Past events
- Dr Genevieve Ebbeck, Senior General Counsel, Australian Government Solicitor
- Professor Kim Rubenstein Director Centre for International and Public Law and Public Policy Fellow, The Australian National University
The Australian Citizenship Amendment (Allegiance to Australia) Bill 2015 has been subjected to much attention, including a report from the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security recommending a range of amendments. In this seminar,...
- Dr Reuven (Ruvi) Ziegler, University of Reading
A critical assessment of the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights
The talk argues that Strasbourg's voting eligibility jurisprudence concerning the interpretation of Article 3 of the Protocol I of the ECHR (A3P1) has not clearly...
- Katrina Cooper, Senior Legal Advisor, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
CIPL is delighted that Advisory Board member and Senior Legal Adviser, DFAT, Katrina Cooper will launch Legal Perspectives on Security Institutions, the 5th book in the CIPL, Cambridge University Press series, edited by Professor Kim...
- Dr Carmelo Danisi, University of Bologna, Italy
Among the challenges that Europe has been facing in dealing with migration flows, the compliance with international human rights obligations when a child is involved remains problematic.
While the European Union has been successful in including...
- Diwaka Prakash, Legal Division, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Lethal autonomous weapons systems (LAWS), which some have dubbed as ‘killer robots’, raise legal, ethical and practical questions regarding their potential deployment in the battlefield. LAWS will be a subject of discussion at the 2015 Meeting of...
This year’s conference will be part of a larger project with a sister conference to be held at University College London a month later – both focussing on processes of deliberation about and under a constitution.
- Sue Tongue, Minter Ellison
The federal courts’ approach to statutory interpretation is briefly outlined and its history is traced. The possible impact of that approach on the legislature and executive is examined. This is followed by an exploration of various responses available...
- Hillel Neuer, UN Watch and Bassem Eid, Palestinian Human Rights Monitoring Group
Human rights and international law at the coal face – in the UN and in Palestinian human rights activity
Both speakers will share their experiences of using and engaging with human rights law in their respective work environments – at the coal...
- professor Campbell McLachlan QC
How, if at all, does the law in Anglo-Commonwealth legal systems effectively constrain the external exercise of public power? Drawing upon ground-breaking research for his new book Foreign Relations Law (Cambridge UP, 2014), McLachlan argues that...
This symposium honours the work of Deborah Cass, 15 February 1960 – 4 June 2013, a brilliant Australian constitutional and international lawyer. Deborah studied at the University of Melbourne and Harvard Law School and taught at Melbourne Law School,...
