Associate Professor Mary Anne Kenny visited the Nauru Regional Processing Centre (RPC) between 24-27 March 2013 as part of a delegation from the Interim Joint Advisory Committee on Nauru.
Accommodation in the Nauru regional processing facility – Photo courtesy Immigration website
The visit involved meetings with asylum seekers, service providers, legal assistance providers and the government of Nauru. [...]
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The event ‘The People Smuggler: An evening with Robin de Crespigny’, hosted by the Centre for Human Rights Education(CHRE) and the Refugee Rights Action Network (RRAN) at Curtin University on Thursday 28 February 2013, was a successful evening with 120 people in attendance. You can listen to the audio recording of the presentation or [...]
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Dr Lisa Hartley and Dr Caroline Fleay have released a research report titled Released but not yet free: Refugees and Asylum Seekers in the Community after Long‐Term Detention. The report explores the experiences of asylum seekers released into the community after long-term immigration detention in Australia (between 15 – 25 months). This is the first [...]
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Mary Anne Kenny and Lisa Hartley received the award on behalf of the Centre
The Centre for Human Rights Education received the Faculty of Humanities 2012 Pro-Vice Chancellor’s Award for research and advocacy in the area of refugee rights. This award was presented at Curtin University on 20 November 2012. The award was in recognition of [...]
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Dr Lisa Hartley from the Centre for Human Rights Education recently visited the Villawood Immigration Detention facility in Sydney which includes the maximum-security centre that holds males and the Sydney Immigration Residential Housing (IRH) that holds mainly women and families (including children). The IRH includes in a small row of single-storey units, which are surrounded [...]
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It has been a busy time for CHRE staff members during the beginning of the non-teaching break!
On November 12-13th, Dr Lisa Hartley, Dr Caroline Fleay and Dr Lucy Fiske from the Centre for Human Rights Education (CHRE) attended the Swinburne University Forced Migration, Migration and Humanitarianism in Australia and Beyond symposium in Melbourne. The symposium [...]
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Dr Lucy Fiske and Dr Caroline Fleay from the Centre for Human Rights Education visited Indonesia in October 2012, where they attended the 2nd South East Asian Human Rights Network International Conference on Human Rights and Peace & Conflict in Southeast Asia held in Jakarta. The conference confirmed that human rights are most definitely of [...]
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A number of pieces have been published this year on refugee and asylum seeker issues by Centre for Human Rights Education staff member Dr Lucy Fiske.
On 5 July 2012, “Want to Stop the Boats? Make refuge available off-shore” was published in The Conversation online. The article addressed the topical issue of “Australia’s politicians determined to [...]
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Congratulations to Associate Professor Mary Anne Kenny who was presented with a Coalition for Asylum Seekers Refugees and Detainees (CARAD) Life Membership at the 2012 CARAD AGM held in October, in recognition of her valuable work over the years as a refugee advocate and her dedication in supporting those seeking asylum in Australia.
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The event ‘Nauru Mark II: The politics of seeking asylum in Australia’ that was run by the Centre for Human Rights Education at Curtin University on Tuesday 9 October 2012 was a successful evening with over 110 people in attendance.
People from various industry backgrounds came along to listen to and ask questions of the invited [...]
