Castan Centre for Human Rights Law

Category: Auslaw

  • Award winner driven by passion for human rights

    A life spent in different cultures has led a Monash student and former Castan Centre Global Intern to her recent win of the prestigious Paul Baker Award. Final year Juris Doctor student, Kylie Pearce, has devoted much of her spare time to promoting human rights, both in Australia and overseas, and is now the first…

  • Why Journalists Need Human Rights Training

    By Paula Gerber The United Nations has recently singled out journalists and media professionals as in need of increased education about human rights, as part of the World Programme for Human Rights Education. Its first phase (2005-2009) focused on human rights education within primary and secondary school systems. Educating children about human rights is a logical…

  • Decriminalising homosexuality worldwide: should Australia get involved?

    By Paula Gerber, Monash University and Joel Gory, Monash University In Australia, there is an ongoing debate around the right for same-sex couples to marry. The majority of laws discriminating against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people were repealed in 2008. Earlier this year, the Sex Discrimination Act (1984) was also amended to prohibit…

  • Public servants and free speech

    Public servants and free speech By Sarah Joseph, Monash University Public servants have a political opinions, but do they have a right to freely express them on mediums such as Twitter? AAP/Dean Lewins On Monday, August 13, Canberra public servant Michaela Banerji lost a case in the Federal Circuit Court before Judge Neville, which has…

  • PNG plan: cruel to be … cruel

    The PNG solution: cruel to be … cruel By Sarah Joseph, Monash University While the government might not show humanity in asylum seeker policy, there is certainly a human side to it. EPA/Andra Subhan   Much of the criticism of the PNG solution has focused on apparent inadequacies in PNG laws, economy, and infrastructure in…

  • PNG legal challenge very likely [video]

    In this 10 minute video, Centre Associate Dr Azadeh Dastyari talks to Tim Lester, Fairfax’s online political editor, about Labor’s new hard-line asylum policy and how it is in clear breach of international law. She also explains why a court challenge is very likely. Watch the video on the Sydney Morning Herald website here.