CCCS & AHRC Seminar: “The National Human Rights Consultation:Outcomes from the Australian Human Rights Commission Perspective.”

This year, an independent committee led by Jesuit priest Father Frank Brennan conducted more than 66 roundtables and received approximately 35,000 submissions. People from all around Australia told the Committee how they thought human rights should be protected in Australia.

This seminar considers the findings and recommendations of the Committee as contained in the Report of the National Human Rights Consultation.

Chair:                          Professor Adrienne Stone

Director, Centre for Comparative Constitutional Studies Melbourne Law School

Speaker:              The Hon. Catherine Branson QC

President, Australian Human Rights Commission

Commentator:     Associate Professor Carolyn Evans

Melbourne Law School

Date:                           Wednesday 21 October 2009

Time:                           6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Venue:                        Lecture Theatre G08, Ground Floor

Melbourne Law School, 185 Pelham Street, Carlton

Please click on the following link for a Lectopia recording of the seminar: http://harangue.lecture.unimelb.edu.au/Lectopia/Lectopia.lasso?ut=651&id=78734