A conversation with Madeline Gleeson at the National Portrait Gallery, Canberra

Madeline Gleeson will join The Saturday Paper's chief political correspondent, Karen Middleton, for 'A Month of Saturdays'; afternoon conversations at the National Portrait Gallery in Canberra.  Madeline kicks of the series on the 3 September, 3.00-3.30pm.  Other speakers throughout the month-long line-up include environmentalist Tim Flannery, Indigenous leader Marcia Langton and economist Chris Richardson. 

Madeline is a lawyer and Research Associate at the Andrew and Renata Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law. She holds a Master in International Law from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, Switzerland, which she completed after being awarded the prestigious John Monash scholarship in 2012. Madeline also holds a Bachelor in International Studies and Bachelor of Laws with First Class Honours from the University of New South Wales, and a Diploma of Political Studies from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques in Aix en Provence, France. Previously, Madeline worked with the UNHCR and the International Catholic Migration Commission in Geneva, with the Jesuit Refugee Service in Cambodia, and as a solicitor in Australia. She also has human rights and refugee experience in South Africa and Indonesia. Madeline’s research areas include State responsibility, extraterritorial human rights obligations, offshore processing, and the protection of children.

Early this year, Madeline published her new book Offshore: Behind the wire on Manus and Nauru.  This essential book provides a comprehensive and uncompromising overview of the first three years of offshore processing since it recommenced in 2012. It explains why offshore processing was re-established, what life is like for asylum seekers and refugees on Nauru and Manus, what asylum seekers, refugees and staff in the offshore detention centres have to say about what goes on there, and why the truth has been so hard to find. 

This is a free event (donations welcome) and no registration is required. For more information.