2008 Protecting Human Rights Conference

The Centre for Comparative Constitutional Studies will be hosting a National Conference on Australian Bills of Rights on Friday 3 October 2008 at the Melbourne Law School, 8.30 am to 5.00 pm.
The conference is being organised in conjunction with the Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law (UNSW) and the Australian National University.

This one day event will focus on developments in relation to legislative protection of human rights at state and territory and national levels in Australia, in particular, the recently enacted Victorian Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities 2006, and the Australian Capital Territory’s Human Rights Act 2004 and also the draft Bills being considered in Tasmania and Western Australia. It will include discussion of similar Acts in other countries.

View the Conference Website for more details