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Human Rights Bulletin Board
Employment Opportunity - Public Interest Law Scheme Manager (1.0 EFT)
The Public Interest Law Clearing House (Vic.) Inc. (PILCH) is currently seeking a highly-motivated professional to manage the Public Interest Law Scheme. The ideal candidate will have a committment to improving access to justice for marginalised and disadvantaged people as well as an excellent understanding of the legal profession and pro bono sector in Victoria. Excellent communication skills are a must as is solid post admission experience working as a barrister or solicitor.
Applications close 22 July 2008. Further details available at www.pilch.org.au.
UNHCR's Policy Development and Evaluation Service (PDES) Internship
The UNHCR's PDES wishes to engage an intern to work on issues related to climate change, the environment and forced migration. Applicants should ideally have proven knowledge of these issues, and should meet the criteria set out in the PDES Internship Policy, which can be found at http://www.unhcr.org/research/RESEARCH/3e76f9e85.html. Preference will be given to applicants who are able to commence the inernship before the end of July 2008. Please send a CV, covering letter and writing sample to hqpd00@unhcr.org.
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/
JULY 2008
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60 Years On, Human Rights Challenges: Where to now for the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Public lecture hosted by Amnesty International
Speakers: Professor Larissa Behrendt; Professor George Williams; and Zubayra Shamseden
Date: 4 July
Venue: Melbourne Town Hall, 120 Swanston Street, Melbourne
Time: 6.30 pm
Details: http://vic.amnesty.org.au/
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Post September 11 Issues for International Humanitarian Law
Red Cross IHL Seminar Series
Speaker: LTCOL Penny Cumming, Legal Officer, Special Operations Headquarters, Australian Defence Force
Venue: Mallesons Stephen Jaques, Level 50 Bourke Place, 600 Bourke Street, Melbourne
Date: 14 July
Time: 6.30 to 8 pm
Cost: $10 to be collected at the door
RSVP: Agata Wierzbowski, tel 03 8327 7737, email awierzbowski@redcross.org.au
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Giving Teeth to International Human Rights Treaties: Commissions, Courts and Corporations - A Practitioner's Perspective
Seminar hosted by Centre for Comparative Constitutional Studies
Speaker: Professor Brian Budekin AO
Venue: Room 920, Level 9, Melbourne Law School, 185 Pelham Street, Carlton
Date: 17 July
Time: 6 - 7 pm
RSVP: Dr Madeline Grey by 15 July. Tel 03 8344 1011 or email law-cccs@unimelb.edu.au
AUGUST 2008
- International Conference on Child Labour and Child Exploitation
Childrens Rights International Conference
3 - 5 August
Cairns Convention Centre, Queensland, Australia
Further details: http://www.childjustice.org/html/index.htm
- Social Inclusion of Culturally Diverse Communities: Strategies and Experiences
Conference hosted by Institute for Community, Ethnicity and Policy Alternatives, Victoria University and the University of Tasmania
The conference will bring together migrant and refugee communities, service providers, State and Federal Government agencies, community groups, education providers, employers, unions and academics to identify the reasons for and nature of social exclusion of migrant and refugee communities and policies and practices that lead to the social inclusion of migrant and refugee communities.
Date: 1-2 August
Further details: http://adcet.dev.visualeyes.net.au/Diversity/
OCTOBER 2008
- 2008 Protecting Human Rights Conference
Hosted by Comparative Constitutional Studies, University of Melbourne; Regulatory Institutions Network, ANU; and Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law, UNSW.
Venue: Melbourne Law School, University Square, 185 Pelham Street, Carlton
Date: 3 October 2008
Further details: http://cccs.law.unimelb.edu.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
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