Book holds a mirror to anti-terrorism laws
ASIO’s new question and detention warrants are just one in a myriad of bills, acts and amendments that are summarised and scrutinised in a new book, writes Athena Rogers.
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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.
We need a culturally-inclusive approach to domestic violence
Australia has recently begun to address the long-overlooked problem of domestic violence. But the specific needs of domestic violence’s culturally and linguistically diverse victims is going largely unnoticed.
The right to be a parent – regulating surrogacy in Australia
How is the right to be a parent affected by sexuality? Stephen Page discusses the legal challenges faced by LBGT intended parents.
What we can learn from grief
Columnist Suzana Jacmenovic wonders if collective and familial grief – at the looming executions of Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, at the senseless deaths of Reza Berati and Hamid Kehazaei – might teach us something about human rights.
Vessels and Wombs: Being Born a “Boat Person”
Asylum-seeker children born in Australia are still deemed “unauthorised maritime arrivals”. Sayomi Ariyawansa explains this peculiar situation in Australian law.
The Data Retention Bill: a blow to human rights
The balance between the power of the State and the rights of individuals has suffered a blow with the passage of the Data Retention Bill, writes Law Institute of Victoria President Katie Miller.
No Right to Health Without a Right to Abortion
Access to safe and legal abortions is difficult in many parts of the world. Jenny Ejlak explains the new phenomenon of “personhood” laws, for which Australia is a potential battleground.
Wrong and inherently cruel punishment
Elaine Pearson, the Australia Director of Human Rights Watch, speaks to Right Now about the death penalty in the Asia-Pacific, and whether Australia’s strategy of quiet diplomacy is truly effective.
The right to be old
If living longer is about staying young, are we denying ourselves the right to be old?
As Myanmar Transitions, People Continue To Flee
Despite recent political and economic changes, decades of conflict and government-inflicted abuses in Myanmar still force people to flee across its borders.
The East Timorese don’t want our charity, they simply want what is theirs
East Timor’s new Prime Minister calls for Australia to respect the young nation’s rights. Will the Australian government do the right thing?
A Right to Kill?
Executions are spectacles to satisfy our thirst for vengeance. We would be fooling ourselves to think otherwise, writes Senthorun Raj.