The Herbert & Valmae Freilich Foundation at the ANU presents the 2015 Alice Tay Lecture in Law and Human Rights:

Magna Carta: How Relevant to Australia and Human Rights?, Professor Gillian Triggs (Australian Human Rights Commission)

Date: Monday June 15, 2015
Time: 12.30 – 1.30pm
Venue: Museum of Australian Democracy, Member’s Dining Room, Old Parliament House (Entry via rear of the building—Queen Victoria Terrace, Parkes)
RSVP: Registration is not required. This lecture is free and open to the public.

To commemorate the sealing of Magna Carta 800 years ago, Professor Gillian Triggs, President of the Australian Human Rights Commission, will address the state of human rights in Australia. This lecture will be chaired by Dr Helen Watchirs OAM, ACT Public Advocate and ACT Human Rights and Discrimination Commissioner.

This lecture is hosted by the Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House and is part of their events for the 800th anniversary of the sealing of Magna Carta. For further information see www.moadoph.gov.au.