Castan Centre for Human Rights Law

Holding Redlich Distinguished Visiting Fellowship Program

In 2001, Holding Redlich established the Distinguished Visiting Fellowship Program, in conjunction with the Castan Centre for Human Rights Law at Monash University.

This program is designed to attract one or more high profile international and domestic human rights scholars or experts to join the Castan Centre each year as a Distinguished Visiting Fellow. During the tenure of their fellowship, these scholars undertake research, teaching, seminar or workshop engagements and practice and advice work, both within the Castan Centre and for Holding Redlich.



Previous Distinguished Visiting Fellows taking part in this program were:

2009

Dame Rosalyn Higgins DBE QC, Retired President, International Cout of Justice
"The ICJ in the contemporary world of Human Rights"
8 December

Justice Thomas Buergenthal, International Court Justice
"Responding to Genocide"
27 August


Justice Richard Goldstone
'The Current State of International Criminal Justice'
Former Chief Prosecutor - International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.

2008

Kirsty Sword Gusmão
'A Unique Insight into East Timor'
Kirsty Sword Gusmão is the founder and chairwoman of Alola Foundation, an organisation seeking to improve the lives of women and their families in East Timor. 

2007

Mr Martin Wagner
Managing Attorney, Earthjustice
"The right to be cold: Global warming and human rights"

Judge Howard Morrison QC OBE
International Criminal Law Expert
"Human Rights Challenges in Trying Grave Crimes"

2006

Mr Raj Kumar
School of Law, City University of Hong Kong
"Corruption as a Human Rights Issue in South Asia: Law, development and Governance"


Professor Conor Gearty
Rausing Director, Centre for the Study of Human Rights, London School of Economics
"A Bill of Rights in an Age of Fear"
Professor Gearty's paper delivered at the Australian Human Rights Centre Annual Public Lecture

Professor Peter H Russell
Professor Emeritus in the Department of Political Science at the University of Toronto, Canada
'The Significance of Mabo for Australia and the World'

2004

Alirio Uribe Munoz
Head of the human rights NGO Collective Lawyers JAR who bring together lawyers and other professionals to defend prisoners, the politically persecuted and workers, and to legally represent the victims of human rights abuses.
Colombia
'Promoting Human Rights in Hostile Environments:Fighting for Labour & Human Rights in Colombia'

Sune Skadegard Thorsen
Partner, Skadegaard Thorsen Law Firm
Denmark
The Role of Human Rights in Corporate Social Responsibility 
Further papers on this topic by Sune Thorsen are available:
Perspectives on the UN Draft Norms
Advice: Unfold Human Rights

Professor David Weissbrodt
Co-Director, Minnesota Human Rights Centre
University of Minnesota, USA
‘Business and Human Rights’ Seminar, based on Article 97 AJIL 901 (2003)

2003

Dr Jawahir Thontowi
Dean, Faculty of Law
Universitas Islam
Yogyakarta, Indonesia
The Islamic Perspective of the War on Terror and Current Indonesian Responses

Richard Meeran
Leigh Day & Co
London, United Kingdom
Corporations, Human Rights and Transnational Litigation

2002

Professor Harry Arthurs
Osgoode Hall Law School
Canada
Globalisation and the New Economy: Implications for Labour Law

2001

Professor Keith Ewing
King's College
London, United Kingdom
The Human Rights Act 1998