8 April 2019
Dr Paul Hine, ACHRE President attended the 2019 DFAT-NGO Forum on Human Rights in Canberra on 6 February 2019.
This year’s Forum brought together over 100 civil society representatives and experts from across DFAT to discuss how Australia can engage, bilaterally and multilaterally, to address international human rights challenges. In addition to presentations by DFAT officials, participants received briefings from Claire Mallinson, National Director, Amnesty International Australia; Elaine Pearson, Australia Director, Human Rights Watch; and Chris Sidoti, Australian member of the UN Fact Finding Mission on Myanmar.
They also participated in 15 break-out sessions, co-chaired by government and civil society experts, that allowed for deeper discussion of specific country situations and thematic issues.