What animal abuse can teach us about human rights
Does animal abuse tell us something about our capacity to be cruel to humans, too? Right Now columnist Zoya Patel reflects on the connection between animal and human rights.
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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.
Sea justice: Australia is doing the wrong thing in East Timor
Australian governments have been reluctant to embrace a truly principled approach toward East Timor.
the finish line
An enthralling creative account of the marathon that face refugees who are constantly uprooted.
Making Every Child Count: Birth Registration in the Pacific
Lucy Swinnen explores the legal and social implications of the alarming lack of birth registrations across the Pacific Islands.
Last Cab to Darwin
Clare McKenzie reviews the film Last Cab to Darwin, highlighting the complexities involved in the euthanasia debate.
Seeking the Truth on Asylum Seeker Integration
Many Australians perceive people who come here to seek asylum as being reluctant to integrate into Australian society, but the reality couldn’t be further from the truth writes Nicolle White.
Myanmar election: what about the Rohingya?
Myanmar’s landmark general election is a hopeful development but not for the Rohingya who remain stateless and disenfranchised, writes Roselina Press.
How to Improve the Asylum Seeker Debate: Listen to Experts
Why don’t we listen to the range of experts who are criticising our country’s asylum seeker policies?
Aung San Suu Kyi and Burma’s long road to democracy
As elections in Burma approach, Tim Robertson looks beyond the popular support held for Aung San Suu Kyi to examine the successes and failures of her leadership.
70 years of the United Nations: Why Australia must lift its game on human rights
Anna Brown of the Human Rights Law Centre reflects on the success of the last 70 years of the UN – and Australia’s performance in advancing human rights internationally and at home.
Human rights obligations for the private sector
In an age of rising corporate power, Harry Aitken discusses new ways to hold private companies to account for human rights violations.
Looking for Camp 32: a personal journey into Cambodia’s dark past
Camp 32 gives a voice to those victims who should not be forgotten or overlooked, writes Samaya Borom.