When I was a wide-eyed little thing I entered and won an essay on human rights run by the Castan Centre for Human Rights (based in the Monash Law Faculty). It was an awesome experience for me, I learnt a lot and I think it’s really important we have places that celebrate, discuss and bemoan the degradation of human rights in Australia and around the world.
Plus if it means a few slick young law students with dollar signs in their eyes are reminded about fighting the good fight for the little people during the studies, that’s nothing but good news.
The Centre is running its annual appeal at the moment so if you have a dollar or two to chip in, you can do so here.