The Hon Michael Kirby AC CMG has many awards and honours to his name. His career has spanned well over half a century and his contribution to the promotion of human rights through the law has been outstanding. On Monday 25 May 2026, Michael Kirby addressed The Sydney Institute to discuss the publication of Law [...]
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In 2025, the Robert Menzies Institute published the third volume in its Menzies series – titled The Menzies Ascendency - Fortune, Stability, Progress 1954–1961. The Sydney launch took place at The Sydney Institute on Monday 3 February. The book was launched by former High Court judge The Hon Michael Kirby and The Australian’s Paul Kelly. [...]
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Justice Michael Kirby AC CMG is an international jurist, educator and former judge. It is his view that an Australian Criminal Cases Review Commission is needed due to the number of cases of suspect convictions occurring and that sometimes that demands are too heavy on judges to get to the bottom of the detail of the facts [...]
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Title: Suspect Convictions and a Criminal Cases Review Commission Speakers: The Hon Michael Kirby AC Date: Wednesday 21 August 2024 Time: 5.30 for 6pm, Venue: Online via Zoom LIGHT REFRESHMENTS PLEASE NOTE: THIS MEETING IS FOR PAID ASSOCIATE MEMBERS OF THE SYDNEY INSTITUTE ONLY & 1 GUEST - If you would like to renew your [...]
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In 2009, Justice Kirby was appointed a member of a high-level group tasked with identifying the “common values and aspirations” of this unique body. Chaired by Tun Abdullah Badawi (past PM of Malaysia) and including Sir Malcolm Rifkind (past UK Foreign Secretary) and 7 others the group recommended adoption of a Charter to support cohesion, [...]
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