Treatment of asylum seekers and refugees - can the International Criminal Court prosecute Australia's leaders forcrimes against humanity?

How has Australia ended up here? A modern and democratic country - and early signatory to the UN Refugee Convention - is now referred to the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity. Members of the panel will talk about their submissions to the ICC, and will examine why has happened.

The five submissions made to the International Criminal Court (ICC) regarding Australia’s treatment of refugees and Asylum Seekers in Offshore detention centres can be viewed at: https://australianrefugeeactionnetwork.wordpress.com/resources/

Join us for a forum to know more about this international legal tool and how – as civil society – we can be part of a concerted effort to end this human tragedy.

Speakers

Mohammad Ali Baqiri, Refugee advocate formerly detained on Nauru

Tracie Aylmer, Human rights advocate, and submitter to the ICC

Julian Burnside QC and Human rights advocate and submitter to the ICC

Professor Gillian Triggs, Vice Chancellor’s Fellow University of Melbourne and formerly president of the Australian Human Rights Commission

Moderator : Corinne Grant, lawyer and media personnality

Contacts : Justice4refugees@gmail.com