No.75 Film – Toomelah
Toomelah depicts mission life in contemporary Australia through an intimate account of the life of Daniel, a 10-year-old boy. Not able to engage at school, ... Read More
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No.74 Panel – Mission Accomplished? The death of Osama Bin Laden
On Wednesday 20 July, the Monash University Alumni Speaker Series presented a panel entitled “Mission Accomplished? The death of Osama Bin Laden and what it ... Read More
No.73 HIGH COURT CHALLENGE FREEZES MALAYSIA SWAP DEAL
UPDATE: 9 August 2011 Yesterday the High Court extended an order preventing the deportation of asylum seekers to Malaysia until there is a hearing before ... Read More
No.72 Interview with Professor Yasmeen
On Friday 22 July 2011, Monash University’s Castan Centre for Human Rights Law Annual Conference was held in Melbourne. Samina Yasmeen, Director of Centre for ... Read More
No.70 Australia’s Cluster Bomb Ban: Are We Setting The Right Example?
Australia signed the Convention on Cluster Munitions on 3 December 2008, the same day it was open for signature. The treaty, which was drafted in ... 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.72 Serco faces renewed scrutiny over poor refugee care
Serco, the private contractor hired by the Australian government to run immigration detention facilities, has come under renewed criticism following reports claiming that refugees are ... Read More
No.68 Community consultation on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
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.67 Australia and Malaysia sign asylum seeker deal
26 July 2011 Yesterday the Australian and Malaysian governments officially signed the agreement to send 800 asylum seekers to Malaysia in exchange for 4000 United ... Read More
No.66 Immigration detention system in breach of international human rights obligations
22 July 2011 Mandatory detention, the continued detention of children and prolonged detention have led to the most serious breaches of the human rights of ... Read More