2013 Conference to commemorate the 1963 United Nations Seminar on the Role of Police in the Protection of Human Rights, to be held in Canberra, Australia 16-18 April 2013.

In April 2013, the ARC Centre of Excellence in Policing and Security (CEPS) will be holding a three day conference to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the original Seminar. The 2013 conference will examine issues from the 1963 seminar, address the evolution of human rights since 1963, and also consider new topics of concern that did not confront law enforcement in 1963. These issues include discrimination (e.g. gender, race, disability); indigenous concerns; the role of technology and forensic science; the internationalisation of policing; balancing human rights and security; interviewing; the role of modern policing; corruption and ethics; and the differing structures of policing. The 2013 conference will be an opportunity to re-engage professionals and academics in the fields of human rights and policing, and to create a discourse about issues that face police in the 21st Century.

Key speakers include
Professor Andy Hughes, University of Wollongong, former Head of ACT Policing, Fiji Police and United Nations Police, former senior executive in the AFP and Interpol;
Chief (Ret.) Dr Karin Montejo, former Division Chief at the Miami-Dade Police Department, USA, author of Women Cops: Positioning Yourself for Promotion, A Step by Step Guide for Getting Promoted up the Ranks;
Dr Tony Murney, Police Advisor, UNDP, Afghanistan;
Helen Watchirs, ACT Human Rights and Discrimination Commissioner;
Detective Inspector John Zdrilic, Crime Manager of the NSW Police Central Hunter Local Area Command and former Senior Investigator at the International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia.

All information about the conference, including the final program and registration form, is available on the conference website at http://www.ceps.edu.au/events/59