Centre Launch Ceremony 25 October 2012

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Voluntary palliated starvation. Adjunct Professor Julian Savulescu delivered the 2014 ACHLR annual public lecture on the place of refusal of food and hydration in end of life decision-making. Julian Savulescu is the Uehiro Chair in Practical Ethics, Director of the Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics and the Oxford Centre for Neuroethics, as well as being an Adjunct Professor to the Centre.

Mental health law reform: a human rights approach. Co-hosted with the Mental Health Commission and the Public Advocate, Dr Ian Freckelton SC outlined the key human rights principles that should underpin reform to mental health laws in Australia in advance of reform proposals for Qld. Dr Freckelton is a Queen's Counsel and a member of the Victorian and Tasmanian Bars.

Should women be paid for donating their eggs for medical research? Professor Loane Skene delivered the 2013 ACHLR inaugural annual public lecture on whether women should be paid for donating their eggs for medical research. Professor Skene is a senior lecturer at the Melbourne University Law School and is widely regarded as a pioneer of Australian health law.