Past events
- Professor Gordon Anthony, Queens University Belfast
This workshop will consider the case of a non-UK national who had been living in Northern Ireland for more than forty years and was practicising as a lawyer when convicted of terror related offences. It will examine the legal difficulties he faced...
- Professor Marc Galanter, University of Wisconsin
Marc Galanter is one of the western world’s leading thinkers on lawyers, justice and legal culture, and a leading figure in the empirical study of the legal system. He is the John and Rylla Bosshard Professor of Law and South Asian Studies at the...
- John Southalan, President of Australian Lawyers for Human Rights
ALHR is seeking leave to appear as amicus curiae in a High Court appeal in a native title case, WA v Brown. The matter will be heard on 12 February 2014. ALHR’s submissions focus on human rights standards about racial equality, and their...
- Dr Mark Provera
In the more than 20 years that Australia has mandatorily detained asylum seekers reaching its shores by boat, the European Union has seen the development of its Common European Asylum System amongst its (now 28) Member States – including...
- Professor Mick Dodson AM
Law Reform and Social Justice students at the ANU College of Law have researched, written and produced public information materials in support of the proposed referendum to recognise Australia's indigenous peoples in the...
- Gráinne McKeever, University of Ulster
- Dr Jayampathy Wickramaratne, Director of Programs, Institute of Constitutional Studies, Colombo, Sri Lanka
- Professor Margaret Thornton, ANU College of Law
- Jennifer Robinson
Jennifer Robinson, an ANU law graduate, is a London-based human rights lawyer, known internationally for her work as legal advisor to WikiLeaks and its editor-in-chief, Julian Assange. Jen has acted in numerous high profile free speech and freedom of...
- The Hon Michael Kirby AC CMG