# Event Details - **Event Name**: Do International Human Rights Still Matter in 2026? - **Event Start and End Date**: Mon, 24 Aug, 2026 at 06:00 pm – Mon, 24 Aug, 2026 at 07:00 pm - **Event Description**: Join Philippe Bolopion and Daniela Gavshon from Human Rights Watch in conversation hosted by the Human Rights Program, Melbourne Law School.About this EventWhat happens when the institutions built to safeguard human dignity begin to falter?Across the front lines of human rights struggles, the future of freedom may rest not on the actions of great powers, but on whether democracies and civil society can adapt, innovate, and lead the fight for rights in a rapidly changing world.Executive Director of Human Rights Watch, Philippe Bolopion, will be joined in conversation with Daniela Gavshon, Australia Director of Human Rights Watch. https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events2/banners/f86adec0-9ea2-11f1-86dd-a9509dccaf4b-rimg-w740-h740-dc383838-gmir.jpg Philippe Bolopion is the Executive Director of Human Rights Watch. He was formerly the United Nations Director of Human Rights Watch and has held several leadership positions. Bolopion has extensive experience in designing and implementing Human Rights Watch’s advocacy strategies worldwide and in overseeing the organization’s advocacy response to crises. He has traveled extensively to conflict zones, including in Myanmar, Burundi, South Sudan, the Central African Republic, and Mali. Prior to joining Human Rights Watch in 2010, he spent five years working with the French daily Le Monde as the UN correspondent in New York. He has also worked as a journalist for France 24 and Radio France Internationale (RFI). Before working in New York, Bolopion was based in Pristina, where he reported on the end of the Kosovo Conflict in 1999 and 2000. Most recently he was the managing director of the French asset management firm TOBAM, where he helped launch a democracy-centered investment strategy.Bolopion is the author of “Guantanamo: le bagne du bout du monde” (La Découverte, 2004). He is a graduate of Sciences Po Bordeaux and the CUEJ, the journalism school of Strasbourg. https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events2/banners/f8845a30-9ea2-11f1-86dd-a9509dccaf4b-rimg-w1200-h330-dcf8f8f8-gmir.jpg https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events4/banners/f89aa150-9ea2-11f1-86dd-a9509dccaf4b-rimg-w740-h740-dc383838-gmir.jpg Daniela Gavshon is the Australia director at Human Rights Watch. She leads the organization’s engagement with the Australian government on foreign and domestic policy.Prior to joining Human Rights Watch, she spent ten years working at the Justice and Equity Centre (formerly, Public Interest Advocacy Centre) where she founded the Truth and Accountability program. There, she led human rights and war crimes investigations and a landmark project mapping laws and policies affecting First Nations people in Australia.From 2009-2012, Daniela was the Solomon Islands Head of Office for the International Center for Transitional Justice where she advised and supported the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. In addition, Daniela has held positions in the Australian government foreign aid portfolio and with UN Women working on women, peace and security.She is an adjunct lecturer at the University of New South Wales. Daniela holds degrees in law and arts from the University of Sydney and obtained a master’s in international humanitarian law from the Geneva Academy on International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights. She is the co-chair of the International Bar Association’s War Crimes Committee.If you are a University of Melbourne alumni, information about your participation may be shared with the Advancement team, as explained in our . - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/carlton/do-international-human-rights-still-matter-in-2026/100001996429967776 - **Event Categories**: fitness, Art, literary-art - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 - **Event Highlights**: - door_time: 2026-08-24T08:00:00Z - Duration: 1 hour - Location: Theatre G08, Melbourne Law School (Building 106) - Languages: English ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: AUD ## Event venue details - **city**: Carlton - **state**: VI - **country**: Australia - **location**: Theatre G08, Melbourne Law School (Building 106) - **lat**: -37.80240240000001 - **long**: 144.960079 - **full address**: Theatre G08, Melbourne Law School (Building 106), 185 Pelham Street, Carlton, Australia ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Do International Human Rights Still Matter in 2026? - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events4/banners/8a2d20258d5ac9fa33954d36ee45ae03de1e2e6129214b189b5e71ea847b2002-rimg-w1200-h600-dc081838-gmir.jpg?v=1786250166 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Do International Human Rights Still Matter in 2026? being held? - **A:** Do International Human Rights Still Matter in 2026? takes place on Mon, 24 Aug, 2026 at 06:00 pm to Mon, 24 Aug, 2026 at 07:00 pm at Theatre G08, Melbourne Law School (Building 106), 185 Pelham Street, Carlton, Australia. - **Q**: Who is organizing Do International Human Rights Still Matter in 2026?? - **A:** Do International Human Rights Still Matter in 2026? is organized by Melbourne Law School. ## Structured Data (JSON-LD) ```json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Event", "name": "Do International Human Rights Still Matter in 2026?", "image": "https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events4/banners/8a2d20258d5ac9fa33954d36ee45ae03de1e2e6129214b189b5e71ea847b2002-rimg-w1200-h600-dc081838-gmir.jpg?v=1786250166", "startDate": "2026-08-24", "endDate": "2026-08-24", "url": "https://allevents.in/carlton/do-international-human-rights-still-matter-in-2026/100001996429967776", "location": { "@type": "Place", "name": "Theatre G08, Melbourne Law School (Building 106)", "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "streetAddress": "185 Pelham Street", "postalCode": "3053", "addressLocality": "Carlton", "addressRegion": "VI", "addressCountry": "AU" }, "geo": { "@type": "GeoCoordinates", "latitude": "-37.80240240000001", "longitude": "144.960079" } }, "eventAttendanceMode": "https://schema.org/OfflineEventAttendanceMode", "description": "Join Philippe Bolopion and Daniela Gavshon from Human Rights Watch in conversation hosted by the Human Rights Program, Melbourne Law School.", "offers": [ { "@type": "AggregateOffer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "AUD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-09-04", "availabilityEnds": "2026-08-24", "validFrom": "2026-09-04", "lowPrice": "0.00", "highPrice": "0.00", "price": "0.00", "url": "https://allevents.in/carlton/do-international-human-rights-still-matter-in-2026/100001996429967776" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "AUD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-09-04", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://allevents.in/carlton/do-international-human-rights-still-matter-in-2026/100001996429967776", "price": 0, "name": "Registration" } ], "organizer": [ { "@type": "Organization", "name": "Melbourne Law School", "url": "https://allevents.in/org/melbourne-law-school/19492999" } ] } ] ```