No.214 - 18 May 2012 THIS WEEK’S HUMAN RIGHTS NEWS
18 May 2012 Board member of VEOHRC offers resignation after opposing same-sex marriage Professor Kuravilla George has offered to resign from his position on the ... Read More
Topic: Topics
No.213 - 16 May 2012 Give refugees the right to appeal security assessments – just like the rest of us
Last night, Lateline reported on a five-year-old refugee who faced the prospect of being separated from his father forever. His father had failed an ASIO ... Read More
No.212 - 15 May 2012 Review – Afghani People: Vulnerability and Richness
Refugee advocate Julian Burnside AO QC recently opened two exhibitions at RMIT Gallery, Melbourne addressing the ongoing plight of Afghani refugees. The collections express two ... Read More
No.211 - 14 May 2012 R2P, Famine and Secret Documents: Remembering East Timor
In the second half of the 1970s, Indonesia’s war against the people of East Timor caused the largest loss of life relative to population since ... Read More
No.210 - 13 May 2012 Melody Groenenboom- human trafficking video
Ten to thirty million people have disappeared. It’s the enigma of our time, how people embedded into their families and communities can simply slip ... Read More
No.209 - 11 May 2012 THIS WEEK’S HUMAN RIGHTS NEWS
11 May 2012 Federal Government announces budget On Tuesday, the Federal Government announced its budget for 2012-2013 which included plans to scrap billions from company ... Read More
No.208 - 10 May 2012 Marriage Equality: An Inevitable Moral and Human Rights Trajectory
Today, in an interview with the ABC, US President Barack Obama declared his support for marriage equality – the legality of same-sex marriages. The move, ... Read More
No.207 - 10 May 2012 Comedy Showcase – Deadly Funny
On the afternoon of Saturday 21 April, as part of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, emerging and established comedic talent came together at the Melbourne ... Read More
No.206 - 9 May 2012 One Laugh at a Time
A cacophony of excited murmurs and joyful laughter erupted throughout obscured sections of theatres, diminutive rooms nestled in covert bars and auditoriums packed to the ... Read More
No.204 - 8 May 2012 Clothing and Punishment: Cultural Rights in Australia
One of the most problematic areas of international human rights law is the right to culture. It is ambiguous, yet the right to culture manifests ... Read More