The Rights Pathway for Action on Climate Change?
Jacqueline Peel and Hari M. Osofsky explore whether communities vulnerable to the severe threats of climate change can claim their human rights have been breached.
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Encountering modern slavery in Lebanon
Anika Baset writes about confronting evidence of racial violence, modern slavery, and domestic servitude in Lebanon.
Weaponised weathers: heat, Don Dale, and ‘everything-ist’ prison abolition
Oppressive heat, humidity and poor ventilation: how Australia’s carceral system weaponises more-than-human forces, like the weather.
Stripping children of dignity
Thousands of humiliating strip searches have been carried out on young children in our criminal justice system: is this a dignified practice?
On rejecting the dehumanisation of housing
Between the free market economy, negative gearing and Airbnb, have we forgotten what we built houses for in the first place? As a place to rest, eat, enjoy our lives and raise families.
Activism across the generations
Nasuha Nasser speaks to three activists: Clare, Chris and Sobur, about the hopes they hold for a fairer and rights-respecting Australia.
There is no Christ in this church
Lur Alghurabi reflects on the Christchurch tragedy and the fear of breaking the news to her mother in this moving deliberation on the tolls of trauma.
Impact stories: the number of young people experiencing homelessness is on the rise
Sian has had an unsettled life, and like a growing number of young people, has experienced homelessness throughout. This is her story.
How to be Friends with a Homophobe
Daryl Yang considers the increasingly common phenomenon of friendships breaking down over political differences, and muses over the question: should we be friends with homophobes?
Sustainable development needs unlikely partnerships
How 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?
Accessing the Koori Court is a Human Right
The Koori Court is essential to participation by the Aboriginal community in the sentencing of Aboriginal people.
The Spinifex People: Then and now
When the Australian Government allowed nuclear testing in the remote Northern Territory, the lives of the Anangu changed forever. These photographs from the 1950s and now speak to their story.