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PhD Student Honoured 3/4/09 RegNet PhD student, Megan Davis, was praised by Minister Jenny Macklin for her role in drafting the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples 3 April 2009. Megan is also the Director of the Indigenous Law Centre at UNSW. Click here for Minister Macklin's speech. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Bills of Rights in Australia Book Launch 31/3/09 On Tuesday 31 March The book Bills of Rights in Australia: History Politics Law by Andrew Byrnes, Hilary Charlesworth and Gabrielle McKinnon was launched by Fr Frank Brennan SJ AO. . ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Hilary Charlesworth presents speech at the La Trobe Centre for Dialogue Annual Lecture 2008 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Hilary Charlesworth presents Public Seminar hosted by ILLAH November 2008 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Bina D'Costa has been accepted as a visiting fellow by the Global Justice Center in New York and has been invited to talk at Harvard University and The University of Texas Austin, January 2009
Jo Ford comments on the IPI Feasibility Study on a Standards Framework for the Global Security Industry
Alice Edwards has won the 2008 Audre Rapoport Prize for
Scholarship on the Human Rights of Women
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The Audre Rapoport Prize is awarded to the winner of an interdisciplinary writing competition on international human rights and women. Alice's winning paper is entitled "Violence against Women as Sex Discrimination: Evaluating the Policy and Practice of the UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies." Alice holds a B.A, LL.B (Honours) degree from the University of Tasmania (1995), a LL.M in Public International Law (Distinction/first class) from the University of Nottingham (2003), and a Diploma in International and Comparative Law from the Institut International des Droits de l’Homme in Strasbourg (2005). She is currently undertaking PhD research with Professor Hilary Charlesworth on violence against women and the interpretation of international law. For more information on the prize and the Rapoport Centre please visit the website. |
Professors John Braithwaite and Hilary Charlesworth were chosen by the ARC to showcase "the outstanding real-world results achieved by ARC Federation Fellows and researchers from ARC-funded centres" in the ARC Outcomes 2008: Results of research in the real world report, published by Palamedia. The features on Professor Braithwaite's and Professor Charlesworth's research from the Outcomes report can be viewed below in Pdf format, or online at: http://www.palamedia.com.au/outcomes/ Restorative Justice: healing the hurt, Professor John Braithwaite Human Rights: from rhetoric to reality, Professor Hilary Charlesworth |
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CIGJ PhD Scholar Bu Wilson has been chosen as Public Safety and Security Consultant as part of the World Bank National Priorities Program Independent Peer Review Mission. For more information on the 2008 National Priorities for Timor-Leste please see the World Banks report on the Timor-Leste and Development Partner's Meeting from March 2008 here. |
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Each year, ACUNS hosts a summer workshop on international organization studies, teaching, and research for advanced graduate students, younger scholars, lawyers, and UN practitioners, sponsored with the American Society of International Law. Jo Ford has been invited to attend the workshop and present a paper on "UN Cooperation with the Private Sector in Post-Conflict Peacebuilding: some legal, policy and regulatory issues for knowledge-based strategies" The Academic Council on the United Nations System (ACUNS) and the American Society of International Law (ASIL), in cooperation with the Austrian Science and Research Liaison Office Ljubljana (which is part of the Centre for Social Innovation Vienna), with the support of the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology of the Republic of Slovenia, are pleased to announce the eighteenth ACUNS-ASIL Summer Workshop on International Organization Studies. Membership in ACUNS helps to bring researchers, teachers, practitioners, and all other interested individuals together in a community of people and institutions interested in issues of international organization and global governance. For more information on the workshop please see the ACUNS website at: http://www.acuns.org
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Adérito de Jesus Soares has been selected as one of six International Journal of Transitional Justice Fellows for 2008. The IJTJ Fellowship is the first of its kind and is aimed at increasing the publication and dissemination of articles from south-based transitional justice practitioners and scholars in international publications. Adérito will be attending a workshop in Cape Town, South Africa, in May to develop writing, analytical and comparative content skills. The training will be followed by a one year e-mentorship by leading scholars and practitioners in the field globally as well as the IJTJ Editorial team. Over the course of the year Fellows will develop a minimum of one paper of sufficient quality to be considered for publication in IJTJ or other key international publications. For more information on the fellowship programme please visit the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation website at: http://www.csvr.org.za/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=899&Itemid=13
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Dr Jeremy Farrall's book, United Nations Sanctions and the Rule of Law, will be launched by Justice Michael Kirby AC CMG, at the Co-Op Bookshop ANU, on Thursday 24 April. The United Nations Security Council has increasingly resorted to sanctions as part of its efforts to prevent and resolve conflict. United Nations Sanctions and the Rule of Law traces the evolution of the Security Council's sanctions powers and charts the contours of the UN sanctions system. It also evaluates the extent to which the Security Council's increasing commitment to strengthening the rule of law extends to its sanctions practice. It identifies shortcomings in respect of key rule of law principles and advances pragmatic policy-reform proposals designed to ensure that UN sanctions promote, strengthen and reinforce the rule of law. In its appendices United Nations Sanctions and the Rule of Law contains summaries of all 25 UN sanctions regimes established to date by the Security Council. It forms an invaluable source of reference for diplomats, policymakers, scholars and advocates. For more information on the book launch please see the invitation. Please rsvp to cigj@anu.edu.au or 6125 3556 by Monday 21 April 2008.
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The Hon Peter Garrett MP announced today the six eminent Australians who will form the judging panel for the 2008 inaugural Prime Minister's Literary Awards. For more information regarding the Literary Awards please see the Press Release or the website at: http://www.arts.gov.au/pmliteraryawards
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28 March 2008
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Prof Glyn Davis, Chair of the Steering Committee, today announced the names of the 1000 participants that will take part in the forum. The Summit - to be held at Parliament House, Canberra on the 19 and 20 April 2008 – will bring together a diverse and talented range of people who are incredibly positive about gaining the opportunity to put forward their ideas. The Australia 2020 Summit will harness the best ideas across the nation, in a forum for free and open public discussion in which there are no wrong answers. The Three members of CIGJ chosen to participate are: Professor Hilary Charlesworth - panel for the Future of Australian Governance Professor John Braithwaite - panel for the Productivity Agenda (education, skills, training, science and innovation) PhD Scholar Megan Davis - panel for the Options for the future of Indigenous Australia For more information on the summit please see the website at: http://www.australia2020.gov.au/
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On 4 February 2008, Professor John Braithawaite was presented with an Honorary Doctorate by the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, at a ceremony in Belgium. For more information please see the K.U. Leuven website at: http://www.law.kuleuven.be/linc/english/honorarydoctoratebraithwaite.html The laudatio for John Braithwaite: http://www.kuleuven.be/patroonsfeest/2008/docs/Laudatio_Braithwaite_EN.pdf |
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On Thursday 13 September 2007 Professors Hilary Charlesworth and John Braithwaite and Dr Jeremy Farrall were invited to present evidence to the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade's Inquiry into Australia's involvement in peacekeeping operations in response to the Centre submission in April to the Senate Inquiry. A transcript of the proceeding can be found here. Information regarding the Inquiry is available at: http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/fadt_ctte/peacekeeping/index.htm The Centre submission can be viewed at: http://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/committee/fadt_ctte/peacekeeping/submissions/sub29.pdf |
29 June 2007
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As part of UTS’s ‘Beautiful Minds: The Centennial Exhibition of the Nobel Prizes’ Dr. Brett Bowden spoke on a panel in the 'Building for Peace' discussions. The three seminal discussions with expert panellists - facilitated by public broadcaster Julie McCrossin - focussed on non-government peace builders by examining three themes. Brett was on the Humanitarian assistance in conflict zones panel which explored the challenges and opportunities facing humanitarian agencies operating in conflict zones. International NGOs provide crucial support for civilians affected by the terrors of war. However recent experience highlights the negative effects of competing NGO initiatives, inappropriate aid and the lack of coordination amongst NGOs and governments. Other debates centre on the effects of the global 'war on terror' on aid policy and practice. The panel debated the politics and practice of aid delivery in conflict zones. Other Speakers:
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4 June 2007
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Bu Wilson's paper is available as part of the Exploring the Tensions of Nation-Building in Timor-Leste Research Paper, published by the School of Social & Environmental Enquiry, University of Melbourne. This paper was based on the proceedings of a forum held on 15 September 2006. Bu's paper can be found here. Or for the full publication is available at http://www.sages.unimelb.edu.au/research/researchpapers/SSEEResearchPaper1-EastTimor.pdf |
4 May 2007
The Centre's submission to the enquiry of the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs into Australia's participation in peacekeeping is now posted online: List of submissions: http://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/committee/fadt_ctte/peacekeeping/submissions/sublist.htm Our submission: http://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/committee/fadt_ctte/peacekeeping/submissions/sub29.pdf |
26 March 2007
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We are delighted to announce the publication of the first issue of Regulation & Governance. The first issue is available free online at http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/loi/REGO Regulation & Governance aims to serve as the leading platform for the study of regulation and governance from across a variety of policy domains and disciplinary perspectives. As the first issue shows, Regulation & Governance will feature significant work by some of the world's best scholars of political science, law, economics, and other disciplines. We hope you will find this new journal a useful source of cutting edge research that advances our theoretical and empirical understanding of regulatory governance. |
26 January 2007
"Australia Day honours help define, encourage and reinforce national
aspirations ideals and standards by identifying role models."*
Professor Charlesworth was nationally recognised for her service to
international and human rights law through professional and supporting roles
in academia, legal organisations, government bodies and non-government
organisations in Australia and internationally, and through the
encouragement of human rights dialogue, particularly in the area of human
rights. As Director of the Centre for International Governance and Justice,
Professor Charlesworth is one of five ANU experts to be awarded the
national honour this year.
Further information about the ANU staff to receive Australia Day honours http://info.anu.edu.au/mac/Newsletters_and_journals/On_Campus/096PP_2007/02PP_February1/_ausday.asp
*Information on the Order of Australia Honours system and full Australia Day 2007 honours list can be found at http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/index.cfm
7 December 2006
No Country is an Island by Hilary Charlesworth, Madelaine Chiam, Devika Hovell and George Williams was short listed for the 2006 Human Rights Arts No-Fiction Award. This award is one of a series of awards given by the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC) to acknowledge outstanding achievements in human rights by recognising people who respect, promote and protect human rights across many fields of endeavour.
Examining the chequered history of international legal norms in Australia, No Country is an Island contrasts Australia’s enthusiasm for international trade agreements with its general wariness towards international human rights frameworks. An analytical book oriented towards policy outcomes, the judges described it as one “our political leaders could read and learn from”.
The winner of the Arts Non Fiction category was the entry, Rob Riley: An Aboriginal Leaders Quest for Justice, by Quentin Beresford. This book charts the journey for justice of a man who did much to confront two of Australia’s most complex contemporary issues – the position of Indigenous Australians and refugees.
Further information about the Human Rights Awards and their winners can be found http://www.humanrights.gov.au/hr_awards/index.html
Building Justice & Democracy After Conflict
Professor Hilary Charlesworth
Tuesday 21 November 2006, 6.00-7.00pm
Shine Dome, Gordon Street, Acton
The Cunningham Lecture is held each year at the annual Symposia of the Academy of the Social Science's in Australia. This year's lecture will be given by the Director of CIGJ Professor Hilary Charlesworth. This lecture is free and open to the public.
See brochure for further information.
24 October 2006
International Law and World Order: A Problem-Oriented Coursebook, Fourth Edition by B. Weston, R.A. Falk, H. Charlesworth & A.L. Strauss, poses four clusters of world order problems that require students to identify and frame legal issues in factual context. It enables students to determine the relevance of information, organize relevant law and policy, test their analytical skills, and develop a critical understanding of the possibilities of international law. The focus is on the current work of the International Criminal Tribunals for the Former Yugoslavia and Rwanda . It comprises a series of hypothetical problems involving fictional countries in “real world” decision-making settings, organized around themes that conveniently cluster the principal challenges to the current world order.
This publication can be ordered through WestLaw: http://west.thomson.com/
16 May 2006
'Favourite Footnote'?: Hilary Charlesworth on Feminism and International Law
Interview with Hilary Charlesworth conducted by Stacey Fox and Karen Hall
This article appeared in LIMINA: A Journal of Historical and Cultural Studies, Vol 12, 2006.
LIMINA website: http://www.limina.arts.uwa.edu.au/about
26 June 2006
Papers from this conference are now available at: http://acthra.anu.edu.au/news/Conference2006.htm
19 June 2006
Authors: Hilary Charlesworth, Madelaine Chiam, Devika Hovell & George Williams
ISBN:0868409065
Now available through UNSW PRESS
David Marr launched the book in Canberra on 28 July. His speach is now available.
11 April 2006
ARC Federation Fellowships are recognised as the most important Commonwealth-funded grants for carrying out specific research projects and go to researchers recognised as being at the very top of their respective fields. Professor John Braithwaite's was one of only four current Federation Fellows to be awarded a second Fellowship. The award is further recognition of John's immense contribution to the social sciences. John's project, "Restorative justice and responsive governance: Fresh challenges, new theory, global networks" will provide fresh insights from the successes and failures of peace building in the Pacific and Asia.
30 March 2006
The Stockholm Prize is awarded for "outstanding achievements in criminological research or for the application of research results by practitioners for the reduction of crime and the advancement of human rights". This is the first year that the prize has been awarded. Professor Briathwaite was awarded the Prize for his achievements in developing theory and evidence on the prevention of repeat offending.
Further information about the Stockholm Prize and the media announcement are available at http://www.criminologyprize.com/
29 November 2005
The ANU and ACT government linkage project on the ACT Human Rights Act 2004 now has a website at http://acthra.anu.edu.au/
The website has a searchable database of cases on the Human Rights Act (with summaries), which we will update regularly, as well as FAQ on the Act, publications, interesting articles and news of the project.
29 November 2005
CIGJ PhD candidate Peter Reddy has recently launched his new book Torture: What you need to know. Why do people torture? For how long, and where, has this been happening? How do we think and talk about it? Probably more importantly, who is tortured and who does the torturing? This book provides readers with background knowledge, essential facts and plenty of answers.
Click here for further information
The book is available from Ginninderra Press
22 November 2005
The ACT Chief Minister congratulated Professor Charlesworth on being the joint recipient of the American Society for International Law's 2006 Goler T. Butcher Medal
Click here for the Chief Minister's press release.
20 November 2005
Professor Hilary Charlesworth, CIGI Director, and Professor Christine Chinkin, LSE were awarded the prize in recognition of outstanding contributions to the development or effective realization of international human rights law.
Click here for further information
11 November 2005
CIGJ scholars Hilary Charlesworth, and Gabrielle McKinnon, and CIGJ associate and Professor of International Law at the University of NSW, Andrew Byrnes, made a submission to the Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs Inquiry into the provisions of the Anti-Terrorism Bill (No.2) 2005. An electronic version of the submission is available here. The Senate Inquiry home page is available here.
9 November 2005
Two key centre projects have received funding through the Australian Research Council Discovery Scheme. The projects, Building Democracy and Justice after Conflict and Peace Building and Responsive Governance in Asia and the Pacific, will begin in 2006 and will form a major part of the centre's research agenda.
1 November 2005
Professor John Braithwaite will be presenting a paper entitled "Restorative Approaches to Justice" at the upcoming conference Nuremberg and Transitional Justice: Civilising Influence or Institutionalised Vengeance? The one day seminar is being held to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Nuremberg War Crimes Trial and assess the subsequent development of international criminal law. The event is presented by Australian Red Cross (ACT), The Asia Pacific Centre for Military Law (The University of Melbourne) and Centre for International and Public Law (ANU). It is being held on Saturday 19 November 2005 at the Faculty of Law the ANU. Further information and registration are available below. Info and registration
19 October 2005
The ACT Government requested that CIGJ scholars Hilary Charlesworth, and Gabrielle McKinnon, and CIGJ associate and Professor of International Law at the University of NSW, Andrew Byrnes, examine the first draft of the counter terrorism laws drafted by the Howard Government to gauge the extent to which crucial human-rights guarantees made by the Prime Minister at last month’s meeting of the Council of Australian Governments had been incorporated. Analysis and comments can be found at the ACT Chief Minister's website http://www.chiefminister.act.gov.au/
Click here for media release; Click here for electronic versions of comments
29 June 2005
Conference - 29 June 2005, Law Theatre, Law Faculty, ANU
Presented by the RegNet, ANU, the Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law, UNSW with the support of NISSL and CIPL, this one day event examined the first year of Australia's first Bill of Rights. Speaker's looked at what has happened since the Act came into force and its impact in the courts, parliament and the bureaucracy. They also discussed the effect it might have in the future, including upon the national Bill of Rights debate.
Papers and audio available (including papers, powerpoint presentation and audio of sessions)
22 June 2005
ARC Federation Fellowships are recognised as the most important Commonwealth-funded grants for carrying out specific research projects and go to researchers recognised as being at the very top of their respective fields. Professor Charlesworth will investigate how war weakens democratic governance and the capacity to deal with crimes committed during the conflict. Her project will advance new ways of thinking about building the structures for democracy and justice after conflict. The focus will be the potential contribution of international law to this enterprise. Through national and international collaboration, she will develop innovative theoretical models to ground international norms about governance and justice after conflict, but also practical proposals to implement them. This project is highly significant to engagement by Australia in nation-building projects, both in its region and further afield. It will build Australia's expertise in the ways that international law can promote democracy and justice, and develop guidelines for states and organisations involved in peace and nation-building. It will thus contribute to safeguarding Australia by increasing Australia's capacity to engage with, and interpret itself to, its neighbours and the broader international community.
View article in The Australian; View article in On Campus
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