Sev Ozdowski Explained

Professor
Sev Ozdowski
Birth Name:Seweryn Antoni Ozdowski
Birth Date:24 June 1949
Birth Place:Poland
Nationality:Australian
Known For:Sociologist
Occupation:Australian Human Rights Commission

Seweryn Antoni "Sev" Ozdowski (born 24 June 1949, in Poland) is an Australian human rights advocate and social researcher, former senior civil servant and Human Rights Commissioner and Disability Discrimination Commissioner for the Australian government from 2000 to 2005. Ozdowski is known for his defence of human rights of refugees, especially child asylum seekers detained in Australia and people with disabilities and mental illness as well as for his contribution to multicultural policies in Australia.[1] [2] [3] [4]

Born in Poland, Ozdowski graduated with a Master of Laws (LLM) in 1971 and Master of Arts (MA) in Sociology in 1973 from Poznań University, Poland and with a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) from the University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales in 1980. In 1984 he was awarded the Harkness Fellowship for post-graduate work at Harvard, Georgetown and Berkeley Universities in USA (1984–86).

Career

Ozdowski[5] was the Australian Human Rights Commissioner and Disability Discrimination Commissioner from 2000 to 2005.[6] [7] During this time Ozdowski authored the report about the National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention (2004), A Last Resort?, which talks about the human rights of the children who arrived in Australia to seek protection from Autocratic rule of Iraq and Afghanistan. As Disability Discrimination Commissioner, in 2005 Ozdowski conducted the National Inquiry into Mental Health Services Not for Service.[8] Currently Ozdowski is Professor and the Director of the Equity and Diversity department at the University of Western Sydney.[9] and Honorary Professor at the Department of Peace and Conflict Studies, the University of Sydney.[10] From 2006 to 2018 he served as President of the Australian Council for Human Rights Education.[11] [12] The International Human Rights Education (IHRE) Conferences which were initiated in 2010 by Ozdowski to advance human rights culture world-wide, have been held in Sydney, Australia;[13] Durban, South Africa; Cracow, Poland;[14] Taipei, Taiwan;[15] Washington DC, USA;[16] Middelburg, Holland; Montreal, Canada and most recently in Australia. For more about the IHREC see:.[17] In December 2014 Ozdowski has been appointed Chair of the Australian Multicultural Council by the Australian Government.[18] [19] Since 2017 Ozdowski serves as Chair, Welcoming Cities Committee, Scanlon Foundation (Melbourne) and as Member of Affinity Intercultural Foundation Advisory Board, Sydney.In November 2018 Ozdowski was appointed as Professor at the Western Sydney University, Sydney Australia.

Awards

In 2016 Ozdowski was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for significant service to the community, particularly to human rights education, social justice and multiculturalism, and as an academic.[20]

Other awards include:

Sources

http://www.sevozdowski.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Keynote-address-by-Dr-Sev-Ozdowski-OAM.pdf

External links

Notes and References

  1. Ozdowski, Sev. A Last Resort? National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention. JS McMillan Printing Group. 2004. pdf
  2. Ozdowski, Sev, Co-author. University of Western Sydney 2007 Disability Review Report. Sydney
  3. Goggin, Gerard. Newell, Christopher. Disability In Australia: Exposing A Social Apartheid. University of New South Wales Press Ltd 2005
  4. Manne, Robert Michael. Corlett, David. Sending Them Home: Refugees and the New Politics of Indifference. Schwartz Publishing Pty Ltd 2004
  5. Web site: An introduction to Human Rights Online in Australia and the world.Dr Sev Ozdowski AM | Human Rights: A Website About Human Rights in Australia and Worldwide.
  6. Owen, Frances Ann. Griffiths, Dorothy M.
  7. Book: Dorothy Griffiths. Frances Owen. Challenges to the Human Rights of People with Intellectual Disabilities. 15 December 2008. Jessica Kingsley Publishers. 978-1-84642-886-9. 23.
  8. Web site: Disability Rights: Not for Service - Report: Index. 2012-12-14.
  9. http://pubapps.uws.edu.au/expert/expert_details.php?eid=146
  10. Web site: Department of Peace and Conflict Studies.
  11. [Human rights education#Human rights education organizations]
  12. Web site: ACHRE | Australian Council for Human Rights Education.
  13. Web site: Human Rights Education Conference 2010(UWS).
  14. Web site: The International Conference on Human Rights Education - Home.
  15. http://scu.hre2013.org.tw
  16. Web site: Special Events & CLE.
  17. Web site: International Human Rights Education Conferences.
  18. Web site: All news stories.
  19. http://stosunki.pl/?q=content/polak-w-australijskiej-radzie-ds-wielokulturowo%C5%9Bci
  20. Web site: Member (AM) in the General Division of the Order of Australia (M-Z) . Australia Day 2016 Honours Lists . . 25 January 2016 . 10 February 2016 .
  21. Web site: Dr Seweryn Antoni OZDOWSKI . Australian Honours Search Facility, Dept of the Prime Minister and Cabinet . 2020-10-27.
  22. Web site: Home.

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