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May 2019
Professor Chris Sidoti
Date: Tuesday 4 June
Time: 6:00pm – 7:00pm
Where: Melbourne Law School, Room 920, Level 9, 185 Pelham St, Carlton, VIC 3053
Register: click here
Myanmar is said to have begun...
14
Mar 2019
On 29 January, the 2019 Community Opening of the Legal Year was held at Waldron Hall, County Court of Victoria, with over 100 members of the legal and broader community attending.
We were extremely...
05
Mar 2019
30 years after launching the Convention on the Rights of the Child, children are being held in appalling conditions in military detention in Palestine, behind wire in Mexico, on Manus and Nauru as...
04
Mar 2019
The International Commission of Jurists (Victoria) is pleased to announce an upcoming CPD event.
The discussion will focus on the extraordinary story of how medical transfer cases were coordinated in the Federal Court, utilising...
22
Feb 2019
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...
25
Aug 2018
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...
03
Aug 2018
ICJ Victoria is pleased to announce that the Annual Fundraising Dinner will feature keynote speaker Professor Rosalind Croucher, President of the Australian Human Rights Commission, and Brian Nankervis as Master of Ceremonies.
Professor Croucher...
06
May 2018
There has been growing international interest on LGBT people in criminal justice systems. In Victoria, there is little information as to the unique mental health issues, physical risks, prejudices and obstacles they might face.
30
Apr 2018
The International Commission of Jurists (Victoria) is pleased to invite its members and subscribers to an exclusive dialogue.
In recent years, Myanmar first opened itself to the world through the promotion of democracy, and...
08
Apr 2018
The Australian Government cannot stand mute while democracy collapses on Nauru.
In June 2015, the President, Baron Waqa, had 19 members of the Opposition arrested and jailed after they staged a peaceful protest outside...
18
Mar 2018
ICJ (Victoria) and the Criminal Bar Association invite you to join Lesley Taylor QC as she discusses war crime trials over breakfast at the Essoign Club. Lesley Taylor QC was Senior Trial Counsel prosecuting...
08
Feb 2018
On 5 February, the 2018 Community Opening of the Legal Year was held at Waldron Hall, County Court of Victoria, with over 100 members of the legal and broader community attending.
We were...
08
Feb 2018
On 27 February 2018, Felicity Gerry QC, who led the defence team in R v Jogee, will be discussing the consequences of this judgment for Australia, Hong Kong, the European Court of Human Rights...
17
Aug 2017
ICJ Victoria are pleased to host a Welcome Breakfast for the 2017 ICJ Bar Reader, Mable Leong Mui Pun.
Read more about Mable here
Join us for breakfast to welcome Mable to Melbourne!
Details
16
Aug 2017
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ICJ Victoria is pleased to announce that the Annual Fundraising Dinner will feature keynote speaker the Honourable Robert French AC.
30
Jun 2017
On 28 June, Melbourne barrister, Ken Howden, gave a presentation to the Victorian Bar that detailed his experiences volunteering for the Capital Post-Conviction Project of Louisiana in 2015-16.
During his presentation, Ken highlighted the differences between the administration...
09
May 2017
The Human Rights Arts and Film Festival (HRAFF) will be taking place in Melbourne between the 4th and 18th of May. HRAFF is an organisation that explores human rights issues through film, art, and...
01
Feb 2017
On 30 January 2017, the yearly ICJ Victoria Community Opening of the Legal Year was held at Waldron Hall, at the County Court of Victoria, with over 100 members of the legal and...
15
Dec 2016
ICJ Victoria are pleased to announce the Community Opening of the Legal Year will be held on 30 January 2017. Our guest speakers will be President of the Children’s Court Judge Amanda...
04
Oct 2016
On 14 October at 11:30am, Victoria University College of Law and Justice will presents Mr Alghiffari Aqsa in a lecture on the state human rights in Indonesia.
Members and friends of ICJ Victoria are invited...
19
Aug 2016
ICJ Victoria are pleased to support the Hellenic Australian Lawyers, and encourage our membership to attend their Refugee Symposium. More information can be found at the Hellenic Australian Lawyers’ website.
22
Mar 2016
ICJ Victoria gives notice of the 2016 Biennial General Meeting:
Date: 10 May 2016
Time: 5:15 onwards
Location: Neil Forsyth Room
1st floor, Owen Dixon Chambers East
205 William Street, Melbourne
Meeting Documents:
ICJ meeting minutes – Biennial...
01
Feb 2016
On 1 February 2016, ICJ Victoria hosted the 2016 Community Opening of the Legal Year. It was well attended with over 100 people joining us, from all sectors of the community.
We were pleased...
18
Dec 2015
Join us at the County Court on the first day of February, as we celebrate the community and legal systems, working together towards achieving a just society.
Our guest speakers:
The Hon Justice James...
11
May 2015
Support the work of the International Commission of Jurists, Victoria, at our annual fundraising dinner. We are thrilled to announce that our guest speaker is the Honourable Justice Patrick Keane of the High Court...
15
Jan 2015
ICJV proudly hosts public interest lawyer, anti-death penalty activist and author, Bryan Stevenson. Join ICJV and the Hon Justice Lex Lasry in presenting Mr Stevenson’s recently published book Just Mercy.
The Essoign Club
17...
11
Jan 2015
Hosted by ICJV President and Justice of the Federal Court, Hon Justice Bromberg
2 February 2015
9:00 – 11:00 am
Please RSVP by 24 January 2015
2015 Speeches (2 February 2015)
the...
12
Sep 2014
Join the ICJ Victoria and the Honorable Justice Virginia Bell AC for the 2014 ICJ Fundraising Dinner. Tickets are on sale now.
29
Jul 2014
Join us for breakfast and a panel discussion led by some of Victoria’s leading advocates for asylum-seeker rights: Senator Sarah Hanson-Young, Julian Burnside QC and Richard Niall QC.
Tuesday, 19 August 2014 at the...
04
Feb 2014
Thank you to everyone who attended and supported the 2014 Community Opening of the Legal Year.
Check out our Twitter for some pics or click here for the speech of the Hon Marilyn Warren AC,...
21
Nov 2013
Please join us at Waldron Hall, County Court of Victoria for the 2014 community opening of the legal year.
Guest speakers are the Hon Marilyn Warren AC, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of...
03
Nov 2013
Click here to download the flyer for our upcoming event!
30
Jul 2013
The Hon Mark Dreyfus QC MP in Conversation with Leigh Sales
Thank you to our members, friends and colleagues who attended the 2013 Fundraising Dinner on 26 July 2013 at the RACV Club, it...
23
Apr 2013
The winner of the ICJ sponsored 2018 Monash University International Law Prize, Hugo Dean, studied International Human Rights Law, Law of Armed Conflict, Refugee Law and Environmental Law before taking the broader elective, International...
30
Mar 2013
On Tuesday, 29 January 2013, ICJ Victoria held the Community Opening of the Legal Year 2013 at Waldron Hall, County Court of Victoria to celebrate community and the law and also to observe the coming of the new legal...
30
Mar 2013
On Thursday 14 March 2013, ICJ Victoria and the International Law Association held a seminar at Allens with Prof James Crawford SC, current nominee for election as a judge of the International Court of Justice.
Prof Crawford...
30
Nov 2012
On Tuesday, 27 November 2012, ICJ Victoria held a presentation and discussion with Dr Paula Gerber on marriage equality as a human right, one of the topics in the soon to be released book,...
01
Aug 2012
On Thursday, 30 August 2012, the ICJ Victoria will hold its annual fundraising dinner at Matteo’s Restaurant. We are thrilled to announce that the featured guests at this year’s ICJ Victoria fundraising dinner will...
30
Jan 2012
2012 Speeches (30 January 2012)
Professor Carolyn Evans, Dean of the Melbourne Law School at the University of Melbourne
Father Frank Brennan SJ AO
Program from the 2012 Opening of the Legal Year
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Feb 2010
2010 Speeches (1 February 2010)
Professor David de Kretser AC, Governor of Victoria;
the Hon Catherine Branson QC, President of the Australian Human Rights Commission;
David Toovey, former CEO of the Oaktree Foundation;
