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  • 2014 Global Interns Take Off

    Global Interns (Clockwise from top left) Ruvini Leitan, Sally Harris, Claerwen O’Hara, Isabella Royce, Chandni Dhingra and Kelsey Paske. The Castan Centre has again awarded exciting internship opportunities to eight Monash law students with a strong and longstanding interest in human rights. Here, meet the exceptional students who will bring their skills to a diverse…

  • Award winner driven by passion for human rights

    A life spent in different cultures has led a Monash student and former Castan Centre Global Intern to her recent win of the prestigious Paul Baker Award. Final year Juris Doctor student, Kylie Pearce, has devoted much of her spare time to promoting human rights, both in Australia and overseas, and is now the first…

  • PNG legal challenge very likely [video]

    In this 10 minute video, Centre Associate Dr Azadeh Dastyari talks to Tim Lester, Fairfax’s online political editor, about Labor’s new hard-line asylum policy and how it is in clear breach of international law. She also explains why a court challenge is very likely. Watch the video on the Sydney Morning Herald website here.

  • Dan Mori’s Castan Centre talk on targeted killings [video]

    From 2003 to 2007, Dan Mori (often known by his first name, Michael or Major Mori) represented Australian Guantanamo Bay detainee, David Hicks. The Castan Centre was proud to have former Lieutenant Colonel Mori give the keynote address at our recent human rights gala in October 2012. In the twenty minute video below, Mr Mori…

  • 2012 stats for Castan Centre blog

    The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 4,329 films were submitted to the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. This blog had 32,000 views in 2012. If each view were a film, this blog would power 7 Film Festivals Click here to see the complete report.

  • Short and long videos from our 2012 Conference – Kerry Arabena on Indigenous Constitutional recognition

    News has broken today that the Commonwealth Government has postponed plans for a Constitutional referendum to recognise Indigenous peoples in Australia’s Constitution.  According to Indigenous Affairs Minister Jenny Macklin, the decision was made because there is insufficient community awareness of the proposal. Kerry Arabena, who is Director of Research for the School for Indigenous Health at Monash…