This talk will discuss the key challenges and transformations of the human rights field in the next decade. It will highlight lessons and insights from other fields of research and practice – from journalism to systems thinking to ecology to neuroscience – that could prove useful for human rights actors to tackle the authoritarian populist challenge to human rights, as well as other systemic threats such as climate change and technological disruption.

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Our Melbourne Human Rights Dinner is being held at the Forum Theatre on Friday 24 May at 6.30pm and will feature Tom Ballard as MC, a keynote address from Craig Foster and a performance from Olympia.

Our Annual Human Rights Dinners bring together friends, colleagues and supporters from across the human rights, justice and philanthropic sectors to celebrate human rights progress and energise the movement to tackle upcoming challenges. They are also important fundraisers for the Human Rights Law Centre.

This event is proudly sponsored by Noisy Ritual Urban Winery.

Tickets are now on sale for our Sydney Human Rights Dinner. Click here to purchase tickets now.

Our Sydney Human Rights Dinner is being held at Doltone House, Jones Bay on Friday 3 May at 6.30pm and will feature Chris Taylor as MC and a keynote address from June Oscar AO.

Our annual Human Rights Dinners bring together friends, colleagues and supporters from across the human rights, justice and philanthropic sectors to celebrate human rights progress and energise the movement to tackle upcoming challenges. Our Dinners are also important fundraisers for the Human Rights Law Centre.

Mark International Women’s Day 2019 by joining the Human Rights Law Centre and the Women’s Legal Service NSW for a fascinating panel discussion examining threats to women’s reproductive rights in Australia. 

Join us for the launch of our new report Protecting Protest in Australia. The launch will be hosted by Deputy Opposition Leader Penny Sharpe and will feature a panel discussion with Natalie Cromb, Dr Bob Brown and Julie McCrossin, hosted by Hugh de Kretser.

Join us in Melbourne for an exciting public conversation about why and how we need to ensure everyone’s human rights are properly protected and that people have the power to hold governments to account.

Join our executive director, Hugh de Kretser, on Thursday 20 September, where he will deliver the 2018 Higinbotham Lecture outlining why Australia needs a Charter of Human Rights and what you can do to create one.

In this free public lecture, Professor Philip Alston reflects on what he sees as the increasingly dramatic parallels in social policy between the US and Australia, and the threat posed by these developments.

The Annual Human Rights Dinners bring together friends, colleagues and supporters from across the human rights, justice and philanthropic sectors to celebrate human rights progress and energise the movement to tackle upcoming challenges. They are also important fundraisers for the Human Rights Law Centre.

The Annual Human Rights Dinners bring together friends, colleagues and supporters from across the human rights, justice and philanthropic sectors to celebrate human rights progress and energise the movement to tackle upcoming challenges. They are also important fundraisers for the Human Rights Law Centre.

Join us for an exciting event discussing the future direction of criminal justice in the Northern Territory. 

As people in Australia contend with proposals to expand espionage and secrecy offences and to restrict foreign funding to civil society, it is a good time to hear about how the Russian laws and their enforcement have deepened Russia’s authoritarianism.

Hear Nick Martin in conversation with the former head of the Human Rights Commission, Gillian Triggs, introduced by the Human Rights Law Centre’s Arif Hussein.

Around Australia people with disabilities are increasingly over-imprisoned and over-looked by our justice system. Join us for an expert panel examining this issue and the possibility of a fairer, more humane approach.

At this discussion, our panelists will the connection between over-imprisonment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and over-imprisonment of the Indigenous adult population. They’ll also reflect on prevention and diversion strategies for young people and the roles that NGOs, families and communities can play.

How do we hold governments and corporations to account for human rights abuse?

This panel will feature experts engaged in seeking accountability for human rights abuses by states and corporations from the perspectives of both strategic litigation and campaigning.

We’re excited to announce the dates of our Annual Human Rights Fundraising Dinners!

The Annual Human Rights Dinners bring together friends, colleagues and supporters from across the human rights, justice and philanthropic sectors to celebrate human rights progress and energise the movement to tackle upcoming challenges. They are also important fundraisers for the Human Rights Law Centre.

How is Australia’s candidacy for a seat at the world’s peak human rights body being perceived within the UN? What are Australia’s chances? How does its human rights record measure up against the competition? How best could Australian human rights advocates utilise an Australian seat on the Council? Join us for a conversation about these topics with Phil Lynch and Lucy McKernan.

The Human Rights Law Centre invites you to hear Peter Holmes à Court and Alissa Everett talk about their work documenting the lives of people seeking asylum, followed by a Q and A with HRLC’s Daniel Webb and Aziz Muhamat (via recorded messages), a 24-year-old man from Darfur, Sudan who has been stuck on Manus Island since 2013.

Join Human Rights Law Centre’s Director of Advocacy and Research, Emily Howie, and Human Rights Watch Deputy Executive Director, Iain Levine as they discuss the protection of human rights at a time of great hostility and even greater need.

Arnold Bloch Leibler, together with the Human Rights Law Centre and the Law and Advocacy Centre for Women, is delighted to celebrate International Women’s Day 2017 with a free lunch time panel event on women and justice.

Daniel Webb, has recently returned from his third trip to Manus Island. Join Daniel Webb in conversation with Madeline Gleeson, author of Offshore: Behind the Wire on Manus and Nauru.

This session, moderated by Rachel Ball, will discuss the human rights responsibilities of companies that either provide or are linked to the detention of asylum seekers and refugees.

The Human Rights Law Centre and Community Legal Centres Queensland are excited to announce that tickets are now on sale for a fantastic human rights event to be held in Brisbane – Maina Kiai in conversation with Peter Greste moderated by HRLC’s Director of Advocacy and Research Emily Howie.

In April, the Wheeler Centre hosted a great event with HRW’s Ken Roth in conversation with the Human Rights Law Centre’s Director of Advocacy and Research, Emily Howie.

In January one of our passionate supporters swam an open-water marathon to raise money for our work protecting and promoting human rights!