Australia’s Second UPR: An NGO Observer’s Perspective
Benedict Coyne attended Australia’s second universal periodic review at the UN in Geneva, as an independent observer. He shares his views about the event.
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Fighting for justice and dignity: Interview with Behrouz Boochani
Right Now speaks to writer Behrouz Boochani about his call for a Royal Commission into Immigration Detention.
I’m Not Racist, But…
Racism and its surrounding issues can be confronting and overwhelming but it is books like I’m Not Racist, But…Forty Years of the Racial Discrimination Act that help make it easier, writes Samantha Jones.
Will the NDIS and individualisation of disability services enhance human rights?
If the NDIS is to truly make a difference in terms of the rights of people with disabilities, it will need to go beyond care services, writes Helen Dickinson.
A Human Rights Act: What it is and why we need one in Queensland
Dan Rogers and Emma Phillips explain the reasons behind the push for a human rights Act in Queensland.
Taming the Big Bad Wolf: Australia, Business and Human Rights
Freya Dinshaw discusses the increasing demand that the corporate world also respect human rights.
High Court ruling: our government can still decide to protect refugee rights
The High Court ruling upholding the legality of detention in Nauru was not a stamp of approval on the morality of this policy. As the Refugee Council of Australia’s Joyce Chia and Asher Hirsch write, the Government can still act to protect refugee rights.
Legacy of the Indonesian killings of 1965
Max Walden interviews The Conversation’s Prodita Sabarini on the legacy of the 1965 mass killings in Indonesia.
Australia’s Complicity in the Plight of the Rohingya
Human rights monitor Billy Tai travelled to Rakhine State, Myanmar, as an election monitor during the 2015 elections. Here he reflects on how Australia is complicit in the ongoing persecution of the Rohingya.
Family Violence and the Coroner’s Quiet Revolution
Following the inquiry into the death of Luke Batty, Philip Marquet explores the role of the Coroner in a systemic response to family violence.
Detention Playground
Mary Chydiriotis’s poetry evokes the emptiness of play in Australia’s detention centres.
At the knife’s edge
Robin de Crespigny looks at our boat towback policies through the eyes of Yaser Naseri, an Iranian asylum seeker who narrowly escaped death at sea.
Abortion Clinic Exclusion Zones and Free Speech
Can the right to free speech be reconciled with the rights of women to access safe and legal abortion procedures? Nina Gibson explains.