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Castan Centre For Human Rights Law
Annual Report
2010
About the Castan Centre
About Ron Castan AM QC
Since Michael Kirby AC CMG officially opened the Castan Centre
for Human Rights Law in October 2000, our dedicated staff have
strived to create a stronger culture of human rights in Australia. We
at the Castan Centre believe that human rights must be respected
and protected, allowing people to pursue their lives in freedom and
with dignity. In our pursuit of a stronger human rights culture for
Australia, we work in seven broad areas:
Ron Castan was a passionate advocate for the recognition and
protection of human rights and a distinguished member of the
Victorian Bar. He is best remembered for his role as lead counsel on
the landmark Mabo case, which recognised native title over land.
Ron toiled on the case for over 10 years and, according to Greg
McIntyre, a lawyer who worked with Ron on the matter, he ‘effectively under-wrote the whole claim’.
Public education, including numerous public lectures,
roundtables, conferences and workshops featuring prominent
Australian and international human rights figures, and an increasing
social media presence.
Prior to the Mabo case, Ron worked on the landmark Gove
and Koowarta land rights cases, and helped found the Victorian
Aboriginal Legal Service. His commitment to human rights extended
beyond Indigenous issues. He was a member of the Victorian Equal
Opportunity Commission and President of the Victorian Council for
Civil Liberties (now Liberty Victoria). Ron led the campaign against
the Australia Card in the 1980s and was a key player in negotiations
over the Wik native title legislation in the 1990s. He died in 1999.
Policy, through submissions to parliaments, direct representations
to governments and contributions to public debates on important
issues.
Student programs aimed at tertiary and secondary students,
including internship programs, mooting and essay competitions,
and careers seminars.
Indigenous programs, such as the legal advice and assistance
provided to the Wadeye community and the Aurora Project’s native
title capacity building program.
‘There was a sort of a ruthlessness in Ron Castan. A ruthlessness
on behalf of justice.’
Thomas Kenneally AO
Teaching, through the oldest human rights law masters degree
in Australia, as well as a thriving undergraduate human rights
program.
Research leading to the publication of monographs, textbooks,
handbooks and practical guides on a variety of human rights
issues.
Human rights training and consultancies aimed at educating
Australian and international government officials about human
rights.
The Castan Centre is unique in that it blends the intellectual rigour
of human rights law and brings human rights to life in practical
ways. As a place of learning and action, I have had a long and
warm association with the Centre.
- Jose Ramos Horta, President of Timor Leste
The Castan Centre is a jewel in the crown of Australian law
- The Hon. Michael Kirby AC CMG, former High Court judge
Ron Castan
2010 In Review
by Prof. Sarah Joseph, Castan Centre Director
Monash University seeks to improve the human condition by
advancing knowledge and fostering creativity. It does so through
research and education and a commitment to social justice,
human rights and a sustainable environment.
- Monash University Statement of Purpose
2010 was a very big year for us. We were delighted to welcome
Her Excellency Ms Quentin Bryce AC, Governor-General of the
Commonwealth of Australia, as our Patron-in-Chief, and The Hon
Michael Kirby AC CMG, a long term supporter of the Centre, as
our Patron. Indeed, Mr Kirby, then of course a Justice of the High
Court of Australia, launched the Centre at a function at the law firm
Arnold Bloch Liebler in October 2000.
The highlight of the year was our tenth anniversary dinner, held
at Carousel in Albert Park on 20 October, which attracted over
340 people. The speakers included Michael Kirby, who gave an
entertaining and moving speech about his memories of Ron, and
the Australian of the Year, Professor Patrick McGorry AO, who
spoke powerfully about mental health issues. The evening was
hosted by the comedian Hannah Gadsby, and also included a silent
and an unsilent (and rather raucous) auction. We are very grateful
to all who turned up to wish us well as we begin our second
decade, and to those who contributed to make the evening very
special.
The Centre’s other ongoing endeavour is the Aurora Project, which
provides capacity building services to Native Title Representative
Bodies, as well as a raft of other programs such as internships and
a scholarships guide for Indigenous students. We are grateful to
Richard Potok and his team at Aurora Projects and Programs for all
of its work in making the Project such a success.
The success of the Castan Centre is due to its members, both
internal and external, and its supporters. Regarding supporters,
we must pay respect to our kind donors who are listed in the back
of this report. Without you we could not continue to grow and
expand our programmes and make our mark on human rights in
the world. As for our staff, I must here thank my hard-working
Deputy Directors, our tireless Manager Marius Smith, and loyal and
dedicated administrative staff Janice Hugo and Erica Contini. I
must also make special mention of Kay Magnani, our administrator
for our first 9.5 years until her retirement in April 2010, who was in
many ways the rock upon which the Centre’s activities were built
over its first decade. We wish her well in her retirement, and hope
to continue to see her at our public events.
Other highlights of the year included our annual human rights
conference, held in 2010 at the State Library of Victoria, which
again sold out well in advance. We also held a workshop on
human rights in closed environments in October, pursuant to an
Australian Research Council grant. Our Annual Lecture was given
by Mr Andrew Demetriou, well-known to Melbournians as the CEO
of the Australian Football League, who spoke about the role of
the AFL in the community. We continued our regular programme
of public lectures in the Melbourne CBD, normally held at no cost
and open to all comers: speakers included Professor Philip Alston,
then the UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial killings and also a
member of our Advisory Board, and Julian Assange, the head of
the whistle-blowing organisation Wikileaks.
We expanded our global interns programme, with the kind support
of our donors, which enabled us to send eight outstanding law
students to five continents to undertake legal work with human
rights organisations. We also held our very successful moot
competition again: congratulations to the winners from the
University of Melbourne. For secondary schools, we ran our
annual essay competition, which attracted an unprecedented 220
essays.
Of course, as an academic organisation Castan Centre directors
and associates have engaged in extensive research, including
publications, grants, research consultancies, and public
engagement, for example through submissions to Parliament, opeds and interviews in the media, training programmes, and, new
in 2010, blog posts and social media. Castan Centre academics
form the backbone of the Monash Law Faculty’s highly successful
masters level courses in human rights law, though we also welcome
guest lecturers such as Eugene O’Sullivan, defence counsel at the
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.
Professor Joseph
with The Hon.
Michael Kirby AC
CMG
Castan Centre Programs
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Andrew Demetriou, AFL CEO, ‘A matter of leadership: the AFL
on the field and in the community’, Annual Lecture sponsored
by Mallesons Stephen Jaques, 17 August 2010
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Victorian State Election Human Rights Forum with Shadow
Victorian Attorney-General and Liberal Member for the State
seat of Box Hill Robert Clark MP and Greens candidate for
the State seat of Melbourne Brian Walters SC. Moderated by
Damien Carrick presenter of The Law Report on ABC Radio
National, 9 September 2010
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Dr Joo-Cheong Tham, Associate Professor at Melbourne Law
School, ‘Money and Politics: Why it matters to human rights’,
with commentary from Sam McLean of GetUp!, 4 November
2010
1. Public Education
The Castan Centre aims to improve people’s awareness of human
rights through public education. We work to achieve this goal by
bringing human rights to the general public through events such
as conferences, roundtables and lectures. Uniquely, most of our
events are free and open to all. Since the Centre opened in 2000,
we have hosted 117 conferences, public lectures, roundtables
and careers seminars featuring foreign dignitaries, United Nations
experts, politicians, academic experts, judges and activists.
The Centre continued its outstanding public education program in
2010 with the following events.
Public lectures
The Centre’s public lectures featured a number of internationallyrenowned experts and advocates, including the UN’s expert on
extrajudicial executions, Prof. Philip Alston and Wikileaks founder
Julian Assange. Remarkably, when Assange spoke in April 2010,
many people had not heard of him, or his website. Within months,
he would become one of the most polarising figures on the planet.
The packed room that he addressed that night at the Monash
Law Chambers confirmed, however, that our members were wellinformed.
In keeping with our mandate, our 2010 events covered a wide
range of topics, from Australia’s policy on asylum seekers to
campaign finance laws, the political situation in Iran and the latest
news and views on Victoria’s human rights laws. The 2010 Annual
Lecture was presented by Andrew Demetriou, the CEO of the
Australian Football League, on the league’s role in the community.
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Jessie Taylor, Melbourne lawyer and refugee advocate, ‘Out
to Sea: Refugee Policy Under the Rudd Government’, 11
February 2010
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Prof. Amin Saikal, Director of the Centre for Arab and Islamic
Studies, Australian National University, ‘Iran: Between
the Sovereignty of God and Sovereignty of People’,
17 February 2010
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George Bizos SC, one of South Africa’s leading human rights
lawyers, ‘Human Rights in South Africa Today’, Co-hosted with
Liberty Victoria, 5 March 2010
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Nana Oye Lithur, Chief Executive Director of the Human Rights
Advocacy Centre, in Ghana, ‘How gender can affect progress
towards the UN’s Millennium Development Goals’, 14 April
2010
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Michael Croucher, a member of the Victorian Bar who
represented Vera Momcilovic in a landmark case on the
Victorian Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities, ‘R v
Momcilovic: Human Rights Victory or Individual Injustice?’, 28
April 2010
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Julian Assange, activist, journalist, and the editor of WikiLeaks.
com, ‘Geeks versus gag orders: has censorship been
privatised?’, Co-hosted with Liberty Victoria, 13 May 2010
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Prof. Philip Alston, UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial,
summary or arbitrary executions, Special Adviser to the UN
High Commissioner for Human Rights on the Millennium
Development Goals, ‘The rise and rise of targeted
assassinations, and the implications for international law’, cohosted with the Human Rights Law Resource Centre, 19 May
2010
Philip Alston discusses
the use of drones in
modern warfare
AFL CEO Andrew
Demetriou addresses
the audience during the
2010 Annual Lecture
Conferences and Roundtables
Our annual conference is the only annual human rights conference
in Australia, and has become a vital source of the latest news and
views on Australian and international human rights issues. Again in
2010, the conference sold out more than a month in advance and
feedback from the 220 attendees was overwhelmingly positive.
Speakers at the conference, which was held at the State Library of
Victoria, were:
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Dr Helen Szoke, Commissioner of the Victorian Equal
Opportunity and Human Rights Commission, ‘The right to
equality and the right to freedom of religion - not absolutes!’
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Mr Phil Lynch, Executive Director of the Human Rights Law
Resource Centre, ‘Charters of Rights in Australia: Recent
developments and prospects’
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Associate Prof. Peter van Onselen of the Faculty of Education
and Arts at Edith Cowan University and Contributing Editor
of The Australian newspaper, ‘The race to the bottom:
Understanding why our political leaders won’t lead on refugee
debates’
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Dr Adiva Sifris, Senior Lecturer in the Law Faculty, Monash
University, ‘Say ‘YES’ to same sex marriage in Australia’
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Mr John Garnaut, Fairfax China Correspondent, ‘The rise of
China and human rights’
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Mr Iarla Flynn, Head of Public Policy and Government Affairs
(Australia/NZ), Google, ‘The open internet and censorship’
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Prof. Ron McCallum AO, Chair of the UN Committee on
the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Professor of
Law, University of Sydney, ‘How the Convention on the Rights
of Persons with Disabilities can improve the lives of those living
with a disability’
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Associate Prof. Jane McAdam, Director of the International
Refugee and Migration Law Project, Gilbert + Tobin Centre of
Public Law, Faculty of Law, University of New South Wales,
‘Climate change and human rights: Whose rights, what
protection?’
In addition to the annual conference, the Castan Centre cohosted a successful roundtable in conjunction with a number of
Monash University academics. The event, entitled ‘Monitoring and
Oversight of Human Rights in Closed Environments’, addressed
human rights issues in closed environments, that is places where
people are deprived of their liberty, such as prisons, forensic
psychiatric institutions, closed mental health and disability units,
and immigration detention.
The roundtable was convened by Castan Centre Deputy Director
Dr Julie Debeljak, Monash University academics Dr Bronwyn Naylor
and Dr Stuart Thomas, and Dr Inez Dussuyer of Ombudsman
Victoria. The event featured 60 participants from a range of
stakeholders, including international technical experts, federal
and state government representatives, service providers, nongovernmental organisations, community organisations, and
academic institutions.
The Annual Castan Centre Conference ‘Human Rights 2011’
gives a vital health check on the state of human rights in Australia
and overseas to practitioners (from the legal profession as well
as from governments, NGOs and community organisations),
academics and students.
Fairfax China
correspondent
John Garnaut
Associate Prof.
Peter van Onselen
Castan Centre Director
Sarah Joseph with
Associate Prof.
Jane McAdam
Special Event – The Castan Centre 10th Anniversary Dinner
The Centre celebrated its 10 anniversary in style on 20 October
2010 with a gala dinner at Carousel on Albert Park Lake, which
was attended by over 340 people. The Australian of the Year, Prof.
Patrick McGorry, spoke on mental health issues in Australia, while
retired High Court judge Michael Kirby AC CMG gave a stirring
toast to Ron Castan. The night was expertly hosted by comedian
Hannah Gadsby and our charity auctions raised vital funds to help
continue the Castan Centre’s work.
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Our thanks must go to all those who contributed to the dinner,
including auction items. Special mention must go to Vernon
Chalker, who contributed prizes and wine for the evening. A full list
of donors is at the rear of this report.
2. Student Programs
As a university-based human rights centre, nurturing students’
passion for human rights is a vital part of what we do. The Centre
was founded by academics who have devoted their careers
to teaching human rights law, and from the outset the Centre
has sought to increase engagement with students beyond the
classroom.
Global Internship Program
The Castan Centre has supported interns heading to international
human rights organisations since 2000. The number of program
donors has grown substantially since then, enabling us to offer ever
more positions to dedicated and intelligent young students with a
passion for human rights.
Interns receive a stipend to cover living costs, insurance and
airfares. They also take part in a cross-cultural training course
prior to departure and then blog about their experiences while on
assignment (see the social media report in section 3, below).
The 2010 Global Interns were:
Prof. Patrick McGorry
delivering his address
Dr Helen Szoke,
Commissioner of
the Victorian Equal
Opportunity and
Human Rights
Commission, at the
dinner
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Michael Adams: Center for Constitutional Rights, New York,
USA
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Amy Burton: Campus Law Clinic, Durban, South Africa as part
of the Monash-Oxfam partnership
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David Carolan: the International Criminal Tribunal for the former
Yugoslavia, The Hague, Netherlands
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Emily Dickson: International Women’s Right Action Watch
– Asia Pacific, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Emily also travelled
with IWRAW-AP to the meeting of the UN Committee for the
Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women,
Geneva, Switzerland
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Helen Fabinyi: Campus Law Clinic, Durban, South Africa as
part of the Monash-Oxfam partnership
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Catherine Miller: Human Rights First, New York, USA
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Jeremy Noye: Australian Delegation to the United Nations
Human Rights Council, Geneva, Switzerland
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David Strajt: Amazon Defence Coalition, Quito, Ecuador
We must acknowledge the support of the 2010 Global Internship
supporters: Daniel and Danielle Besen, the Law Faculty’s Student
Mobility Fund, the Office of the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Education),
the Nordia and Dara Foundations and Silvia and Michael Kantor.
Charity Auction item
‘Study for “A Simple
Act”’ sold during an
exciting auction
(L-R) David Sztrajt, Catherine Miller, Amy Burton, David Carolan,
Emily Dickson, Michael Adams, Helen Fabinyi and Jeremy Noye
In-house Internship Program
Human Rights Careers Series
The Centre strives to give as many students as possible an
experience of working in human rights policy and research through
our In-house Internship Program. Students spend three weeks fulltime over the semester break or one day per week during semester
working on our various projects. In particular, students conduct
research for submissions to parliamentary inquiries and other
policy initiatives, attend Castan Centre events, write articles for
the newsletter, draft case notes for important human rights cases
and help out on important projects like our secondary schools
essay competition. It gives us a great deal of satisfaction to have
enthusiastic students assisting us while learning more about human
rights. Our 2010 In-house Interns were:
The passion of many Monash Law students for an alternative
career in law can best be seen at our annual human rights careers
events. In 2010, the Centre produced two seminars, one focused
on human rights careers in Australia, and another on similar
opportunities overseas. The domestic seminar featured:
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Summer interns: Carolyn Zeimer, Chris Spain, Bryn Butler,
Kristine Tay, Sally Teale and Sarah Lenthall.
Semester 1 and 2 interns: Jodie Dunn, Crystal Triggs, Godwin
Lo, William Parker, Monique Hurley and Joseph Charles.
Native Title Internships
As part of its collaboration with the Aurora Project, the Castan
Centre supports the Aurora Native Title Internships, which
send university students from all over Australia to native title
representative bodies, Indigenous policy bodies and other
organisations focusing on Indigenous rights. 2010 interns
from Monash University were Sarah Griffin, Chris Holt, Jenna
McConnachie and Ellen Murphy.
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Anna Serry, Lawyer at the Victorian Bar Pro Bono Scheme,
Public Interest Law Clearing House
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Elizabeth Wall, Legal Policy, Human Rights Unit of the Victoria
Department of Justice
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Kerin Leonard, Manager of the Legal Unit, Victorian Equal
Opportunity and Human Rights Commission
The international seminar featured:
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Louise Searle, Senior Advisor, Humanitarian Protection at
World Vision
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Andrew Beswick, Campaigns Manager at Amnesty
International Australia
Human Rights Moot Competition
Ten teams competed in the 4th annual Victorian Charter of Human
Rights and Responsibilities Mooting Competition. The preliminary
round was held at the Melbourne offices of Clayton Utz. The
competition was won by a team from the University of Melbourne
with runners up from La Trobe University. The final was held at
the Victorian Court of Appeal before his honour, Justice Maxwell,
President of the Court of Appeal, the Honourable Judge Felicity
Hampel of the County Court and Prof. Spencer Zifcak, Allan Myers
Chair of Law at the Australian Catholic University.
We must acknowledge our moot sponsor, Clayton Utz, which has
generously supported the competition since its inception in 2007.
Timothy Lau, of the victorious Melbourne University team, during
the final
Louise Searle discusses
her work with World
Vision as Andrew
Beswick listens in.
Human Rights Essay Competition
3. Policy
We believe in nurturing students’ interest in human rights even
before they get to university. For this reason, the Centre runs an
annual essay writing competition. The 2010 Writing for Human
Rights Essay Competition was open to Victorian school students in
years 10-12, and the topic was ‘Criminals don’t deserve the same
human rights as everyone else’. Each year, the Centre endeavours
to choose an engaging and topical issue, and the 2010 topic
obviously fulfilled this criteria: a record 220 essays were received.
The competition was supported with a General Grant from the
Victoria Law Foundation. Congratulation to the winners, who were:
As a centre of academic excellence, we believe that it is vital
to utilise our research to inform public policy debates on vital
human rights issues. We are committed to providing impartial
and independent views on important human rights issues to
government, business and the general community. Centre staff
were active in doing so throughout 2010.
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First prize: Anna Gruen, Melbourne Girls Grammar
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Second prize: Tim Gibson, Woodleigh School
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Third prize: Emily Rutherford, Buckley Park College
Submissions to Parliamentary committees
One of the most important ways in which the Centre informs
policy debate is through its engagement with federal, state and
territory parliamentary committees. The Centre has a long history
of influencing parliamentary debate and securing amendments
to legislation and policy through its submissions. The Centre’s
submissions in 2010 were:
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J. Debeljak, Submission to the Legal and Constitutional Affairs
Committee Inquiry into the Human Rights (Parliamentary
Scrutiny) Bill 2010, 9 July 2010, 1-11
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J. Debeljak, Submission on the Directions Paper of the
Department of Justice of Tasmania, ‘A charter of human rights
and responsibilities for Tasmania’, 29 November 2010, 1-34
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P. Emerton, Submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional
Affairs Committee Inquiry into the National Security Legislation
Amendment Bill 2010 (Cth), Appearance before the Committee
in relation to this submission, 21 May 2010
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P. Emerton, Submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional
Affairs Committee, Inquiry into the Telecommunications
Interception and Intelligence Services Legislation Amendment
Bill 2010, November 2010
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P. Gerber, Submission on the Directions Paper of the
Department of Justice of Tasmania, ‘A charter of human rights
and responsibilities for Tasmania’, December 2010
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S. Joseph and E. Contini, Submission on the Directions Paper
of the Department of Justice of Tasmania, ‘A charter of human
rights and responsibilities for Tasmania’, 30 November 2010
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A. McBeth and S. Joseph, Submission to the Senate
Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee Inquiry into the
Parliamentary Scrutiny Bill 2010, 9 July 2010
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T. Penovic, Submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional
Affairs Committee Inquiry into the Civil Dispute Resolution Bill
2010, 1 November 2010, with L. O’Dwyer and K. Northwood
Congratulations also to Melbourne Girls Grammar, which won the
schools’ prize.
Second prize winner
Tim Gibson receives
his prize from Joh Kirby
of the Victoria Law
Foundation and Melissa
Castan
Media
Social Media
By engaging with the media, the Centre reaches a wider audience
and can influence and inform public debate on human rights issues.
Media engagement in 2010 included:
In recent years, social media websites such as Twitter and
Facebook have enjoyed meteoric rises as people throughout the
world have flocked to use them. Although it was initially seen
predominantly as a recreational medium, social media is now used
by people throughout the world to receive news and views on all
matters of interest to them.
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Gideon Boas, ‘Missing “Captain Dragan” a headache for
government’, opinion piece, The Age, 6 April 2010
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Gideon Boas, ‘Tribunal must tighten leash on Karadzic’,
opinion piece, The Age, 15 March 2010
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Gideon Boas, ‘Laws give wriggle room to war criminals’,
opinion piece, The Age and Brisbane Times, 27 February 2010
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G. Boas, ‘Celebrity mini-drama cheapens trial’, The Age, 14
August 2010
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G. Boas, ‘Soldiers’ work is life or death, but they’re not above
the law’, The Age, 13 October 2010
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J. Debeljak, Ask an Expert Column on a National Bill of Rights,
The Castan Centre joined the social media world in 2009 when
we tweeted live from our annual conference. Since then, we
have added a Facebook page, a YouTube channel and two blog
sites. People rely on the different media for different reasons. Our
Twitter page is a trusted source of the latest news and opinion
on human rights issues, while our Facebook page publicises the
Centre’s latest goings-on, including upcoming events and recent
policy papers and submissions. Our supporters can access video
of past events on our YouTube channel and read opinion pieces
by Centre members on our blog site. A separate blog site carries
contributions from each year’s batch of Global Interns. We believe
that social media is a vital tool for creating a stronger human rights
culture by engaging with our existing supporters and reaching
new audiences. Our plan is to strongly expand our social media
presence in the coming years.
After setting up the blog page in November, Centre staff produced
the following entries in 2010:
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M. Castan, ‘The High Court and the Freedom of Political
Communication’, 5 December 2010
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M. Castan, ‘Remembering the Rule of Law’, 16 November
2010
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P. Gerber, ‘Opening up Marriage to Same-Sex Couples’, 17
November 2010
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S. Joseph, ‘The UN, Executions, and GLBT rights’, 23
November 2010
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S. Joseph, ‘Defamation, Twitter and Free Speech’, 23
November 2010
The Age, 21 September 2010
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S. Joseph, ‘Stance on human rights has everything – except a
Charter’, The Age, 22 April 2010
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S. Joseph, ‘Developments in Twitter Defamation Case’, 1
December 2010
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S. Joseph, Interview with The Age, ‘Getting down to business
on human rights’ by Deb Anderson, 26 October 2010
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S. Joseph, ‘Reflections on WikiLeaks’, 10 December 2010
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S. Joseph, Interview with The Age, ‘Do we have the rights to a
fair go?’ by Deb Anderson, 26 October 2010
M. Smith, ‘Eritrea: All that potential, and so little to show for it’,
14 December 2010
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S. Joseph, ‘Abbott out of step on elected judges,’ National
Times, 1 November 2010
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J. Kyriakakis, Radio interview, ‘Corporations and the ICC’,
Back Story Radio Adelaide (101.5 FM) 10 February 2010
Relevant year-end statistics for social media were:
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715 followers on Twitter (twitter.com/castancentre).
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612 followers on Facebook (facebook.com/thecastancentre).
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3297 hits on its main blog site (castancentre.wordpress.com).
1862 hits on its Global Interns blog site (castanglobalinterns.
wordpress.com).
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J. Kyriakakis, Interview on ABC News Radio, ‘Anvil Mining and
Corporate Accountability,’ Out of Africa, 17 October 2010
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A. McBeth, ‘Human Rights Act based on tried and tested law’,
The Australian, Legal Affairs, 5 March 2010
The Centre did not have statistics on its YouTube page (youtube.
com/castancentre) by the end of 2010.
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A. McBeth, ‘The bottom line is this: the final say lies with the
elected’, The Australian, Legal Affairs, 19 March 2010
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A. McBeth, ‘Victoria’s Charter of Human Rights protects the
individual’, The Australian, Legal Affairs, 10 December 2010
Book chapters
4. Research
Much of the work produced by the Castan Centre is underpinned
by its outstanding research capabilities. The Centre’s Director, five
Deputy Directors and seven Associates produce research leading
to books, journal articles, conference papers, submissions to
parliamentary inquiries, policy papers and opinion pieces.
Publications by Centre staff in 2010 were:
Books and Edited Collections
P. Gerber and A. Sifris (eds) Current Trends in the Regulation of
Same-Sex Relationships (2010) Federation Press, Sydney.
S. Joseph and A. McBeth (eds), Research Handbook on
International Human Rights Law, (Edward Elgar, UK, 2010)
S. Joseph and M. Castan, Federal Constitutional Law: A
Contemporary View, (Thomson Reuters, Sydney, 2010, 3rd ed)
J. Kyriakakis and L. May (Guest Editors) ‘Special Symposium on
International Criminal Law and Philosophy’ (2010) 4(3) Criminal Law
and Philosophy
A. McBeth, International Economic Actors and Human Rights,
(Routledge, 2010)
H. Askola, ‘Human Rights and Globalisation’, in A. Rahman
Chowdhury & Jahid Hossain Bhuiyan, eds. Introduction to
International Human Rights Law (Brill, 2010)
G. Boas, ‘Omission Liability in International Criminal Law – A
Case for Reform’, in Shane Darcy and Joseph Powderly, Judicial
Creativity at the International Criminal Tribunals (Oxford University
Press, in press 2010), 15 pages
G. Boas, ‘Command Responsibility for the Failure to Stop Atrocities:
The Legacy of the Tokyo Tribunal’ in Yuki Tanaka, Timothy LH
McCormack and Gerry Simpson (eds), Beyond Victors’ Justice?
The Tokyo War Crimes Trial Revisited (Martinus Nijhoff, in press
2010), 163-173
G. Boas, ‘The difficulty with individual criminal responsibility in
international criminal law’ in Carsten Stahn and Larissa van den
Herik (eds.), Future Perspectives on International Criminal Justice
(Cambridge University Press, 2010), 501-519
G. Boas, ‘Commentary – contempt, false testimony and
misconduct,’ in Andre Klip and Goran Sluiter (eds), Annotated
Leading Cases of international Criminal Tribunals: The Special Court
for Sierra Leone 2004-2006 (Intersentia, 2010), 676-682
M.Castan, ‘DRIP feed: The slow reconstruction of selfdetermination for Indigenous Peoples’ in S. Joseph and A. McBeth
(eds), Research Handbook on International Human Rights Law
(Edward Elgar, 2010), 492-511
J. Debeljak and S. Kneebone, ‘Combating Transnational Crime
in the Greater Mekong Sub-Region – the cases of Lao PDR and
Cambodia’ in Les Holmes (ed), Trafficking and Forced Migration: Australian, European and Global Perspectives (Edward Elgar,
London, 2010), 133-52
P. Gerber ‘The Best Interests of the Child in Same-sex Families’
in P. Gerber and A. Sifris (eds) Current Trends in the Regulation of
Same-Sex Relationships (2010) Federation Press, Sydney, 28-42
P. Gerber and A. Sifris ‘The Winds of Change are Blowing’ in P.
Gerber and A. Sifris (eds) Current Trends in the Regulation of SameSex Relationships (2010) Federation Press, Sydney, 1-7
P. Gerber, ‘Human Rights Education: A Slogan in Search of a
Definition’ in S. Joseph, and A. McBeth (eds) Research Handbook
on International Human Rights Law, Edward Elgar Publishers (2010)
P. Gerber, ‘Human Rights Education: Growing a Better Future’ in H.
Sykes (ed) Future Justice (Future Leaders, Melbourne 2010)
Asia’ for Global Governance: A Review of Multilateralism and
International Organisations – Global Governance 16 (2010) 383-396
S. Joseph, ‘Civil and Political Rights’, in Mashood Baderin and
Manisuli Ssenyonjo (eds), International Human Rights Law: Six
Decades after the UDHR, (Ashgate, 2010), 89-106
S. Kneebone, ‘Introduction: Governance Beyond Boundaries’
(2010) 29(1) Refugee Survey Quarterly 1
S. Joseph, ‘Scope of Application’, in D. Moeckli, S. Shah and S.
Sivakumaran (eds), International Human Rights Law (OUP, 2010),
150-170
S. Joseph, ‘United Nations Treaty Bodies and Labour Rights’, in C.
Fenwick and T. Novitz (eds), Human Rights at Work: Perspectives
on Law and Regulation (Hart, Oxford, 2010), 331-358
S. Joseph and J. Kyriakakis, ‘The United Nations and Human
Rights’, in S. Joseph and A. McBeth (eds), Research Handbook on
International Human Rights Law (Edward Elgar, UK, 2010), 1-35
S. Kneebone, ‘Controlling Migration at Sea: The Australian Case’ in
B. Ryan and V. Mitsilegas (eds) Extraterritorial Immigration Control:
Legal Challenges (Martinus Nijhoff 2010), 347-374
S. Kneebone with M. O’Sullivan, ‘Commentary on Article 1C’ for
Andreas Zimmermann ed, The 1951 Convention Relating to the
Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol: A Commentary (OUP,
2010)
J. Kyriakakis, ‘Prosecuting corporations for international crimes:
The role for domestic criminal law’, in May L and Hoskins Z (eds)
International Criminal Law and Philosophy 2010 Cambridge
University Press, 108-137
A. McBeth, ‘Human Rights in Economic Globalisation’, in S. Joseph
and A. McBeth (eds), Research Handbook on International Human
Rights Law (Edward Elgar, 2010)
Journal Articles
H. Askola, ‘“Illegal Migrants”, Gender and Vulnerability: The Case
of the EU’s Returns Directive’ (2010) Feminist Legal Studies 18(2),
159-178
G. Boas, ‘Self-representation before the ICTY: a case for reform’
(2010) 5 Journal of International Criminal Justice, 1-31
G. Boas, ‘War Crimes Prosecutions in Australia and other common
law countries: some observations’ (2010) 21 Criminal Law Forum,
313-330
M.Castan with J. Paterson ‘From Supergirl to the Invisible Woman’
Alternative Law Journal (2010) 35 (3)
M. Castan, ‘Law, advocacy and the Brave New World’ (2010) 35(4)
Alternative Law Journal
M. Castan, ‘Remembering the Rule of Law’ (2010) 35(4) Alternative
Law Journal
P. Emerton, ‘Political Freedoms and Entitlements in the Australian
Constitution - An Example of Referential Intentions Yielding
Unintended Legal Consequences’ (2010) 38 Federal Law Review
169 (awarded the inaugural Zines Prize for the best article published
in 2010 in the Federal Law Review).
S. Gray, Book review, ‘Killing: Misadventures in Violence’, (2010)
35(2) Alternative Law Journal 126
S. Joseph, ‘Sport and Human Rights: Closer than you Think’,
(2010) 35 Alternative Law Journal, Vol 4, 235-236
S. Kneebone, ‘The Governance of Labor Migration in South East
S. Kneebone, ‘The Refugee –Trafficking Nexus: Making Good (The)
Connections’ (2010) 29(1) Refugee Survey Quarterly 137
S. Kneebone, ‘The trafficking-refugee nexus: when return and
reintegration become refoulement’ (July 2010) 33 Alliance News 24
S. Kneebone, ‘Human Traffic’, (Autumn 2010) 7(1) Around the
Globe 24
S. Kneebone, Guest Editor of a Special Edition of Refugee Survey
Quarterly on ‘Governance Beyond Boundaries’
J. Kyriakakis, ‘Introduction to the Special Edition’ (2010) 4(3)
Criminal Law and Philosophy 245-247
Grants Awarded
G. Boas, recipient of Monash Research Accelerator Programme
Grant entitled ‘Dealing with war criminals within Australia’,
($110,000), 2011-2012
P. Emerton, recipient of Monash Research Accelerator Programme
Grant for project titled ‘Understanding collective political agency: a
non-liberal account of national self-determination’ ($90,000), 20112012
P. Emerton, ARC Discovery-Project Grant for project titled ‘A
Principled Theory of Legal Interpretation’ ($216,000 over three
years, with Prof. Jeff Goldsworthy and Dr Dale Smith ), 2010-2012
P. Gerber, Recipient of Monash Research Accelerator Programme
Grant, ($110,000), 2011-2012
Ongoing Grants
G. Boas, co-Chief Investigator in an ARC Linkage Grant:
‘Australia’s Post World War II War Crimes Trials: A Systemic and
Comprehensive Law Reports Series’, which runs from 2008-2011
G. Boas, Sole Chief Investigator on ARC Discovery Project Grant:
‘International Criminal Justice: Law, Policy and its Relevance to
Australia’s security’ ($176,000), 2010-2012
S. Kneebone, J. Debeljak, B. McSherry co-Chief Investigators in
an Australian Research Council Linkage Grant, entitled Australia’s
Response to Trafficking in Women: A Model for the Regulation
of Forced Migration in the Asia-Pacific Region?, 2006-2009. The
Grant was awarded with four collaborating organisations: Cardno
ACIL Ltd (now Cardno ACIL Pty Ltd), Commonwealth AttorneyGeneral’s Office, Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
(now Australian Human Rights Commission), and World Vision
Australia (2006-10). The Grant was worth $314,000, consisting
of $210,000 cash (ARC and Collaborating Organisations) and
$104,000 in-kind
J. Debeljak, ARC Linkage Grant, entitled Applying Human Rights
Legislation In Closed Environments: A Strategic Framework For
Managing Compliance, with fellow Chief Investigators Dr Bronwyn
Naylor, Prof Arie Freiberg, Dr Inez Dussuyer, and Dr Stuart Thomas
and six collaborating organisations: Commonwealth Ombudsman,
Ombudsman Victoria, Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human
Rights Commission, Office of the Public Advocate, Office of the
Inspector of Custodial Services (WA), Office of Police Integrity,
$587,803, consisting of $323,803 cash ($188,803 cash from the
ARC and $135,000 cash from the Collaborating Organisations) and
$264,000 in-kind, which runs from 2008 to 2012
S. Kneebone, ARC Linkage Grant, entitled Law, Governance and
Regulation of the Intra-regional Labour Migration in South East Asia:
An Agenda for Protection and Development ($170,000), which runs
from 2009-2011
S. Kneebone, ARC Linkage Grant, entitled Delivering Effective
Protection to Victims and Prevention of Human Trafficking in the
Greater Mekong Sub-Region ($150,000) which runs from 20092012
Research Consultancies
S. Joseph, Oxford University Press, Oxford Reports in International
Law, headnotes and commentary for all decisions of UN Human
Rights treaty monitoring bodies, $100,000+, ongoing
S. Kneebone, ‘The Refugee-Trafficking Nexus’, Refugee Studies
Centre (RSC), Oxford University, 2 April 2010
S. Kneebone, ‘Compliance and Pluralism: Responses to Human
Trafficking and Labour Migration within ASEAN’, 7th Asian Law
Institute Conference (ASLI), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 25-26 May
2010
S. Kneebone, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia ‘The governance of
migration in the region’ (by invitation on regional panel at Workshop
on Managing Migration in Asia: Building Research Cooperation),
11 November 2010
S. Kneebone, Consultancy with the Migration Policy Group,
Belgium regarding the MIPEX Index, 2010
S. Kneebone, ‘Trafficking in Children in South and South East Asia:
More Degrees of Separation Needed’ presentation at NUS, ARI
Inter-Asia Roundtable on Transnational Migration and Children in
Asian Contexts, Singapore, 2-3 August 2010
Conference Papers and Public Talks
M. Castan, ‘Heather Osland’s case and the Legal Process’
Victorian Commercial Teachers Association, 25 July 2010
S. Kneebone, ‘Transnational labour migrants: whose
responsibility?’, CIPL workshop on Allegiance and Identity in a
Globalised World, Canberra, 21 July 2010
M. Castan with P. Seidel, D. McCormack and M. Avery, ‘Wadeye;
The Right to Education in Remote Schools’, Garma Key Forum, 8
August 2010
J. Kyriakakis, ‘Economic Actors and Jus Post Bellum’, Workshop
on Ethics, Jus Post Bellum and International Law, ANU, Canberra,
23 August 2010
M. Castan ‘Developments in Indigenous Rights and International
Law’, Monash Centre for Indigenous Studies, 14 September 2010
J. Kyriakakis, ‘Economic Actors and Accountability in the Post
Conflict Context’, Finding Peace in the Nuer Region of Southern
Sudan Through Dialogue, Monash University, Melbourne, 1 October
2010
M. Castan and J. Debeljak, ’The Human Rights Impact of the
Victorian Charter for Indigenous People in Record Keeping
and Archiving’, Towards an Understanding of the Archival and
Recordkeeping Implications of Australian and International Human
Rights for Indigenous Australians, the Annual Conference of the
Australian Society of Archivists, Melbourne, 12 October 2010
J. Debeljak, ‘R v Momcilovic’, Rights Here Rights Now Seminar
Series of the Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights
Commission, Melbourne, 13 May 2010
P. Emerton, ‘Human Rights - A Non-Universalist Conception’, Julius
Stone Institute of Jurisprudence, University of Sydney, 13 May 2010
P. Emerton, ‘Peoples, States and Intervention: Philosophical
reflections on the norms governing the international use of force’,
Australian Society of Legal Philosophy Annual Conference,
University of Melbourne, (co-authored with Toby Handfield), 4 June
2010
P. Emerton, ‘Cosmopolitanism, Self-Determination and National
Self-Defence’, paper (jointly authored with T. Handfield), Oxford
Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict workshop Why We
Fight: The Purposes of Military Force in the 21st Century, Oxford
University, 8 October 2010
P. Emerton, ‘Is community a crime? Anti terrorism laws and
its affect on targeted communities’, National Association of
Community Legal Centres conference Breaking New Ground,
Melbourne, 26 October 2010
P. Gerber, ‘The United Nations and Human Rights Education:
An Unfinished Journey’, International Human Rights Education
Conference Sydney, 4 November 2010
S. Gray, ‘Indigenous Labour in Victoria: setting the record straight’,
2010 Conference of the Civil Justice Research Group, Public
Interest Law Opportunities and Obstacles, Melbourne University,
27 September 2010
S. Joseph, ‘Human Rights Developments Across Australia’, LIV
CPD Human Rights Conference, 21 May 2010
J. Kyriakakis, ‘Mistold Stories: The Nuremberg Industrialist Trials’,
Untold Stories: Hidden Histories of War Crimes Trials, Melbourne
University, Melbourne, 15 October 2010
T. Penovic, ‘International human rights law as a vehicle for activism
opposed to reproductive choice’, Public Interest Law-Opportunities
and Obstacles, University of Melbourne, 28 September 2010
5. Human rights training consultancies
The Centre conducts short courses and training programs,
predominantly for Australian and international government officials.
In 2010 it conducted the following programs:
Iraq Human Rights Program, March 2010 (G. Boas, S. Joseph, and
T. Penovic)
Iraq Human Rights Program, ‘Training of Trainers, 22-24 November
2010’ (P. Gerber, J. Kyriakakis, T. Penovic, A. McBeth)
Department of Foreign Affairs Human Rights Training, 11-14
October 2010, Canberra (S. Joseph, A. McBeth, P. Gerber)
Asia Research Institute (ARI), NUS Singapore Seminar,
‘Researching Human Trafficking: Searching for the Victims’, 11 May
2010 (S. Kneebone)
6. Teaching and Supervision
PhD
Monash University runs the oldest Masters course in Australia
devoted to human rights law, in addition to its rich offerings in
the area at the undergraduate level. Since the establishment of
the Castan Centre in 2000, student interest in human rights has
markedly increased. At the same time, the number of human rights
academics employed in the Monash Law Faculty has continued to
grow, allowing the Faculty to increase the range of units on offer.
Olivia Ball, All the way to the UN: Is petitioning a UN human rights
treaty-body worthwhile? (P. Gerber)
In 2010 the following units were offered.
Postgraduate Units
•
Children’s Rights in International and International Domestic
Law, P. Gerber
Nicole Bieske, Culture and punishment: a case study on the road to
university (S. Joseph) (completed in 2010)
Azadeh Dastyari, Out of Sight, Out of Right? : Extraterritorial
processing of Refugees by the United States on the Caribbean Sea
(A. McBeth with P. Emerton and S. Kneebone)
Sina Etezazian, Ambiguities regarding the prerequisites for the
exercise of self-defence (G. Boas)
Ekram Haque, Protection of economic, social and cultural rights: a
critical analysis of the fundamental principles of state policy in the
Constitution of Bangladesh (S. Joseph)
•
Health Law and Human Rights, I. Freckelton SC
•
Human Rights and Advocacy: Australian Law and Practice, K.
Eastman
•
Human Rights in the Global Economy, A. McBeth
•
Indigenous Rights and International Law, M. Castan
Kirsten McKillop, Indigenous Adoption practices (M. Castan)
(completed in 2010)
•
International Criminal Law: Procedural and Practical Aspects,
G. Boas and P. Morrissey QC
Marika McAdam, Strengthening the human right of freedom of
religion and belief by protecting freedom from religion (S. Joseph)
•
International Humanitarian Law, E. O’Sullivan
•
International Refugee Law and Human Rights, S. Kneebone
Engi Messiah, Rule Against Double Jeopardy in Criminal Law (J.
Kyriakakis, ongoing; Associate Supervisor, Main supervisor – B.
Naylor)
•
Overview of International Human Rights Law, K. Eastman
and S. Joseph
•
Use of Force in International Law, B. Saul
Undergraduate
•
Human Rights in Australian Law, T. Penovic
•
International Criminal Law, G. Boas and P. Morrissey QC
•
International Human Rights, S. Joseph
•
International Human Rights, H. Askola (Prato program)
•
International Laws of Armed Conflict, G. Boas
•
Law and Discrimination, C. Campbell
•
Parents Children and the State, R. Alexander
Guest Teaching
S. Joseph, Visiting Lecturer, ‘UN and human rights’, International
Human Rights Academy, American University, Washington DC,
June 2010.
PhD, SJD and LLM Major Thesis completions
In addition to formal teaching, Centre academics supervise
postgraduate students undertaking their degree by research.
Students may undertake a LLM by research instead of coursework.
At the doctoral level, candidates have two options: the SJD, for
which students must complete four postgraduate subjects and
write a 50,000 word thesis, and the PhD, for which students must
complete a 100,000 word thesis.
Research students generally develop outstanding levels of
knowledge in their chosen field and often progress to academia,
or work in fields related to their study. For these reasons, we
consider nurturing research students to be a vital contribution to
human rights scholarship and practice. Candidates for the various
research degrees in 2010 were:
Bryan Keon-Cohen QC (staff PhD), The Mabo Litigation (M. Castan)
Brendan Loizou, Determining Native Title (M. Castan)
Ronli Sifris, Conceptualising Restrictions on Abortion and
Involuntary Sterilisation Procedures as Torture or Cruel, Inhuman
or Degrading Treatment (S. Joseph, Associate supervisor, Main
supervisor – B. McSherry)
Natalie Stroud, The Koori Court of Victoria: An answer to cultural
and language disadvantage for indigenous offenders in the criminal
justice system? (M. Castan)
Sue Teppendon, Neo-liberalist doctrine of individual rights
(P. Emerton)
Noel Villaroman, The intersection of the human right to religious
freedom and planning laws, Building God’s Temple: Planning
Regulations, Places of Worship and Religious Freedom in Australia
(A. McBeth)
SJD
Caroline Aebersold, Investment Law and Human Rights Law
(S. Joseph)
Mark Gumbleton, Complicity in crime (S. Gray)
Elizabeth King, From Milosevic to Guantanamo Bay, an examination
of the construction of the due process norm in the enforcement of
International Humanitarian Law (G. Boas)
Mark Morley, Religious Minorities in Pakistan (S. Joseph)
Robin Smith, The paradox of legal responsibility: the application of
corporate criminal liability to the state (G. Boas)
Nicola Walker, The Australian Human Rights Framework - How
effective can it be in protecting human rights? (J. Debeljak)
LLM
Noel Villaroman, A Fate Worse Than Debt: An Alternative View of
the Right to Development and Its Relevance in the External Debt
Problem of Developing Countries (A. McBeth)
Honours
7. Indigenous Programs
David Carolan, Sentencing in international criminal law (A. McBeth)
Since 2004, the Castan Centre has been involved with the Aurora
Project. The project, which is operated in conjunction with Aurora
Projects and Programs, focuses on building the professional
capability of Native Title Representative Bodies, and includes other
features such as assistance with recruitment, the operation of a
large-scale internship program and a handbook on postgraduate
scholarship opportunities for Indigenous students. The project is
funded by the Commonwealth government.
Helen Fabyini, Evaluating Indigenous Welfare Reforms in the
Northern Territory and Queensland (M. Castan)
Sushendra Fernando, The National Security Exception to Freedom
of Expression (A. McBeth)
Chris Holt, Sexual Orientation and International Law: Is Being Queer
a Universal Human Right (J. Debeljak)
Sarah Lenthall, Ensuring Fair Play by Transnational Corporations:
The Extractive Industry, the Resource Curse and the Right to
Development in Developing Countries (J. Kyriakakis)
Kim Northwood, Jurisdiction over terrorist crimes: Examining the
case for a rule of permissive universal jurisdiction in customary
international law to try certain crimes of terrorism (J. Kyriakakis cosupervisor with G. Boas)
William Parker, Concerned repatriation of Indigenous ancestral
remains in Australia, the UK and the US (S. Gray)
Christopher Spain, Humanitarian Intervention: The Vital Last Resort
(G. Boas)
Crystal Triggs, Indigenous Peoples Right of Self-Determination in
International Law (S. Joseph)
Julian Vido, EU Renewable Energy Directive with the WTO General
Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (S. Joseph)
The program has had great success in boosting the capability of the
NTRBs and other indigenous bodies through ongoing professional
development training and other assistance. The internship program
– which has already sent over 600 legal, anthropology and other
social science interns to 61 bodies (including NTRBs) working in
Indigenous affairs - has had outstanding results. Sixty eight of the
interns so far have been Monash University students. Research
shows that twenty percent of these interns end up working in
full-time, part-time or contract positions in Indigenous Affairs after
completing their degrees.
The Indigenous Students’ Guide to Postgraduate Scholarships
in Australia and overseas, published for 2009/10, included
opportunities in a wide range of disciplines, including architecture,
the arts, business, education, engineering, government,
health, humanities, information technology and law. In all, 121
scholarships were included in the guide, made up of 88 Australian
opportunities, and 33 international ones. During 2010, the Aurora
Project commenced work on a similar guide for undergraduate
scholarships, due to be released in 2011.
Jing Zhu, Counter-terrorism laws (A. McBeth with P. Emerton)
Undergraduate Papers
Namrata Kant, The ATCA, the ICC, and Corporate Human Rights
Abuses: An Analysis in Terms of Union Carbide and Unocal (J.
Kyriakakis)
Srindhi Kulkarni, Sexual Violence in Conflict and the ICC: Is the
End to an Era For Sexual Violence Against Women in Sight?’ (J.
Kyriakakis)
Aurora native title
intern Romy Grace,
of Monash University,
out and about while
working at the Northern
Land Council
Our People
The Castan Centre sits within the Law Faculty at Monash University.
The Centre is governed by the Director and five Deputy Directors,
who are all senior Faculty members with teaching and research
expertise in human rights. Centre Associates are Faculty members
who are recognised for their role in assisting the Centre. Day to day
operations are carried out by the Director and the administrative
staff.
Director
Prof. Sarah Joseph Director (Leave 19/8/10 to 30/9/10)
Deputy Directors
Dr Julie Debeljak, Deputy Director (Outside Studies Period (OSP) –
First Semester)
Dr Paula Gerber, Deputy Director
Prof. Susan Kneebone, Deputy Director (OSP – First Semester
2010)
Dr Adam McBeth, Deputy Director (Acting Director 19/8/10 to
30/9/10)
Melissa Castan, Deputy Director
Associates (faculty staff)
Dr Heli Askola
Dr Gideon Boas (OSP – Second Semester)
Ms Azadeh Dastyari
Dr Stephen Gray
Dr Patrick Emerton
Ms Tania Penovic
Dr Joanna Kyriakakis
Associates (external)
Dr David Yarrow
Chris Sidoti
Awards
P. Gerber, Special Commendation, Monash University Vice
Chancellor’s Excellence in Teaching Award, 2010
P. Gerber, Highly Commended for Excellence and Innovation in the
Teaching of Law Award, Lexis Nexis - Australasian Law Teachers
Association, 2010
S. Joseph, Award Winner, Future Summit Leadership Awards,
Melbourne, 2010
A. McBeth, Law Faculty award for excellence in research by an
early career researcher, 2010
Administrative Staff
Marius Smith – Manager
Erica Contini – Project Officer
Kay Magnani – Administrator (January-April)
Janice Hugo – Administrator (April- December)
Patron-in-Chief
Her Excellency Ms Quentin Bryce AC, Governor-General of the
Commonwealth of Australia
Patron
The Hon Michael Kirby AC CMG
Academic Advisory Board
Professor Philip Alston: John Norton Pomeroy Professor of Law,
New York University School of Law; co-Chair of the Center for
Human Rights and Global Justice at NYU School of Law; former
UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary
executions
Mr Patrick Dodson: Founding Chair, Lingiari Foundation Inc;
Chair of the Kimberley Institute; Director of the Indigenous Policy,
Dialogue and Research Unit at the University of New South Wales
The Hon Elizabeth Evatt AC: Commissioner of the International
Commission of Jurists; Visiting Professorial Fellow, University of
New South Wales
Professor Claudio Grossman: Dean, Law School, Washington
College of Law, the American University; Raymond Geraldson
Scholar of International and Humanitarian Law and co-Director
of the Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law at the
American University; chair of the UN Committee Against Torture
The Hon Judge Felicity Hampel: County Court of Victoria
Professor Christof Heyns: Professor of Human Rights Law and
co-Director of the Institute for International and Comparative Law in
Africa, University of Pretoria, South Africa; UN Special Rapporteur
on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions
Professor Ivan Shearer: Emeritus Professor of Law, Faculty of
Law, University of Sydney; former Member, UN Human Rights
Committee
Judge Christopher G Weeramantry: President of the International
Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms; Emeritus Professor
in the Law Faculty at Monash University
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