The Annual Castan Centre for Human Rights Law Conference

Throughout the conference, join the conversation on Twitter using @CastanCentre and the hashtag #HumanRights24 or the speaker handles listed.

In Person Event

Venue: State Library of Victoria

Address: 328 Swanston Street Melbourne Vic 3000

Time: Conference Details: 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM AEST

The Conference may be credited towards CPD requirements. See the for further information.

Ticket Prices

• Early Bird Price: $240 by COB 14 June 2024
• Full Price: $280
• Early Bird Price NGO/Academic/ECA: $100 by COB 14 June 2024
• NGO/Academic/ECA: $150
• Student/Unwaged: $50

Note: Overseas purchases do not incur GST. If you are purchasing and consuming the Conference outside of Australia, please select the relevant Overseas ticket.

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Leading researchers, practitioners and advocates will join us for a health check on the state of human rights. Sessions will focus on First Nations rights; the rights of children in care; truth, free speech and the online environment; and exploitation and modern slavery.

Rueben Berg, Co-Chair, First Peoples’ Assembly of Victoria

The Rights of Children in Care

Liana Buchannan, Principal Commissioner for Children and Young People, Victoria

Panel 1: Participatory Rights of Children in Care

• Liana Buchannan, Principal Commissioner for Children and Young People, Victoria
• Amelia Hunt, Victorian Commission for Children and Young People
• Dr Jade Purtell Philip, Research Fellow, Department of Human Centred Computing, Monash University

Panel 2: The Law, Human Rights and the Migrant Experience

• Associate Professor Samantha Currie, Academic Member, Castan Centre for Human Rights Law
• Professor Justine Nolan, Director, UNSW Australian Human Rights Institute
• Associate Professor Heli Askola, Academic Member, Castan Centre for Human Rights Law

Panel 3: Free Speech and its Constraints

• Professor Luke Beck, Academic Member, Castan Centre for Human Rights Law
• Dr Andre Oboler, CEO, Online Hate Prevention Institute
• Professor Katherine Gelber, Professor of Politics and Public Policy, University of Queensland

Host or Publisher Castan Centre for Human Rights Law