Advocacy and Events
2019 Community Opening of the Legal Year
The International Commission of Jurists (Victoria) is pleased to invite you to the Community Opening of the Legal Year, which will be held at 9am on Tuesday 29 January 2019. This year, our headline acts will include: – Joy Murphy Wandin, Wurundjeri Elder – Justice Jane Dixon, Supreme Court of Victoria – Sam Elkin, LGBTIQ […]
Media Release: Informer 3838
The International Commission of Jurists (Victoria) supports the decision to establish a Royal Commission into the activities of Victoria Police and others which the High Court has justifiably described as reprehensible and atrocious. The United Nation’s Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers include: 12. Lawyers shall at all times maintain the honour and dignity […]
Media Release: Accountability and Scrutiny of Judges
The Leader of the Victorian Opposition and the Shadow Attorney-General have called for greater accountability and scrutiny of the sentencing decisions of our judges. Their proposal can be read here. It calls for what would in effect be ‘league tables’ comparing the sentencing records of individual judges. The unstated and erroneous assumption being that, despite […]
Modern Slavery Bill 2018
ICJV recently made a submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee on the Modern Slavery Bill 2018. Read the submission here.
2018 Bar Reader’s Welcome Breakfast
ICJ Victoria are pleased to host a Welcome Breakfast for the 2018 ICJV Bar Reader, Ms. Ranitha Gnanarajah. Join us for breakfast to welcome Ranitha to Melbourne! Details 8am, Tuesday 4 September 2018 Essoign Club Level One, Owen Dixon Chambers East 205 William Street, Melbourne A light breakfast will be supplied. All ICJ Victoria friends […]