International Human Rights Day 10 December

 

The ACT Human Rights Commission invites you to celebrate International Human Rights Day with a community forum: 

The New Right to Education

Monday 10 December

12:00pm to 2:00pm

ACT Legislative Assembly Reception Room

Chair: Dr Helen Watchirs, Human Rights & Discrimination Commissioner

Introduction: Simon Corbell MLA, ACT Attorney-General

·       The First ESC Right in Australia? Professor Andrew Byrnes, University of New South Wales.

·       Government Perspective - Diane Joseph, Director-General, ACT Education and Training Directorate.

·       Religious Schools’ Perspective - Moira Najdecki, Director, Catholic Education Office

·       Non-Government Schools’ Perspective - Andrew Wrigley, Executive Director, Association of Independent Schools

Sandwich lunch provided from noon. A Human Rights Information Fair will also be held on 10 Dec in City Walk from 11am to 2pm, featuring stalls from a range of organisations including Amnesty International & United Nations Information Centre

To RSVP click here, visit http://www.hrc.act.gov.au/, email human.rights@act.gov.au, or call 6205 2222