In her opening remarks, Dr Caroline Norma explained with fervour that the framing of human trafficking in Australian discussion is all wrong. I was convinced – having come into the Young UN Women’s “Human Trafficking in Melbourne: Prevention, Protection and Prosecution” event held earlier in the year on 22 March – that human trafficking was […]
Right Now’s Editor-in-Chief, André Dao, recently spoke to Professor Stephen Zunes, a Professor of Politics and International Studies at the University of San Francisco. He is one of the world’s leading experts on non-violent resistance and has won recognition from the Peace and Justice Studies Association as their first Peace Scholar of the Year. We spoke to […]
The ‘Stop the Boats’ rhetoric in national politics, vilification of public figures of ethnic backgrounds and evidence that AFL recruiters only hire indigenous players with at least one white parent are markers that racial discrimination and intolerance continue to underline the fabric of Australia’s society. But how prejudiced is Australia when placed on a global […]
This article is part of our March theme, which focuses on an ongoing challenge to Australian society: Race & Discrimination. Read our Editorial for more on this theme. The trafficking of human beings has existed throughout the ages; in recent times transforming into an issue of global importance, touching the Asia-Pacific and indeed Australia directly. […]
On 17 February 2012, Mrs Fatou Bensouda, Deputy Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) delivered the 2012 Peter Brett Memorial Lecture at Melbourne Law School. The talk focused on two upcoming milestones. Mrs Bensouda will assume the role of Chief Prosecutor from the middle of the year, having been deputy prosecutor since 2004. She […]
In a time of rapid change, human rights continue to be a central concern in Asia. … the governments of Australia, America and Europe have lost “their moral authority on key issues like torture, unlawful imprisonment and the torment of refugees” … On 7 December, Deputy Director of Human Rights Watch’s Asia Division, Elaine Pearson, […]
Each year a leader in the field of human rights presents a lecture jointly hosted by Monash University’s Castan Centre for Human Rights Law and Mallesons Stephen Jaques. The speaker for 2011 was the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Trafficking in Persons, especially in women and children, Ms Joy Ngozi Ezeilo. Ms Ezeilo is in […]
This article is part of our December theme, which focuses on one of the least appreciated but most fundamental aspects of well-being: housing. Read our Editorial for more on this theme. The idea of “home” hosts many metaphors. Home is our “haven”, “sanctuary”, “nest”, “refuge” and “escape”. Home is our “domain”, “habitat”, “kingdom” and “abode”. […]
A panel hosted by the Castan Centre for Human Rights Law earlier this year highlighted an issue largely ignored by the mainstream Australian media. The discussion centred on the social and political implications of violence toward members of the Ahmadiyah faith in Indonesia. Dr Julian Millie chaired the panel, which included Professor Dr Dadang Kahmad, […]
Emmanuel Jal – a former child soldier and hip-hop singer of worldwide acclaim – spoke to Alicia Sometimes at You Say You Want a Revolution: Emmanuel Jal Speaks, an event presented by the Melbourne Festival and The Wheeler Centre at The Arts Centre on Wednesday 19 October. In 1991, Emmanuel Jal fled his home in […]
The 2011 Melbourne Festival closed with a collaborative musical performance on Saturday 22 October at the open-air Sidney Myer Music Bowl. Notes from the Hard Road and Beyond began at twilight, just a few hours after the Bureau of Meteorology had cancelled a severe thunderstorm warning for the city and surrounding areas. The evening featured […]
Bloody regime If the key of paradise was in the hands of Sudan’s regime, I would reject it If the signing of peace accord save Sudan’s regime, I would dismiss it If religion was in the name of Sudan’s regime, I would be godless If prayers bring Darfuri people rights, I will practice it If […]