Sir Kenneth Bailey Memorial Lecture
The Sir Kenneth Bailey Memorial Lecture was inaugurated in 1999, at the Commemoration of the Centenary of the 1899 Hague Peace Conference. The lecture, focusing on Australia in the international legal order, honours the Fourth Dean of the Melbourne Law School, Kenneth Hamilton Bailey, who played a significant part in Australia's contribution to the formation of the United Nations.
The Melbourne Journal of International Law has co-hosted the lecture with the Melbourne Law School since 2016.
2023 Annual Lecture
Mr Les Malezer — Breaking Laws and Making Laws on Indigenous Peoples: From the National to the International
In this lecture, Mr Malezer draws on his extensive experience working in local, national and international organisations on the rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to consider the contemporary challenges to changing laws and doctrines regarding the status of Indigenous peoples in Australia. He recounts his personal perspectives on the way in which international processes on the rights of Indigenous peoples can supplement the national processes to enhance the goals of justice and equality for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
The lecture was presented at the Melbourne Law School on 6 September 2023.