy at Tokyo: The Tokyo Tribunal and the Concept of Conspiracy in International Criminal Law, Associate Professor Neil Boister, In conjunction with ACT Red Cross
• Discussion Group: Monday 20 November 2006, 1pm, Staff Library, Level 1, ANU College of Law, Pirates, Dr Gerry Simpson
• Hypothetical: Monday 20 November 2006, 7.30pm, Coombs Lecture Theatre, Australian National University Do terrorists have any rights or responsibilities under the laws of war?, In conjunction with ACT Red Cross
• Discussion Group: Wednesday 22 November, 1 pm, Staff Library, ANU College of Law, Official Languages and Bilingualism in the Courtroom: Hong Kong, Canada, the Republic of Ireland, and International Law, Mr Phil Chan
• Discussion Group: Thursday 23 November 2006, 1pm, Staff Library, Level 1, ANU College of Law, Treaty Crimes: Why They Aren't International Crimes, Associate Professor Neil Boister, In conjunction with International Law Roundtable
• The Admission and Exclusion of Asylum Seekers: The Search for Legitimate Parameters Conference
Saturday 25 November 2006, LAW Mootcourt (Room CM05B.1.01), University of Technology Sydney (Other CIPL Involvement)
• Human Rights and Citizenship Workshop as part of the Annual GovNet International Conference, Transformations in Governance: Capacity Building in the Asia/Pacific Region, Wednesday 29 November 2006,1.30-5.30pm, Haydon Allen Tank, ANU, (Other CIPL Involvement)
• Forum: Death Penalty, Monday, 27 November, 9am to 12.30pm, Studio Theatre, National Museum of Australia, Program & Registration form

December
• Seminar: Friday 15 December 2006, 12.30-1.30pm, National Europe Centre 1 Liversidge Street, The ANU, An Ever More Social Union? - Constitutionalisation of the European Union Through Human Rights and Citizenship Law, Dr. Katja S. Ziegler