Human rights advocate Julian Burnside AO QC will deliver the 2017 Southgate Oration at Flinders’ Bedford Park campus on 26 October.<\/p>\n
The celebrated barrister\u2019s one-hour speech will address how and why Australia is harming refugees.<\/p>\n
This 9th annual oration presented by the Southgate Institute For Health, Society and Equity will be held in the Flinders University Health Sciences Lecture Theatre 1.01 at 12.30pm.<\/p>\n
In addition to being a passionate proponent of human rights, Julian Burnside is an Australian barrister who practises principally in commercial litigation, trade practices and administrative law.<\/p>\n
He was elected an Australian Living Treasure for his tireless work to champion social justice and in 2009\u00a0was made an Officer of the Order of Australia for service as a human rights advocate, particularly for refugees and asylum seekers, and for service to the arts and to the law.<\/p>\n
In 2004 Julian Burnside was awarded the Human Rights Law Award by the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission for his pro-bono legal work for asylum seekers and for his work in establishing Spare Lawyers for Refugees.<\/p>\n
In 2007 he received the Australian Peace Prize from the Peace Organisation of Australia and in 2014 he won the Sydney Peace Prize from the Sydney Peace Foundation.<\/p>\n