Does Australia need a Human Rights Act?

21/05/2009

"Does Australia Need a Human Rights Act?" is an open community forum that will feature a moderated panel of highly distinguished speakers, who will discuss the state of human rights in Australia - from the experience of refugees and asylum seekers, to the effects of the anti-terrorism laws. Is it the case that if human rights aren't formally protected, they are at risk of being eroded?�

** Moderator **

Dr Andrew Lynch (Director of the Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law at the University of New South Wales)

Speakers

The Rt Hon Malcolm Fraser AC CH (Former Prime Minister of Australia) The Hon Keith Mason AC QC (Former President of the NSW Court of Appeal) Stephen Keim SC (Barrister for Dr Mohamed Haneef) Edward Santow (Director of the Charter of Human Rights Project, Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law, UNSW)

Date: 1 June 2009 Time: 6:00-8:00 pm Venue: Law Theatre G04, Law Building, UNSW Cost: Free. All welcome. **RSVP: **nswaia@amnesty.org.au

Enquiries: speakersforum@unswlawsoc.org

**21 May 2009 **

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