http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/ en celeste.ecuyer@anu.edu.au Copyright 2009 2009-11-05T03:40:10+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/koreas_division_system_regional_implications/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/koreas_division_system_regional_implications/#When:23:26:27Z The partition of the Korean peninsula has since the end of the Korean War solidified into a ‘division system' encompassing two otherwise contrastive societies. This notion enables an important shift from a state- or ideology-oriented approach to a people-oriented one, focusing on the oppression of the preponderant majority of population on both sides. It also implies a shift to a global, rather than a nationalistic perspective since the division system is conceived as a sub-unit of the world-system. The lecture argues that the notion of a 'division-system' is useful in addressing many current issues, for example, the ongoing nuclear crisis in the peninsula and the question of human rights in North Korea. It will discuss various regional arrangements in which South Korea participates, noting the crucial absence of North Korea in most of them and the presence of Australia in a few. This lecture was the  Korea Institute Distinguished Lecture, presented by the ANU Korea Institute. Public Lecture, International Law, Law, Justice & Law Enforcement, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, Asia and the Pacific 2009-08-31T23:26:27+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/kingdom_of_saudi_arabia_today/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/kingdom_of_saudi_arabia_today/#When:02:34:05Z HRH Prince Turki AlFaisal is Chairman of the Board of the King Faisal Centre for Research and Islamic Studies in Riyadh. He is one of Saudi Arabia's leading intellectuals, with a very rich record of public service.  A graduate of Georgetown University in Washington DC, Prince Turki was appointed as an Advisor to the Royal Court in 1973 and subsequently served as the Director of the General Intelligence Directorate (GID) from 1977 to 2001.  In 2002, Prince Turki was appointed Ambassador to the United Kingdom, and the Republic of Ireland, and from 2005 until 2007 served as Ambassador to the United States. Prince Turki currently sits on the Board of Trustees of the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, the International Crisis Group, and the Centre for Contemporary Arab Studies at Georgetown University.   He is also a Commissioner at the International Commission on Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament. Public Lecture, Law, Justice & Law Enforcement, Philosophy & Religion, Policy & Political Science, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Arts and Social Sciences 2009-06-05T02:34:05+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/accidental_guerrilla/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/accidental_guerrilla/#When:04:23:31Z   In the first few years of the post-9/11 era, the established models for fighting ‘small wars' proved distressingly ineffective against resilient insurgencies in Iraq and Afghanistan. As the insurgents fought Western armies to a stalemate, it was clear that a new approach was necessary. Dr David Kilcullen, a former Australian army officer, and one of the world's most influential experts on guerrilla warfare, became a key architect of the West's revamped military strategy. As the senior advisor to General David Patraeus in Iraq, Kilcullen's revolutionary approach to counterinsurgency was an intellectual foundation for ‘the Surge' of 2007.Kilcullen uncovered the face of modern warfare, illuminating both the global challenge, the ‘War on Terrorism,' and small wars across the world in Afghanistan, Iraq, Indonesia, Thailand, East Timor, and Pakistan. He will explain that today's conflicts are a complex hybrid of contrasting trends that America has tended to conflate, blurring the distinction between local and global struggles, and thereby enormously complicating our challenges. The West has continually misidentified insurgents with limited aims and legitimate grievances-‘accidental guerrillas'-as members of a unified worldwide terror network. We must learn how to disentangle these strands, develop strategies that deal with global threats, avoid local conflicts where possible, and win them where necessary. Public Lecture, Law, Justice & Law Enforcement, Policy & Political Science, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Arts and Social Sciences 2009-06-02T04:23:31+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/clear_thinking_about_national_security/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/clear_thinking_about_national_security/#When:23:43:53Z We often behave as if National Security is too important to think clearly about.  Some risks are ignored, while others are exaggerated.  Policies are adopted to meet threats without any clear idea of what exactly the threat is, how serious it might be, and how it could most cost-effectively be addressed.  Major decisions are made on the most slender of bases: invading Iraq, rebuilding Afghanistan, toughening terrorism laws, buying battleships, have all been undertaken without due diligence by Governments, and the public seems hardly to expect any better.  Yet it should be possible to think clearly about national security and defence questions, applying to them the same standards of evidence, argument and diligence that we would expect in other areas of public policy.  In this lecture Professor Hugh White explored some recent examples of unclear thinking about national security in Australia, attempt to explain why such lapses from common standards of rationality are so common, and suggest some ways we could do better.  Along the way Professor White spoke about terrorism, bird flu, global warming and the rise of China. This Lecture was also filmed and broadcast on A-PAC. Public Lecture, Law, Justice & Law Enforcement, Policy & Political Science, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, Asia and the Pacific 2009-04-02T23:43:53+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/dialogue_justice_peace/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/dialogue_justice_peace/#When:01:27:04Z Our interdependent world creates both new opportunities and new challenges.  The gravest danger today is insecurity, which has taken on global proportions.  In order to deal with the threat of this insecurity, it is imperative for the world community to engage in constructive dialogue, but this must be based on two foundations:  a deep comprehension of civilisations, religions and cultures; and justice. Indeed, in our insecure world, full of extremism and conflict, only serious dialogue, mutual understanding and justice can generate peace and prosperity. This lecture was hosted by Professor Lawrence Cram, Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Vice President of The Australian National University and Professor Amin Saikal, Director of ANU Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies. The lecture was followed by Former Prime Minister of Australia, The Right Honourable Malcolm Fraser AC CH, giving the vote of thanks and launching Professor Amin Saikal's book The Rise and Fall of the Shah: Iran from Autocracy to Religious Rule. The book has a new introduction and preface by Professor Saikal, in which he reflects on what has happened in Iran since the fall of the Shah and relates Iran's past to its political present and future. The lecture was presented by the Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies (the Middle East and Central Asia), ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences.  Public Lecture, Law, Justice & Law Enforcement, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Arts and Social Sciences 2009-04-01T01:27:04+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/do_garnauts_targets_add_up/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/do_garnauts_targets_add_up/#When:01:37:08Z On Friday, 5 September 2008, Professor Ross Garnaut released his much awaited supplementary draft report on targets and trajectories. The report argues that Australia's mid- and long-term targets should be to reduce emissions net of international trading by 10 per cent from 2000 levels by 2020, and 80 per cent by m2050. This, we are told, is a proportionate contribution to the ‘achievable' international goal of stabilising the atmospheric concentration of greenhouse gases at 550 parts per million (ppm) of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2-e). This lecture, Do Garnaut's targets add up? An analysis of the Garnaut Review's targets and trajectories recommendations, explored whether the proposed national targets are consistent with the goal of stabilising atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations at 550 ppm CO2-e and whether the risks associated with his 'overshoot' strategy have been fully explored. Public Lecture, Economics, Environment, Law, Justice & Law Enforcement, ANU College of Law, Law 2008-12-02T01:37:08+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/reforming_united_nations/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/reforming_united_nations/#When:23:32:38Z  Graduate students from The Australian National University have greater access to show their skills on the world stage now The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and ANU have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). The MOU will give ANU graduate students the chance to apply directly for allocated internships with the UNDP - places fiercely contested by students worldwide. The MOU was signed today at the University by Professor Lawrence Cram, Acting Vice-Chancellor on behalf of the University and Dr Bruce Jenks, Assistant Secretary General of the UNDP and Director of the Bureau for Resources and Strategic Partnerships. Following the signing of the MOU, Dr Jenks spoke to graduate students, staff and alumni of the Graduate Studies in International Affairs on the subject of ‘Reforming the United Nations'. Public Lecture, International Law, Law, Justice & Law Enforcement, Policy & Political Science, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific 2008-11-05T23:32:38+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/regional_security_and_middle_power_diplomacy/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/regional_security_and_middle_power_diplomacy/#When:01:47:39Z This lecture is the Annual Dr John Gee Memorial Lecture and was presented by the Lowy Institute for International Policy and The Strategic and Defence Studies Centre. Dr Kelly will address the Rudd Government's approach to regional security and middle power diplomacy. He will cover the role of the three pillars - the US alliance, membership of the United Nations, and comprehensive engagement with the countries of Asia and the Pacific - in shaping Australia's role in the region and the world. Dr Kelly will also outline Australia's approach to new and emerging regional security challenges from a Defence perspective, including the importance of relationships and alliances to regional stability in the 21st century.About Dr John GeeDr John Gee served with distinction as an Australian diplomat in a number of countries. His greatest contribution, however, was in the field of disarmament, where he had a particular interest in chemical weapons. After a period as a Commissioner on the United Nations Special Commission on Iraq following the first Gulf War, he became Deputy Director-General of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons in The Hague, serving there until 2003. In recognition of his achievements, Dr Gee was made a member of the Order of Australia in January 2007. For more information on the Lowy Institute for International Policy go to: http://www.lowyinstitute.org/ Law, Justice & Law Enforcement, Policy & Political Science, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, Asia and the Pacific, Business and Economics 2008-09-05T01:47:39+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/modern_war/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/modern_war/#When:05:31:00Z Warfare has become a legal institution. Law organises and disciplines the military, defines the battle-space, privileges killing the enemy, and offers a common language to debate the legitimacy of waging war - down to the tactics of particular battle. At the same time, law is no longer a matter of firm distinctions - combatant and non-combatant, war and peace. It has become a flexible and strategic partner for both the military and for humanitarians seeking to restrain the violence of warfare. The relationship between modern war and modern law is made all the more complex by today's asymmetric conflicts, and by the loss of a shared vision about what the law means and how it should be applied. In this lecture Professor Kennedy explores the ways in which good legal arguments can make people lose their moral compass and sense of responsibility for the violence of war. Professor Kennedy's visit was organised by the Asia Pacific Centre for Military Law. Public Lecture, International Law, Law, Justice & Law Enforcement, Policy & Political Science, ANU College of Law, Asia and the Pacific, Law 2008-06-04T05:31:00+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/risk_uncertainty_national_security/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/risk_uncertainty_national_security/#When:03:10:00Z Officially we are still fighting a "War on Terror", but few people in Australia would say we are still living in an "Age of Terror". Oil prices have quadrupled, but we have not seen the same panicked queuing at petrol stations as when this last occurred. This lecture launches an important new book, Uncertainty and Risk: Multidisciplinary Perspectives , by discussing how risk and uncertainty inform the democratic politics of national security; and more specifically, how the management of national security is framed by the changing ways in which society assesses uncertainty and risk. It explores the emotion of fear in individual and social contexts, and examines how different security fears lead to different structures of national security. At this lecture, Professor Wesley launched Uncertainty and Risk: Multidisciplinary Perspectives edited by ANU Professors Gabriele Bammer and Michael Smithson. Uncertainty and Risk: Multidisciplinary Perspectives (Earthscan 2008), is a wide-ranging volume drawing perspectives from art history, complexity science, economics, emergency management, futures, history, intelligence, law, law enforcement, music, philosophy, physics, policy, politics, psychology, statistics and theology. Key problems that are a subject of focus are environmental management, communicable diseases and illicit drugs. Opening and closing sections of the book provide major conceptual strands in uncertainty thinking and develop an integrated view of the nature of uncertainty, uncertainty as a motivating or de-motivating force, and strategies for coping and managing under uncertainty. Public Lecture, Law, Justice & Law Enforcement, Policy & Political Science, ANU College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Arts and Social Sciences 2008-05-09T03:10:00+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/realism_peace/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/realism_peace/#When:22:27:00Z In this lecture, Professor White discusses the morality and ethical challenges of war, as examined by Professor Coady in his new book, Morality & Political Violence. Political violence, in the form of wars, insurgencies, violent revolutions and counter-revolutions, and terrorism constitutes a major human challenge today as so often in the past. The challenge is not only to life and limb, but also to morality itself. Professor Coady puts the problems posed by this challenge into the frame of reflective ethics. Against the background of a contemporary approach to just war thinking, he examines the right to make war, moral dimensions to the conduct of war, terrorism, mercenary warriors, conscientious objection, the rights of combatants and non-combatants, the ideal of peace and much else. Public Lecture, Law, Justice & Law Enforcement, Policy & Political Science, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, Arts and Social Sciences 2008-05-06T22:27:00+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/socratic_forum/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/socratic_forum/#When:23:25:00Z In this debate, ANU plays host to a number of influential public figures including ACT Attorney General Simon Corbell; Dr Clive Hamilton, The Australia Institute; Professor Peter Bailey, ANU; Channel 10's Political Commentator, Paul Bongiorno; Karen Middleton, SBS; and Charles Sampford from the Institute of Ethics Governance and Law. Speakers contest a vigorous debate on issues surrounding Commonwealth-State Relations in Australia. The Socratic Forum is part of a national discussion series aimed at encouraging frank, non-partisan and open debate on issues of importance to the Australian community. Public Lecture, Economics, Law, Justice & Law Enforcement, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, ANU College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Law 2008-03-13T23:25:00+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/future_un_security_council/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/future_un_security_council/#When:01:33:00Z 2008 has already brought major new challenges for diplomats. The situations in Kenya and Pakistan underline the depths of the problems in Africa and elsewhere. The Security Council and UN peacekeepers were already at historically high levels of activity in 2006-2007. Can they take on any more? NATO, the EU, the US, the Nordics, and Australia and New Zealand also seem to be stretched to the limit. Perhaps it is time for some searching analysis of whether the current machinery for international collective security is up to the challenges of the 21st Century. The UN Security Council is at the heart of that system. But is it living up to its potential? Can it be reformed and what kinds of reforms might improve the overall outlook? What does the future hold? These are all important questions at a time when Australia is exploring new options for an enhanced multilateral role. Public Lecture, Law, Justice & Law Enforcement, Policy & Political Science, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, Law 2008-02-19T01:33:00+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/biosecurity_upgrading_web_prevention/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/biosecurity_upgrading_web_prevention/#When:01:17:00Z In this lecture Professor Dando reviews international control of the biotechnology revolution, the threat of deliberate disease - from biowarfare, bioterrorism, and the possible misuse of benignly intended civil research. He looks at the recent history of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention and the emphasis on in-depth implementation of the Convention including codes of conduct and education for life scientists. Professor Dando argues that there is much evidence that life scientists know very little about these issues. There is a wider question of how this prohibition regime might be strengthened. He asks, could the education of life scientists be improved though the development of appropriate education modules? Public Lecture, Biological Sciences, Law, Justice & Law Enforcement, ANU College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Medicine and Life Science 2008-02-19T01:17:00+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/just_war_theory/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/just_war_theory/#When:23:45:00Z For several thousand years, philosophers, lawyers, and theologians have developed a theory of the just war, where rules are set for deciding when a war should be fought and what tactics can be employed in war. During the entirety of that period chemical and biological weapons have been banned. In this public lecture, reasons are given for thinking that just war theory cannot support a complete ban on such weapons, unless a similar ban on the use of bombs is also endorsed. Public Lecture, Law, Justice & Law Enforcement, Medical & Health Science, Policy & Political Science, ANU College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Arts and Social Sciences 2007-11-26T23:45:00+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/devils_advocate_guarding_australia/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/devils_advocate_guarding_australia/#When:23:58:01Z Part of a series of public debates hosted by the Australian National University and The Canberra Times. Join a diverse panel of ANU experts in a lively discussion of the major issues driving this election. The Dr Mohamed Haneef case continues to be a thorn in the Federal Government’s side, as more questions are raised about the way in which his visa was removed. Now overseas doctors are said to be ‘boycotting’ Australia because of the incident. Are Australia’s anti-terror measures doing the nation good or harm? How do both major parties plan to keep Australian’s secure? And how do they differ on what it means to be Australian in the first place? Public Lecture, Law, Justice & Law Enforcement, Policy & Political Science, University, Law 2007-11-13T23:58:01+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/devils_advocate_the_states_nation/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/devils_advocate_the_states_nation/#When:00:06:01Z Part of a series of public debates hosted by The Australian National University and The Canberra Times. A diverse panel of ANU experts in a lively discussion of the major issues driving this election. Debate 2 – The States of the Nation – is moderated by Andrew Fraser. What is the future of federation? What impact is the Federal Government’s foray into water, health, education and Indigenous Affairs having? And how will these shifts affect the outcome of the election? Public Lecture, Law, Justice & Law Enforcement, Policy & Political Science, University, Law 2007-11-08T00:06:01+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/coercive_reconciliation/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/coercive_reconciliation/#When:02:52:00Z On 21 June 2007 Prime Minister John Howard and Minister for Indigenous Affairs Mal Brough declared a ‘national emergency’ in relation to child sexual abuse in the Northern Territory. In an unprecedented set of actions, the Commonwealth has taken direct control of communities, overriding the authority of both the NT Government and local community organisations in the name of creating safe and healthy environments for children. In this public lecture, Dr Hinkson, Professor Behrendt, Ms Watson and Professor Altman contributors to the first book about the intervention Coercive Reconciliation: Stabilise, Normalise, Exit Aboriginal Australia assess the intervention from the perspectives of human rights, welfare and land rights reforms, Indigenous representation and reconciliation, and the recognition of cultural diversity. Public Lecture, Law, Justice & Law Enforcement, Policy & Political Science, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, University, Law 2007-10-16T02:52:00+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/international_justice_criminal_court/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/international_justice_criminal_court/#When:00:17:00Z The International Criminal Court (ICC) is the first permanent judicial body with jurisdiction over genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. The ICC has recently embarked on its first prosecution: the trial of Thomas Lubanga Dyilo for crimes allegedly committed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Arrest warrants have been issued for individuals in relation to the situation in Darfur, Sudan, and for crimes committed in Uganda. An investigation into crimes allegedly committed in the Central African Republic has also commenced. As the ICC has become operational, further countries have solidified their support for the Court and recognised its role in the promotion of global peace and security and the rule of law. In this public lecture, the ICC’s first prosecutor, Mr. Luis Moreno-Ocampo, addresses the new system of international criminal justice being spearheaded by the Court. Public Lecture, Law, Justice & Law Enforcement, Policy & Political Science, ANU College of Law, Law 2007-08-21T00:17:00+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/contracting_cultures/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/contracting_cultures/#When:00:34:00Z In intellectual property, there has been much interest of late in the creative use of contract law - especially with the development of the Creative Commons. By necessity, Indigenous communities have been pioneers in the creative use of contract law. In light of the glacial progress to reform legislative regimes and international treaties to protect traditional knowledge, Indigenous peoples have been forced to make creative use of contract law in order to protect their cultural interests. Rather than employing contract law to keep material in the public domain, Indigenous communities have used creative contracts to safeguard traditional knowledge. Creative contracts have been a means to ward-off free riders, copycats, and bio-pirates. In the field of copyright law, contractual terms have been used to provide protection for economic and moral interests in Indigenous intellectual property. Contracts have also been used to deal with the commission, licensing, and resale of Indigenous art. In the area of industrial property, Indigenous communities have relied upon contract law to negotiate benefits arising out of the exploitation of patented inventions, trademarks, and confidential information. In the field of access to genetic resources, Indigenous land use agreements can include benefit-sharing agreements in respect of bioprospecting. Seminar, Indigenous Studies, Law, Justice & Law Enforcement, ANU College of Law, Law 2007-07-19T00:34:00+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/europe_global_actor/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/europe_global_actor/#When:04:49:01Z The European Union (EU) has huge potential to enhance its influence in the world with its 27 Member States and almost 500 million citizens. Europe is also increasingly connected to the Asia-Pacific area – in terms of economic relations, crisis management, global environment and climate issues. What are the challenges for the external relations of Europe? How to tap the potential of the Europe-Australia relationship? This address is a unique opportunity to listen to the views of the President of the Republic of Finland whose country held the presidency of the EU for the last six months of 2006, steered thousands of meetings to coordinate the EU's policies, and conducted hundreds of sessions to discuss international topics with other countries. Public Lecture, Law, Justice & Law Enforcement, Policy & Political Science, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Arts and Social Sciences 2007-02-19T04:49:01+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/east_timor/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/east_timor/#When:03:29:00Z In his first visit to Australia as Prime Minister of Timor-Leste, Dr Jose Ramos-Horta discusses the current political situation in his country. Dr Ramos-Horta, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate and accomplished diplomat, was handed one of the biggest challenges of his life on 10 July 2006, he became Timor-Leste’s second Prime Minister. He came to the position amid high expectations that he restore political stability, reconstitute the security forces, promote development, eradicate corruption and revive public faith in the country’s fledgling democracy. Although conditions remain bleak, he is widely viewed as the best person for promoting reconciliation and restoring hope. In accepting the difficult task of Prime Minister, he put aside personal ambition by withdrawing from the shortlist of candidates for the United Nations Secretary-General. This lecture was presented by the Asia-Pacific College of Diplomacy, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific. Public Lecture, Biological Sciences, Law, Justice & Law Enforcement, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, Arts and Social Sciences, Asia and the Pacific 2006-10-13T03:29:00+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/us_military_commissions/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/us_military_commissions/#When:04:34:00Z David Hicks, accused of being an enemy combatant in the war on terrorism and held at Guantanamo Bay, has become a household name in Australia. Reports of his case have appeared regularly in the media, often including comments from his defence lawyer Major Michael Mori of the US Marine Corps. In this lecture Major Mori outlines the proposed trial proceedings for US military commissions and discuss whether or not the rules and procedures will accord with the minimum requirements mandated under International Humanitarian Law. He also considers whether the proceedings are able to provide for the appropriate level of independent checks and balances of an established justice system. This lecture was sponsored by  the Australian Red Cross and the Centre for International and Public Law. Public Lecture, Law, Justice & Law Enforcement, ANU College of Law, Law 2006-08-18T04:34:00+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/erstwhile_land_rights_advocate/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/erstwhile_land_rights_advocate/#When:05:54:00Z Late in his term on the High Court, Justice McHugh, one of the majority in the Mabo decision and one of the dissentients in Wik, expressed criticism of the "costly and time-consuming" native title system. He thought it was unable to fairly evaluate the competing legal rights of landholders and native-title holders. In this lecture presented by the National Centre for Indigenous Studies and the Centre for International and Public Law, Father Frank Brennan argues that the issue now is not the legitimacy of land rights but determining the cut-off point for recognising native-title rights when other parties also have rights over the same land. He also argues the importance of matching the remaining native-title rights with the real, rather than imagined, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander aspirations. Public Lecture, Indigenous Studies, Law, Justice & Law Enforcement, ANU College of Law, Law 2006-07-27T05:54:00+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/mabo_case/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/mabo_case/#When:06:03:01Z A judicial revolution occurred in 1992 when the High Court discarded the doctrine of terra nullius in the Mabo case. The ruling had repercussions for Indigenous peoples within Australia and around the world, especially in Canada, New Zealand, and the United States. In this lecture presented by the Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research (CAEPR), ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Professor Peter Russell considers the background and consequences of the Mabo case, contextualising it within the international struggle of Indigenous peoples to overcome their colonized status. He weaves together a historical narrative of Eddie Mabo’s life with an account of the legal and ideological premises of European imperialism, outlining the implications of the Mabo ruling for judicial, constitutional and Indigenous politics. Public Lecture, History & Archeology, Indigenous Studies, Law, Justice & Law Enforcement, Policy & Political Science, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Arts and Social Sciences, Law 2006-03-23T06:03:01+10:00