1 May 2006
Professor Paul Hunt, one of the world’s leading experts on the right to health, will present a seminar on behalf of the Monash Law School's Castan Centre today, Monday 1 May.
Since being appointed UN Special Rapporteur in 2002, Professor Hunt has promoted health as a fundamental human right, focussing on the effects of poverty and discrimination on people’s health.
This focus has special resonance for Australia's Indigenous Peoples -- particularly those living in remote communities -- which will be one of the main themes of Professor Hunt's presentation.
Professor Hunt is a professor in law and a member of the Human Rights Centre at the University of Essex and an Adjunct Professor at the University of Waikato, New Zealand.
Before he was Special Rapporteur, Professor Hunt served as an independent expert on the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. He has also lived and undertaken human rights work in the Middle East, Africa, Europe and the South Pacific.
In addition to his extensive work on poverty and economic, social and cultural rights, Professor Hunt is an active member of the Make Poverty History campaign and has written on free trade and, most recently, on the situation of detainees in Guantanamo Bay.
What: 'The right to the highest attainable standard of health: Opportunities and challenges'
When: Monday 1 May, 1-2 pm
Where: Monash University Law Chambers, 472 Bourke St, Melbourne
For further information contact Ms Natasha Whalley, Media Communications on +61 3 9905 9201 or 0437 458 457 or Ms Jodi Rockman, Faculty of Law on +61 3 9905 2630.
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