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Close the Inquest
By Alison Whittaker
The Rights Pathway for Action on Climate Change?
By Jacqueline Peel and Hari M. OsofskyJacqueline Peel and Hari M. Osofsky explore whether communities vulnerable to the severe threats of climate change can claim their human rights have been breached.
It’s Not About the Burqa: a review
By Caitlin CassidyIt’s Not About the Burqa Ed. Mariam Khan Pan Macmillan The burqa has been the centrepiece of polarising debates surrounding Islamophobia in the last two decades. In Australia, Pauline Hanson shocked the nation in 2017 by entering the Senate donned in a black burqa in a call to make the garment illegal. In Britain, Boris […]
Little Stones and Potholes in the Road: A conversation with Elizabeth Kuiper
Janelle Koh in conversation with Elizabeth KuiperJanelle Koh speaks with Elizabeth Kuiper about her new novel, Little Stones, and its’ portrayal of Zimbabwe’s complicated inheritance – Robert Mugabe’s legacy.
Encountering modern slavery in Lebanon
By Anika BasetAnika Baset writes about confronting evidence of racial violence, modern slavery, and domestic servitude in Lebanon.
Accessing the Koori Court is a Human Right
By Tal ShmerlingContributors
Sustainable development needs unlikely partnerships
By Monica Lillas and James CareyHow can we bring together people, who appear to be increasingly divided, be it along geographical, ideological, national, religious or cultural boundaries, to achieve global sustainability, equity, and enhance human rights?
“2019 is the UN Year of Indigenous Languages. The UN’s action plan is calling on states to legislate support for Indigenous language maintenance.”
Joel Wright, Gunditjmara descendant and traditional owner