Esteemed international jurist, human rights advocate and former Australian High Court judge Michael Kirby is one of several new speakers and panellists who have been announced as participants in the Free + Equal Human Rights Conference during this year's Vivid Sydney festival.
Justice Kirby will join the line-up for the Rights On Time show on the evening of Thursday 6 June in the Hyatt Regency Grand Ballroom where he'll panel through time with Waleed Aly, Jennifer Robinson, Nazeem Hussain, Adam Spencer and others as they try to save the future from rights gone wrong.
Other speakers and panellists who have just been announced include:
- Academic, lawyer and First Nations rights advocate Dr Hannah McGlade
- Human Rights Law Centre CEO Caitlin Reiger
- Human Rights Law Centre Campaign Manager Daney Faddoul
- Transgender rights advocate Aisya Zaharin
- Daily Aus co-founder and media commentator Sam Kowalski
- Cheek Media Founder/CEO and media commentator Hannah Ferguson
- Common Cause Director and values-based messaging expert Mark Chenery
- Common Cause Associate and values-based messaging expert Gemma Pitcher
Presented by the Australian Human Rights Commission, the Free + Equal Human Rights Conference will take place over 6 and 7 June at the Hyatt Regency in Sydney and will focus on revitalizing Australia's human rights framework, including efforts to introduce an Australian Human Rights Act. The conference will include 12 engaging sessions and events featuring a diverse line-up of more than 60 eminent experts, thought leaders, social justice advocates and community heroes.
