By Melissa Castan and Joanna Kyriakakis Rarely in academic life are we fortunate to have a colleague whose sustained intellectual and impactful contribution to the life of the Law Faculty leaves an indelible mark that has changed the way students, colleagues and the community at large have engaged with human rights law. Professor Sarah Joseph…

By Sarah Joseph, Castan Centre Director Wow. What a wonderful ride it has been to be Director of the Castan Centre for Human Rights Law for the last 15 years. First, I must pay tribute to Ron Castan AM QC. It was a huge privilege to run a Centre named in his honour, and I…

Marius Smith looks back on 14 years at the Castan Centre. When I started at the Castan Centre in 2005, I could immediately feel the energy from the Law Faculty’s human rights community. The centre was small, but already well run by a great administrator, Kay Magnani, and a group of enthusiastic, early career academics…

IN PRAISE OF ELEANOR JENKIN By Sarah Joseph, Castan Centre Director I take this opportunity to write a note of appreciation for Eleanor Jenkin, our Policy Manager from August 2017 until April 2019. In that role, Eleanor added greatly to the research and policy footprint of the Castan Centre. In particular, she was the main…

OUR NEW POLICY MANAGER Karin Frodé joined the Castan Centre in August 2019 as the new Policy Manager. In this role, Karin conducts research and legal analysis across a broad range of human rights issues. She is currently working on the Centre’s use of force project which examines the use of force in closed environment…