Topic: Health

No.130 Charting the Right Course – Using Human Rights to Prevent Homelessness in Victoria

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This article is part of our December theme, which focuses on one of the least appreciated but most fundamental aspects of well-being: housing. Read our ... Read More

No.123 The Home in Human Rights

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This article is part of our December theme, which focuses on one of the least appreciated but most fundamental aspects of well-being: housing. Read our ... Read More

No.113 This Week’s Human Rights News

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10 November 2011 Release of report on women’s treatment in the ADFA The Australian Sex discrimination Commissioner has released a report that examines the treatment ... Read More

No.92 AusAID link to human rights abuse in Vietnamese labour camps

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A recent Human Rights Watch (HRW) report alleges that Australia’s aid agency AusAID partly funds drug rehabilitation centres in Vietnam that have committed human rights ... Read More

No.80 Interview with Dr Alex Wodak

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On Friday 22 July 2011, Monash University’s Castan Centre for Human Rights Law Annual Conference was held in Melbourne. Dr Alex Wodak AM, President of ... Read More

No.68 Community consultation on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

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29 July 2011 This week, the ACT Attorney-General, Mr Simon Corbell, launched community consultation and called for submissions on the question of whether the protection ... Read More

No.45(2) AIDS and Religion: ‘The Wave of Hate Must Stop’ Part II

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Read Part I of this article here. WHAT IS THE SOLUTION? There are no easy solutions to the challenges that HIV/AIDS presents today to organised ... Read More

No.45(1) AIDS and Religion: ‘The Wave of Hate Must Stop’ Part I

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In 2010 Bishop Desmond Tutu, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and Archbishop Emeritus of Cape Town, South Africa declared that the time had come, particularly for ... Read More

No.44 Mental Health and Human Rights in Victoria

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Mental illness is increasingly recognised as one of the most prevalent health issues in the Australian community. The human rights of people with a mental ... Read More

No.10 Making Law and Making Social Change

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In October last year, Queensland put a woman and her partner on trial for a crime that should not be on the statute books. Tegan ... Read More

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