DTP Board and Advisory Council

Founder and Patron: HE Jose Ramos-Horta, Nobel Peace Laureate and former President, Timor Leste

Co-founder: Emeritus Professor Garth Nettheim AO

Board Members:

Emeritus Professor Paul Redmond AM (Chair)
Former Dean, Faculty of Law University of New South Wales

Associate Professor Philip Chung
Executive Director, Australasian Legal Information Institute

Dr John Pace
Former Secretary to the UN Commission on Human Rights
International Consultant on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law

Professor Andrew Byrnes
Faculty of Law, University of New South Wales

Suwanee Dharmalingam
Associate Director, Macquarie Equities Ltd
B Comm (Accounting and Finance), LLB, experience in financial advice, investment management, fund raising

Justine Nolan
Associate Professor, Faculty of Law of the University of New South Wales
Deputy Director, Australian Human Rights Centre

Dr Caroline Aebersold
Chief Executive Officer of The Song Room; Deputy Chair of Suicide Prevention Australia
BA (Sociology), BA/BSc(Hons, Psychology), MAICD, SJD Candidate

Michael Do Rozario
Partner in the Litigation Division of Corrs Chambers Westgarth in Sydney

Ken Woo
Asset Management Industy Leader, PricewaterhouseCoopers Australia

ADVISORY COUNCIL AUSTRALIA

Hon Michael Kirby AC CMG

Retired Judge of the High Court of Australia

Prof Hilary Charlesworth

Australian National University, Canberra

Prof Julian Disney

Chairperson, Australian Press Council; former President, International Council on Social Welfare

Prof Mick Dodson AM

Chairperson, Australian Institute for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, Canberra; 2009 Australian of the Year

Dr Elizabeth Evatt AC

Commissioner, International Commission of Jurists; former member, UN Human Rights Committee

Prof Marcia Langton

Dept. of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Melbourne, Melbourne

Mr Pat Walsh

Former Secretary of CAVR, East Timor; former Human Rights Director, Australian Council for Overseas Aid

ADVISORY COUNCIL INTERNATIONAL

HE José Ramos-Horta

Founder and Patron, Nobel Peace Laureate, Fmr President of Timor Leste

Dr Philip Alston

Professor of International Law, New York University, New York, Fmr UN Special Rapporteur on Extra Judicial Executions

Prof Vitit Muntabhorn

Faculty of Law, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok; Fmr UN Special Rapporteur on Korea

Mr Ravi Nair

Director, South Asia Human Rights Documentation Centre, New Delhi

Mr Michael O’Flaherty

Director, Centre for Human Rights, Nottingham University, Nottingham; Member of United Nations Human Rights Committee

Mr Lopeti Senituli

Senior Advisor, Prime Minister of Tonga

Ms Vicki Tauli-Corpuz

Director, Tebtebba Foundation, Philippines

Dr Hendardi

Executive Director, PBHI, Indonesia

Mr Basil Fernando

Executive Director, Asian Human Rights Commission, Hong Kong

Mr Somchai Homloar

Executive Director, Asian Institute for Human Rights

Hon Motarilavoa Hilda Lini

Former Director, Pacific Concerns Resource Centre

Mr Lopeti Senituli

Senior Advisor, Prime Minister of Tonga

Useful Links

Emeritus Professor Paul Redmond

Trainer

Professor Virginia Dandan

Trainer

His Excellency Abel Guterres

Alumni

2017 Training Opportunities

1) Calling for Applications Coming Soon

“Leaving No One Behind” - Held in Australia

The Diplomacy Training Program (DTP) will be holding a new program (23-25 October, 2017) to celebrate the 10th Anniversary on the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The National Congress of Australia's First Peoples (Congress) and the Indigenous Law Centre have agreed to partner with DTP in piloting this new program.

See Concept Note, Brochure, Application Form (application ONLY for Australians)

2) Calling for Applications Coming Soon

The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) - Held in Australia

The Diplomacy Training Program, Australian Human Rights Centre and National Children’s and Youth Law Centre will be holding a 2-day intensive training program (Sept 20-21, 2017) to build knowledge and understanding of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) & of the Australian reporting process to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (Committee). As a state party to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, Australian law, policy and programming is required to be consistent with the CRC and its key principles.

See Concept Note, Brochure and Registration Form (application ONLY for Australians)

DTP Alumni Survey

From 10th February – 23rd February 2017, DTP conducted a survey of its alumni through a short questionnaire. The survey sought the input of alumni in identifying key human rights challenges in the Asia-Pacific Region and Middle East, priorities for knowledge and skills building and advice on DTP’s work in supporting networks. See results

The survey has been extended till the 31st March 2017.

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