2005

• Democracy, Human Rights & Social Issues

• Rights of Passage launch, Sydney, 29 November

• UNAA National Action Plan Forum, Hobart 4 November

• Don Chipp Foundation Defending Democracy Public Forum “What a Bill of Rights could deliver for Australia”, NSW Parliament 19 October

• ACFID Awards Night Presentation, Canberra Friday 7 October

• Human Rights in Australia Their Protection and Resolution Through the Law address to Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and Victorian Bar Seminar, Owen Dixon Chambers, Melbourne, 20 July

• 10th Commemoration of Genocide in Bosnia Herzegovina “Srebrenica 11 July”, Address at Victoria University Lecture Theatre, Footscray, 1 July

• Response to Dr Alison Broinowski oration ‘Adolescent or geriatric? The future of the United Nations?, Delivered at the Sydney Peace Foundation and AIIA, Sydney University, 19 May 2005

• 11th Anniversary of Rwandan Genocide Memorial Speech at Sydney, 30 April

• Young People and Human Rights Dialogue Pre-Dinner Conference Address at the Youth Affairs Network Queensland (YANQ) Biennial State Youth Affairs Conference, Brisbane, Thursday 21 April 2005

• Values of Contemporary Australian Society and their Impact on the Preservation and Defence of Human Rights and Social Justice Address at the DIALOGUE AUSTRALASIA NETWORK NATIONAL CONFERENCE, Values Education – Relevance and Rigour, Newington College, April 13-15

• Child Migrants and Human Rights in our Time Address at the 4th World Congress on Family Law and Children’s Rights, 20 – 23 March, Cape Town

2004

• Reflections On Mental Health Post Parliamentary Tabling Of ‘A Last Resort?’ Speech by at the Health & Wellbeing Of Refugees & Asylum Seekers Conference , University of Melbourne, 15 November, Melbourne

• Human Rights: A Report Card for Australia and Tasmania Address to the United Nations Human Rights Conference, University of Tasmania, 21 – 23 October, Hobart

• Australian Human Rights – Inside And Outside The Wire Address to the National Press Club, 25 August 2004, Canberra

• Long-term Immigration Detention and Children’s Mental Health Paper Presented to the XXIV World Congress of OMEP, 24 July, Melbourne

• World Refugee Day 2004 Speech at the Brisbane Rally (19 June) and the Canberra Rally (20 June)

• Doctor of Social Science Honoris Causa Acceptance at the RMIT University Honorary Awards Conferring Ceremony, 7 May, Melbourne,

• Armenia to Rwanda – Genocide in the 20th Century – Has humanity learnt anything? Speech at the Armenian Genocide Commemorative Lecture, NSW Parliament Theatrette, Thursday 29 April 2004, Sydney

• The local face of global justice policy, Lecture to the RMIT students of the Department of Justice and Youth Studies, 16 April 2004, Melbourne

• Twelfth Workshop on Regional Cooperation for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights in the Asia-Pacific Region, Working Group on Human Rights Education Report to the Consultation of Non-Governmental Actors, 1 March, Doha, Qatar

2003

• The Importance of Australian Community in Protection of Human Rights during the War against Terrorism Presentation to the Human Rights: New Paradigms and New Responsibilities, Conference held at the University of Technology in Sydney 5 December, Sydney

• Long-term immigration detention and mental health, Speech delivered to Diversity in Health 2003 Conference, October, Sydney

• Human Rights as a secular guide to community relations, Address to “Poverty & Power – What makes you rich, what makes you poor” Mornington Peninsula Shire Conference, October.

• Immigration Detention – the Current Position, Speech to Monash Institute for the Study of Global Movements, Monash University, October, Melbourne

• The Clash Of Civilisations – How The Contemporary International Environment Teaches Us To Better Manage Diversity In Australia, Speech delivered at the Managing Diversity Conference, October,  Melbourne

• Long-term detention and mental health, Speech delivered at the ANZAPPL Annual Congress, September, Fremantle

• What makes a National Human Rights Institution Independent and Why should we care? Speech delivered at the 18th Biennial Conference of Lawasia, September, Tokyo

• Presentation to the Kyoto Bar Association, Speech delivered by at Kyoto Bar Association, September, Kyoto

• The Relevance of Human Rights in Contemporary Australia, Speech delivered at the Activating Human Rights and Diversity Conference, July, Byron Bay

• Children and the Law: Issues in the Asia Pacific Region Speech delivered by at the Lawasia Conference, June, Brisbane

• Statement by Dr Sev Ozdowski Speech delivered at the 59th Session of the Commission on Human Rights, April, Geneva

• Long-term detention and mental health Speech delivered at the 2nd Public Health Association of Australia, April, Brisbane

2002

• A Charter of Citizen’s Rights – Will this benefit Multiculturalism in Australia? Speech delivered at the FECCA National Conference on Setting the Agenda for a Multicultural Australia, December, Canberra

• The Australian Experience with Tribunals, Commissions and Ombudsmen Speech delivered at the Sino-Australian Seminar on Alternative Dispute Resolution and The Modern Rule of Law, November, Beijing

• The rights of the child and international human rights law Speech at the 1st International Congress on Child Migration, New Orleans, October

• Long-term detention and mental health Speech at the 1st MHLP International Mental Health Development Conference, October, Melbourne

• The human rights of vulnerable children in Australia Speech at the 9th National Conference of the Association for the Welfare of Child Health: “Healthy Justice for Children and Young People”, October, Sydney

• Waverley Council’s Refugee Week Speech at the Waverley Library Theatrette, October, Sydney

• Asylum Seekers Speech at a meeting of the Great Lakes Rural Australians for Refugees Group, Forster High School, October

• Lessons from the UN Special Session on Children Speech at the Association of Children’s’ Welfare Agencies Conference, Sydney, September.

• The Content of an Australian Bill of Rights Speech at the 2002 Bill of Rights Conference, June, Sydney

• Monitoring Implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child: challenges for Australia Speech at the PLAN International Australia conference, April, Sydney

• Human Rights – A Challenge for Australia Speech at the National Press Club, February, Canberra

2001

• Detention of Asylum Seekers: Key Themes Speech at “The Refugee Convention – Where to from here?” University of NSW, December

• Human Rights in Contemporary Australia Speech at the United Nations Association of Australia – Human Rights Seminar: Human Rights from the Perspective of Individual, Collective and Corporate Responsibilities, Tasmania, November

• Addressing Age Discrimination: the Need for Legislation Speech at the Council on the Ageing National Congress, Canberra, November

• Address on Issues around racism in Australia Speech at the National Ethnic and Multicultural Broadcasters Council, Melbourne, November

• Launch of Give Me Shelter Speech at the launch of Give Me Shelter for the South Australian Council of Churches, Adelaide, South Australia, October

• Building an Australia Fit for Children Speech at the 8th National Conference of the Association for the Welfare of Child Health (AWCH), Sydney, October

• Human Rights In Contemporary Australia Speech at the Law Conference, New Zealand, October

• Human rights in Australia with particular reference to freedom of religion Speech at the Mission Australia National Meeting, Sydney, August

• Economic, social and cultural rights in Australia – the roles of HREOC and the corporate sector Speech to the Asia Pacific Forum meeting, Hong Kong, July

• Human rights in contemporary Australia Speech at Centre for Intercultural Studies and Multicultural Education, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, June

• Human rights and multiculturalism Speech at the Multiculturalism in a New Millennium Policy Forum, Brisbane, March

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