7 December 2006
2006 HUMAN RIGHTS MEDAL AND AWARDS - WINNERS AND HIGHLY COMMENDED
The winners of the 2006 Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission"s (HREOC) Human Rights Medal and Awards will be presented on Thursday, 7 December 2006, during a luncheon ceremony at the Sheraton on the Park Hotel in Sydney, from 12midday to 3pm.
Media personality Julie McCrossin will MC the awards and HREOC President John von Doussa QC will deliver the annual Human Rights Day address to honour International Human Rights Day (10 December).
The winners of the Medal and category awards have been asked to arrive at the venue at 11.15am so they can do any media interviews prior to the ceremony commencing at 12midday. Media are invited to film/record the event and /or speak to the winners/highly commended following the event at 3pm.
To arrange an interview with any of the winners/highly commended please contact Louise McDermott on (02) 9284 9851 or 0419 258 597.
Human Rights Medal
Joint winners: Fr Chris Riley AM - founder of Youth Off The Streets
Phillip Adams AO - human rights activist and broadcaster
Highly commended: Dr Caroline Taylor - advocate for the rights of women and children
Community Award (Organisation)
Winner: Edmund Rice Centre
Highly commended: National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation
Highly commended: South Sydney Youth Services
Community Award (Individual)
Winner: Virginia Walker - co-founder for Bridge for Asylum Seekers
Highly commended: Kari Kristiansen - advocate for Indigenous people
Arts Non-Fiction Award
Winner: Rob Riley: An Aboriginal Leader's Quest for Justice by Quentin Beresford
Highly commended: No Country is an Island: Australia and International Law by Professor Hilary Charlesworth, Madelaine Chiam, Devika Hovell and Professor George Williams
Television Award
Winner: Central Australia Series, Lateline, ABC Television by Brett Evans, Tony Jones, Bronwen Reed and Suzanne Smith
Highly commended: Gay Marriage, Insight, SBS Television by Jenny Brockie, Skye Docherty and Amy Laging
Radio Award
Winner: Being Deaf Pt 1: Time Lost & Pt 2: Deaf and Proud, Street Stories, ABC Radio National by Kirsti Melville
Highly commended: Sex and the Intellectually Disabled, The Law Report, ABC Radio National by Damien Carrick and Anita Barraud
Highly commended: Living like a Slave, PM, ABC Radio by David Mark
Print Media Award
Winner: Australia's War Crimes Fiasco, Sydney Morning Herald by
Debra Jopson and Lisa Pryor
Highly commended: The Murder Capital of Australia, The Age by Russell Skelton
Highly commended: A Life Worth Living, Rugby League Week by Nick Walshaw
Law Award - sponsored by the Law Council of Australia
Winner: Peter Seidel - Head of Arnold Bloch Leibler"s public law practice
Highly commended: Dan Toombs - Disability Law Project
Highly commended: Lawrence Laikind - Disability Discrimination Legal Advocacy Service
Media contact: Louise McDermott on (02) 9284 9851 or 0419 258 597
Last updated January 30, 2008
