The President of the Australian Human Rights Commission, Emeritus Professor Gillian Triggs, will deliver a free public lecture at Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Bathurst on Friday 12 September.The topic of this CSU Explorations Series lecture is 'Children in immigration detention: what are the human rights issues?' Head of Campus at CSU in Bathurst Mr Col Sharp said "The University thanks the Bathurst Refugee Support Group, and in particular Sister Pat Linnane, for bringing Professor Triggs to Bathurst in the first place. In hosting this public lecture, Charles Sturt University is undertaking its role to confront contemporary issues that are important to our society, and clearly 'child detention' is one such issue. I hope as many community members as possible take this opportunity to hear Professor Triggs, as she is a highly respected figure who can speak with authority on the issues." Professor Triggs' public lecture will outline Australia's key human rights obligations in relation to asylum seekers and refugees, discuss the impacts of closed immigration detention, and provide an update on the Commission's National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention. The Australian Human Rights Commission has worked to promote and protect the human rights of asylum seekers, refugees, and people in immigration detention for more than a decade, and Professor Triggs' long-standing commitment to legal education builds on the Commission's efforts to inform Australians, especially children, about their fundamental human rights. Her focus at the Commission is on the implementation in Australian law of the human rights treaties to which Australia is a party, and to work with nations in the Asia-Pacific region on practical approaches to human rights.