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Amnesty International UNSW’s great contribution to the Human Rights Act debate

Published on 3/06/2009
University of NSW

The 1 June 2009 open community forum "Does Australia need a Human Rights Act?" hosted by Amnesty UNSW was a great success with over 400 attendees packing UNSW's main Law theatre. The night featured a moderated panel of distinguished speakers, including former Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser, former President of the NSW Court of Appeal, Keith Mason, barrister for Dr Mohamed Haneef, Stephen Keim, barrister and European Union public law expert, Angela Ward, and director of UNSW’s Gilbert + Tobin Centre for Public Law’s Charter of Human Rights Project, Ed Santow

The forum was organised by the Amnesty International UNSW and UNSW Law Society. The work of the great team of activists at UNSW, and support of faculty and staff ensured the night was a great contribution to the Human Rights Act debate.

Listen to the UNSW Podcast of the forum.

There's only days left before the consultation's 15 June deadline for submission, so make sure you have your say on what rights should be protected in Australia.