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The 2015 Human Rights Report – Is the Pacific a Tropical Paradise? Not if you are LGBT
By Paula Gerber This piece is featured in the 2015 Castan Centre Human Rights Report. We will be featuring the articles on the blog throughout the month of May. Most of us know that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people face dire threats in countries like Russia, Uganda, Nigeria and Iran. The media is filled with…
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The 2015 Human Rights Report – Going to jail for not having a birth certificate? It happens
By Paula Gerber and Melissa Castan This article is featured in the 2015 Castan Centre Human Rights Report. We will be featuring the articles on the blog throughout the month of May. It is well known that millions of children around the world never have their births registered. UNICEF puts the total number of unregistered births at 230…
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How to educate our future lawyers about LGBTI rights
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It’s time to modernise Australia’s birth registration system
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Homophobia is alive and well in the world of cricket
By Paula Gerber At World Cup cricket match on in Sydney on 8 March, between Sri Lanka and Australia, a Sri Lankan supporter waved a sign branding Australian cricketer Glen Maxwell a “fag”, in Sinhalese. The fan’s homophobic slur was certainly shocking, but even worse was the lack of any reaction in the mainstream media. Only…
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Referendum on banning the Burqa? No thanks
By Paula Gerber and Farinaz Zamani Ashni Pauline Hanson is once again fuelling the flames of racism and xenophobia in Australia by suggesting that we should hold a referendum on banning the burqa. Hanson has joined a number of politicians who have a similar preoccupation with what Muslim women should wear. Following the high profile anti-terrorism…
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