The Annual Castan Centre for Human Rights Law conference

Date: Friday 24 July 2015

Time: 9.00am - 5.00pm

Venue: Deakin Edge, Federation Square, Corner of Swanston and Flinders Street, Melbourne

Join over 300 other attendees to listen to:

Adela Navarro Bello, General Director of Zeta Magazine, Mexico
Topic: Journalism in Mexico: surviving corruption, the drugs war and impunity

Bret Walker SC, former Independent National Security Legislation Monitor
Topic: Australia's terrorism laws

Fiona McCormack, CEO, Domestic Violence Victoria
Topic: The family violence plague

Helen Szoke, Chief Executive of Oxfam Australia
Topic: Inequality and human rights

Tim Wilson, Australian Human Rights Commissioner
Topic: Corporations and human rights

Martin Hodgson, Senior Advocate, Foreign Prisoner Support Service
Topic: Australian prisoners overseas - their rights and the government's obligations

Paula Gerber, Deputy Director, Castan Centre for Human Rights Law
Topic: Through the Looking Glass: Using the Convention on the Rights of the Child to Inform the Regulation of Surrogacy

Topics to be confirmed and further speakers to be announced.

Registration Fees
Full Registration Early Bird - $250 (until Friday 15 May)
Full Registration - $280 (after 15 May)
NGO Registration Early Bird - $130 (until Friday 15 May)
NGO Registration - $150 (after 15 May)
Students - $80 (limited number)

You may register in one of the following ways:

Register online

Via phone by calling 03 9905 3327. Phone orders must be paid for by credit cards.
Please do NOT send credit card information via fax or email as it is not secure.

Conditions of registration:

If you are unable to attend the conference, a subsitute is welcome.
Please let us know so we can prepare a name badge.
A service fee of 10% will be charged for cancellations received in writing by 17 July 2015. No refunds will be paid after this date.

Enquiries

If you have any queries about the conference please tel 03 9905 3327 or email castan.centre@monash.edu

Sponsorship

For a copy of our sponsorship brochure, contact the Castan Centre (see above) or to discuss sponsorship options contact Marius Smith, Centre Manager, on 9905 3386 or email marius.smith@monash.edu