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
Topic: Expression
No.187 - 31 March 2012 THIS WEEK’S HUMAN RIGHTS NEWS
31 March 2012 Federal and Northern Territory Governments announce increased funding to homelands Amnesty International has for quite some time called on both the Federal ... Read More
No.183 - 23 March 2012 THIS WEEK’S HUMAN RIGHTS NEWS
23 March 2012 Parliamentary Committee on Human Rights Established The Australian Federal Parliament this week established the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights following the ... Read More
No.162 - 3 March 2012 THIS WEEK’S HUMAN RIGHTS NEWS
1 March 2012 Commonwealth Attorney-General moves to increase oversight of places of detention The Australian Human Rights Commission has welcomed Australia’s progress towards ratifying and ... Read More
No.106 Occupy Melbourne – An Eyewitness Account with Photos
This article was first published on the Castan Centre’s blog. You can access the blog here for more great articles on human rights law. A ... Read More
No.105 Short Story: Blink
Blink is a short story inspired by the recent eviction of Occupy Melbourne from City Square. Click here to read an eyewitness account of the ... Read More
No.98 Poem: Bloody regime
Bloody regime If the key of paradise was in the hands of Sudan’s regime, I would reject it If the signing of peace accord save ... Read More
No.93 Andrew Bolt found guilty of breaching Racial Discrimination Act
28 September 2011 Herald Sun columnist Andrew Bolt has been found guilty of breaching section 18 (c) of the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 in the ... Read More
No.69 Corporate Social Responsibility and the Right to Connect
On Friday 22 July 2011, Monash University’s Castan Centre for Human Rights Law Annual Conference was held in Melbourne. US Consul General Michael Thurston addressed ... Read More
No.62 Free Speech Campaign for Lex Wotton
11 July 2011 This month marks a year since the release of Lex Wotton, a respected Palm Island Aboriginal leader, who was jailed for his ... Read More