Amnesty International Australia Presents: 'Moving Forward - Bringing Refugee Policy Back to Human Rights'
an International Human Rights Day Luncheon. December 6th, 2002. 1pm-2pm at Max's, Grand Hyatt Melbourne, 123 Collins St Melbourne. Tickets: $50 per person includes two course lunch and drinks. Please join Peter Mares (Journalist and Award winning author of 'Borderline: Australia's response to refugees and asylum seekers in the wake of the Tampa '), Paris Aristotle (Director of the Foundation for Survivors of Torture and member of the Immigration Detention Advisory Group) and Grant Mitchell (Director of Hotham Mission 's Asylum Seeker Project and primary author of the 2002 JAS Alternative to Detention) for a panel discussion on the direction of government policy on refugee/asylum seeker issues in Australia. AIA advocates the promotion and consideration of detention reform and the consideration of viable alternatives to the current system of mandatory, indefinite and non (court) reviewable detention. A0 This forum will allow experts in the area to discuss the viability of alternatives that respect the human rights of refugees and asylum seekers and answer your questions on the topic. Please join us to help raise the awareness of viable detention reform options that respect the human rights of asylum seekers and refugees. For more details or to book a ticket, please call the A0AIA Victorian Activist Resource Centre on 9427 7055. A0 For further information, please call Matthew Panayi on 9499 4616 or James Thevathasan on 0414 446 697 or e-mail queries to [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> . Thankyou all for you support. Matthew Panayi Co-convenor, AIA Victorian Refugee Team. A0 -- -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archived at http://www.cat.org.au/lists/leftlink/ Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Sub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body subscribe%20leftlink Unsub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body unsubscribe%20leftlink
