Appendix C – List of Hearings and Witnesses

Sydney

Wednesday, 18 February 2009

Asia Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions

Mr Kieren Fitzpatrick - Director

Australian Human Rights Centre

Professor Andrew Byrnes – Chair, Committee Management

Associate Professor Andrea Durbach – Director

Ms Catherine Renshaw – Research Fellow

Australian Human Rights Commission

The Hon. Catherine Branson QC – President

Ms Cassandra Goldie – Director, Sex and Age Discrimination Unit

Mr David Robinson – Deputy Director, International Programs Unit

Human Rights Council of Australia

Mr Harris van Beek – Member

Secretariat of the Pacific Community

Ms Imrana Jalal – Gender and Human Rights Adviser, Pacific Regional Rights Resource Team

Sydney Centre for International Law

Dr Jacqueline Mowbray – Program Co-Director and Centre Associate

Canberra

Thursday, 19 March 2009

Australian Bahá’í Community

Ms Tessa Scrine – Executive Officer Government Relations

Viet Tan

Mr Diem Hoang Do – Chairman

Dr Phong Nguyen – Central Committee

Mr Duc Minh Truong – Representative

Canberra

Tuesday, 7 April 2009

Amnesty International Australia

Mr John Greenwell – Activist

Mr Andrew Witheford – Government Relations Manager

Australian Council for International Development

Ms Linda Rademakers – Policy Manager

Ms Sarah Winter – Human Rights Adviser

Australian National University

Professor Hilary Charlesworth – Director, Centre for International Governance and Justice

Dr Susan Harris Rimmer – Board Member, UNIFEM Australia; and Research Fellow, Centre for International Governance and Justice

National Children’s and Youth Law Centre

Mr James McDougall - Director and Principal Solicitor

University of New South Wales, Australian Defence Force Academy

Dr Clinton Fernandes – Senior Lecturer

World Vision Australia

Mr James Cox – Team Leader, Human Rights

Ms Eleanor Kennon – Policy Officer, Government Relations Team

Melbourne

Wednesday, 15 April 2009

Australian Council of Trade Unions

Ms Alison Tate – International Officer

Burma Campaign Australia

Ms Mary O’Kane – Member

Castan Centre for Human Rights Law

Miss Erica Contini – Project Officer

Professor Sarah Joseph – Director

Dr Adam McBeth – Deputy Director

Human Rights Law Resource Centre

Ms Rachel Ball – Lawyer

Ms Emily Howie – Senior Lawyer

Uniting Church in Australia

Dr Mark Zirnsak – Director, Justice and International Mission Unit, Synod of Victoria and Tasmania

UnitingWorld

Reverend John Barr – Associate Director, Church Solidarity (Asia)

Canberra

Thursday, 13 August 2009

Australian Agency for International Development

Mr Chris Tinning – Assistant Director-General, Development Partnerships Branch

Mr Robert Tranter – Assistant Director-General

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Mr John Fisher – Assistant Secretary, South-East Asia (South) and Regional Issues Branch

Mr Garth Hunt – Director, China Political and External Section

Mr Craig Maclachlan – Assistant Secretary, International Organisations Branch

Ms Lyndall McLean – Assistant Secretary, South-East Asia (North) Branch

Mr Geoffrey Tooth – Acting First Assistant Secretary, Pacific Division