{"id":136086,"date":"2024-05-29T16:12:41","date_gmt":"2024-05-29T16:12:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=136086"},"modified":"2024-05-30T01:45:32","modified_gmt":"2024-05-30T01:45:32","slug":"hugh-de-kretser-appointed-president-of-the-australian-human-rights-commission-by-lawrence-machado","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/hugh-de-kretser-appointed-president-of-the-australian-human-rights-commission-by-lawrence-machado\/","title":{"rendered":"Hugh De Kretser appointed President of the Australian Human Rights Commission &#8211; By Lawrence Machado"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Hugh De Kretser appointed President of the Australian Human Rights Commission &#8211; By Lawrence Machado<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-136089 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/HUGH-1.jpg\" alt=\"HUGH DE KRETSER\" width=\"214\" height=\"286\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\"><em>HUGH DE KRETSER<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-75765 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lawrence-Machado-e1696257503740.jpg\" alt=\"Lawrence Machado\" width=\"118\" height=\"160\" \/><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Prominent human rights lawyer, Hugh De Kretser, who forsake a lucrative career in the corporate world to follow his heart, has been appointed as next President of the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC). The Victorian is the first person of Sri Lankan origin to take charge of this high profile post.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">His appointment was announced officially by the Australian Attorney General Mark Dreyfus this week. Hugh is the son of the former Governor General of Victory, Professor David de Kretser and Jan, and has three siblings, Steve, Mark and Ross.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">\u201cI am absolutely thrilled to be appointed to this role,\u201d Mr De Kretser posted on his LinkedIn page. \u201cHuman rights are the vital ingredients we all need to lead a decent, dignified life. When human rights are respected, our lives are better and our communities are stronger and healthier. Australia can and should be leading the world on human rights.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">\u201cYesterday (May 23), I had the privilege of attending the apology by Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Shane Patton for the harm caused by the role of police in taking Aboriginal children from their families and communities. It was an important acknowledgment and the speeches from Aboriginal leaders and Stolen Generations survivors were profoundly moving.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">\u201cIt underscored the importance of truth telling and the vital work that the <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/yoorrook-justice-commission\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yoorrook Justice Commission<\/a> is doing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">\u201cI\u2019m sad to be leaving friends and colleagues at Yoorrook who have taught me so much. I\u2019m confident that Yoorrook will extend its impact over the next year and continue to achieve its goals of truth, understanding and transformation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-136088 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Attorney-General.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"377\" height=\"513\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>\u00a0Attorney General Mark Dreyfus.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>LOOKING FORWARD TO MY NEW ROLE<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">\u201cI\u2019m looking forward to starting in the new role at\u00a0the end of July and working with the Commissioners and staff to advance the human rights of people and communities across Australia.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The AHRC promotes and protects human rights in Australia and plays a critical role in upholding the rights of all Australians to be treated with dignity\u00a0and live their lives free from discrimination. As president, Mr De Kretser will be responsible for managing the administrative affairs of the AHRC.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">\u201cI am pleased to announce the appointment of Hugh de Kretser has been appointed as next President of the Australian Human Rights Commission,\u201d Mr Dreyfus said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Mr de Kretser\u2019s five-year appointment will commence on July 30, 2024, following the conclusion of Emeritus\u00a0Professor\u00a0Rosalind\u00a0Croucher\u00a0AM\u2019s appointment on July 29.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">\u201cMr de Kretser is currently the Chief Executive Officer of the Yoorrook Justice Commission. Prior to this, he was Executive Director at the Human Rights Law Centre and Executive Officer at the Federation of Community Legal Centres (Victoria) Inc,\u201d Mr Dreyfus said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">\u201cHe has served as a Commissioner of the Victorian Law Reform Commission and a Director of the Sentencing Advisory Council. Mr\u00a0de\u00a0Kretser has occupied board positions for Flourish Australia, the International Network of Civil Liberties Organisations, National Association of Community Legal Centres, and the Human Rights Law Centre.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">\u201cI congratulate Mr de Kretser on his appointment and thank him for taking on this important role.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">\u201cI also thank Professor Croucher for her service as President since 2017. In\u00a0particular, I acknowledge her advocacy to support the Commission retaining its accreditation as Australia\u2019s A-status National Human Rights Institution in 2023.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">In an insightful interview published by the Melbourne Law College in November 2022, De Kretser said he learnt a lot as an employment lawyer at Mallesons, having joined then after graduating in 1997. He said knew the Workplace Relations Act \u201cback-to-front\u201d and enjoyed his role in corporate law. However, when a six-month secondment at a Community Legal Centre came up, Hugh decided to apply and that marked a turning point in his professional life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">\u2018KEEN TO USE MY LEGAL SKILLS TO HELP PEOPLE\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">He said: \u201cI was just so keen to use my legal skills to help people in a deeply-rewarding environment\u201d. He worked as a lawyer at the Brimbank Community Legal Centre, helping clients with matters ranging from domestic violence to minor crime.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-136087 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Prof-David-de-Kretser.jpg\" alt=\"Prof David de Kretser\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em>Prof David de Kretser<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">At university, Mr de Kretser was interested in politics, journalism, history and diplomacy.\u00a0 He later left Mallesons to become the manager of the Brimbank Community Legal Centre. <em>\u201cMy pay was cut in half and my responsibility doubled&#8230;It wasn\u2019t a particularly strategic decision or anything like that. I went with my heart and I just made a choice about the kind of work that made me happy, and I was at a point in my life where I could make that choice,\u201d he said.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em>\u201cAt Brimbank, what frustrated me was seeing the legal system not working properly for people experiencing disadvantage. I really loved helping them in case by case to try and fix that, but I knew we needed to fix the system through law reform. <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em>\u201cWe worked on prisoners\u2019 rights law reform and that was the work that I got the greatest satisfaction out of.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">De Kretser has this advice for young people interested in human rights: <em>\u201cYou don\u2019t have to be called a human rights lawyer to do human rights law. There is a range of interesting careers out there where you can do meaningful work. And you can make a difference wherever you work. We need good people in the corporate sector, in government, in private law firms\u2026\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Hugh\u2019s father is the famous David de Krestser AC who served as the 28th Governor of Victoria from 2006 to 2011. The highly-respected Sri Lankan-born professor is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering and a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians. Prof de Kretser did his junior schooling at St Paul\u2019s School, Milagiriya, and Roya College Primary before migrating to Australia with his family when he was nine years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">In the <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Queen%27s_Official_Birthday\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Queen&#8217;s Birthday<\/a>\u00a0Honours in 2006, he was awarded Australia&#8217;s highest civilian honour,\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Companion_of_the_Order_of_Australia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Companion of the Order of Australia<\/a>\u00a0(AC), and is also a\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Knight\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">knight<\/a>\u00a0of the British\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Venerable_Order_of_Saint_John\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Venerable Order of Saint John<\/a>. In 2001, Prof de Kretser was named Victoria&#8217;s Father of the Year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Prof De Kretser is an eminent reproductive endocrinologist whose appointments at Monash have included Professor of Anatomy. He is the founding Director of the Monash Institute of Medical Research and the Associate Dean for Biotechnology Development.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Ends<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000; font-size: 16px;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #800000; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/elanka-newsletter-sign-up\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Click here to receive your free copy of the eLanka Newsletter twice a week delivered directly\u00a0to\u00a0your\u00a0inbox!<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hugh De Kretser appointed President of the Australian Human Rights Commission &#8211; By Lawrence Machado HUGH DE KRETSER Prominent human rights lawyer, Hugh De Kretser, who forsake a lucrative career in the corporate world to follow his heart, has been appointed as next President of the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC). 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