Episode 1: The threat to our global public institutions
In Pursuit of Knowledge brings together experts in their fields to examine and illuminate the critical issues of our time
Published 5 September 2024
With the world in seemingly endless escalating crises what role do our global public institutions such as the United Nations and the International Court of Justice play? Are our global public institutions failing us? Do our global public institutions have any real powers and are they able to manage conflict in the way in which they were designed?
Recorded at the University of Melbourne on 29 August 2024
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Panel:
Jon Faine: HostJon Faine is a renowned public broadcaster and Vice-Chancellor’s Fellow at the Melbourne Law School with a roving commission across the University of Melbourne. (Image credit: James Braund)
Dr Carrie McDougallDr Carrie McDougall, from the Melbourne Law School, is an expert in international criminal law and humanitarian law. She has worked at DFAT as a legal specialist and as an advisor at the Australian Mission to the United Nations.
Professor Alison DuxburyProfessor Alison Duxbury, interim Dean of the Melbourne Law School, is an expert in international law, human rights law and public law. She has been Chair of the International Board of the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative and Associate Director of the Asia Pacific Centre for Military Law.
Dr Tania MileticDr Tania Miletic is Co-Director of the University of Melbourne’s Initiative for Peacebuilding within the Arts Faculty. She is an expert in peace and conflict studies and has worked as an analyst and facilitator in a range of government and non-government organisations in peacebuilding, political affairs and community engagement.
