Events

Former High Court Justice the Hon. Michael Kirby, Professor Megan Davis and Professor Justine Nolan will join former Secretary to the UN Commission on Human Rights John Pace in conversation about his new book. Register here.

Join Dr Janani Shanthosh for the online launch of the CEDAW Implementation Map, a report measuring government action on women’s health and human rights in the Asia-Pacific region. Register for the event here.

A conference to mark the occasion of Beijing +25 and to consider the influence of the Fourth World Conference on Women held in Beijing in September 1995, and its outcome documents. Read more

The workshop aims to strengthen collaboration between scholars and contribute our economic, social and cultural rights expertise to addressing real world problems. Register

Hear about how health services have adapted to the challenges of identifying victims of family violence and assisting them during the pandemic. Register

This special issue of Human Rights Defender reminds us that we all have power to make progress on the issue of climate justice. Register

Whilst confirmed cases of COVID-19 are distributed evenly between men and women, men account for about two-thirds of deaths. In this webinar, we will hear what has been discovered so far.

During COVID a huge amount of attention has been placed on political leaders, trying to link their gender to their approach to the pandemic. Read more

Working on the frontline of the pandemic takes a huge emotional and physical toll on health workers. Read more

This special issue of Human Rights Defender magazine brings to fore the different aspects of athletes’ rights. Register

How can we better respond to the ongoing harms to people inside the legal profession from many forms of discrimination, including gender-based abuse? Register.

This panel will discuss how rules about gender and rules with gender effects have influenced the lives of women and men in different social contexts. Register.

A reflection on the gender implications of COVID-19 hosted by The Feminist Institutionalism International Network (FIIN). Register

Dr Lee Ann Banaszak is a leading US political scientist who is an expert in social movements. This seminar will focus on research outside the 2016 Republican and Democratic Party Conventions. Register.

Dr Claire Dooley (University of Southampton) presents methods to map population counts, poverty and health indicators, and discusses the ethical considerations of geo-locating potentially vulnerable groups. RSVP

The Australian Human Rights Institute invites you to the launch of Human Rights Defender Issue 28:3 Special Issue on Gender-Based Violence. Register

Join Dr Caroline Lenette and guests to celebrate the importance of arts in refugee research. Register

A special lecture by leading feminist human rights lawyer, Professor Hilary Charlesworth, in The Big Anxiety Empathy Clinic. Register

This seminar will highlight the deteriorating human rights situation in Saudi Arabia and the reality behind the reforms of the Saudi regime. Register now

Professor Danielle Celemajer's book, The Prevention of Torture: An Ecological Approach, interrogates the worlds that produce torture in order to propose how to bring about systemic institutional and cultural change. Register

A discussion of the challenges and opportunities that exist in monitoring, measuring and evaluating responses to modern slavery risks, intended to help organisations that must report under Australia’s new Modern Slavery Act 2018. Register

With only her sense of humour to defend her, Magda Szubanski has copped some of the worst social media has to offer. How do we survive the cyber marketplace of ideas? This event is part of Social Sciences Week.

What’s the value of a human rights approach in social policy? Register for this special session at the Australian Social Policy Conference 2019.

Professor Mark Goodale, University of Lausanne, argues that human rights can and should form the basis for both justice-seeking and specific social and institutional action in the future. Register

The second film in our 'Human Rights and Documentary' series with Documentary Australia Foundation is The Surgery Ship. Buy tickets

In this UNSW Alumni and Engagement Learn@Lunch, Louise Chappell explores why gender justice in the workplace remains an elusive goal. Register

An evening in conversation with Patricia V Sellers, Special Advisor for Gender for the Office of the Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court, as she considers issues relating to gendered genocide and justice. More

A series of panel discussions considering the challenges and achievements of the ICTR, its relevance for other accountability mechanisms and themes of reconciliation and healing. More

The conference will explore innovations in business and policy, opportunities for business to play a greater role in human rights and solutions to rights challenges that industry is facing. More

The second National Summit continues the campaign to include dowry in the legal framework for domestic violence. More

This talk explores the narrative framework of trauma testimonies and encounters between victims and perpetrators at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of South Africa. More

This seminar showcases the very latest research and policy ideas concerning the responsibilities of firms and governments to ensure fair treatment of employees in supply chains, regardless of the country in which they are employed. More

This talk tries to make sense of the relation of human rights ideas and mobilisation to evolving forms of political economy in the modern era. More

UNSW Sydney will host a workshop that considers the different ways in which the language and frameworks of human rights have been mobilised. More

Professor Surya Deva, Vice Chair, United Nations Working Group on Business and Human Rights​, will share his views on how to improve the current regulatory responses to modern slavery. More

This magazine by guest editors Dr Susanne Schmeidl and Isobel Blomfield focuses on the importance of allowing refugees to tell their own stories through different avenues and features contributions from Somalia, Myanmar and Syria. More

If we all agree that energy is a human right, why isn’t action on this issue as focused as action on access to food, water or healthcare? Part of Pollinate Energy’s “Ethics of Energy Access and Consumption” talk series. More

Debbie Stothard, Secretary-General International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), talks about human rights and diplomacy in Southeast Asia, and opportunities to build a rights-respecting region. More

The On Safe Ground visual student resource has been created for students and staff to continue conversations about how we should respond to and prevent gendered violence on university campuses. More

Professor David P. Forsythe will give a rich exploration of the US contribution to human rights and democracy in the past and point to signs that indicate hard times ahead for human rights around the world. More

The UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Privacy, Professor Joe Cannataci, holds a two-day international consultation before finalising a report on Big Data-Open Data to the United Nations General Assembly. More

Dr Jess Melvin's book, The Army and the Indonesian Genocide: Mechanics of Mass Murder, tells the story of the “Indonesian genocide files,” and previously unheard stories of survivors, perpetrators, and eyewitness of the genocide in Aceh. More

Professor Fiona Mackay assesses the prospects and the pitfalls for gender equality policy and women’s rights in these uncertain times and contingent futures. More

Chris Sidoti will discuss the evidence gathered by the UN Human Rights Council Independent International Fact-Finding Mission, the responses of the UN system to the crisis, the urgent need in refugee camps as monsoon season approaches. More

Hon. Justice Michael Kirby AC CMG gives the keynote speech at the launch of Peoples' Tribunals and International Law, the first book to analyse how civil society tribunals implement and develop international law. More

Photographer Thom Pierce discusses The Price of Gold, an exhibition showing portraits of mineworkers who had contracted silicosis and tuberculosis, involved in South Africa's largest ever class action. More

Philippines Human Rights Commissioner Karen Gomez-Dumpit talks about the what the human rights community is doing to respond to challenges, continue upholding the rule of law and protect the human rights of all. More

Ivan Pavlov (lawyer and activist in Russia), Rachel Denber (Human Rights Watch) discuss human rights issues facing contemporary Russia, with Dr Aruna Sathanapally (Sydney Director, Human Rights Law Centre). More

The Permanent Court of Arbitration's Judith Levine speaks on how the Bangladesh Accord arbitrations mark a turning point for Business and Human Rights disputes. More

Professor Benyam Dawit Mezmur reflects on the relevance and potential limits of the Convention on the Rights of the Child with the complicated realities of the 21st Century. More

ABC broadcaster Fran Kelly, actor and voice for marriage equality Magda Szubanski and hip-hop artist L-FRESH the LION join the celebration of the Australian Human Rights Institute launch. More