Fires show the threat of climate change to our human rights
The need to take urgent action on climate change is clear, for our environment, for our economy and for our human rights, Hugh de Kretser from the HRLC explains.
Opinion – Page 9
Why did Australia abolish birthright citizenship?
Citizenship in Australia is not a constitutional right, leaving Australian citizenship law vulnerable to political whims.
Room service or the nation’s service? It’s a tough time to be a leader
The government was armed with rhetoric for a climate change debate, but not prepared for any disaster a changed climate brings.
Heading in the ‘Rights’ Direction: Animal Rights and Welfare
Eliah Castiello explores the distinction between animal rights and animal welfare, and how our understanding of human rights affects how we treat animals.
Waning Hope: A Refugee’s Response to the Repeal of Medevac
Through its repeal of the medevac legislation, Australia has taken our future and made it our demise, writes Shamindan Kanapadhi.
Voluntary Assisted Dying: A matter of life and death?
In light of the voluntary assisted dying bill currently before the Western Australian parliament, Janelle Koh considers voluntary assisted dying from a critical rights perspective, and queries whether a right to a good death may operate with unequal effect upon minority populations.
At your own risk: The criminalisation of HIV non-disclosure in Singapore
Daryl Yang considers the criminalisation of non-disclosure of HIV in Singapore, and the implications of a recent legal development for LGBTQ+ Singaporeans.
How to Teach History: What Australia can learn from Pakistan
Danish Khan considers the differences between the teaching of indigenous history in Australia and in Pakistan.
Just Keep Scrolling: On attention, distraction, and human rights
Janelle Koh considers the distracting influence of social media on our daily lives, and the implications it has for human rights.
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.
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.