Does Australia need tougher cyberbullying legislation?
Nadia Wu considers whether tougher laws are needed to combat the pervasive and insidious phenomenon of cyberbullying.
Law and Policy – Page 30
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.
Human Rights in Australia and Argentina: a clear rights framework
Alexandra Hurley compares human rights frameworks in Argentina and Australia, and suggests we need not wait for a “Dirty War” here to implement clear human rights protections
How Useful are International Human Rights in a Sovereign and Democratic State?
Anthony Hallal explores the relationships between Australia’s sovereignty and democracy, and international human rights norms
Welfare, environment & asylum seekers: Human rights in the media in June
Pia White looks back over media coverage of human rights during June, a month dominated by welfare, the environment and the ever-present issue of government handling of asylum seekers.
Doctors beyond our borders – Is Australia turning a blind eye to human rights abuses in Burma?
Monique Hurley reflects on Australia’s silence following the Burmese Government’s expulsion of Doctors without Borders from Burma’s Rakhine state
The 757 million people also affected by Australia’s 2014-15 Budget
For whom else does the bell toll? Madolyn Smith asks how the Abbott/Hockey Budget will affect the 757 million people living in extreme poverty in the Asia Pacific.
Police Power and Abuse: A gap in Victoria’s legal system
Meghana Sharma takes a look at a gap in Victoria’s legal system – compensation for victims of police abuses of power
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.
Discrimination on all fronts evident in May media coverage
Between a harsh budget, ongoing discussion of Racial Discrimination Act amendments, and misogynistic killings in the US, divisiveness stood out in the media during May, writes Pia White.
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
Manus Island
Mel Jepson offers a poem on Australia’s fixation with “consumers and acceptable guests”