Speeches

People with disability as victims of crime: Amplifying their voices in the administration of criminal justice – VSS Conference (Safer Spaces for People with Disability in Australia: Reporting Crime and Abuse), Online, 26 May 2023

Reflections on the effectiveness of the justice system for victims of sexual violence – Screening of ‘Prima Facie’ and panel discussion, hosted by With you we can, Sydney NSW, 18 May 2023

Restorative Justice: A better justice for victims of crime? International Conference Law, Economy, Social, and Sharia (ICLESS) with the theme Restorative Justice As a Legal Transformation: International Perspective. 26 November 2022

Model Legislative  Provisions to support and protect the rights and needs of victims of terrorism, LinCT-AA 23-25 November 2022

Forensic Victimology: A Study in Victimisation, Asia Course on Victimology and victim assistance. Centre for Victimology & Psychological Studies, JIBS, OP Jindal University, Sonipat, Haryana India. October 2022

Evolution of Victims’ Rights & Victim Assistance: South Australia, Commonwealth Club, South Australia. 2022

Love, Hope & Gratitude Foundation, Annual Fund Raising Dinner, 16 July 2022 – SpeakingNotes2

Supporting and protecting the rights of victims of terrorism_Item6(c) – UN Commission on Crime Prevention & Criminal Justice, May 2022

Watching waiting – Victim Support Europe webinar – 1 March 2022 – SpeakingNotes_MichaelOConnell

Victimology: Scope, concepts, scientific endeavour – A Study in Victims, Forensic Victimology session, International Conference, India, November 2021 – Victimology_ChallengesAsAScience

Inauguration of the Centre for Criminology, Criminal Justice and Victimology, Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, India, 4 October 2021 – OConnell_4-10-2021

9th International Conference of Victim Assistance on 30th & 31st October 2020 – Speaker on crime victims’ rights: Impact of Covid-19 – PowerPoint – VictimsRights & Covid-19

Victim Protection Shared-Learning Webinar – Kenya Victim Protection Board in collaboration with World Society of Victimology, 9th October  2020: Lectures Victim Protection Shared-Learning Webinar  /  State_Compenstion

Restorative Justice, Victim Assistance and Faith-based Organisations: A webinar convened by the Coalition of Faith-based Organisations, 5th October 2020 Restorative justice, victim assistance and faith-based organisations

Access to Justice in our contemporary world – An international webinar, 10th August 2020 – “I am not the law, but I represent justice so far as my feeble powers go” said Holmes: AccessToJustice_Michael_OConnell

A Marriage in Harm: Supranational Criminology and Victimology, International e-Symposium on “Supranational Criminology: Dealing with International Crimes”, 4-5th August 2020 – Opening commentary on victimology and supranational criminology – VictimsOfTerrorism_SupraCrim^0Victim

“We see but don’t always observe”: Victims of Terrorism, Virtual Lesson for Academicians, United Voice Bangladesh, 24th July 2020 – To watch <https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?v=3093404704077866&ref=watch_permalink>

UNODC Online Expert Consultation on Model Provisions Regarding Victims of Terrorism, 14-15 July 2020 – Expert intervention

Prisoners’ children as victims of crime – Adelaide Rotary luncheon meeting, Cathedral Room, Adelaide Oval, 24 July 2019 – Prisoners’ children – victims of their parents’ crimes

Faith in restorative justice and victim assistance – Side-event, UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, UNODC Vienna, Austria, 22 May 2019 – Restorative justice and victim assistance – Do faith-based organisations have a role to play?

Australia Day, District Council of Yankalilla – Australia Day Ambassador 2019 – What does Australia Day mean for me?

Probus, Murray Bridge, 10 January 2019 – Evolution of victims’ rights and assistance: Victims’ rights, right for Murray Bridge

3rd International Conference & Course on Victimology, 26-29 November 2018,  Surabaya Indonesia – Current Development of New Victimology: Interdiscipinary Perspective – Plenary speaker & course lecturer:

Plenary & sessional speaker PowerPoint presentations —

Challenges for a new Victimology: Past, present & future

Course lectures PowerPoint presentations —

White Ribbon Events, 23-24 November 2018 – Panelist RAH & White Ribbon MC Michael O’Connell – 24 Nov 2018

Prison Ministry Network’s Annual Dinner, 10 November, Stirling Golf Club – Special Guest Speaker

United Nations University, Shibuya Tokyo, 7-8 November 2018 – Exploratory Meeting to develop a handbook on good practices to assist victims of terrorism in Asia- Pacific – Moderator & expert-delegate.

Second Chances Cafe Night – 27 October 2018 – Victimologist meets Criminologist

Conference, University of Nairobi, Kenya – 22-23 October 2018 – Conceptualizing an Appropriate Victimology and Victim Support for Africa

Seminar 18 October 2018 – White Ribbon Ambassador – Domestic Violence and Family Violence: A Workplace Issue

School of Law, University of Adelaide, 16 October 2018 – Access to justice; Victims rights in South Australia

Community meeting, Gawler, 15 October 2018 – Victims’ rights: Right for South Australia

Butterfly Walk, Mount Barker, 14 October 2018 – Walker & SpeakingNotes

University of South Australia, 28 September 2018 – Victimology lecture

International Network Supporting Victims of Terrorism & Mass Violence (INVICTM) Teleconference, 13 September 2018 – Assisting victims of terrorism: An Australian perspective

Book launch, 7 September 2018 – Yesterday You Were Here

ThincLab 4 Kids forum, 7 September 2018 – ThincLab 4 Kids forum

Love Hope & Gratitude, opening of Lavender Cottage, 1 September 2018 – The Cottage

St. Agnes Probus Club, 27 August 2018 – Evolution of victims’ rights in South Australia

Pt. Noarlunga Football Club, 18 August 2018 – White Ribbon Oath

FADVAN – Panelist, 10 August 2018 – Panelist Comments and Video

UNODC Expert Meeting on Restorative Justice, November 2017 – Restorative Justice: Better justice for victims of crime?

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