Explainer: The transformative power of education
Marilyn Snider explains the transformative power of education, and why a human rights curriculum must be taught in schools.
International affairs – Page 9
Australia’s new instrument of deterrence
Right Now columnist Sayomi Ariyawansa on why the Australian taxpayer-funded telemovie Journey is pointless and misleading propaganda.
Australia’s Second UPR: An NGO Observer’s Perspective
Benedict Coyne attended Australia’s second universal periodic review at the UN in Geneva, as an independent observer. He shares his views about the event.
Legacy of the Indonesian killings of 1965
Max Walden interviews The Conversation’s Prodita Sabarini on the legacy of the 1965 mass killings in Indonesia.
Australia’s Complicity in the Plight of the Rohingya
Human rights monitor Billy Tai travelled to Rakhine State, Myanmar, as an election monitor during the 2015 elections. Here he reflects on how Australia is complicit in the ongoing persecution of the Rohingya.
Australia: Becoming the “Other”
James Dryburgh explores the rise of the “Other” in Australian political discourse.
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.
A new way of comprehending the emotional aftermath of war
Moral Injury: Unseen Wounds in an Age of Barbarism challenges the status of PTSD as the dominant model for understanding post-war mental torment.
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.