2023-24 HRER & WERA IRN Human Rights Education Seminar Series
| Human Rights Education Review in collaboration with the WERA IRN in Human Rights Education has been running a series of international webinars since 2020. A new series of WERA HRER webinars is running from October 2023- March 2024. The webinars are planned on Wednesdays 17.30-18.30 (Berlin/Oslo CET); 16.30 – 17.30 (London/Dublin). Past webinars can be found on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@humanrightseducationreview7611 |
| 2023 Roundtable – Human Rights, Sustainability, and the Regional Challenge This roundtable with Professor David Cohen (Stanford University) explores how the intersection of human rights, security, economic development, and sustainability intersect in ASEAN. These intersections are evident in many issues troubling Southeast Asia today: the environmental and food security crisis on the Lower Mekong Subregion, the impact of rising seas and environmental degradation, tensions around the South China Sea, and continuing conflict on migration, labour exploitation, and human trafficking. Great power rivalry between the U.S. and China are complicating regional organisations such as ASEAN to adequately address these critical concerns. When: Monday, 23 October 2023 Time: 12 noon – 1.30 pm (Sydney time) Where: R.D. Watt Building (A04), room 200, Sydney University |
| 2023 Annual PEN Lecture: Behrouz Boochani “Writing Freedom” Perth Dear Friends of the Centre for Human Rights Education, Acclaimed writer, journalist, scholar and film maker, Behrouz Boochani, speaking in person at this year’s Annual PEN Lecture at the WA State Library on 15 November 2023. The title of the lecture is “Writing Freedom.” Full details below at this link: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/writing-freedom-behrouz-boochani-in-conversation-in-person-tickets-721062706967 |
2022 ACHRE SEMINARS
| September 14th 2022: Human Rights Education & International Humanitarian Law Seminar Perth Choosing Humanity: Human Rights Education Seminar (Perth), Whadjuk Noongar Boodja, Notre Dame University WA. Aims of this HRE seminar in discussion with panellists and attendees include: (i) to promote a broader understanding of the relevance of IHL in the protection of human rights, peace and justice; and more specifically, (ii) to raise awareness about the role of NGOs and IHL. In dialogue with the Australian Red Cross and in conversation with legal academics and human rights scholars & activists. Invited speakers included: Aunty Marie Taylor (Welcome to Noongar Country); Zoe Mitchell, IHL Advisor Australian Red Cross; Lara Pratt, Law School Notre Dame; Linda Briskman, ACHRE; Yirga Woldeyes, Centre for Human Rights Education Curtin University. In partnership with and hosted by Faculty of Arts, Sciences, Business and Law, University of Notre Dame, Australia Coordinators of the event Dr. Lynda Blanchard (ACHRE) & Dr. Sandra Nasr (Social Justice, University of Notre Dame). |
| December 8th 2022: Human Rights Education & International Humanitarian Law Seminar Melbourne Choosing Humanity: Human Rights Education Seminar (Melbourne) Wurundjeri Country, University of Melbourne. In discussion with panellists and attendees this seminar aimed to: (i) to promote a broader understanding of the relevance of IHL, judicial policy and practice in the protection of human rights; and (ii) to raise awareness about the UNTPNW and to explore the legal implications and humanitarian imperatives of the Treaty for Australia. Insightful commentators included: Uncle Bill Anderson (Welcome to Wurundjeri Country); Kokatha elder Aunty Sue Coleman-Haseldine (ICAN Ambassador); Former ICRC Director of International Law and Policy with the International Committee of the Red Cross Dr. Helen Durham; Monash University’s Dr. Monique Cormier and ICAN co-initiator Prof. Tilman Ruff; Noriko Tadano set the scene playing shamisen, a traditional Japanese lute. In partnership with ICAN and hosted by The Initiative for Peacebuilding University of Melbourne, Coordinators of the event Dr. Lynda Blanchard (ACHRE), Dr. Gem Romuld (ICAN) & Tania Miletic (University of Melbourne). |
| United Nations Association of Australia Conference,22 -2 23 July 2016
Presenters will cover many diverse topics such as the SDGs, human rights, climate change, nuclear disarmament, the Global Peace Index, peace operations, UN reform, global health, humanitarian operations, the Middle East, terrorism, and women, peace and security…more |  |
| Educating to Prevent Violence Against Women, 19 November 2015
The world’s first national framework to focus on preventing violence against women was launched this week. Change the Story: A shared framework for the primary prevention of violence against women and their children in Australia was developed by Our Watch, the Victorian Health Promotion Foundation and Australia’s National Research Organisation for Women’s Safety. |  |
| Australian Community Cohesion Conference, 15-17 July 2015
The Australian Council for Human Rights Education (ACHRE) was a proud sponsor of the ‘The Advancing Community Cohesion – Towards a National Compact Conference’ (ACCC) held at University of Western Sydney (UWS)Parramatta Campus on 15-17 July. Dr Ozdowski, ACHRE President, was conference convenor and Ms Pera Wells, ACHRE Vice President and Assoc. Prof. Nina Burridge, member of ACHRE Executive chaired important sessions….more |  |
| Human Rights Education Forum for the ACT School Teachers and Principals, 4 April 2014
The aim of the forum was to assist schools to implement the Australian Curriculum and provide strategies to principals and teachers to lead human rights education in their schools….more |  |