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Employment Opportunities PILCH
HPLC Lawyer/Policy Officer (1.0 EFT, 12 month fixed term)
Applications due 15 October
PilchConnect Lawyer (1.0 EFT)
Applications due 21 October
Further details: http://www.pilch.org.au/html/s01_home/home.asp

Right Now Radio a new human rights radio program
This new program will be broadcast live on Melbourne’s 3CR 855AM at 6pm every Thursday from 18 September 2008. Right Now Radio is an initiative of Right Now, the non-profit human rights law media organisation which also publishes Right Now Magazine.

Victorian Council of Civil Liberties membership
Julian Burnside QC, President, Liberty Victoria invites you to become a member of the organisation, especially (but not exclusively) the under 35s.  Liberty Victoria were the organisation that stood up and took legal action on behalf of the Tampa asylum seekers in 2001.  Membership form available at -www.libertyvictoria.org.au.

Human Rights and Equal Opportunity workshops
delivered by the Victorian Equal Opportuity & Human Rights Commission
July to December 2008
Further details: http://www.humanrightscommission.vic.gov.au/education%20and%20training/workshops%20at%20the%20commission/ 



OCTOBER 2008

  • The Living Memory Project
    Jill Jolliffe, author of ‘Cover-Up: the inside story of the Balibo Five’ and director of the Living Memory Project, will speak about her work documenting the experiences of East Timorese ex-political prisoners during the 1975-1999 Indonesian occupation and show some interviews from the video archive.
    Venue: The Abruzzo Club, 377 Lygon Street East Brunswick
    Date: 15 October 2008
    Time: 6.00pm for 6.30pm
    Free event.  Donations to the Living Memory Project Welcome
    RSVP by 10 October to (03) 9389 2229 or katej@mchs.org.au

  • Gender and Climate Change
    Third Global Congress of Women in Politics and Governance hosted by Center for Asia Pacific Women in Politics and the UN International Strategy for Disaster Risk Reduction
    19 - 22 October
    Venue: Dusit Hotel, Makati City, Metro Manila, Philippines
    Further details: www.capwip.org

  • Why Did Torture Become Unacceptable in the 1970s? Algeria, Greece and Brazil compared
    Contemporary Europe Research Centre and School of Social & Political Sciences, University of Melbourne seminar
    Speaker: Barbara Keys, specialist in 20th century international history
    Venue: Room 212, 2nd Floor, 234 Queensberry Street, Melbourne
    Date: 21 October (revised date)
    Time: 1 to 2 pm
    Further details: http://www.cerc.unimelb.edu.au/events/seminars.html


  • Does Australia Need a Human Rights Act?
    City of Port Phillip
    Speakers: Julian Burnside QC, Professor Mirko Bagaric
    Date: 20 October 2008
    Time: 7.00pm
    Venue:  St Kilda Town Hall

NOVEMBER 2008

  • Tokyo War Crimes Trial Conference
    The conference is presented by the Asia Pacific Centre for Military Law, Melbourne Law School in association with Hiroshima Peace Institute, American Society of International Law’s Lieber Society, London School of Economics International Humanitarian Law Project, and is supported by Australian Red Cross and Martinus Nijhoff Publishers.  The conference commemorates the 60th Anniversary of the Judgment in the Tokyo War Crimes Trial.
    Date: 10 to 12 November 2008
    Venue: The University of Melbourne Law School, 185 Pelham St, Carlton, Victoria
    Conference brochure and registration form available at - http://www.law.unimelb.edu.au/index.cfm?objectid=4B1D1CB1-B0D0-AB80-E28E8C05438EC230&DiaryID=3969  or at http://www.law.unimelb.edu.au/
    Inquiries: Cathy Hutton, 8344 4775, 8344 0054, email law-apcml@unimelb.edu.au

DECEMBER 2008

  • Human rights and climate change: Protecting the rights of future generations
    Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission 8th Annual Human Rights Oration
    Opening address: The Hon Rob Hulls, Attorney General
    Oration: Dan Adams, Board Member, Oaktree Foundation.
    Venue: ZINC at Federation Square, Cnr Flinders & Swanston Streets, Melbourne
    Date: 10 December
    Time: 12.30 to 1.30 pm (followed by light lunch)
    Free event - registration required by 3 December to liam.fitzgerald@veohrc.vic.gov.au or tel 03 9281 7110

  • Human Rights Law Policy Practice - Lessons from Europe
    European Studies Summer School, Australian National University in association with Monash University, European Union and Innovative Universities European Union Centre
    15 - 19 December
    Further details at http://www.anu.edu.au/NEC/ESSS.php