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09 August 2010
Day of the World's Indigenous People
By resolution 49/214 of 23 December 1994, the General Assembly decided to celebrate the International Day of the World's Indigenous People on 9 August every year during the International Decade of the ...
09 August 2010
Day of World's Indigenous People
By resolution 49/214 of 23 December 1994, the General Assembly decided to celebrate the International Day of the World's Indigenous People on 9 August every year during the International Decade of the ...

Universal Declaration of Human Rights


60 Years On....


The United Nations Information Centre, along with Amnesty International ACT and Southern NSW, celebrated the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on 3rd September 2008.

Venue:    
Canberra Museum and Art Gallery Theatrette, London Circuit, Canberra City

Speakers:

Professor Hilary Charlesworth - Australian Research Federation Fellow and Director of the Centre for International Governance and Justice, ANU. Ms Charlesworth also holds an appointment as Professor of International Law and Human Rights in the ANU College of Law.

Mr Richard Towle - Acting Director UNIC Canberra Regional Representative for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees for Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and the South Pacific

Dorothy Bennett - Long time Amnesty member 

 Professor Hilary Charlesworth

Richard Towle

Dorothy Bennett