The address given for the presentation of Humanitarian Awards 2025 by STARTTS (NSW Service for the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture and Trauma Survivors) was delivered at Parliament House, Sydney, on Thursday 26 June 2025 in the presence of many participants in STARTTS, from migrant and refugee communities, legal bodies, and medical and healthcare organisations. Michael Kirby had earlier been a Patron of STARTTS. He returned to deliver the opening address of the