Refugee
Qi Bingdu offers a poem on the labels that dehumanise asylum seekers
Tag Archives: human rights – Page 20
Is Economic Equality a Human Right?
In a time when Australia commits through its budget to exacerbate inequality, Alistair Robertson asks whether the language of human rights can express the demand for economic equality.
Seeing Refugees – Remembering Tiananmen Twenty-Five Years On
What can Australia’s response to the Tiananmen Square Massacre tell us about where we are at today? Tim Robertson, based in Beijing, provides an illuminating historical comparison of refugees then and now.
Editorial – Timor-Leste
Check out the articles from Right Now’s recent Issue on Timor-Leste, one of Australia’s closest neighbours
The Cost of Voluntourism
Monique Hurley highlights concerns with the tourist volunteer – is it all worth it?
Crowdfunding for a better world
Is “crowdfunding” the way forward for putting money behind human rights advancements? Fiona So thinks so.
The “Mess and Noise” of Boycotts
Are boycotts an expression of economic freedom? Are they useful? Marta Skrabacz looks at some recent examples of boycotting to offer some answers
Only the skull as the video game ends the wall…
Jason Maxwell offers a provocative poem on money, rights, priorities and conspiracy
Intervening for the Protection of Human Rights: is a military strategy necessary?
Erin McGinty offers an explainer on the theory and recent practice of military interventions in the name of human rights protection
Individual rights and solidarity
Dario Mujkic considers the “individualism” in rights discourse, the challenges of isolation and conflict that this poses, and the silver lining that is solidarity