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Human Rights
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Ian Buruma | Melbourne | Oct. 2009
Part 1 | Part 2 The debate on multiculturalism and offensive speech is a burning topic in Europe right now, affecting everything from politics to literature. In this keynote address to the Melbourne Writers Festival, Ian Buruma touches upon the Danish cartoons that depicted the Islamic prophet Muham... » play video
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Florian Westphal | Sydney | Jun. 2009
Part 1 | Part 2At this Wednesday Lunch at Lowy, Florian Westphal, the head of media at the International Committee of the Red Cross, addresses the question of how the media and humanitarian organisations frame our perceptions of war crimes; and how they can responsibly draw the attention of policy-m... » play video
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Michael Kirby | Sydney | Mar. 2009
Former High Court Justice Michael Kirby returns to his alma mater, the University of Sydney, to deliver an entertaining yet substantial speech on his distinguished legal career. He discusses the principles that have guided him thoughout, while revisiting some of the most vexing and important cases h... » play video
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Lex Lasry | Melbourne | Dec. 2008
Justice Lex Lasry delivers the University of Melbourne's 2008 Chancellor's Lecture on Human Rights. His lecture discusses the role that particular practitioners in the area of criminal law have played in terms of human rights issues, both in Victoria and more broadly. Justice Lasry has been... » play video
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Lex Lasry | Melbourne | Dec. 2008
Justice Lex Lasry delivers the University of Melbourne's 2008 Chancellor's Lecture on Human Rights. His lecture discusses the role that particular practitioners in the area of criminal law have played in terms of human rights issues, both in Victoria and more broadly. Justice Lasry has been... » play video
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Hilary Charlesworth | Melbourne | Oct. 2008
It's 60 years this year since the UN General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. After two years of hard work, and much consultation, the Declaration came into being on the 10th of December. 1948. According to Hilary Charlesworth, while the significance of the Declaration... » play video
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Hilary Charlesworth | Melbourne | Oct. 2008
It's 60 years this year since the UN General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. After two years of hard work, and much consultation, the Declaration came into being on the 10th of December. 1948. According to Hilary Charlesworth, while the significance of the Declaration... » play video
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Gerry Simpson | Melbourne | Oct. 2008
Standard operating procedure. Just ordinary Americans. What went wrong at Abu Ghraib? At this fascinating Melbourne Writers Festival session Philip Gourevitch (New Yorker contributor and author of Standard Operating Procedure), Gerry Simpson (Professor of International Law at the London School of Ec... » play video
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Gerry Simpson | Melbourne | Oct. 2008
Standard operating procedure. Just ordinary Americans. What went wrong at Abu Ghraib? At this recent Melbourne Writers Festival session Philip Gourevitch (New Yorker contributor and author of Standard Operating Procedure), Gerry Simpson (Professor of International Law at the London School of Economi... » play video
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Anna Funder | Melbourne | Sep. 2008
Professor of International Law Philippe Sands (author of the acclaimed Torture Team) tells Anna Funder how Donald Rumsfeld, with his acceding signature, pushed the United States beyond the pale of international law and directly towards the abuses of Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay. In the searching co... » play video
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