Friday chat: Amy Lamoin
Right Now Editor Hector Sharp chats to Amy Lamoin, Head of Advocacy for UNICEF Australia.
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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.
Native Title in Australia – Commercial Rights and the ALRC Review
Dr Shelley Bielefeld discusses the ALRC’s review of native title and whether native title rights should include commercial rights for Indigenous peoples.
The asylum debate put simply
“Refugees: Why Seeking Asylum is Legal and Australia’s Policies Are Not” is an easy guide to one of Australia’s most debated topics, writes Maya Borom.
Offshore processing and the Australian Human Rights Commission – jurisdictional limitation or political convenience?
Ambiguity persists as to what extent our national human rights institution is permitted to carry out its functions abroad, argues Michael Simmons.
Emerging from the cave
Like Plato’s prisoner in the cave, kids at school are often disengaged with the world around them. Claire Feain shares her experiences with equipping Australian youth with the tools to become active citizens so they can emerge out the cave with their eyes open.
Friday chat: Steven Freeland
Right Now Editor Hector Sharp chats to Professor Steven Freeland about Space Law and human rights education.
Friday chat: Mike Smith
Right Now Editor Hector Sharp interviews Mike Smith, former UN Human Rights Commissioner and current Executive Director of UNCTED about life, terrorism and human rights education.
Friday chat: Jessica Hazelwood
Right Now talks to Jessica Hazelwood from Australian Red Cross.
Friday chat: Julie McKay
Deb Mak talks to Julie Mckay, Executive Director for the National Committee for UN Women.
The Freedom Interviews: Mark Isaacs
Right Now will be doing interviews with guests of the 2014 Melbourne Writers’ Festival in a series we’re calling The Freedom Interviews. In Part One of the series, we speak with former Salvation Army worker Mark Isaacs.
The Sins of the Other or Silence of the Self? – Ebola in West Africa
The current outbreak of Ebola in West Africa is a compelling example of how inequity, inequality and injustice are powerful determinants of health, writes Alexandra L. Phelan.
Can prisoners receive quality education without access to the internet?
In spite of its potential for learning and education, internet access in Australian correctional facilities is overwhelmingly limited and variable across Australian states. Madolyn Smith explains why.