Speeches and Presentations

APR2P participates and hosts multiple events concerning human rights, international law and topics related to R2P and atrocity prevention throughout any given year. APR2P staff, patrons and other distinguished guests frequently talk at these events, and below are transcripts of speeches and presentations that have been given.

Queensland Kristallnacht Commemoration 9 November 2022: Genocide prevention through the eyes of my grandparents. Address by Nikki Marczak (PDF, 213KB).

Remarks for Yom Ha'Shoah, 28 April 2022, Brisbane, Australia. Address by Professer Alex Bellamy, (PDF, 153KB).

Dr Surin Pitsuwan Memorial Oration: The Responsibility to Protect (R2P) through the Human Rights Lens: Implications for South-east Asia, Jakarta 2019 (PDF, 2.6MB) (Spotlight article, Issue 58, September 2019).

The Genocide Convention at 70, by Professor Alex Bellamy in Brisbane, Australia, 10 December 2018 (PDF, 101KB). 

Keynote Address by Professor the Hon Gareth Evans, Bangkok 2018 (PDF, 359KB) (Spotlight article, Issue 51, September 2018).

The Inaurgural Dr Surin Pitsuwan Memorial Oration, Bangkok 2018 (PDF, 351KB) (Spotlight article, Issue 49, September 2018)

Address by Prof. Alex Bellamy on Yom Ha'Shoah in Brisbane, Australia, 1 April 2018 (PDF, 45KB).

Presentation by Prof. Alex Bellamy commemorating Yom Ha'Shoah in Brisbane, Australia, 15 April 2015 (PDF, 1.8MB) (Spotlight article, Issue 20, April 2015).

National Human Rights Institutions and the Responsibility to Protect: Reflections from the Philippine Experience. Remarks by Loretta Ann P. Rosales at the International Conference on the Responsibility to Protect at 10 (PDF, 54KB).

Promoting and Advancing the Responsibility to Protect in Cambodia: What Role for Academia? Remarks by Professor Pou Sovachana at the International Conference on the Responsibility to Protect at 10 (PDF, 105KB).

Keynote Dinner Address by Professor the Hon. Gareth Evans AC QC, at the International Conference on the Responsiblity to Protect at 10, 26 February 2015 (PDF, 259KB).

Keynote Address by His Excellency Samdech Hun Sen at the International Conference on the Responsibility to Protect at 10, 26 February 2015 (PDF, 321KB). 

Lecture presented by Prof. Alex Bellamy on The Responsibility to Protect and International Law in Santa Cataraina, Brazil, 4 June 2014 (PDF, 529KB) (Spotlight article, Issue 10, June 2014).

Presentation by Prof. Tim Dunne on R2P as an Academic Pursuit at UQ, 2 October 2012 (PDF, 3.7MB) (Spotlight article, Issue 1, December 2012).