NEWS & UPCOMING EVENTS

HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS AWARD
Each year, the Dutch government awards the Human Rights Defenders Tulip award to a person "who has shown exceptional moral courage in protecting and promoting the rights of fellow citizens". The winner receives an official commemorative statuette, an individual cash reward and the opportunity to submit a proposal to the value of EUR 100,000 to intensify the winner's work as a human rights defender.

Nominations for the 2009 award are currently open and must be received by 23 August 2009. The award is open to persons in Australia and the Pacific.

Click here for more information and to nominate a candidate

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INTERVIEW WITH ARTHUR CHASKALSON
5 August 2008, 6pm on Radio National 846
'Law and abuses of power: An eminent human rights lawyer, one-time member of Nelson Mandela's defence team and architect of post-apartheid South Africa, Justice Arthur Chaskalson has seen at close quarters how laws can be used to sanction discrimination and mistreatment.'

You can download the program or stream it later at http://www.abc.net.au/rn/foraradio/

Click here for more on Arthur Chaskalson and his views on justice

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The Freilich Foundation 2008 Alice Tay Lecture on Law & Human Rights: 6 June 2008
WHERE IS OUR PLACE? SEEKING A HOME IN A TIME OF INSECURITY
Dr Penelope Mathew    Listen to lecture

CHuRN Seminar Series 2007: Seminar 8: 13 November 2007
GENOCIDE AND HUMAN RIGHTS by Dr John Docker  Audio

CHuRN Seminar Series 2007: Seminar 7: 9 October 2007
RIGHTS, POWER & THE MAKING OF THE INTERNATIONAL SYSYEM by Prof Chris Reus-Smit

CHuRN Seminar Series 2007: Seminar 5: 14 August 2007
CITIZENSHIP & RIGHTS by Prof Kim Rubenstein Audio

CHuRN Seminar Series 2007: Seminar 4: 12 June 2007
AUSTRALIA'S COMMOM LAW SYSTEM: Why so resistant to rights? by Prof Peter Bailey  Audio

CHuRN Seminar Series 2007: Seminar 1: 27 March 2007
THE INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS SYSTEM by Prof Hilary Charlesworth Audio