FROM RHETORIC TO REALITY: MAKING HUMAN RIGHTS WORK
RMIT UNIVERSITY, MELBOURNE, 9 + 10 FEBRUARY, 2004
from rhetoric to reality
Will provide an opportunity to engage with the practice of human rights
in our own communities. Over two days, service providers, educators,
advocates and service users will come together in workshops, facilitated
discussions and plenary sessions. The conference will build the capacity
of participants to make human rights work in their everyday practice.
plenary sessions
Inspiring speakers will provide an overview of human rights concepts and
mechanisms, including the United Nations Treaty System, human rights in
the Australian context, and human rights in the context of service
delivery.
keynote speakers
Include paul hunt, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to
Health; marcia rioux, Director of Disability Promotion Rights
International and Professor of Health Policy at York University, Canada;
krishanti dharmaraj, Executive Director of WILD for Human Rights, San
Francisco (to be confirmed); and jim ife, Chair of the Centre for Human
Rights Education at Curtin University of Technology.
organisational case studies
Will focus on the ways that community groups and governments have put
human rights into practice in their organisational development, funding
processes, policy advocacy and service delivery.
personal testimonies
Will highlight the ways that people in our community defend and promote
their human rights, making the link between international human rights
frameworks and domestic experiences.
small group workshops
Will provide all conference participants with the opportunity to develop
strategies to apply human rights to their own organisational
development, policy advocacy and service delivery work.
sponsored by
RMIT University Community Advocacy Unit, Victorian Department of Human
Services, VicHealth and the Human Rights Alliance of Australia.
further information
Early bird registrations close Monday 8 December. Further details from
http://advocacy.tce.rmit.edu.au http://advocacy.tce.rmit.edu.au/ .
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